Patents by Inventor Tim Petasch

Tim Petasch 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: 8434359
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor arrangement for detecting ambient conditions, in particular for a motor vehicle, with at least one carrier plate and optical elements arranged on this carrier plate, wherein several of the optical elements are arranged around a shared central region on the carrier plate, and at least two of the optical elements arranged around the central region exhibit primary action axes. These primary action axes are adjusted at a predetermined angle relative to the carrier plate, wherein the primary action axes are directed toward the shared central region. Additional sensors arranged on the carrier plate include a rain sensor, a solar sensor as well as various light sensors, which preferably are arranged on receiving surfaces of the carrier plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.
    Inventors: Thomas Niemann, Olaf Lüdtke, Almut Schlarmann, Jürgen Palloks, Antje Müller, Tim Petasch
  • Publication number: 20120007507
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting the visibility outside of a motor vehicle by means of at least two light sensors, in the case of which the intensity of the light reflection of the driving light emitted in the direction of travel is detected by means of a first light sensor, which is oriented in the direction of travel. The first light sensor thereby transmits at least a first evaluation signal to a control unit for further processing at least as a function of the recorded intensity of the light reflection. The ambient light is detected by means of a second light sensor and a second evaluation signal is transmitted to the control unit as a function of the intensity of the ambient light. The control unit correlates the evaluation signals of both light sensors and the light intensity threshold value is determined on the basis thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.
    Inventors: Thomas Niemann, Olaf Lüdtke, Almut Schlarmann, Jürgen Palloks, Antje Müller, Tim Petasch
  • Publication number: 20120006110
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor arrangement for detecting ambient conditions, in particular for a motor vehicle, with at least one carrier plate and optical elements arranged on this carrier plate, wherein several of the optical elements are arranged around a shared central region on the carrier plate, and at least two of the optical elements arranged around the central region exhibit primary action axes. These primary action axes are adjusted at a predetermined angle relative to the carrier plate, wherein the primary action axes are directed toward the shared central region. Additional sensors arranged on the carrier plate include a rain sensor, a solar sensor as well as various light sensors, which preferably are arranged on receiving surfaces of the carrier plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.
    Inventors: Thomas Niemann, Olaf Lüdtke, Almut Schlarmann, Jürgen Palloks, Antje Müller, Tim Petasch
  • Publication number: 20120006907
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for acquiring predetermined state variables inside a room, in particular in the interior of a motor vehicle, with at least one temperature sensor and with a humidity sensor, at least regions of which are enclosed by a housing, wherein a first temperature sensor exhibits at least one contact surface for abutting against a perimeter surface bordering the room, and that at least one second temperature sensor is provided inside the housing for acquiring the room temperature. The contact surface is thereby a surface piece of a printed circuit board section of a printed circuit board, which encompasses elastic characteristics, wherein the printed circuit board section encompasses a plurality of surface pieces, which are angled relative to one another, and the temperature sensors are arranged at different surface pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas Niemann, Olaf Lüdtke, Almut Schlarmann, Jürgen Palloks, Antje Müller, Tim Petasch
  • Publication number: 20040255626
    Abstract: A mobile locking element and a method for unlocking a mobile element via the mobile locking element interacting with the mobile element, the method comprising the following steps:
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Tim Petasch, Reiner Baumgarte, Jorg Meyer-Schurmann, Matthias Lange, Wolfgang Neumann, Herbert Claassen