Patents by Inventor Mathias DRUEPPEL
Mathias DRUEPPEL 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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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: 20240117949Abstract: A Fresnel projection lens for a headlight of a motor vehicle having a light entry surface, wherein the light entry surface has a smooth or substantially smooth surface, and with a light exit surface. The light exit surface has a plurality of adjacent, in particular annular, flanks, wherein one flank each comprises a bottom, an effective facet, and an interfering facet arranged at a first pitch angle to the effective facet. The effective facet and the interfering facet form a cut edge opposite the bottom. A pass-through area is provided on at least one of the flanks, wherein the pass-through area is angled to the effective facet.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Carmen BUNGENSTOCK, Mathias DRUEPPEL, Gerhard KLOOS, Philip STROOP, Benjamin WILLEKE
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Patent number: 11858429Abstract: A structural unit for provision in the front end or in the tail end of a motor vehicle, wherein the structural unit comprises a support body and at least two environment sensing systems, wherein the environment sensing systems are received on the support body.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Mathias Drueppel, Susanne Koehler, Werner Koesters, Christian Smarslik
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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: 20210362646Abstract: A structural unit for provision in the front end or in the tail end of a motor vehicle, wherein the structural unit comprises a support body and at least two environment sensing systems, wherein the environment sensing systems are received on the support body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Mathias DRUEPPEL, Susanne KOEHLER, Werner KOESTERS, Christian SMARSLIK
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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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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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Patent number: 10627074Abstract: A lighting device for vehicles having a housing, in which a light source unit for emitting a light beam and an optical unit associated with the light source unit for generating a predetermined light distribution are disposed, with a cover plate closing an opening of the housing and with a cooling element for dissipating heat from the light source unit. The cooling element is associated with a heat-dissipating optical element of the optical unit. A dividing wall separating the housing into a first chamber and into at least a second chamber is provided, wherein in the first chamber, the first cooling element associated with the light source unit, and in the second chamber, the second cooling element associated with the heat-dissipating optical element of the optical unit are arranged.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Mathias Drueppel, David Duhme
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Publication number: 20190277473Abstract: A lighting device for vehicles having a housing, in which a light source unit for emitting a light beam and an optical unit associated with the light source unit for generating a predetermined light distribution are disposed, with a cover plate closing an opening of the housing and with a cooling element for dissipating heat from the light source unit. The cooling element is associated with a heat-dissipating optical element of the optical unit. A dividing wall separating the housing into a first chamber and into at least a second chamber is provided, wherein in the first chamber, the first cooling element associated with the light source unit, and in the second chamber, the second cooling element associated with the heat-dissipating optical element of the optical unit are arranged.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Mathias DRUEPPEL, David DUHME
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Publication number: 20190184889Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: 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