Patents by Inventor Bernward Bretthauer

Bernward Bretthauer 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: 7545572
    Abstract: The invention relates to a projection objective with fixed focal length for digital projection, characterized by the following features: a first optical subassembly of several lenses seated in a first objective housing; a second optical subassembly of several lenses seated in a second objective housing; and a third objective housing that, in the region of one end, accepts the first objective housing, and in the region of the other end, accepts the second objective housing. Such an objective is designed to be structurally simple and makes possible a simple and precise assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Bernward Bretthauer, Horst Linge, Jens Muller
  • Publication number: 20080013192
    Abstract: A projection objective having a fixed focal length for digital projection includes the following arrangement of the lenses in the sequence from the image (enlargement side) to the object (reduction and illumination side): a first, negative lens, a second, negative lens, a third lens, a fourth, positive lens, a fifth lens, a sixth, positive lens, a seventh, negative lens, an eighth, positive lens, and a ninth, positive lens. By means of such an objective, the quality requirements in the field of digital projection can be met with a minimal number of lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventor: Bernward Bretthauer
  • Publication number: 20080013193
    Abstract: The invention relates to a projection objective with fixed focal length for digital projection, characterized by the following features: a first optical subassembly of several lenses seated in a first objective housing; a second optical subassembly of several lenses seated in a second objective housing; and a third objective housing that, in the region of one end, accepts the first objective housing, and in the region of the other end, accepts the second objective housing. Such an objective is designed to be structurally simple and makes possible a simple and precise assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Bernward Bretthauer, Horst Linge, Jens Muller