Patents by Inventor Josef PÜRSTINGER

Josef PÜRSTINGER 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).

  • Patent number: 11774058
    Abstract: An illumination device (10) for a motor vehicle headlight, wherein the illumination device (10) comprises: a light source (50) for irradiating a light beam in a first direction of radiation (X1), a first deflection device (100) configured to deflect the light beam in a second direction of radiation (X2), and a second deflection device (200) for deflecting the light beam deflected by the first deflection device (100) in a third direction of radiation (X3) and for producing a light distribution in front of the illumination device (10), wherein the illumination device comprises at least one expanding optic (300) with a focus (F1), wherein said expanding optic (300) is associated with the at least one light source (50) and is configured to expand the light beam emitted by the light source (50) in the direction of the first direction of radiation (X1), wherein the at least one light source (50) is arranged in the direction of the first direction of radiation (X1) between the at least one expanding optic (300)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Bettina Reisinger, Markus Danner, Josef Plank, Christian Knobloch, Jakob Pühringer, Josef Pürstinger
  • Publication number: 20220373150
    Abstract: An illumination device (10) for a motor vehicle headlight, wherein the illumination device (10) comprises: a light source (50) for irradiating a light beam in a first direction of radiation (X1), a first deflection device (100) configured to deflect the light beam in a second direction of radiation (X2), and a second deflection device (200) for deflecting the light beam deflected by the first deflection device (100) in a third direction of radiation (X3) and for producing a light distribution in front of the illumination device (10), wherein the illumination device comprises at least one expanding optic (300) with a focus (F1), wherein said expanding optic (300) is associated with the at least one light source (50) and is configured to expand the light beam emitted by the light source (50) in the direction of the first direction of radiation (X1), wherein the at least one light source (50) is arranged in the direction of the first direction of radiation (X1) between the at least one expanding optic (300)
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Bettina Reisinger, Markus Danner, Josef Plank, Christian Knobloch, Jakob Pühringer, Josef Pürstinger
  • Patent number: 11299091
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle headlamp (1) comprising; a high-resolution lighting apparatus (2) for projecting various light distributions onto a roadway area (4) positioned in front of a vehicle (3); an environmental detection device (5) for detecting at least one parking space (6) located in the environment surrounding the vehicle (3); and a control device (7) for dynamically controlling the lighting apparatus (2); wherein the environmental detection device (5) is designed to issue information corresponding to a detected parking space (6) to the control device (7), wherein the control device (7) is designed, in case the environmental detection device (5) detects a parking space (6), to control the lighting apparatus (2), under consideration of at least the information issued by the environmental detection device (5) related to the parking space (6), in such a manner that the lighting apparatus (2) at least projects a definable ground projection (8), which at least represents the vehicle length, onto th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Hartmann, Markus Reinprecht, Josef Pürstinger, Bettina Reisinger, Clemens Hauer, Matthias Mayer, Christian Kalousek, Martin Lahmer
  • Patent number: 11046248
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light module for a motor vehicle headlamp, comprising at least one optoelectronic component (300), which is arranged in the main emission direction of a first illuminant (110) and which comprises a controllable arrangement of a plurality of micromirrors (310), which can be pivoted into a first and a second position. Micromirrors (310) that are in the first position deflect light beams toward at least one projection optical unit (400), which is designed to produce a light distribution. Micromirrors (310) that are in the second position deflect light beams toward a light-beam-absorbing absorber (500). The light module also comprises at least a control device (200), a sensor element (600) and a second illuminant (120). The control device (200) is designed to control the sensor element (600) and the second illuminant (120). Micromirrors (310) that are in the first position deflect the light beams that can be emitted by the second illuminant (120) toward the sensor element (600).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Plank, Martin Lahmer, Josef Pürstinger, Markus Danner
  • Publication number: 20210086691
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light module for a motor vehicle headlamp, comprising at least one optoelectronic component (300), which is arranged in the main emission direction of a first illuminant (110) and which comprises a controllable arrangement of a plurality of micromirrors (310), which can be pivoted into a first and a second position. Micromirrors (310) that are in the first position deflect light beams toward at least one projection optical unit (400), which is designed to produce a light distribution. Micromirrors (310) that are in the second position deflect light beams toward a light-beam-absorbing absorber (500). The light module also comprises at least a control device (200), a sensor element (600) and a second illuminant (120). The control device (200) is designed to control the sensor element (600) and the second illuminant (120). Micromirrors (310) that are in the first position deflect the light beams that can be emitted by the second illuminant (120) toward the sensor element (600).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Josef PLANK, Martin LAHMER, Josef PÜRSTINGER, Markus DANNER
  • Publication number: 20200172005
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle headlamp (1) comprising: a high-resolution lighting apparatus (2) for projecting various light distributions onto a roadway area (4) positioned in front of a vehicle (3); an environmental detection device (5) for detecting at least one parking space (6) located in the environment surrounding the vehicle (3); and a control device (7) for dynamically controlling the lighting apparatus (2); wherein the environmental detection device (5) is designed to issue information corresponding to a detected parking space (6) to the control device (7), wherein the control device (7) is designed, in case the environmental detection device (5) detects a parking space (6), to control the lighting apparatus (2), under consideration of at least the information issued by the environmental detection device (5) related to the parking space (6), in such a manner that the lighting apparatus (2) at least projects a definable ground projection (8), which at least represents the vehicle length, ont
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Peter HARTMANN, Markus REINPRECHT, Josef PÜRSTINGER, Bettina REISINGER, Clemens HAUER, Matthias MAYER, Christian KALOUSEK, Martin LAHMER
  • Patent number: 10619816
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle headlamp (501), comprising a light source unit (502), a controllable reflector (590), an optically transparent cover (504), an optical absorber device (505), an optical shielding element (506), and a projection optics (507). The light source unit (502) is designed to emit light and to illuminate in a first direction of propagation (510), in the optical path of which the controllable reflector (590) is arranged, and the controllable reflector (590, 690, 70) at least partially reflects the light in a second direction of propagation (520), in the optical path of which the projection optics (507) is arranged and is oriented in a direction in front of the vehicle, in order to form a light pattern in front of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Bettina Reisinger, Josef Pürstinger, Markus Danner
  • Publication number: 20190195459
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle headlamp (501), comprising a light source unit (502), a controllable reflector (590), an optically transparent cover (504), an optical absorber device (505), an optical shielding element (506), and a projection optics (507). The light source unit (502) is designed to emit light and to illuminate in a first direction of propagation (510), in the optical path of which the controllable reflector (590) is arranged, and the controllable reflector (590, 690, 70) at least partially reflects the light in a second direction of propagation (520), in the optical path of which the projection optics (507) is arranged and is oriented in a direction in front of the vehicle, in order to form a light pattern in front of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Bettina REISINGER, Josef PÜRSTINGER, Markus DANNER
  • Patent number: 10132462
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical structure (100) for a motor vehicle headlight lighting device (1) that is set up to emit light forming a specified light pattern (LP1), wherein the optical structure (100) of the lighting device (1) is associated with the lighting device (1), or is part of it in such a way, that the optical structure (100) is transilluminated by essentially the entire luminous flux of the lighting device (1), and wherein the optical structure (100) consists of a number of optical structural elements (110) that have a light-scattering effect and that are designed in such a way that the unmodified light pattern (LP1) produced by the lighting device (1) is modified by the optical structure (100) into a specifiable modified light pattern (LP2), and wherein the optical structural elements (110) have a quadrilateral base area (202), i.e., the area (202) between the vertices (201) of a quadrilateral grid (200) is completely covered by the base area of exactly one optical structural element (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Moser, Dietmar Kieslinger, Josef Pürstinger
  • Patent number: 9879837
    Abstract: An optical structure for a lighting device of a motor vehicle headlight is disclosed. The optical structure is paired with or is a part of the lighting device such that it modifies a light distribution produced by the lighting device. The optical structure (1) includes two, three or more optical structural elements. Each structural element has a light-scattering effect. A first proportion of the structural elements is formed in such a way that beams generated by the lighting device and impinging on this first proportion of the structural elements pass through the proportion of the structural elements. Each beam is refracted by the relevant structural element to form a first exit beam, to form a second exit beam, and to form at least one further exit beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Dietmar Kieslinger, Josef Pürstinger, Markus Danner
  • Publication number: 20160327230
    Abstract: An optical structure for a lighting device (2) of a motor vehicle headlight, which lighting device (2) is configured to irradiate light in order to form a first unmodified light distribution (3) in a region in front of the lighting device (2), wherein the optical structure (1) of the lighting device (2) is paired with or is part of the lighting device (2) in such a way that at least part of the entire luminous flux of the lighting device (2) radiates through the optical structure (1), wherein the unmodified light distribution (3) generated by the lighting device (2) is modified by the optical structure (1) to provide a predefinable modified second light distribution (4), wherein the optical structure (1) consists of two, three or more optical structural elements (5, 5?), wherein each structural element (5, 5?) has a light-scattering effect, wherein a first proportion of the structural elements (5) is formed in such a way that beams (6) generated by the lighting device (2) and impinging on this first proportio
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Dietmar KIESLINGER, Josef Pürstinger, Markus DANNER
  • Publication number: 20160201867
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical structure (100) for a motor vehicle headlight lighting device (1) that is set up to emit light forming a specified light pattern (LP1), wherein the optical structure (100) of the lighting device (1) is associated with the lighting device (1), or is part of it in such a way, that the optical structure (100) is transilluminated by essentially the entire luminous flux of the lighting device (1), and wherein the optical structure (100) consists of a number of optical structural elements (110) that have a light-scattering effect and that are designed in such a way that the unmodified light pattern (LP1) produced by the lighting device (1) is modified by the optical structure (100) into a specifiable modified light pattern (LP2), and wherein the optical structural elements (110) have a quadrilateral base area (202), i.e., the area (202) between the vertices (201) of a quadrilateral grid (200) is completely covered by the base area of exactly one optical structural element (110).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas MOSER, Dietmar KIESLINGER, Josef PÜRSTINGER