Patents by Inventor Bernhard Bley

Bernhard Bley 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: 10794486
    Abstract: A gear indicator illumination unit for a vehicle, particularly for an automatic vehicle, is shown. The gear indicator illumination unit provides basic lighting and individual spot lighting from a plurality of different lighting devices, particularly in the form of LEDs. The gear indicator illumination unit has a plurality of lighting devices for indicating the gear and a memory for saving parameters and/or characteristic curves of the lighting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Bernhard Bley, Andreas Löhner, Henning Wöhl-Bruhn, Oliver Von Sehlen
  • Publication number: 20200271223
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shifting selection and parking lock system for a motor vehicle including a shifting selection device for engaging and disengaging transmission gears and/or for selecting at least one driving program, and a parking lock device for implementing a transmission parking lock mode. The shifting selection device has at least one gearshift lever unit with at least one gearshift lever. The parking lock device has at least one mechanical locking device and at least one electromechanical actuator that actuates the mechanical locking device. The gearshift lever unit and the electromechanical actuator are disposed in a common housing or the actuator is disposed in a separate housing and the gearshift lever unit is disposed directly on the separate housing of the actuator. The housing can be disposed in the region of the central console of the motor vehicle and/or integrated therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Ludger Rake, Joachim Spratte, Waldemar Merling, Henning Wöhl-Bruhn, Andreas Löhner, Bernhard Bley, Norbert Pelz, Oleg Semke
  • Publication number: 20200141489
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gear indicator illumination unit for a vehicle, particularly for an automatic vehicle. The gear indicator illumination unit with homogeneous basic lighting and individual spot lighting from a plurality of different lighting devices, particularly in the form of LEDs, can be realized in a simple and cost-effective manner in that the gear indicator illumination unit has a plurality of lighting devices for indicating the gear and a memory for saving parameters and/or characteristic curves of the lighting devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernhard Bley, Andreas Löhner, Henning Wöhl-Bruhn, Oliver Von Sehlen