Patents by Inventor Lukas Steinemann

Lukas Steinemann 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: 8181270
    Abstract: An anti-glare protection device for a welding mask includes a transmission control circuit for determining a darkening signal from a control signal, a welding activity detection circuit (6) for detecting a welding activity, based on the output of a first sensor circuit. The welding activity detection circuit is arranged to control, via an activation switch, whether either the darkening signal or a signal corresponding to an undarkened optical filter is input to a filter drive circuit. The filter drive circuit drives a controllable optical filter to a transmission value according to the signal input to the filter drive circuit. A manual input device allows a user to manually adjust a user selected signal. A second sensor circuit determines a sensed signal. A manually operable mode selection switch for selecting either, in a manual mode, the user selected signal or, in an automatic mode, the sensed signal to be used as the control signal to the transmission control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Optrel AG
    Inventor: Lukas Steinemann
  • Publication number: 20070056072
    Abstract: An anti-glare protection device for a welding mask includes a transmission control circuit for determining a darkening signal from a control signal, a welding activity detection circuit (6) for detecting a welding activity, based on the output of a first sensor circuit. The welding activity detection circuit is arranged to control, via an activation switch, whether either the darkening signal or a signal corresponding to an undarkened optical filter is input to a filter drive circuit. The filter drive circuit drives a controllable optical filter to a transmission value according to the signal input to the filter drive circuit. A manual input device allows a user to manually adjust a user selected signal. A second sensor circuit determines a sensed signal. A manually operable mode selection switch for selecting either, in a manual mode, the user selected signal or, in an automatic mode, the sensed signal to be used as the control signal to the transmission control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: OPTREL AG
    Inventor: Lukas Steinemann
  • Patent number: 7161116
    Abstract: A welding protective mask (1) includes illumination equipment (3) for illuminating a work area. The illumination equipment (3) includes an illumination device (5), a detection device (8) for detecting an ambient light intensity, an energy storage (7) for electrically supplying the illumination equipment (3) and controller (6) for controlling an intensity of light radiated by the illumination means (5) according to the ambient light intensity. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the controller (6) is set up to detect a welding process with a flicker circuit and to switch off the illumination device (5) during the welding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Optrel AG
    Inventor: Lukas Steinemann
  • Publication number: 20050077278
    Abstract: A welding protective mask (1) includes illumination equipment (3) for illuminating a work area. The illumination equipment (3) includes an illumination device (5), a detection device (8) for detecting an ambient light intensity, an energy storage (7) for electrically supplying the illumination equipment (3) and controller (6) for controlling an intensity of light radiated by the illumination means (5) according to the ambient light intensity. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the controller (6) is set up to detect a welding process with a flicker circuit and to switch off the illumination device (5) during the welding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Applicant: OPTREL AG
    Inventor: Lukas Steinemann
  • Patent number: RE45677
    Abstract: An anti-glare protection device for a welding mask includes a transmission control circuit for determining a darkening signal from a control signal, a welding activity detection circuit (6) for detecting a welding activity, based on the output of a first sensor circuit. The welding activity detection circuit is arranged to control, via an activation switch, whether either the darkening signal or a signal corresponding to an undarkened optical filter is input to a filter drive circuit. The filter drive circuit drives a controllable optical filter to a transmission value according to the signal input to the filter drive circuit. A manual input device allows a user to manually adjust a user selected signal. A second sensor circuit determines a sensed signal. A manually operable mode selection switch for selecting either, in a manual mode, the user selected signal or, in an automatic mode, the sensed signal to be used as the control signal to the transmission control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: OPTREL AG
    Inventor: Lukas Steinemann