Patents by Inventor Stefan Droste

Stefan Droste 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: 9171658
    Abstract: A flat-conductor connection element for an antenna structure is described. The flat-conductor connection element is arranged in or on a pane and has: a flat conductor with a base layer, a conductor track, a first dielectric layer, a shield, and a second dielectric layer and a metal frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Bernhard Reul, Stefan Droste, Christoph Degen
  • Publication number: 20150202719
    Abstract: A coated pane having a communication window, having: a. a base pane, b. a coating containing metal, c. a first grid plane and a second grid plane within the coating containing metal, wherein the first grid plane and the second grid plane have areas in which the coating is removed, in form of grid lines arranged in the manner of a mesh, the grid lines in the first grid plane on at least one long side transition into an open comb structure having teeth and the grid lines in the second grid plane on at least one long side transition into a closed comb structure, wherein the first grid plane is connected by means of at least one tooth of the open comb structure to the closed comb structure of the second grid plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Dirk Wohlfeil, Ilkay Arslan, Ingo Von Der Weiden, Michael Behmke, Stefan Droste
  • Patent number: 8872703
    Abstract: A transparent, flat antenna for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves is described. The transparent, flat antenna comprises a transparent, electrically insulating substrate with a transparent, electrically conductive coating. Methods to produce such a transparent, flat antenna are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Christoph Degen, Gunther Vortmeier, Stefan Droste
  • Publication number: 20140060921
    Abstract: A flat-conductor connection element for an antenna structure is described. The flat-conductor connection element, is arranged in or on a pane and has: a flat conductor with a base layer, a conductor track, a first dielectric layer, a shield, and a second dielectric layer and a metal frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Bernhard Reul, Stefan Droste, Christoph Degen
  • Publication number: 20130277352
    Abstract: A panel heater with at least one flat substrate and an electrically conductive coating is described. The electrically conductive coating extends at least over part of a substrate area and is electrically connected to at least two connecting electrodes provided for electrical connection to the two terminals of a voltage source, such that by applying a feed voltage, a heating current flows in a heating field, which is provided with one or a plurality of heating current paths formed into the conductive coating. The panel heater has one or more measurement current paths formed into the electrically conductive coating, which differ at least in sections from the heating current paths. The heating and measurement current paths are formed into the electrically conductive coating by coating-free separating regions. A method for operation and use of the panel heater is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Christoph Degen, Dang Cuong Phan, Mitja Rateiczak, Andreas Schlarb, Stefan Droste, Robert Drese, Gunther Vortmeier, Patrick Weber, Olaf Eckelt, Walter Schreiber, Giordano Soma
  • Publication number: 20130141289
    Abstract: An antenna assembly including: an insulating substrate; a conductive coating covering a surface of the substrate at least section-wise and serving at least section-wise as a planar antenna receiving electromagnetic waves; a first coupling electrode electrically coupled to the conductive coating extracting useful signals from the planar antenna; a source of interference disposed such that interfering signals can be received by the planar antenna; an electrically conductive ground; and a second coupling electrode electrically coupled to the conductive coating coupling out interfering signals received by the planar antenna from the planar antenna. The second coupling electrode includes a first coupling surface and the conductive structure includes a second coupling surface capacitively coupled to the first coupling surface, the two coupling surfaces configured to selectively allow passage of a frequency range corresponding to the interfering signals to be extracted from the planar antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Gunther Vortmeier, Christoph Degen, Stefan Droste
  • Publication number: 20130099981
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hybrid antenna structure that comprises at least one electrically insulating substrate, at least one electrically conductive coating that covers at least one surface of the substrate at least section-wise and serves as a planar antenna for reception of electromagnetic waves, as well as at least one coupling electrode electrically coupled to the conductive coating for coupling out of antenna signals from the planar antenna. It is essential here that the coupling electrode be electrically coupled to an unshielded, linear antenna conductor that serves as a linear antenna for reception of electromagnetic waves, with the antenna conductor situated outside an area that can be projected by orthogonal parallel projection onto the planar antenna serving as a projection area, by which means an antenna foot point of the linear antenna becomes a common antenna foot point of the linear and planar antenna. The invention further relates to a method for producing such a hybrid antenna structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Gunther Vortmeier, Christoph Degen, Stefan Droste
  • Patent number: 8175998
    Abstract: A method for valuating an object is disclosed, which includes an expert system that determines a value for a rule from the features of the object, weights the value with a weight from [0, 1] and valuates the object based on the value with a rule editor for defining rules for the valuation with one respective weight from [0, 1]; a rule module for determining a value per rule from the features and a valuation module are also disclosed for valuating the object based on the values, wherein the valuation module weights each value determined for a rule with the weight associated with the rule; and in a simplified manner, the expert system determines temporal progressions of the weight in an evolutionary algorithm, commencing with a start value, and selects a limit of the weight as a new weight, when the weight is converging, and the evolution module determines temporal progressions of at least one weight in an evolutionary algorithm selecting a new weight based on a converging behavior of the characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Inform GmbH
    Inventors: Adrian Weiler, Stefan Droste
  • Publication number: 20120086614
    Abstract: A pane with electrically conductive structures is described. The pane has at least two electrically conductive structures galvanically separated from each other, a galvanic separating layer on at least on one of the electrically conductive structures, and an electrical conductor on the galvanic separating layer. The galvanic separating layer galvanically separates the conductor from at least one of the structures. A method for producing the pane and a use of the same are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Stefan Droste, Bernhard Reul, Andreas Schlarb, Gunther Vortmeier, Christoph Degen
  • Publication number: 20110279335
    Abstract: Transparent, flat antenna (A) for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves, comprising at least one transparent, electrically insulating substrate (1) that has in its surface (1.1) an electrically insulating, circumferential edge region (1.1a), a transparent, electrically conductive coating (2) that covers large areas of the surface (1.1) of the substrate (1) up to the edge region (1.1a) and is formed by at least two flat segments (2.1n), where n=1 or a whole number n>1, that contain or are made of at least one electrically conductive material (2.2) and are insulated from each other by at least one linear, electrically insulating region (2.3), and at least one connection (3) for galvanic, capacitive, or inductive decoupling of the antenna signal from at least one flat segment (2.1n); Method for its manufacture and its use as a transparent built-in part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Christoph Degen, Gunther Vortmeier, Stefan Droste
  • Publication number: 20110199674
    Abstract: A laminate adapted to filter out infrared radiation, yet transparent to visible light. The laminate further comprises an optical window that is permeable to infrared radiation. A method of manufacturing the laminate is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Martin Melcher, Stefan Droste, Dirk Wohlfeil, Florian Manz, Volkmar Offermann, Uwe Van Der Meulen
  • Publication number: 20090259614
    Abstract: A method for valuating an object is disclosed, which includes an expert system that determines a value for a rule from the features of the object, weights the value with a weight from [0, 1] and valuates the object based on the value with a rule editor for defining rules for the valuation with one respective weight from [0, 1]; a rule module for determining a value per rule from the features and a valuation module are also disclosed for valuating the object based on the values, wherein the valuation module weights each value determined for a rule with the weight associated with the rule; and in a simplified manner, the expert system determines temporal progressions of the weight in an evolutionary algorithm, commencing with a start value, and selects a limit of the weight as a new weight, when the weight is converging, and the evolution module determines temporal progressions of at least one weight in an evolutionary algorithm selecting a new weight based on a converging behavior of the characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: INFORM Institut fur Operations Research und Management GmbH
    Inventors: Adrian Weiler, Stefan Droste