Patents by Inventor Derk Oreans

Derk Oreans 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).

  • Vibration damper, in particular for vehicle steering wheels
    Patent number: 6296416
    Abstract: A device for eliminating vibrations in motor vehicles, more particularly vibrations occurring in the steering wheel rim, includes a fastening plate and a vibratory body which is elastically connected to the fastening plate. An element is provided for limiting the amplitudes of vibration of the vibratory body, this element being coated with a vibration-damping material and being able to abut at a counter clement. The counter element is provided with a rough surface in a region of contact with the element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: TRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Derk Oreans, Reinhold Kehle, Günter Nawratil
  • Display device
    Patent number: 6294990
    Abstract: A display device for a motor vehicle for displaying at least two related display parameters with the help of scale segments. At least one scale segment can be controlled to differentiate the two display parameters so that color, contrast and/or brightness can be differentiated in comparison with the other scale segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Knoll, Stefan Graf, Thomas Haeberer, Derk Oreans, Hermann Gaus
  • Display instrument
    Patent number: 6152066
    Abstract: A display instrument with a first display and with an electro-luminescent display arranged at least partially in front of the first display is, where the first display can be illuminated or can be rendered luminous and appears as an almost uniformly dark surface when neither illuminated nor luminous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Moto-Meter GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Knoll, Ralf Mueller-Sybrichs, Derk Oreans
  • Pointer indicator
    Patent number: 6032608
    Abstract: A pointer device having an illuminated pointer made of light-guiding material, mounted rotatably about a pointer axis, having a permanently mounted light source whose light is coupled axially into the illuminated pointer. The illuminated pointer includes a radial section which constitutes a pointer vane, and an axial section which constitutes a light gatherer. Light deflection from the axial section to the radial section takes place via a reflective surface and a first-surface mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Derk Oreans, Bernhard Herzog
  • Display gauge
    Patent number: 5839810
    Abstract: A display gauge in which an electroluminescent display is arranged between a dial face and a support plate, the electroluminescent display being connected to electrical components arranged on the back side of the support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Hersel, Ralf Mueller-Sybrichs, Derk Oreans, Bernhard Friedl