Patents by Inventor Christoph Degen

Christoph Degen 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: 20130099981
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hybrid antenna structure that comprises at least one electrically insulating substrate, at least one electrically conductive coating that covers at least one surface of the substrate at least section-wise and serves as a planar antenna for reception of electromagnetic waves, as well as at least one coupling electrode electrically coupled to the conductive coating for coupling out of antenna signals from the planar antenna. It is essential here that the coupling electrode be electrically coupled to an unshielded, linear antenna conductor that serves as a linear antenna for reception of electromagnetic waves, with the antenna conductor situated outside an area that can be projected by orthogonal parallel projection onto the planar antenna serving as a projection area, by which means an antenna foot point of the linear antenna becomes a common antenna foot point of the linear and planar antenna. The invention further relates to a method for producing such a hybrid antenna structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Gunther Vortmeier, Christoph Degen, Stefan Droste
  • Publication number: 20130056246
    Abstract: A glazing and a process for manufacturing such a glazing, the glazing integrating a conducting wire, wherein a surface of the glazing includes a substrate made of a polymer material wherein the conducting wire is partly sunken and at the very most flush with the surface of the polymer material, or a substrate made of mineral glass or made of a polymer material onto which the conducting wire is adhesively bonded. The glazing can be applied in a transport vehicle, building trades, street furniture, interior fittings, electrical goods or electronics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Laetitia Laurencot, Adèle Verrat-Debailleul, Andreas Schlarb, Mitja Rateiczak, Christoph Degen
  • Publication number: 20120086614
    Abstract: A pane with electrically conductive structures is described. The pane has at least two electrically conductive structures galvanically separated from each other, a galvanic separating layer on at least on one of the electrically conductive structures, and an electrical conductor on the galvanic separating layer. The galvanic separating layer galvanically separates the conductor from at least one of the structures. A method for producing the pane and a use of the same are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Stefan Droste, Bernhard Reul, Andreas Schlarb, Gunther Vortmeier, Christoph Degen
  • Publication number: 20110279335
    Abstract: Transparent, flat antenna (A) for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves, comprising at least one transparent, electrically insulating substrate (1) that has in its surface (1.1) an electrically insulating, circumferential edge region (1.1a), a transparent, electrically conductive coating (2) that covers large areas of the surface (1.1) of the substrate (1) up to the edge region (1.1a) and is formed by at least two flat segments (2.1n), where n=1 or a whole number n>1, that contain or are made of at least one electrically conductive material (2.2) and are insulated from each other by at least one linear, electrically insulating region (2.3), and at least one connection (3) for galvanic, capacitive, or inductive decoupling of the antenna signal from at least one flat segment (2.1n); Method for its manufacture and its use as a transparent built-in part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Christoph Degen, Gunther Vortmeier, Stefan Droste
  • Patent number: D640671
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Automotive Antennas, S.L.
    Inventors: Christoph Degen, Gunther Vortmeier, Carlos Cisneros Gonzalez