Patents by Inventor Bernd Fausten

Bernd Fausten 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: 10473290
    Abstract: A motor vehicle component consisting of a metal profile element and a lighting element. The profile element has a channel extending in the longitudinal direction of the profile with an externally accessible opening extending in the longitudinal direction of the profile. The lighting element serves to produce a strip of light radiating in the longitudinal direction of the profile, and is arranged in the channel of the profile element so as to be concealed behind an outer surface of the profile element so that the radiated light does not arrive directly at the outside, but instead is reflected outward by a reflecting surface of the profile element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: WKW Erbsloeh Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Wacker, Bernd Fausten, Michael Hoinka
  • Publication number: 20180172239
    Abstract: A motor vehicle component consisting of a metal profile element and a lighting element. The profile element has a channel extending in the longitudinal direction of the profile with an externally accessible opening extending in the longitudinal direction of the profile. The lighting element serves to produce a strip of light radiating in the longitudinal direction of the profile, and is arranged in the channel of the profile element so as to be concealed behind an outer surface of the profile element so that the radiated light does not arrive directly at the outside, but instead is reflected outward by a reflecting surface of the profile element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas Wacker, Bernd Fausten
  • Patent number: 8292442
    Abstract: The invention relates to a simple Fresnel structure that can be produced automatically and easily, and can be used for broad application in the use of solar energy or as a reflector in the lighting industry. A Fresnel mirror according to the invention for the directed reflection of light is made of a flat carrier part (10) having a Fresnel structure (20) on the upper side thereof, wherein the individual steps (21, 22, 23) of the Fresnel structure (20) have a reflective surface as an active surface (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Erbslöh Aluminium GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Ricks, Bernd Fausten
  • Publication number: 20100309569
    Abstract: The invention relates to a simple Fresnel structure that can be produced automatically and easily, and can be used for broad application in the use of solar energy or as a reflector in the lighting industry. A Fresnel mirror according to the invention for the directed reflection of light is made of a flat carrier part (10) having a Fresnel structure (20) on the upper side thereof, wherein the individual steps (21, 22, 23) of the Fresnel structure (20) have a reflective surface as an active surface (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Karl Ricks, Bernd Fausten
  • Publication number: 20050016108
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lightweight construction element having an inner framework structure of light metal composed of a plurality of extruded hollow sections (1, 2, 3) joined to one another in a flat configuration, the lightweight construction element having a circumscribed circle with a diameter of at least 300 mm and a wall thickness of at most 0.5% of this value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Lindner, Alf Birkenstock, Jurgen Baumgarten, Bernd Fausten