Patents by Inventor Alexander SCHWAN

Alexander SCHWAN 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: 11953173
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus for vehicles having a light source, a support plate for receiving the light source, and an optical unit arranged in front of the light source in the main emission direction to deflect light emitted by the light source onto a roadway in front of the vehicle in accordance with a predetermined light distribution. The light source has a light-emitting surface and a light source frame surrounding the same. The light source is surrounded by a shielding frame with a wall that is raised in the main emission direction and encloses an intermediate space between the light source and the optical unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Herbert Cramer, Florian Herold, Christian Schimon, Alexander Schwan, Dirk Schwemin
  • Publication number: 20240084988
    Abstract: An illumination device for vehicles is provided, and includes a headlamp with an imaging unit for generating a multitude of light pixels that can be actuated individually. The headlamp also includes a lens unit containing a lens arrangement with a number of lenses arranged in a fixed manner to each other. The light pixels of the imaging unit can be mapped to focused light spots at a specified distance. The headlamp also includes an actuator unit for actuating the imaging unit. A first lens unit of a first headlamp is different from a second lens unit of a second headlamp such that the light pixels of the imaging unit of the first headlamp and the second headlamp are mapped to be focused at different distances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Sebastian Gatsios, Florian Herold, Dirk Kliebisch, Ingo Möllers, Alexander Schwan, Patrick Vogel
  • Patent number: 11879611
    Abstract: A light module is provided with a bulb shield. The light module includes a light generation unit for emitting light and an optic for shaping the light emitted by the light generation unit. The light generation unit includes a light-emitting surface. A bulb shield is arranged between the optic and the light generation unit for covering the light generation unit. The bulb shield includes a passage for the light emitted by the light-emitting surface. The light module includes a bearing structure for the bulb shield. The bulb shield is glued to the bearing structure by a first adhesive bond and the bulb shield is glued to the bearing structure by a second adhesive bond. A first adhesive used to produce the first adhesive bond and a second adhesive used to produce the second adhesive bond are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Herbert Cramer, Simone Rohrberg, Christian Schimon, Alexander Schwan, Dirk Schwemin, Frank Sohrweide, Christian Wieck
  • Publication number: 20240005849
    Abstract: A lighting arrangement with a control unit and two LED lighting modules, each comprising an LED matrix. Control information, including an image signal for generating a light image, can be generated with the control unit for each lighting module, and the light image can be generated with the LED matrix of each lighting module, which the control unit has generated for this lighting module. The control unit is connected to the lighting modules for the transmission of the image signals. The first lighting module has a processing unit and a first interface via which the information for the lighting modules can be extracted from the signal generated by the control unit. The processing unit provides the information intended for the second lighting module at the first interface of the first lighting module, and wherein the second lighting module is connected to the first interface of the first lighting module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Sebastian GATSIOS, Florian HEROLD, Dirk KLIEBISCH, Ingo MOELLERS, Alexander SCHWAN, Patrick VOGEL
  • Publication number: 20230383921
    Abstract: A light module is provided with a bulb shield. The light module includes a light generation unit for emitting light and an optic for shaping the light emitted by the light generation unit. The light generation unit includes a light-emitting surface. A bulb shield is arranged between the optic and the light generation unit for covering the light generation unit. The bulb shield includes a passage for the light emitted by the light-emitting surface. The light module includes a bearing structure for the bulb shield. The bulb shield is glued to the bearing structure by a first adhesive bond and the bulb shield is glued to the bearing structure by a second adhesive bond. A first adhesive used to produce the first adhesive bond and a second adhesive used to produce the second adhesive bond are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Herbert Cramer, Simone Rohrberg, Christian Schimon, Alexander Schwan, Dirk Schwemin, Frank Sohrweide, Christian Wieck
  • Publication number: 20230382291
    Abstract: An illumination arrangement includes with a control unit, an illumination module connected to the control unit via a bidirectional first channel that features an LED matrix for generating light, and a peripheral module connected to the illumination module via a second channel. The control unit can be used to generate data for controlling the illumination module and for controlling the peripheral module. The data for controlling the illumination module and data for controlling the peripheral module can be transferred to the illumination module via the first channel. The data for controlling the peripheral module can be transferred from the illumination module to the peripheral module via the second channel. The second channel is a bidirectional channel via which data can be transferred from the peripheral module to the illumination module that, after being received by the illumination module, can be transferred to the control unit via the first channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Sebastian Gatsios, Florian Herold, Dirk Kliebisch, Ingo Moellers, Alexander Schwan, Patrick Vogel
  • Publication number: 20230382292
    Abstract: An illumination arrangement is provided with a control unit, an illumination module including an LED matrix for the generation of light, and a peripheral module connected to the illumination module. The control unit generates data for controlling the illumination module and for controlling the peripheral module. The data for controlling the illumination module and for controlling the peripheral module is transferred to the illumination module. The data for controlling the peripheral module is transferred to the peripheral module. An RGB signal is generated by the control unit for generating a light pattern by the illumination module, and is transferred to the illumination module. The image data of the RGB signal is the data for controlling the illumination module or at least forms a part of the data for controlling the illumination module, and the RGB signal has a range not used for image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Sebastian Gatsios, Florian Herold, Dirk Kliebisch, Ingo Moellers, Alexander Schwan, Patrick Vogel
  • Publication number: 20230311762
    Abstract: A headlamp system is provided for vehicles with an imaging unit and with an optical unit. The optical unit generates a light distribution that features a plurality of light patches. The light patches are each generated by mapping of at least one light pixel of the imaging unit. An actuator unit includes a corrective mechanism, by which, in event of presence of a defective light pixel that cannot be mapped by the optical unit on a light patch, at least one corrective light pixel is actuated, by means of which a light patch adjacent to the defective light patch not illuminated by the defective light pixel features a changed intensity progression in comparison to non-defective state. At least one flight patch adjacent to the defective light patch features an increased corrective intensity progression in comparison to the non-defective state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Florian Herold, Alexander Klarius, Ulrich-Christian Knaack, Susanne Koehler, Alexander Schwan
  • Publication number: 20230258310
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus for vehicles having a light source, a support plate for receiving the light source, and an optical unit arranged in front of the light source in the main emission direction to deflect light emitted by the light source onto a roadway in front of the vehicle in accordance with a predetermined light distribution. The light source has a light-emitting surface and a light source frame surrounding the same. The light source is surrounded by a shielding frame with a wall that is raised in the main emission direction and encloses an intermediate space between the light source and the optical unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Herbert CRAMER, Florian HEROLD, Christian SCHIMON, Alexander SCHWAN, Dirk SCHWEMIN
  • Patent number: 11395394
    Abstract: An illumination device having a first and second light module each having a light source and an optical unit for generating a first illumination region and a second illumination region, respectively. A control unit controls the first light module and the second light module, so that a larger number of light pixels are imaged in the first illumination region than in the second illumination region with respect to a surface of equal size, wherein the light pixels of the first light module have a greater illumination intensity than the light pixels of the second light module. The control unit acts upon the light sources of the first light module or the second light module such that the light sources of the first and second light module are each operated with a thermal output within a tolerance band and below a maximum thermal output of the at least one light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: David Brunne, Florian Herold, Ingo Moellers, Martin Pluempe, Jacek Roslak, Alexander Schwan
  • Publication number: 20220024370
    Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle, in particular a headlamp device for a motor vehicle, comprising a first headlamp, which includes a first light module for generating a first light distribution as well as a second light module for generating a second light distribution, the first light distribution of the first headlamp having a higher resolution than the second light distribution of the first headlamp, as well as comprising a second headlamp, which includes a first light module for generating a first light distribution as well as a second light module for generating a second light distribution, the first light distribution of the first headlamp having a higher resolution than the first light distribution of the second headlamp and than the second light distribution of the second headlamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Florian HEROLD, Ingo MOELLERS, Alexander SCHWAN, Ingo STEINER, Martin WUELLER, Thomas Christian STORMS
  • Publication number: 20210289605
    Abstract: An illumination device having a first and second light module each having a light source and an optical unit for generating a first illumination region and a second illumination region, respectively. A control unit controls the first light module and the second light module, so that a larger number of light pixels are imaged in the first illumination region than in the second illumination region with respect to a surface of equal size, wherein the light pixels of the first light module have a greater illumination intensity than the light pixels of the second light module. The control unit acts upon the light sources of the first light module or the second light module such that the light sources of the first and second light module are each operated with a thermal output within a tolerance band and below a maximum thermal output of the at least one light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: David BRUNNE, Florian HEROLD, Ingo MOELLERS, Martin PLUEMPE, Jacek ROSLAK, Alexander SCHWAN