Patents by Inventor Andreas Kramlich
Andreas Kramlich 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).
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Patent number: 11970061Abstract: The invention relates to an input assembly, comprising a carrier, an input part, which is mounted on the carrier in a manner capable of vibrating along at least one direction of movement) by means of mounting means, with an input surface intended to be touched by an operator and with a touch-detection device for detecting a touch upon the input surface by the operator, an electromagnetic actuator for exciting a movement of the input part along the direction of movement by means of an electric control signal in order to generate a haptic feedback for the operator in the case of a touch by the operator, wherein the actuator has a resiliently mounted additional mass and the actuator is attached to the input part via a vibration isolator.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: PREH GMBHInventors: Tobias Bodenstein, Andreas Kramlich
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Publication number: 20230113215Abstract: The invention relates to an input assembly, comprising a carrier, an input part, which is mounted on the carrier in a manner capable of vibrating along at least one direction of movement) by means of mounting means, with an input surface intended to be touched by an operator and with a touch-detection device for detecting a touch upon the input surface by the operator, an electromagnetic actuator for exciting a movement of the input part along the direction of movement by means of an electric control signal in order to generate a haptic feedback for the operator in the case of a touch by the operator, wherein the actuator has a resiliently mounted additional mass and the actuator is attached to the input part via a vibration isolator.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2020Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: PREH GMBHInventors: Tobias BODENSTEIN, Andreas KRAMLICH
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Patent number: 10719128Abstract: A device and method for an operator controlled element with haptic feedback dependent on the detection direction are provided. The device includes a base; an actuating part movably supported on the base; an electrical actuator which is attached to the base and acts on the actuating part in order to drive in a moving manner the actuating part in an excitation direction by means of an electrical excitation signal for generating a haptic feedback; a means for detecting an actuation of the actuating part in two detection directions which in each case include a different angular amount with the excitation direction; an evaluation unit, which is configured, if an actuation in one of the two detection directions is detected, to drive the actuator with a specific electrical excitation signal, depending on the result relating to in which of the two detection directions the actuation was carried out.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2016Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: PREH GMBHInventors: Martin Jeitner, Markus Klein, Andreas Kramlich, Matthias Lust, Benedikt Schmidt
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Patent number: 10254468Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device comprises a display surface with several segments that can be backlit, which are configured in such a way that, if subsets of the segments are backlit together, a different one of several symbols is in each case depicted by the display surface, a number of light sources corresponding to the number of symbols, a layer structure of several flat light transmitting layers made of a transparent or translucent material, preferably plastic, wherein the light transmitting layers are stacked with the main surfaces facing each other and are in each case configured in such a way that, primarily, light of exactly one of the light sources is transmitted from a narrow side of the light transmitting layer provided for light entrance to another narrow side of the light transmitting layer as a light exit to at least one segment of the associated symbol.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Preh GmbHInventor: Andreas Kramlich
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Publication number: 20180246571Abstract: A device and method for an operator controlled element with haptic feedback dependent on the detection direction are provided. The device includes a base; an actuating part movably supported on the base; an electrical actuator which is attached to the base and acts on the actuating part in order to drive in a moving manner the actuating part in an excitation direction by means of an electrical excitation signal for generating a haptic feedback; a means for detecting an actuation of the actuating part in two detection directions which in each case include a different angular amount with the excitation direction; an evaluation unit, which is configured, if an actuation in one of the two detection directions is detected, to drive the actuator with a specific electrical excitation signal, depending on the result relating to in which of the two detection directions the actuation was carried out.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2016Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicant: PREH GMBHInventors: Martin JEITNER, Markus KLEIN, Andreas KRAMLICH, Matthias LUST, Benedikt SCHMIDT
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Publication number: 20170131461Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device comprises a display surface with several segments that can be backlit, which are configured in such a way that, if subsets of the segments are backlit together, a different one of several symbols is in each case depicted by the display surface, a number of light sources corresponding to the number of symbols, a layer structure of several flat light transmitting layers made of a transparent or translucent material, preferably plastic, wherein the light transmitting layers are stacked with the main surfaces facing each other and are in each case configured in such a way that, primarily, light of exactly one of the light sources is transmitted from a narrow side of the light transmitting layer provided for light entrance to another narrow side of the light transmitting layer as a light exit to at least one segment of the associated symbol.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: Preh GmbHInventor: Andreas Kramlich
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Patent number: 8651735Abstract: A sensor arrangement for determining an inside temperature in a motor vehicle having a climate control device and at least a panel is at least a part of a control part of the climate control device, where the sensor arrangement includes a housing with at least a front wall and a rear wall, the housing is filled with a heat-insulating material, a first temperature sensor attached to a rear of the front wall and a second temperature sensor attached to an inner side of the rear wall, said inner side facing a rear of the front wall, and where the front wall is a part of the panel of the motor vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2008Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Preh GmbHInventors: Johann Regensburger, Georg Bauer, Andreas Kramlich, Michael Reiser, Claudia Guck
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Patent number: 8573092Abstract: Disclosed is a rotating actuator with a variable latching profile, the rotating actuator having a housing, a rotary knob and a rotary shaft connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the rotary knob, and also at least two latching contours connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the rotary shaft, one support per latching contour, on which support at least one latching element is arranged, the latching element engaging in the latching contour assigned to the support, and which support is mounted rotatably about the rotary shaft, and at least one locking device per support, by means of which the support can be locked relative to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2008Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Preh GmbHInventor: Andreas Kramlich
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Patent number: 8138866Abstract: A rotary actuator with a magnetically produced tactile sense is provided, in particular for a motor vehicle. The rotary actuator includes two plane-parallel permanent magnets, with the first magnet being arranged in a fixed position in a housing of the rotary actuator, and in which case the second magnet can be rotated with respect to the first magnet by a handle of the rotary actuator.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Preh GmbHInventors: Andreas Kramlich, Dieter Weth
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Publication number: 20110128991Abstract: A sensor arrangement for determining an inside temperature in a motor vehicle having a climate control device and at least a panel is at least a part of a control part of the climate control device, where the sensor arrangement includes a housing with at least a front wall and a rear wall, the housing is filled with a heat-insulating material, a first temperature sensor attached to a rear of the front wall and a second temperature sensor attached to an inner side of the rear wall, said inner side facing a rear of the front wall, and where the front wall is a part of the panel of the motor vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2008Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: PREH GMBHInventors: Johann Regensburger, Georg Bauer, Andreas Kramlich, Michael Reiser, Claudia Guck
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Patent number: 7944335Abstract: An operating element is provided, in particular a joystick, with tilt haptics for a motor vehicle, having a tiltably supported lever with one primary lever arm and at least one secondary lever arm, as well as at least one pair of permanent magnets, wherein one magnet of a permanent magnet pair is located on a secondary lever arm and one magnet is located in a fixed position in the operating element in such a manner that unlike poles of the magnets are located opposite and a distance apart from one another when the operating element is in its center position.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2008Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Preh GmbHInventors: Arthur Klossek, Andreas Kramlich, Peter Rajec
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Patent number: 7928334Abstract: A rotary actuator is provided for a motor vehicle, having a control knob, a housing, an actuating shaft that is rotationally fixed to the control knob, and electromagnetic means that act on the control knob so as to permit a detent or locking of the rotation of the control knob, wherein a coil is arranged in the housing in a rotationally fixed manner, and a disk-shaped flux guide is attached to the actuating shaft so as to be rotationally fixed and movable along the actuating shaft, and the flux guide can be pressed against the coil and/or the housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2007Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Preh GmbHInventor: Andreas Kramlich
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Patent number: 7841768Abstract: A sensor arrangement is provided for determining an interior temperature in a motor vehicle, which sensor arrangement is at least one part of an air-conditioning operating part, comprising a closed housing having at least one front wall and one rear wall, wherein the front wall is manufactured from a material which ensures satisfactory thermal transfer and the housing and is filled with a thermally insulating means, further comprising a first temperature sensor which is fastened to a rear side of the front wall and a second temperature sensor which interacts with the first temperature sensor at least in relation to an evaluation of the interior temperature, wherein the at least second temperature sensor is fastened on an inner side of the rear wall which faces the rear side of the front wall.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2008Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: PREH GmbHInventors: Johann Regensburger, Georg Bauer, Andreas Kramlich, Michael Reiser, Wolfgang Kuechler
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Patent number: 7817001Abstract: In actuating devices such as, e.g., multifunctional actuators, it is necessary in many cases to block at least one specific direction of movement. A simple and reliably operating device is proposed for this purpose, which uses an electromagnet to bring a ball from a rest position into a blocking position. In the blocking position, the ball mechanically blocks the relative movement between two parts.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2007Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Preh GmbHInventor: Andreas Kramlich
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Publication number: 20100218639Abstract: Disclosed is a rotating actuator with a variable latching profile, the rotating actuator having a housing, a rotary knob and a rotary shaft connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the rotary knob, and also at least two latching contours connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the rotary shaft, one support per latching contour, on which support at least one latching element is arranged, the latching element engaging in the latching contour assigned to the support, and which support is mounted rotatably about the rotary shaft, and at least one locking device per support, by means of which the support can be locked relative to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2008Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: PREH GMBHInventor: Andreas Kramlich
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Patent number: 7781686Abstract: An operating element is provided that has a control knob, which is mounted in a housing, a console, or the like, and can move in a swiveling manner between a home position and multiple switching or contact positions. In order to design the operating element in a simple way, a central momentary switch that establishes the switch actuation point of the operating element and has a haptic function is associated with the control knob, and the momentary switch is actuated each time the control knob is swiveled out of its home position by a predefined angle toward a switching or contact position.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2008Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Preh GmbHInventor: Andreas Kramlich
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Patent number: 7741938Abstract: A control element is provided having programmable haptics, in particular a programmable central catch, for a motor vehicle, having a control knob which can be accommodated such that it can rotate, the control knob being connected in a force-fitting or interlocking manner to a toothed ring or having an integral design, and it being possible for the toothed ring (to be rotated by means of the control knob, and at least one latching element which can move towards the toothed ring and/or away from the toothed ring by means of an electromagnet.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2007Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: PREH GmbHInventor: Andreas Kramlich
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Publication number: 20100073288Abstract: An input device including a control surface and a control element that can be moved over the control surface, with means for detecting the position and/or movement of the control element on the control surface and an evaluation unit for generating a control signal corresponding to the detected quantity, where the control element adheringly rests against the control surface by a magnetic force.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2008Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: PREH GMBHInventor: Andreas Kramlich
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Patent number: 7674993Abstract: The invention concerns an operating element, in particular a pushbutton, for a motor vehicle, having at least of a touch-sensitive pushbutton operating on a capacitive basis and a housing, wherein the pushbutton is movably mounted in the housing, wherein a capacitor that forms the capacitance is composed of a metallic area applied to an inner or outer side of a surface facing the user, and the metallic area forms an electrode of the capacitor that is electrically contacted in the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2008Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: PREH GmbHInventors: Martin Jeitner, Andreas Kramlich, Peter Kraus, Volker Gessner
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Publication number: 20090273423Abstract: A rotary actuator with a magnetically produced tactile sense is provided, in particular for a motor vehicle. The rotary actuator includes two plane-parallel permanent magnets, with the first magnet being arranged in a fixed position in a housing of the rotary actuator, and in which case the second magnet can be rotated with respect to the first magnet by a handle of the rotary actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2009Publication date: November 5, 2009Inventors: Andreas KRAMLICH, Dieter WETH