Patents by Inventor Berthold Doring

Berthold Doring 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: 8616743
    Abstract: Projection module for a light unit of a vehicle having a reflector, a light source assigned to the reflector, a shutter connected to the reflector in a detachable manner, a lens holder holding a lens and being detachably connected to the shutter, and a carrier frame detachably connected to the reflector for the connection to a housing of the light unit, wherein the carrier frame is connected to the lens holder to form an integrally formed basic carrier part having, on a side facing the reflector, positioning means for the positioning of the shutter and screw fastening means for the screwable connection with a front edge of the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.
    Inventor: Berthold Doring
  • Publication number: 20110273898
    Abstract: Projection module for a light unit of a vehicle having a reflector, a light source assigned to the reflector, a shutter connected to the reflector in a detachable manner, a lens holder holding a lens and being detachably connected to the shutter, and a carrier frame detachably connected to the reflector for the connection to a housing of the light unit, wherein the carrier frame is connected to the lens holder to form an integrally formed basic carrier part having, on a side facing the reflector, positioning means for the positioning of the shutter and screw fastening means for the screwable connection with a front edge of the reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: HELLA KGAA HUECK & CO.
    Inventor: Berthold Döring
  • Publication number: 20110216551
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lamp holding fixture for headlamps, particularly for vehicle headlamps, comprising a ring element with a radial holding surface that a base of the lamp rests against and further comprising a tubular holding body made of an electrically conductive material such that said holding body, when the lamp is at its mounting position, extends between an electrically conductive section of a reflector and an electrically conductive housing of a lamp igniter, wherein the tubular holding body is assigned fixing material for holding the lamp in its mounting position and wherein the tubular holding body features a plurality of first contact springs distributed in peripheral direction over a side facing the reflector and a plurality of second contact springs distributed in peripheral direction over another side facing the igniter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Hella KGaA
    Inventor: Berthold Doring
  • Publication number: 20110170309
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a reflector in a lighting apparatus of a motor vehicle comprising a reflecting surface and a pot-shaped metal body carrying the reflecting surface, wherein the reflecting surface is attached to an inner side of the body, wherein at least the reflecting surface of the reflector is comprised of an element injection molded from a plastic material and attached to the metal body of the reflector, and wherein the metal body is shaped such that the injection molded element is connected to said metal body in a stationary manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Hella KGaA
    Inventors: Berthold Doring, Gerhard Rotgeri
  • Patent number: 5651603
    Abstract: An opening (3) in a reflector (2) of a vehicle headlight serves to receive a lamp (1). The lamp can be seated against a surface with three support points (4) facing a direction opposite to a mounting direction. The support points are at apexes of a triangle (30) surrounding a lamp axis (7). One of these support points corresponds to a positioning tab (8) extending radially outwardly from a lamp socket (5) which can be seated in a recess (9). A spring holding element (10) applies a force on the socket of the lamp between the positioning tab and the lamp axis in a mounting direction of the lamp as well as toward a fixing element (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Assignee: Hella KG Hueck & Co.
    Inventor: Berthold Doring