Patents by Inventor Thomas Pongratz

Thomas Pongratz 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: 9585612
    Abstract: A fluorescence diagnosis system has a viewing system at least one light source and a camera system. The at least one light source can be operated in three modes, a first generating white light, a second with a first fluorescence excitation light of a first excitation wavelength and a third in which a second fluorescence excitation light of a second excitation wavelength is generated producing a fluorescence image in the NIR range. The camera system is sensitive at least in the visible and the NIR range. The system further comprises an image processing system for converting the fluorescence image in the NIR range into a visible image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus M. Irion, André Ehrhardt, Reinhold Baumgartner, Herbert Stepp, Thomas Pongratz
  • Patent number: 7669919
    Abstract: The present invention provides an actuating device for a wind deflector device in a vehicle, with a roof opening and a roof closure element, wherein the actuating device has at least one actuating cable which can be coupled to a sun-shielding device, wherein the actuating cable can actuate the sun-shielding device when it is coupled to the sun-shielding device, wherein the actuating cable can be moved in a first direction in which the sun-shielding device uncovers the roof opening, wherein the actuating cable can be decoupled from the sun-shielding device in a predetermined position, and wherein, in the state in which it is decoupled from the sun-shielding device, the actuating cable can be moved further in the first direction and, in the process, can adjust the wind deflector device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Webasto AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Wingen, Thomas Pongratz
  • Publication number: 20080284212
    Abstract: The present invention provides an actuating device for a wind deflector device in a vehicle, with a roof opening and a roof closure element, wherein the actuating device has at least one actuating cable which can be coupled to a sun-shielding device, wherein the actuating cable can actuate the sun-shielding device when it is coupled to the sun-shielding device, wherein the actuating cable can be moved in a first direction in which the sun-shielding device uncovers the roof opening, wherein the actuating cable can be decoupled from the sun-shielding device in a predetermined position, and wherein, in the state in which it is decoupled from the sun-shielding device, the actuating cable can be moved further in the first direction and, in the process, can adjust the wind deflector device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Bernhard Wingen, Thomas Pongratz
  • Publication number: 20060241499
    Abstract: A fluorescence diagnosis system has a viewing system at least one light source and a camera system. The at least one light source can be operated in three modes, a first generating white light, a second with a first fluorescence excitation light of a first excitation wavelength and a third in which a second fluorescence excitation light of a second excitation wavelength is generated producing a fluorescence image in the NIR range. The camera system is sensitive at least in the visible and the NIR range. The system further comprises an image processing system for converting the fluorescence image in the NIR range into a visible image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Klaus Irion, Andre Ehrhardt, Reinhold Baumgartner, Herbert Stepp, Thomas Pongratz