Patents by Inventor Jürgen Zorn
Jürgen Zorn has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11104265Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device for a motor vehicle headlamp, comprising a primary optical element (100) which is arranged in the main beam direction of a first light fixture (50) and which has a light coupling-in surface (110) for coupling in light into the primary optical element (100), a light coupling-out surface (120) as well as a lateral surface which extends between the light coupling-in surface (110) and the light coupling-out surface (120) and on which the light coupled in can be relayed by total reflection in the direction of the light coupling-out surface (120) of the primary optical element (100), a secondary optical element (200) which is arranged after the light coupling-out surface (120) of the primary optical element (100) and which has a light coupling-in surface (210) and a light coupling-out surface (220), and an arranged reflector (400, 410, 420), the secondary optical element (200, 250, 500) being designed as part of a quadric, the secondary optical element (200, 250, 500) beinType: GrantFiled: September 13, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBHInventors: Josef Hechenberger, Bernhard Mandl, Jürgen Zorn, Riepl Kevin
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Publication number: 20210162910Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device for a motor vehicle headlamp, comprising a primary optical element (100) which is arranged in the main beam direction of a first light fixture (50) and which has a light coupling-in surface (110) for coupling in light into the primary optical element (100), a light coupling-out surface (120) as well as a lateral surface which extends between the light coupling-in surface (110) and the light coupling-out surface (120) and on which the light coupled in can be relayed by total reflection in the direction of the light coupling-out surface (120) of the primary optical element (100), a secondary optical element (200) which is arranged after the light coupling-out surface (120) of the primary optical element (100) and which has a light coupling-in surface (210) and a light coupling-out surface (220), and an arranged reflector (400, 410, 420), the secondary optical element (200, 250, 500) being designed as part of a quadric, the secondary optical element (200, 250, 500) beinType: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2018Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Josef HECHENBERGER, Bernhard MANDL, Jürgen ZORN, Riepl KEVIN
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Patent number: 10876695Abstract: A light module for a motor vehicle headlight for emitting light to form a light pattern in an area in front of the light module, the light module including two or more primary light sources (PLQ1, PLQ2) that produce light to form a main light pattern (HLV), and at least one secondary light source (SLQ1) that produces light to form an additional light pattern (ZLV), which overlaps the main light pattern to form an entire light pattern. The primary light sources are associated with at least one primary reflector (PR1, PR2) and are configured to bundle the light emitted the from the primary light sources and to direct it in the form of the main light pattern into an area in front of the light module.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: ZKW Group GmbHInventors: Martin Stein, Christian Bemmer, Thomas Edletzberger, Martin Schragl, Peter Schadenhofer, Jürgen Ganzberger, Johann Altmann, Jürgen Zorn
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Publication number: 20190390833Abstract: A light module for a motor vehicle headlight for emitting light to form a light pattern in an area in front of the light module, the light module including two or more primary light sources (PLQ1, PLQ2) that produce light to form a main light pattern (HLV), and at least one secondary light source (SLQ1) that produces light to form an additional light pattern (ZLV), which overlaps the main light pattern to form an entire light pattern. The primary light sources are associated with at least one primary reflector (PR1, PR2) and are configured to bundle the light emitted the from the primary light sources and to direct it in the form of the main light pattern into an area in front of the light module.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Martin Stein, Christian Bemmer, Thomas Edletzberger, Martin Schragl, Peter Schadenhofer, Jürgen Ganzberger, Johann Altmann, Jürgen Zorn
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Patent number: 10451237Abstract: A lighting device (1) comprising: a first light source arrangement (2), a light-shaping device (3) arranged after the first light source arrangement (2), a first reflector (4,4?) having a first focal point (f1) and a second reflector (5, 5?) having a second focal point (f2), an additional second light source arrangement (6), which is arranged outside on the second reflector (5, 5?), wherein a recess is provided for this purpose on the second reflector (5, 5?), and a termination plate (8) positioned in the exit opening of the second reflector (5, 5?), wherein the light emitted from the light source arrangement (2) is directed by means of the light-shaping device (3) onto the first reflector (4, 4?), wherein the first reflector (4, 4?) deflects the light beams onto the second reflector (5, 5?), and the light beams reflected by the second reflector (5, 5?) are cast out in a desired exit direction by the termination plate (8) in the form of a defined light distribution, wherein the second light source arrangeType: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBHInventor: Jürgen Zorn
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Publication number: 20190316749Abstract: A lighting device (1) comprising: a first light source arrangement (2), a light-shaping device (3) arranged after the first light source arrangement (2), a first reflector (4, 4?) having a first focal point (f1) and a second reflector (5, 5?) having a second focal point (f2), an additional second light source arrangement (6), which is arranged outside on the second reflector (5, 5?), wherein a recess is provided for this purpose on the second reflector (5, 5?), and a termination plate (8) positioned in the exit opening of the second reflector (5, 5?), wherein the light emitted from the light source arrangement (2) is directed by means of the light-shaping device (3) onto the first reflector (4, 4?), wherein the first reflector (4, 4?) deflects the light beams onto the second reflector (5, 5?), and the light beams reflected by the second reflector (5, 5?) are cast out in a desired exit direction by the termination plate (8) in the form of a defined light distribution, wherein the second light source arrangType: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Jürgen ZORN
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Patent number: 10408407Abstract: The invention relates to a light module for a motor vehicle headlight for emitting light to form a light pattern in an area in front of the light module, the light module comprising two or more primary light sources (PLQ1, PLQ2) that produce light to form a main light pattern (HLV), and at least one secondary light source (SLQ1) that produces light to form an additional light pattern (ZLV), the additional light pattern overlapping the main light pattern to form an entire light pattern, the primary light sources (PLQ1, PLQ2) being associated with at least one primary reflector (PR1, PR2) and being set up to bundle the light emitted the from the primary light sources (PLQ1, PLQ2) and to direct it in the form of the main light pattern (HLV) into an area in front of the light module, the at least one secondary light source (SLQ1) being associated with an optical imaging system (AS) and being set up to project the light emitted from the at least one secondary light source (SLQ1) in the form of the additional lightType: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBHInventors: Martin Stein, Christian Bemmer, Thomas Edletzberger, Martin Schragl, Peter Schadenhofer, Jürgen Ganzberger, Johann Altmann, Jürgen Zorn
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Patent number: 10371335Abstract: A lighting module (1) for a vehicle headlamp (2), wherein the lighting module (1) comprises at least one lighting element (3), which is excitable to emit visible light when illuminated by laser light, and at least one light-transmissive carrier element (4), wherein the carrier element (4) has at least one light-entry face (4a) and at least one light-exit face (4b) lying opposite the light-entry face (4a), wherein the at least one lighting element (3) is arranged at the at least one light-entry face (4a) of the carrier element (4) in order to radiate light into the light-entry face (4a), wherein a) the at least one light-exit face (4b) of the carrier element (4) is delimited by a light-opaque mask (5) surrounding the light-exit face (4b) or b) the at least one light-exit face (4b) reaches up to the side faces (6a to 6d) of the carrier element (4), wherein at least one side face (6b) has two side portions (6b?, 6b?) adjoining one another, said side portions being inclined relative to one another for forming a lType: GrantFiled: June 9, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: ZKW Group GmbHInventors: Jürgen Zorn, Thomas Edletzberger, Christian Bemmer, Peter Schadenhofer, Martin Schragl, Martin Stein
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Patent number: 10247379Abstract: In a vehicle headlight comprising a light module (1) with a light source support (3), with at least one light source (17) and a reflector part (5) associated with the at least one light source (17), it being possible for reference elements (24) on the reflector part (5) to be brought into an operative connection with corresponding reference elements (25) on the light source support (3), the light source support (3) can be pushed into a guide part (2) with guide rails (6) for the reflector part (5), and the reflector part (5) has a catch (22) associated with the light source support (3) to displace the reflector part (5) together with the light source support (3) along the guide rails (6), which are designed to bring the reference elements (24) on the reflector part (5) into an operative connection with the corresponding reference elements (25) on the light source support (3) when the light source support (3) is pushed in.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2015Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: ZKW Group GmbHInventors: Markus Grafeneder, Thomas Schlinger, Sebastian Godderidge, Jürgen Zorn
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Publication number: 20190024864Abstract: The invention relates to a light module for a motor vehicle headlight for emitting light to form a light pattern in an area in front of the light module, the light module comprising two or more primary light sources (PLQ1, PLQ2) that produce light to form a main light pattern (HLV), and at least one secondary light source (SLQ1) that produces light to form an additional light pattern (ZLV), the additional light pattern overlapping the main light pattern to form an entire light pattern, the primary light sources (PLQ1, PLQ2) being associated with at least one primary reflector (PR1, PR2) and being set up to bundle the light emitted the from the primary light sources (PLQ1, PLQ2) and to direct it in the form of the main light pattern (HLV) into an area in front of the light module, the at least one secondary light source (SLQ1) being associated with an optical imaging system (AS) and being set up to project the light emitted from the at least one secondary light source (SLQ1) in the form of the additional lightType: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2016Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Martin Stein, Christian Bemmer, Thomas Edletzberger, Martin Schragl, Peter Schadenhofer, Jürgen Ganzberger, Johann Altmann, Jürgen Zorn
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Publication number: 20180180239Abstract: A lighting module (1) for a vehicle headlamp (2), wherein the lighting module (1) comprises at least one lighting element (3), which is excitable to emit visible light when illuminated by laser light, and at least one light-transmissive carrier element (4), wherein the carrier element (4) has at least one light-entry face (4a) and at least one light-exit face (4b) lying opposite the light-entry face (4a), wherein the at least one lighting element (3) is arranged at the at least one light-entry face (4a) of the carrier element (4) in order to radiate light into the light-entry face (4a), wherein a) the at least one light-exit face (4b) of the carrier element (4) is delimited by a light-opaque mask (5) surrounding the light-exit face (4b) or b) the at least one light-exit face (4b) reaches up to the side faces (6a to 6d) of the carrier element (4), wherein at least one side face (6b) has two side portions (6b?, 6b?) adjoining one another, said side portions being inclined relative to one another for forming a lType: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2016Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Jürgen ZORN, Thomas EDLETZBERGER, Christian BEMMER, Peter SCHADENHOFER, Martin SCHRAGL, Martin STEIN
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Patent number: 9992920Abstract: A method for accurate population of a circuit carrier (2) with at least one electronic component (1) which comprises at least two separately controllable light-emitting surfaces (3a, 3b, 3c), having the following steps: a) optically detecting current positions of the at least two light-emitting surfaces (3a, 3b, 3c) of the electronic component (1); b) calculating at least one current variable (Sist) characterizing the geometric location of the light-emitting surfaces (3a, 3b, 3c) according to the current positions of the at least two light-emitting surfaces (3a, 3b, 3c) of the electronic component (1); c) comparing the at least one current variable (Sist) to at least one target variable (Ssoll) for calculating at least one correction variable (k); d) populating the circuit carrier (2) with the at least one electronic component (1) according to the at least one correction variable (k).Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBHInventors: Jürgen Zorn, Dietmar Kieslinger
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Publication number: 20180153064Abstract: A method for accurate population of a circuit carrier (2) with at least one electronic component (1) which comprises at least two separately controllable light-emitting surfaces (3a, 3b, 3c), having the following steps: a) optically detecting current positions of the at least two light-emitting surfaces (3a, 3b, 3c) of the electronic component (1); b) calculating at least one current variable (Sist) characterizing the geometric location of the light-emitting surfaces (3a, 3b, 3c) according to the current positions of the at least two light-emitting surfaces (3a, 3b, 3c) of the electronic component (1); c) comparing the at least one current variable (Sist) to at least one target variable (Ssoll) for calculating at least one correction variable (k); d) populating the circuit carrier (2) with the at least one electronic component (1) according to the at least one correction variable (k).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Jürgen ZORN, Dietmar KIESLINGER
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Publication number: 20170292669Abstract: In a vehicle headlight comprising a light module (1) with a light source support (3), with at least one light source (17) and a reflector part (5) associated with the at least one light source (17), it being possible for reference elements (24) on the reflector part (5) to be brought into an operative connection with corresponding reference elements (25) on the light source support (3), the light source support (3) can be pushed into a guide part (2) with guide rails (6) for the reflector part (5), and the reflector part (5) has a catch (22) associated with the light source support (3) to displace the reflector part (5) together with the light source support (3) along the guide rails (6), which are designed to bring the reference elements (24) on the reflector part (5) into an operative connection with the corresponding reference elements (25) on the light source support (3) when the light source support (3) is pushed in.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2015Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: ZKW Group GmbHInventors: Markus GRAFENEDER, Thomas SCHLINGER, Sebastian GODDERIDGE, Jürgen ZORN
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Patent number: 9528680Abstract: In the case of a light module (1) for a vehicle headlight, wherein the light module (1) has a heat sink (2) and a plurality of lighting units secured on the heat sink (2), each of the lighting units comprising at least one light source (5), a light source carrier (4) and a reflector unit (6) secured to the light source carrier (4), at least one lighting unit with the light source carrier rests rotatably on a horizontal supporting surface (3) of the heat sink (2).Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2014Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBHInventor: Jürgen Zorn
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Publication number: 20160040852Abstract: In the case of a light module (1) for a vehicle headlight, wherein the light module (1) has a heat sink (2) and a plurality of lighting units secured on the heat sink (2), each of the lighting units comprising at least one light source (5), a light source carrier (4) and a reflector unit (6) secured to the light source carrier (4), at least one lighting unit with the light source carrier rests rotatably on a horizontal supporting surface (3) of the heat sink (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2014Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventor: Jürgen Zorn