Patents by Inventor Bruno ROTH

Bruno ROTH 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: 11667198
    Abstract: A device includes a control unit and a projection surface. The projection surface has at least one first subsection, which is associated with at least one of the functional elements and which covers the at least one functional element toward the interior of the vehicle, so that the at least one functional element is not visible. The control unit and the projection device project an image, a graphic, or an animation according to an item of information associated with the at least one functional element on the at least one first subsection. The projection surface also has at least one second subsection, which surrounds the at least one first subsection. The control unit and the projection device project an image, a graphic, or an animation according to an illumination scenario and/or according to items of information to be displayed on the at least one second subsection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Aigner, Alexander Peters, Bruno Roth
  • Patent number: 11648890
    Abstract: A trim component for an interior of a motor vehicle has a film and has a carrier from a thermoplastic plastics material. The film has a relief structure, the carrier has a lattice structure having lattice members, and the carrier is back-molded on a rear side of the film such that the lattice members are connected in a materially integral manner to the rear side of the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Aigner, Stefan Fischer, Dienhung Huynh, Markus Haering, Bruno Roth, Martin Schwabl
  • Publication number: 20220080830
    Abstract: A device includes a control unit and a projection surface. The projection surface has at least one first subsection, which is associated with at least one of the functional elements and which covers the at least one functional element toward the interior of the vehicle, so that the at least one functional element is not visible. The control unit and the projection device project an image, a graphic, or an animation according to an item of information associated with the at least one functional element on the at least one first subsection. The projection surface also has at least one second subsection, which surrounds the at least one first subsection. The control unit and the projection device project an image, a graphic, or an animation according to an illumination scenario and/or according to items of information to be displayed on the at least one second subsection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Ralf AIGNER, Alexander PETERS, Bruno ROTH
  • Patent number: 11260914
    Abstract: A holder for an interior trim part, in particular for covering the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, has at least one supply line for guiding a temperature-controllable, liquid or gaseous fluid, to an outlet via which the fluid can emerge from the supply line, and an inlet via which the fluid can enter a discharge line. An interior trim part can be arranged on the holder in such a manner that the outlet of the holder is fluidically connected to an inlet of the interior trim part, and the inlet of the discharge line of the holder is fluidically connected to an outlet of the interior trim part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bekele Gizaw, Bruno Roth, Peter Satzger, Martin Schwabl, Christina Selmeier
  • Publication number: 20210146858
    Abstract: A trim component for an interior of a motor vehicle has a film and has a carrier from a thermoplastic plastics material. The film has a relief structure, the carrier has a lattice structure having lattice members, and the carrier is back-molded on a rear side of the film such that the lattice members are connected in a materially integral manner to the rear side of the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Ralf AIGNER, Stefan FISCHER, Dienhung HUYNH, Markus HAERING, Bruno ROTH, Martin SCHWABL
  • Patent number: 10875472
    Abstract: An add-on element for adding onto a passenger-compartment component of a motor vehicle includes a basic body composed of a flexible first material, and at least one actuator body composed of a flexible second material. The at least one actuator body is deformable by being acted upon with an actuator source. The basic body has at least one receiving region with a receiving-region shape, wherein the at least one actuator body is arranged in the at least one receiving region. By way of a change in shape of the at least one actuator body, the receiving-region shape of the at least one receiving region can be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bruno Roth, Dienhung Huynh
  • Publication number: 20200156709
    Abstract: A holder for an interior trim part, in particular for covering the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, has at least one supply line for guiding a temperature-controllable, liquid or gaseous fluid, to an outlet via which the fluid can emerge from the supply line, and an inlet via which the fluid can enter a discharge line. An interior trim part can be arranged on the holder in such a manner that the outlet of the holder is fluidically connected to an inlet of the interior trim part, and the inlet of the discharge line of the holder is fluidically connected to an outlet of the interior trim part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Bekele GIZAW, Bruno ROTH, Peter SATZGER, Martin SCHWABL, Christina SELMEIER
  • Publication number: 20190084497
    Abstract: An add-on element for adding onto a passenger-compartment component of a motor vehicle includes a basic body composed of a flexible first material, and at least one actuator body composed of a flexible second material. The at least one actuator body is deformable by being acted upon with an actuator source. The basic body has at least one receiving region with a receiving-region shape, wherein the at least one actuator body is arranged in the at least one receiving region. By way of a change in shape of the at least one actuator body, the receiving-region shape of the at least one receiving region can be changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Bruno ROTH, Dienhung HUYNH
  • Publication number: 20170008206
    Abstract: A three-dimensional structural molded part is provided having one or more pre-formed organometallic sheet-metal parts each having at least one edge. The organometallic sheet-metal parts are connected at respective edges at least partly by an injection-molded plastics material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Christof SCHOENHAMMER, Bruno ROTH, Karl-Heinz STUMP