Patents Assigned to Hans Kolbe & Co.
  • Patent number: 5619214
    Abstract: The radio antenna arrangement for establishing a radio link with terrestrial radio stations includes a group of antennas (10) mounted on an inclined window pane (1) of a particular electrically conductive motor vehicle body, each of the antennas (10) including an antenna element (3) mounted outside of an interior of the vehicle body (8) and on the window pane perpendicular to it; an antenna counterweight (4) mounted on the inclined window pane, the antennas (10) together forming a group antenna with a group antenna connection point (6); and a network (7) containing the group antenna connection point (6), the antennas being radiatively coupled to each other by high-frequency radiation and at least one antenna (10) having an antenna element connection point (2) connecting it with the network (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Assignee: FUBA Hans Kolbe & Co.
    Inventors: Heinz Lindenmeier, Jochen Hopf, Leopold Reiter, Rainer Kronberger
  • Patent number: 5313660
    Abstract: The antenna diversity system for mobile reception of VHF and UHF waves has a plurality of antennae; an antenna distributor connected to each of the antennae to receive antenna signals from the antennae and having a plurality of inputs and sets of outputs; a plurality of antenna switches, each of the antenna switches being connected to one of the sets of outputs of the antenna distributor; a plurality of tuners, each of the tuners connected to one of the antenna switches and producing one of an intermediate-frequency signal and demodulated signal; a plurality of diversity processors, each of the diversity processors being connected to a tuner to receive an intermediate-frequency or demodulated signal therefrom and also to the antenna switch of the tuner connected thereto via a control line and being structured to carry out a signal evaluation of the signal received in the diversity processor to control the antenna switch to switch through a more favorable input signal to the tuner connected to it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: Fuba Hans Kolbe & Co.
    Inventors: Heinz Lindenmeier, Jochen Hopf, Leopold Reiter, Rainer Kronberger
  • Patent number: 5289197
    Abstract: An active reception antenna arranged on a non-conductive flat supporting piece (1, 2) set in a conductive body (2) of a motor vehicle, has an active four terminal network (5) having two input terminals (6a, 6b) and two output terminals (7a, 7b), an elongated antenna conductor (3a) secured on the supporting piece, an output transmission line (8) having a first section (14) of well defined layout which is connected to the output terminals (7a, 7b) and forms another antenna conductor (14) with a length (20) introducing a non-negligible however defined impedance for high frequencies between one of the output terminals (7b) and a ground contact (10), the input terminals (6a, 6b) being connected to the first mentioned elongated antenna conductor (3a) and to the other antenna conductor (14), providing an appropriate source impedance at the input of the active four terminal network, the output transmission line (8) having a second section (15) which is connected to the ground contact (10) and also to an inner connect
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Hans Kolbe & Co. Nachrichtenubertragungstechnik
    Inventors: Heinz Lindenmeier, Gerhard Flachenecker,deceased, Jochen Hopf, Leopold Reiter
  • Patent number: 5287454
    Abstract: Method for acquiring network knowledge in the individual operating locations of a digital transmission network having a plurality of network nodes.Following a computer outage, digital signal connections set up via central computers can no longer be reconstructed within the individual network nodes, so that no emergency operation is possible.The method is intended to place every participating network node into the position of maintaining the original or momentary path of the digital signal connection given computer outage or to restore it or, respectively, to independently set up or alternately route a connection.At the start of the digital signal connection, the digital signal is provided with an identifier in every transmission direction in the transmitting network node, this identifier being supplemented in every following, through-connecting and terminating network node. This identifier can be evaluated in each of these network nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Assignees: ANT Nachrichtentechnik GmbH, Hans Kolbe & Co. Nachrichtenubertragungstechnik, Krone Aktiengesellschaft, Quante Aktiengesellschaft, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Standard Elektrik Lorenz Aktiengesellschaft, U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Diekmeier, Eckhart Flor, Klemens Hahn, Gerhard Himmel, Helmut Wolf
  • Patent number: 5266960
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pane antenna installed in a heated window pane of a motor vehicle to receive frequencies above the high frequency range. The antenna includes at least one wire-shaped first antenna conductor extending across parallel heating conductors of a heating field. The crossing points of the first antenna conductor with heating conductors are preferably in galvanic contact to create a capacitive antenna region along the first antenna conductor. The capacitive antenna region is coupled via a second antenna conductor extending also perpendicularly to the heating conductors, to an antenna terminal arranged on the window pane in proximity to a rim. The window pane is surrounded by a conductive frame and a grounding point is created on the frame opposite the antenna terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: FUBA Hans Kolbe Co.
    Inventors: Heinz Lindenmeier, Gerhard Flachenecker, deceased, Jochen Hopf, Leopold Reiter
  • Patent number: 5138330
    Abstract: An active window pane antenna for use in motor vehicles includes an antenna conductor arranged on the window pane and being connected via a conductor of negligible length to an input terminal of an active four terminal network also arranged on the pane. The output terminals of the network are connected via a first section of a transmission line to an antenna connector whose ground contact is connected for high frequencies to a ground point on the body of the motor vehicle. The impedance of the first section of the transmission line is not negligible for the received frequency bands and the input impedance of the four terminal network is balanced with respect to the first section. A second section of the transmission line extends from the antenna connector to a receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Assignee: Hans Kolbe & Co. Nachrichtenubertragungstechnik
    Inventors: Heinz Lindenmeier, Gerhard Flachenecker, deceased, Jochen Hopf, Leopold Reiter
  • Patent number: 5097270
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pane antenna installed in a heated window pane of a motor vehicle to receive frequencies above the high frequency range. The antenna includes at least one wire-shaped first antenna conductor extending across parallel heating conductors of a heating field. The crossing points of the first antenna conductor with heating conductors are preferably in galvanic contact to create a capacitive antenna region along the first antenna conductor. The capacitive antenna region is coupled via a second antenna conductor extending also perpendicularly to the heating conductors, to an antenna terminal arranged on the window pane in proximity to a rim. The window pane is surrounded by a conductive frame and a grounding point is created on the frame opposite the antenna terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignee: Hans Kolbe & Co. Nachrichtenubertragungstechnik
    Inventors: Heinz Lindenmeier, Gerhard Flachenecker, deceased, Jochen Hopf, Leopold Reiter
  • Patent number: 5049892
    Abstract: The pane antenna system has a plurality of antennas arranged on a non-conductive sheet installed in a metal body of a motor vehicle. Each antenna includes antenna conductors secured on the non-conductive sheet and connected to an input terminal of an assigned four-terminal network. The four-terminal networks are located on or in the proximity of the non-conductive sheet in the metal vehicle body. The other input terminal of respective networks is directly connected with an output terminal of the network. The other output terminal is connected via a high-frequency output line to a collecting or interconnecting region for output signals of all four-terminal networks. From the interconnection region all signals are fed via a single cable strand to a receiver. The cable strand includes a plurality of transmission lines, preferably in the form of coaxial cables, and defines an initial portion bridging the interconnection region on the non-conductive sheet and a ground point on the metal vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Assignee: Hans Kolbe & Co. Nachrichtenubertragungstechnik
    Inventors: Heinz Lindenmeier, Gerhard Flachenecker, deceased
  • Patent number: 5029308
    Abstract: A unipole antenna arrangement for window pane of a motor vehicle mounted in a metal frame and including a heating field assembled of a plurality of substantially horizontally directed heating conductors, is composed of two superposed sets of substantially vertically directed antenna conductors. One of the sets extends in a first region in the heating field and the corresponding antenna conductors cross at least two horizontally directed heating wires. The antenna conductors in the other set extend in a region which adjoins the marginal heating conductor and terminates by common connection conductor leading to a connection point. The crossing points of the heating conductors and the antenna conductors are interconnected by a galvanic or a capacitive coupling. The connection point of the ends of the antenna conductors in the second set is connected by connection conductor with an antenna coupling point which is located near to the metal frame of the window pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1991
    Assignee: Hans Kolbe & Co. Nachrichtenubertragungstechnik
    Inventors: Heinz Lindenmeier, Jochen Hopf, Leopold Reiter, Gerhard Flachenecker
  • Patent number: 4791426
    Abstract: An active antenna for the reception of long-, medium-, short-and ultra-short wave broadcasts is arranged in a rear window of a motor vehicle equipped with a boundary conductor enclosing an array of heating elements. The reception of long-, medium- and short-wave signals is made by means of an elongated flat antenna element which is arranged in the window on a free area above or below the heating elements, and the reception of the ultra-short wave signals is effected by the array of heating elements. An antenna amplifier includes a linear amplifying stage connected to the flat antenna element, an amplifying branch circuit connected to the array of heating elements and a common ground terminal connected to the boundary conductor. A frequency separator has two inputs connected, respectively, to the output of the amplifying stage and of the branch circuit, and an output connected via an antenna cable to a conventional radio receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1988
    Assignee: Hans Kolbe & Co.
    Inventors: Heinz Lindenmeier, Gerhard Flachenecker
  • Patent number: 4777659
    Abstract: A detector for indicating reception disturbances during frequency modulated ultrashort wave broadcast reception, particularly in power vehicles, has a detector for indicating frequency disturbance deviations in high frequency or intermediate frequency carriers and an amplitude modulation detector for indicating disturbance amplitude modulation in the high frequency or intermediate frequency carrier, and an evaluating circuit with two inputs arranged so that the output signals of the detectors are supplied to the respective inputs of the evaluating circuit and an output signal of the evaluating circuit depends both on the disturbance amplitude modulation and the frequency disturbance deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Assignees: U.S. Philips Corporation, Hans Kolbe & Co.
    Inventors: Heinz Lindenmeier, Ernst Manner, Gerhard Flachenecker
  • Patent number: 4653116
    Abstract: A detector for indicating reception disturbances during ultrashort wave broadcast reception by demodulating of intermediate frequency signals has a frequency modulated demodulator with a demodulation characteristic line formed so that a controlling region within which the output signal increases with increasing frequency deviation from a carrier frequency extends advantageously over the entire band width of the ultrashort wave intermediate frequency channel and is significantly greater than the maximum frequency deviation of the intermediate frequency carrier modulated with the basic band signal in the frequency, and the output signal of the frequency demodulator is supplied to an evaluating circuit at whose output the exceeding of a predetermined frequency disturbance deviation threshold is indicated by a logic signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1987
    Assignees: U.S. Philips Corporation, Hans Kolbe & Co.
    Inventors: Heinz Lindenmeier, Ernst Manner, Gerhard Flachenecker
  • Patent number: 4602260
    Abstract: An active windshield antenna has a first conductor extending parallel to a metal frame to the vertical line of symmetry of the latter, a second conductor extending in a bending point from said first conductor along the symmetry line, an amplifier has separate transmission paths for a low frequent low medium short wave region and ultra short wave region, the transmission path of the long medium short wave region at an inlet of the low medium short wave amplifier has a high input impedance, and the input impedance of the total amplifier in the low medium short frequency region is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1986
    Assignee: Hans Kolbe & Co.
    Inventors: Heinz Lindenmeier, Gerhard Flachenecker, Jochen Hopf
  • Patent number: 4095228
    Abstract: An automotive vehicle has a window and a vehicle body. A window heater includes an arrangement of heating conductor sections provided on the window. A radio receiving antenna is located in the vicinity of the heating conductor sections. The heating conductor sections are comprised of at least two heating conductor sections together forming a bifilar conductor section group. The two heating conductor sections of each bifilar conductor section group are arranged approximately parallel and closely spaced to each other. The heating conductor sections are so interconnected that the heating current flowing through one of the sections of each group also flows through the other section of the group but in the opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1978
    Assignee: Hans Kolbe & Co.
    Inventors: Hans Heinrich Meinke, Heinz Lindenmeier, Friedrich Landstorfer, Gerhard Flachenecker, Jochen Hopf
  • Patent number: 4070677
    Abstract: A vehicle window heater includes an arrangement of heating conductors provided on the window. A radio receiving antenna is located in the vicinity of the heating conductors. An interference-suppressing arrangement decreases the effect upon the antenna of interference fields emanating from the heating conductors and includes an arrangement of auxiliary conductors located in the vicinity of the heating conductors. The auxiliary conductors along their lengths are insulated from the heating conductors. Each auxiliary conductor at at least one of its ends is conductively connected to the vehicle body for high-frequency condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1978
    Assignee: Hans Kolbe & Co.
    Inventors: Hans Heinrich Meinke, Heinz Lindenmeier, Friedrich Landstorfer, Gerhard Flachenecker
  • Patent number: 3942119
    Abstract: An antenna has two output terminals and is operative for receiving electromagnetic radiation and converting the same into electrical signals appearing across the two antenna output terminals. There are provided a first and a second transmission channel, each having a respective input comprised of a pair of input terminals, and respectively operative for transmitting electrical signals having frequencies lying in a predetermined first frequency range and in a predetermined higher second frequency range, one of the input terminals of the first channel being connected to one of the two antenna output terminals. A transformer includes a primary winding connecting the other of the input terminals of the first channel to the other of the two antenna output terminals. The transformer further includes a secondary winding connected across the two input terminals of the second transmission channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1976
    Assignee: Hans Kolbe & Co.
    Inventors: Hans Heinrich Meinke, Heinz Lindenmeier, Fritz Landstorfer, Gerhard Flachenecker