Patents by Inventor Marc Kaup
Marc Kaup 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: 11975648Abstract: A communication light device for vehicles having a number of light sources, having an elongated optical unit for generating a light signature, having a control unit for controlling the number of light sources such that a locally and/or temporally variable light emission and/or illuminated area is generated in the longitudinal extent of the elongated optical unit, wherein the communication light device is designed as a body styling part that is arranged on an exterior of the vehicle body and extends in the horizontal direction all the way along a front end and/or all the way along a rear end of the vehicle and/or all the way or partially along a longitudinal side of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Marc Kaup, Heinrich Schaefer
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Publication number: 20240125444Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle, wherein the lighting device has a circuit board with a multiplicity of light-emitting diodes arranged thereon, a transparent optical layer, and a reflector element, wherein the reflector element is arranged between the circuit board and the optical layer, wherein the reflector element has multiple segments into which the reflector element is subdivided, wherein a segment is associated with each light-emitting diode so that light emitted by the light-emitting diodes can be reflected by the reflector element and can pass through the optical layer. Two light-emitting diodes are arranged in a segment. In addition, a lighting system and a motor vehicle are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Mathias DRUEPPEL, Carsten HOHMANN, Marc KAUP, Alfons MICHAELIS, Martin MUEGGE, Diana MUNDT, Thomas RETTWEILER, Jacek ROSLAK, Christian SCHMIDT, Dietmar SCHROEDER, Martin VOLLMER
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Publication number: 20230204174Abstract: An illumination apparatus for a motor vehicle having at least one light source from which light is emitted when the illumination apparatus is in operation, a collimation optical system through which, when the illumination apparatus is in operation, the light emitted from the at least one light source passes at least in part, and a secondary optical system with at least one array of cylinder lenses arranged adjacently on a face, through which, when the illumination apparatus is in operation, the light emitted by the collimation optical system passes at least in part, wherein the secondary optical system has an entry face and an exit face for the light emitting from the collimation optical system. The secondary optical system being arranged such that the exit face of the secondary optical system forms an angle unequal to 0° or unequal to 180° with the vertical when the illumination apparatus is installed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Bernd FISCHER, Marc KAUP, Dirk KLIEBISCH
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Patent number: 11435045Abstract: A Lighting device for a motor vehicle is provided comprising at least one light source from which light is emitted during operation of the lighting device. An optical component into which the light emanating from the at least one light source enters is also provided, along with a light influencing means having an active surface for selectively influencing individual pixels or groups of pixels of the light. The light influencing means reflects or deflects light incident thereon in such a way that it emerges at least partially from the lighting device. Illumination optics are formed on or in the optical component. The light is reflected or deflected by the illumination optics during operation of the lighting device onto the active surface of the light influencing means.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Mathias Drüppel, Bernd Fischer, Marc Kaup
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Patent number: 11359784Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle, in particular a headlamp, comprising at least two, preferably three, light sources, from which light emanates during the operation of the lighting device, the light of each of the light sources differing from that of the other light sources with regard to its wavelength spectrum, comprising modulator, which bring about a modulation of the light emanating from the light sources during the operation of the lighting device, so that information is transmitted by the light, the lighting device having a mixer for mixing the light emanating from the individual light sources, so that white light emerges from the lighting device during the operation of the lighting device.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Mathias Drueppel, David Duhme, Kai Ehlert, Bernd Fischer, Julien Hansen, Marc Kaup, Lukas Poertner, Claas Tebruegge, Benjamin Willeke, Jan-Henning Willrodt
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Patent number: 11268674Abstract: A headlight for a vehicle with a cooling device for a semiconductor illuminant, wherein the cooling device comprises a fluid circuit with an evaporator, on or in which the semiconductor illuminant is arranged and a cooling medium can be evaporated, and wherein the cooling device further comprises a condenser on or in which the cooling medium can be condensed. The cooling medium comprises a first coolant, which has a first lower evaporation temperature and the cooling medium comprises a second coolant, which has a second higher evaporation temperature.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Mathias Drueppel, David Duhme, Bernd Fischer, Marc Kaup
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Patent number: 11254256Abstract: A method for detecting misadjustments of a headlamp of a vehicle and to a device for this purpose. It is provided that the vehicle is provided with a detector with which at least one light signal of another road user is detected, and wherein the vehicle is equipped with a control unit with which light signal information of the detector is captured and by means of which adjustment information for correcting the misadjustment of the headlamp is output as a function of the captured light signal information.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Mathias Drueppel, David Duhme, Kai Ehlert, Bernd Fischer, Julien Hansen, Marc Kaup, Lukas Poertner, Claas Tebruegge, Benjamin Willeke, Jan-Henning Willrodt
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Publication number: 20220017009Abstract: A communication light device for vehicles having a number of light sources, having an elongated optical unit for generating a light signature, having a control unit for controlling the number of light sources such that a locally and/or temporally variable light emission and/or illuminated area is generated in the longitudinal extent of the elongated optical unit, wherein the communication light device is designed as a body styling part that is arranged on an exterior of the vehicle body and extends in the horizontal direction all the way along a front end and/or all the way along a rear end of the vehicle and/or all the way or partially along a longitudinal side of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Marc KAUP, Heinrich SCHAEFER
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Publication number: 20210285610Abstract: A Lighting device for a motor vehicle is provided comprising at least one light source from which light is emitted during operation of the lighting device. An optical component into which the light emanating from the at least one light source enters is also provided, along with a light influencing means having an active surface for selectively influencing individual pixels or groups of pixels of the light. The light influencing means reflects or deflects light incident thereon in such a way that it emerges at least partially from the lighting device. Illumination optics are formed on or in the optical component. The light is reflected or deflected by the illumination optics during operation of the lighting device onto the active surface of the light influencing means.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Mathias Drüppel, Bernd Fischer, Marc Kaup
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Patent number: 11098871Abstract: A headlamp for vehicles comprising at least one light source for generating at least one light beam, a scanning device for one-dimensionally scanning the at least one light beam bidirectionally in a scanning direction, and an array of optical elements arranged side by side in a direction that corresponds to the scanning direction so that the at least one light beam impinges on the optical elements successively. At least some of the optical elements are designed to expand the at least one light beam in a direction perpendicular to the direction, in which the optical elements are arranged side by side.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Marcel Bursy, Markus Giehl, Julien Hansen, Marc Kaup, Thomas Rettweiler, Christian Schmidt, Christian Smarslik, Philip Stroop, Carsten Wilks, Benjamin Willeke
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Patent number: 11009208Abstract: A light source, specifically an LED or laser diode with a light-emitting surface from which light can be emitted during operation of the light source. An optical element made of transparent material is provided, into which the light emitted by the surface can be beamed. The optical element is molded onto at least one surface formed on the light source using a molding method. A gap is formed between the light-emitting surface and optical element.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2017Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Bernd Fischer, Marc Kaup, Tilman Maucher, Ingo Möllers
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Patent number: 10948153Abstract: A lighting apparatus for an automated or partially automated vehicle, having a light module, which contains a light source unit having a number of light sources and an optical unit assigned to the light source unit for generating a light signal, a surroundings sensor unit for detecting road users in surroundings of the vehicle, a control unit for controlling the light module, so that the light module generates the light signal as a function of the road users detected by the surroundings sensor unit and/or a relative position thereof with respect to the vehicle, the light module being positioned in a defined location of the vehicle and being designed in such a way that the light signal may be radiated at different horizontal and/or vertical spatial angles.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Bernd Fischer, Marc Kaup, Diana Mundt, Benjamin Willeke, Jan-Henning Willrodt
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Publication number: 20200393106Abstract: A headlamp for vehicles comprising at least one light source for generating at least one light beam, a scanning device for one-dimensionally scanning the at least one light beam bidirectionally in a scanning direction, and an array of optical elements arranged side by side in a direction that corresponds to the scanning direction so that the at least one light beam impinges on the optical elements successively. At least some of the optical elements are designed to expand the at least one light beam in a direction perpendicular to the direction, in which the optical elements are arranged side by side.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2017Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Marcel Bursy, Markus Giehl, Julien Hansen, Marc Kaup, Thomas Rettweiler, Christian Schmidt, Christian Smarslik, Philip Stroop, Carsten Wilks, Benjamin Willeke
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Publication number: 20200355341Abstract: A headlight for a vehicle with a cooling device for a semiconductor illuminant, wherein the cooling device comprises a fluid circuit with an evaporator, on or in which the semiconductor illuminant is arranged and a cooling medium can be evaporated, and wherein the cooling device further comprises a condenser on or in which the cooling medium can be condensed. The cooling medium comprises a first coolant, which has a first lower evaporation temperature and the cooling medium comprises a second coolant, which has a second higher evaporation temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: HELLA GMBH & CO. KGAAInventors: Mathias DRUEPPEL, David DUHME, Bernd FISCHER, Marc KAUP
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Publication number: 20200295523Abstract: A laser light source unit for vehicles, with a resonator containing a first end mirror and a second end mirror, between which an active laser medium is arranged, and with a pump device for generating pump radiation, which can be introduced into the resonator via the first end mirror, wherein a rotatable birefringent medium is arranged in the resonator such that, according to a rotation of the birefringent medium, preferred radiation of different wavelengths is stimulated in the active laser medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Mathias DRUEPPEL, David DUHME, Kai EHLERT, Bernd FISCHER, Julien HANSEN, Marc KAUP, Lukas POERTNER, Claas TEBRUEGGE, Benjamin WILLEKE, Jan-Henning WILLRODT
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Publication number: 20200263847Abstract: Communications system for motor vehicles are provided, that comprise a plurality of transmission devices and a plurality of receiver devices where the transmission devices, individually or together, feature several light sources that are able to emit at least light with a first wavelength spectrum and light with a second wavelength spectrum. The transmission devices feature means of modulation that can effect modulation of the light such that information can be transmitted via the light. Receiver devices can capture the emitted light and extract the information from the captured light. The communications system is designed in such a way that the light with the first wavelength spectrum is used for the transmission of information in a first category and the light with the second wavelength spectrum is used for the transmission of information in a second category.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2018Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Mathias Drüppel, David Duhme, Kai Ehlert, Bernd Fischer, Julien Hansen, Marc Kaup, Lukas Pörtner, Claas Tebrügge, Benjamin Willeke, Jan-Henning Willrodt
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Publication number: 20200240605Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle, in particular a headlamp, comprising at least two, preferably three, light sources, from which light emanates during the operation of the lighting device, the light of each of the light sources differing from that of the other light sources with regard to its wavelength spectrum, comprising modulator, which bring about a modulation of the light emanating from the light sources during the operation of the lighting device, so that information is transmitted by the light, the lighting device having a mixer for mixing the light emanating from the individual light sources, so that white light emerges from the lighting device during the operation of the lighting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: HELLA GMBH & CO. KGAAInventors: Mathias DRUEPPEL, David DUHME, Kai EHLERT, Bernd FISCHER, Julien HANSEN, Marc KAUP, Lukas POERTNER, Claas TEBRUEGGE, Benjamin WILLEKE, Jan-Henning WILLRODT
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Publication number: 20200224849Abstract: A lighting apparatus for an automated or partially automated vehicle, having a light module, which contains a light source unit having a number of light sources and an optical unit assigned to the light source unit for generating a light signal, a surroundings sensor unit for detecting road users in surroundings of the vehicle, a control unit for controlling the light module, so that the light module generates the light signal as a function of the road users detected by the surroundings sensor unit and/or a relative position thereof with respect to the vehicle, the light module being positioned in a defined location of the vehicle and being designed in such a way that the light signal may be radiated at different horizontal and/or vertical spatial angles.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Bernd FISCHER, Marc KAUP, Diana MUNDT, Benjamin WILLEKE, Jan-Henning WILLRODT
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Publication number: 20190317319Abstract: A communication device for a vehicle which can transmit information in the form of light signals to other road users, wherein the communication device has at least one light source from which light emerges when operating the communication device, and controllable light influencer which selectively deflect or reflect or shade at least a portion of the light emanating from the at least one light source such that the at least one portion of the light exits the communication device as a light signal, or wherein the communication device comprises an array of light sources that can selectively generate light that at least partially emerges as a light signal from the communication device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Bernd FISCHER, Marc KAUP, Alexander KLARIUS, Benjamin WILLEKE, Jan-Henning WILLRODT
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Publication number: 20190309922Abstract: A light source, specifically an LED or laser diode with a light-emitting surface from which light can be emitted during operation of the light source. An optical element made of transparent material is provided, into which the light emitted by the surface can be beamed. The optical element is molded onto at least one surface formed on the light source using a molding method. A gap is formed between the light-emitting surface and optical element.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2017Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: Bernd Fischer, Marc Kaup, Tilman Maucher, Ingo Möllers