Patents by Inventor ANDRE CARL

ANDRE CARL 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).

  • Collision protection method and collision protection device for a displaceable vehicle part and vehicle having the collision protection device
    Patent number: 9333930
    Abstract: In the case of a collision protection method for a displaceable vehicle part of a vehicle, during the displacement of the vehicle part, a focused light beam is deflected by a light deflection unit along a predefined scanning path and reflected radiation of the same light beam is detected by a light-sensitive sensor to scan a travel path region upstream from the vehicle part. The presence or absence of an obstruction in the upstream travel path region is concluded on the basis of the reflected radiation, wherein the displacement is stopped or reversed if an obstruction is recognized in the upstream travel path region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Hallstadt
    Inventors: Jan Kaiser, Andre Carl, Silvio Schatke, Thomas Weingaertner, Dalibor Rietdijk
  • COLLISION PROTECTION METHOD AND COLLISION PROTECTION DEVICE FOR A DISPLACEABLE VEHICLE PART AND VEHICLE HAVING THE COLLISION PROTECTION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140365079
    Abstract: In the case of a collision protection method for a displaceable vehicle part of a vehicle, during the displacement of the vehicle part, a focused light beam is deflected by a light deflection unit along a predefined scanning path and reflected radiation of the same light beam is detected by a light-sensitive sensor to scan a travel path region upstream from the vehicle part. The presence or absence of an obstruction in the upstream travel path region is concluded on the basis of the reflected radiation, wherein the displacement is stopped or reversed if an obstruction is recognized in the upstream travel path region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: JAN KAISER, ANDRE CARL, SILVIO SCHATKE, THOMAS WEINGAERTNER, DALIBOR RIETDIJK