Patents by Inventor Norbert van der Heyd

Norbert van der Heyd 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: 10192374
    Abstract: The present disclosure teaches a receiving circuit for use with a vehicle and serving for receiving a signal of a transponder. The receiving circuit may include a plurality of input paths each having an antenna and a multiplexer with a plurality of switches controlled by control signals and connecting at least one of the input paths to at least one further device in the form of a discharger and/or detuner and/or amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Dieter Sass, Herbert Froitzheim, Norbert van der Heyd
  • Patent number: 10109911
    Abstract: The invention relates to a driver circuit and an active transmitter device, a series circuit consisting of a first capacitor (4) and a second capacitor (12) being charged to a reference voltage by way of a charging current and the charged capacitors being discharged via the inductor (1) by an oscillating discharge, the discharge being terminated when the current through the inductor has completed an entire oscillation period or a multiple thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Froitzheim, Dieter Sass, Norbert Van Der Heyd
  • Patent number: 10078928
    Abstract: A driver circuit, a method for operating an inductor coil and an active transmission system, wherein a capacitor is charged by means of a charging current to a reference voltage and the charged capacitor is discharged in an oscillating manner via the inductor coil. The inductor coil is short-circuited when the voltage on the capacitor or a current flowing in the inductor coil has passed through at least one complete oscillating period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Herbert Froitzheim, Dieter Sass, Norbert van der Heyd
  • Publication number: 20180204400
    Abstract: A driver circuit, a method for operating an inductor coil and an active transmission system, wherein a capacitor is charged by means of a charging current to a reference voltage and the charged capacitor is discharged in an oscillating manner via the inductor coil. The inductor coil is short-circuited when the voltage on the capacitor or a current flowing in the inductor coil has passed through at least one complete oscillating period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Froitzheim, Dieter Sass, Norbert van der Heyd
  • Patent number: 9912359
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an antenna driver circuit for an antenna associated with a motor vehicle. The antenna driver circuit may include at least one pair of output paths to at least one antenna for forming at least one oscillatory circuit composed of in each case an antenna and at least one capacitor, and a plurality of switches in the form of MOSFETs controlled by control signals in one respective oscillatory circuit with an antenna. In the respective oscillatory circuit, at least two controllable switches may be arranged in an anti-serial fashion with respect to one another in that their drain connections are connected together, and/or source connections of controllable switches are connected to one another via an antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Dieter Sass, Herbert Froitzheim, Norbert van der Heyd
  • Patent number: 9838050
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an antenna driver circuit for an antenna associated with a motor vehicle. The antenna driver circuit may include at least one pair of output paths to at least one antenna for forming at least one oscillatory circuit composed of in each case an antenna and at least one capacitor, and a plurality of switches in the form of MOSFETs controlled by control signals in one respective oscillatory circuit with an antenna. In the respective oscillatory circuit, at least two controllable switches may be arranged in an anti-serial fashion with respect to one another in that their drain connections are connected together, and/or source connections of controllable switches are connected to one another via an antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Dieter Sass, Herbert Froitzheim, Norbert van der Heyd
  • Publication number: 20170331179
    Abstract: The invention relates to a driver circuit and an active transmitter device, a series circuit consisting of a first capacitor (4) and a second capacitor (12) being charged to a reference voltage by way of a charging current and the charged capacitors being discharged via the inductor (1) by an oscillating discharge, the discharge being terminated when the current through the inductor has completed an entire oscillation period or a multiple thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Herbert FROITZHEIM, Dieter SASS, Norbert VAN DER HEYD
  • Publication number: 20170272110
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an antenna driver circuit for an antenna associated with a motor vehicle. The antenna driver circuit may include at least one pair of output paths to at least one antenna for forming at least one oscillatory circuit composed of in each case an antenna and at least one capacitor, and a plurality of switches in the form of MOSFETs controlled by control signals in one respective oscillatory circuit with an antenna. In the respective oscillatory circuit, at least two controllable switches may be arranged in an anti-serial fashion with respect to one another in that their drain connections are connected together, and/or source connections of controllable switches are connected to one another via an antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Sass, Herbert Froitzheim, Norbert van der Heyd
  • Publication number: 20160277085
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an antenna driver circuit for an antenna associated with a motor vehicle. The antenna driver circuit may include at least one pair of output paths to at least one antenna for forming at least one oscillatory circuit composed of in each case an antenna and at least one capacitor, and a plurality of switches in the form of MOSFETs controlled by control signals in one respective oscillatory circuit with an antenna. In the respective oscillatory circuit, at least two controllable switches may be arranged in an anti-serial fashion with respect to one another in that their drain connections are connected together, and/or source connections of controllable switches are connected to one another via an antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Sass, Herbert Froitzheim, Norbert van der Heyd
  • Publication number: 20160275736
    Abstract: The present disclosure teaches a receiving circuit for use with a vehicle and serving for receiving a signal of a transponder. The receiving circuit may include a plurality of input paths each having an antenna and a multiplexer with a plurality of switches controlled by control signals and connecting at least one of the input paths to at least one further device in the form of a discharger and/or detuner and/or amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Sass, Herbert Froitzheim, Norbert van der Heyd