Patents Assigned to Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH
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Patent number: 5952917Abstract: A taillight fixture for a motor vehicle has at least one light window and a light arrangement with lights, including a brake light, a turn signal light, and a taillight, arranged behind the light window. Light beams emitted by the light arrangement pass through the light window to the exterior. At least one first light-sensitive sensor is positioned in the area of the light window. A control device is provided and the at least one first sensor is connected thereto. At least one of the lights of the light arrangement is connected to the control device, and the control device controls the luminocity of at least one light based on signals received from the first sensor.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1997Date of Patent: September 14, 1999Assignee: Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Werner Zimmermann, Djuanarto Kusuma, Helmut Haf, Winfried Gauch
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Patent number: 5943176Abstract: An external rearview mirror for motor vehicles includes a support having a spherical inner support surface and a mirror holder pivotably connected to the support. At least one guide element for supporting the mirror holder in a selected position relative to the support is provided. The at least one guide element has a curved outer surface resting at the spherical inner support surface. At least one spring for securing face-to-face the curved outer surface of the at least one guide element at the spherical inner support surface is provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 1997Date of Patent: August 24, 1999Assignee: Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Jens Mertens
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Patent number: 5939839Abstract: A circuit for protecting electrically operated lighting elements used for illumination or signaling has at least one PTC resistor connected serially upstream of the lighting element. In another embodiment, the circuit has a self-regulating current supply connected serially upstream of the lighting element. In yet another embodiment, the circuit has a down convertor connected serially upstream of the lighting element.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 1997Date of Patent: August 17, 1999Assignee: Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Wolfgang Robel, Achim Weiss, Helmut Haf, Winfried Hardy Gauch
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Patent number: 5909326Abstract: An exterior rearview mirror for motor vehicles has a mirror arm and a mirror housing connected to the mirror arm so as to foldable about a pivot axis relative to the mirror arm. A support plate is mounted in the mirror housing. A mirror pane is attached to the support plate so as to face outwardly relative to the mirror housing. An adjusting device for adjusting a position of the mirror pane from the interior of the motor vehicle is provided. The adjusting device includes a first adjusting member accessible from the interior of the motor vehicle. The adjusting device includes a second adjusting member mounted within the housing. The first and second adjusting members are connected to one another so as to be pivotable about a common axis. The common axis coincides substantially with the pivot axis of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1997Date of Patent: June 1, 1999Assignee: Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Karl-Heinz Leonberger
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Patent number: 5896084Abstract: A tail light assembly for a motor vehicle, including a rear light, a brake light, and a turn signal light, wherein at least one of the rear light, the brake light, and the turn signal light is comprised of LEDs, has a control device for operating the LEDs at a constant current for a given voltage range.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 1997Date of Patent: April 20, 1999Assignee: Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Achim Weiss, Winfried Hardy Gauch
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Patent number: 5774283Abstract: An exterior rearview mirror for a motor vehicle has a mirror support and a mirror housing connected with a first end to the mirror support. The mirror housing has a holder for a mirror pane. A turn signal light is positioned in the mirror housing. At least one first receiver for receiving remote control signals is also positioned within the mirror housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 1996Date of Patent: June 30, 1998Assignee: Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Bernd Nagel, Bernd Waldmann
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Patent number: 5707130Abstract: A vehicle taillight has a housing and a light-transmissive cover for closing off the housing. At least one light source is located within the housing for emitting light through the light-transmissive cover. At least one light-guiding member is positioned within the housing between the light source and the light-transmissive cover. The light-guiding member consists of light guide material and reflects light emitted by the light source onto the light-transmissive cover.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1996Date of Patent: January 13, 1998Assignee: Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Hubert Zwick, Otto Muller, Stephan Berlitz
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Patent number: 5704709Abstract: The optical receiving body for at least one LED has an optical member with a receiving chamber for receiving the at least one LED. The LED emits light in a main direction of light emission. The receiving chamber has an inner wall with a parabolic wall section. The parabolic wall section is a first reflective surface for light beams emitted by the at least one LED. The exterior surface of the optical member is provided with at least one second reflective surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 1996Date of Patent: January 6, 1998Assignee: Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Hubert Zwick, Hellfried Sandig
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Patent number: 5680263Abstract: An interior rearview mirror for motorized vehicle has a mirror support and a mirror housing pivotably connected to the mirror support. A mirror glass is mounted in the mirror housing. A part of a garage door opener is mounted within the mirror housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1995Date of Patent: October 21, 1997Assignee: Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Werner Zimmermann, Djuanarto Kusuma
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Patent number: 5600497Abstract: An external rearview mirror for motor vehicle has a housing and a mirror support plate connected in the housing so as to be pivotable about two axes perpendicular to one another. A pivot joint is connected to the mirror support plate for pivoting the mirror support plate. An actuating lever for pivoting the mirror support plate is provided. Two push rods are pivotably connected with a first end to the mirror support plate at a distance from the pivot joint. An intermediate lever is pivotably connected to the actuating lever and to the push rods. The intermediate lever has a transverse rod with two ends in the form of bearing balls. The push rods have at a second end thereof a bearing cup, wherein each bearing ball of the transverse rod rests in one of the bearing cups.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1994Date of Patent: February 4, 1997Assignee: Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Karl-Heinz Leonberger
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Patent number: 5582480Abstract: A light assembly for a motor vehicle has a housing and a transparent plate closing off the housing. At least one light-emitting device is positioned in the housing for illuminating the transparent plate. At least one main reflector is positioned in the housing for reflecting light emitted by the light-emitting device to the transparent plate. A prism is positioned in the housing so as to be placed at least partially in the path of the light emitted by the light-emitting device, whereby the prism reflects the light impinging thereon to the main reflector so as to be reflected onto the transparent plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 1995Date of Patent: December 10, 1996Assignee: Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Hubert Zwick, Gernot M. Bracht
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Patent number: 5582383Abstract: An interior rearview mirror for a vehicle. The mirror includes a mirror bracket that by means of a ball-and-socket joint carries a mirror housing that is provided with a mirror glass mounted on a glass carrier that together with the housing can be shifted between a first position and a second position by a knob. The glass carrier is pivotably connected to a support, and a swivel plate is fixedly connected to the knob. A guide pin is disposed on the swivel plate and engages a guide of the support for interconnecting the support and the swivel plate. A stop is disposed on the swivel plate and in one of the positions of the glass carrier rests against the outer surface of the guide.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 1995Date of Patent: December 10, 1996Assignee: Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Jens Mertens, Klaus Weller
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Patent number: 5563741Abstract: An exterior rearview mirror for motor vehicles has a support member for connecting the rearview mirror to the motor vehicle. A mirror housing is connected to the support member and has a mirror support connected inside the mirror housing. The mirror support has a frontal opening for a mirror. The mirror housing together with the mirror support is pivotable relative to the support member from a position of use into a rest position. The support member is hollow and has a receiving element extending into the interior of the motor vehicle. In the rest position the mirror housing together with the mirror support is substantially folded into the support member.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1994Date of Patent: October 8, 1996Assignee: Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Karl-Heinz Leonberger
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Patent number: 5555136Abstract: An interior rearview mirror for a motorized vehicle has a mirror housing with a mirror member and a mirror support connected to the mirror housing. At least one sensor for sensing solar radiation entering the interior of the motorized vehicle through the windshield is provided. The sensor is coupled to the control unit of an air conditioning device of the motorized vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1995Date of Patent: September 10, 1996Assignee: Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Bernd Waldmann, Djuanarto Kusuma
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Patent number: 5541891Abstract: A distance sensing device for a motor vehicle, positioned at the rear of the motor vehicle, for sensing a distance to an obstacle to the rear of the motor vehicle, has a brake light unit positioned in the interior of the motor vehicle at the rear window. At least one sensor for sensing the distance is provided. An optical display unit located within the brake light unit is provided, and the at least one sensor is connected to the optical display unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 1995Date of Patent: July 30, 1996Assignee: Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Bernd Waldmann, Djunarato Kusuma