Patents by Inventor Bernward Kneer

Bernward Kneer 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).

  • Publication number: 20040239750
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a dial, wherein a base body (1) is provided with at least one lacquered layer (6,7), said lacquered layer (6,7) being subsequently partially removed by means of a laser beam in order to produce scale graduation marks and/or figures (4) and/or markings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Bernward Kneer, Ingo Kopsieker
  • Patent number: 6682201
    Abstract: A dial for an indicating instrument, in particular in a motor vehicle. The dial comprises an optically conducting basic body whose outside is shaped as a two-stage cone. Except for light passages (10) forming symbols, the outside is covered by an opaque layer (9), the light, which hag previously been coupled into the basic body (2), exiting there. A special feature is that the basic body (2) is produced by injection molding, and this permits the production of a non-planar outer surface, the opaque layer (9) itself being produced on the outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernward Kneer, Ingo Kopsieker
  • Publication number: 20020089837
    Abstract: A dial for an indicating instrument, in particular in a motor vehicle, is described in the application. This dial comprises an optically conducting basic body whose outside is shaped as a two-stage cone. Except for light passages (10) forming symbols, the outside is covered by an opaque layer (9), the light, which has previously been coupled into the basic body (2), exiting there. The special feature consists in that the basic body (2) is produced by injection molding, and this permits the production of a non-planar outer surface, the opaque layer (9) itself being produced on the outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: Bernward Kneer, Ingo Kopsieker
  • Patent number: 5926233
    Abstract: A receptacle has an inset and a housing for the fastening of an LCD screen. The screen has contact surfaces and consists, at least in part, of a plastic injection molding. Plastic springs which are formed by molding on the inset prestress the LCD screen against the housing, and thus fasten it in the receptacle. In this connection, a heat-sealing foil at the same time is prestressed against the contact surfaces of the LCD screen and against the contact surfaces of a plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Vdo Adolf Schindling AG
    Inventors: Gunter Urlaub, Gerhard Wesner, Gerhard Friepes, Bernward Kneer