Patents by Inventor Rainer Felderhoff

Rainer Felderhoff 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).

  • Switching apparatus
    Patent number: 8164016
    Abstract: The invention relates to a switching apparatus (10) for switching a load on and off, in particular a motor or the like in a vehicle, having a housing (20), an operating element (30), a switching element (40), wherein the switching element (40) can be activated by the operating element (30), and at least one switching signal for a control unit can be produced by means of the switching element (40), and the operating element (30) has a symbol element (50). The invention provides for a first optical waveguide element (60) to carry a first light (71) from at least one first light source (70) such that the symbol element (50) is uniformly illuminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Huf Hulsbeck & Furst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Tae-Sun Kim, Rainer Felderhoff
  • SWITCHING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20100175971
    Abstract: The invention relates to a switching apparatus (10) for switching a load on and off, in particular a motor or the like in a vehicle, having a housing (20), an operating element (30), a switching element (40), wherein the switching element (40) can be activated by the operating element (30), and at least one switching signal for a control unit can be produced by means of the switching element (40), and the operating element (30) has a symbol element (50). The invention provides for a first optical waveguide element (60) to carry a first light (71) from at least one first light source (70) such that the symbol element (50) is uniformly illuminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: HUF HÜLSBECK & FÜRST GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Tae-Sun Kim, Rainer Felderhoff