Patents by Inventor Daniel T. Neubauer

Daniel T. Neubauer 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: 11072275
    Abstract: Methods and systems for leveling a headlamp of a vehicle on a ground surface using a portable device may include determining, by a processor and a leveling software application tool of the portable device, a zero reference earth plane of the ground surface on which the vehicle is disposed, setting the zero reference earth plane as a vehicle longitudinal axis of the vehicle with respect to the ground surface, determining a current illumination axis of the headlamp based on a feedback from the headlamp received by the portable device, and generating a calibration level angle based on a comparison of the vehicle longitudinal axis and the current illumination axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel T. Neubauer, Stuart R. Wuerthele
  • Publication number: 20210078483
    Abstract: Methods and systems for leveling a headlamp of a vehicle on a ground surface using a portable device may include determining, by a processor and a leveling software application tool of the portable device, a zero reference earth plane of the ground surface on which the vehicle is disposed, setting the zero reference earth plane as a vehicle longitudinal axis of the vehicle with respect to the ground surface, determining a current illumination axis of the headlamp based on a feedback from the headlamp received by the portable device, and generating a calibration level angle based on a comparison of the vehicle longitudinal axis and the current illumination axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel T. Neubauer, Stuart R. Wuerthele
  • Publication number: 20090168443
    Abstract: A headlight is disposed along the front end of the vehicle for illuminating an area located forward of the front end of the vehicle. A fog lamp assembly is disposed along the front end of the vehicle and below the headlight. The fog lamp assembly includes a housing; a front lens; a support wall; and a bulb having a base adapted to be removably connected to the support wall. The bulb has a light-emitting filament encased in a shell that extends from the base. The shell is substantially translucent to allow light from the filament to pass therethrough. The shell has a distal end spaced apart from the base. The bulb is angled outwardly toward a side of the vehicle at a predetermined angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle so that light from the filament illuminates an area both forward and to the side of the vehicle and so that some of the light from the filament is blocked by a nontranslucent portion of the distal end to prevent glare light from the front lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel T. Neubauer