Patents by Inventor Dirk Beilker

Dirk Beilker 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).

  • Plate capacitor having a plate made of an elastic material
    Patent number: 11348737
    Abstract: A plate capacitor having a first capacitor plate which is arranged at a distance from a second capacitor plate. The first capacitor plate is produced from an elastic material and has a curved shape in the unloaded state. The first capacitor plate is held by a holder. The elastic material to be is electrically conductive or is provided with an electrically conductive layer. An electrically insulating layer is arranged between the first and the second capacitor plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventors: Dirk Beilker, Fabian Sommer
  • PLATE CAPACITOR COMPRISING A PLATE CONSISTING OF AN ELASTIC MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20200219658
    Abstract: A plate capacitor comprises a first capacitor plate which is arranged at a distance from a second capacitor plate. The first capacitor plate is produced from an elastic material and has a curved shape in the unloaded state. The first capacitor plate is held by a holder. The elastic material to be is electrically conductive or is provided with an electrically conductive layer. An electrically insulating layer is arranged between the first and the second capacitor plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Beilker, Fabian Sommer
  • Operating device
    Patent number: 9448677
    Abstract: An operating device has an input element with haptic feedback and with a rigid printed circuit board. The printed circuit board has a stationary first printed circuit board region and a second printed circuit board region adjacent to the first printed circuit board region and deflectable relative to the second circuit board region. The first printed circuit board region has a first electrode of a capacitor and the second printed circuit board region has a second electrode of the capacitor, and the input element is operatively connected to the second printed circuit board region such that an actuation of the input element deflects the second printed circuit board region relative to the first printed circuit board region so as to vary the distance of the first electrode from the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Dirk Beilker
  • Operating device
    Publication number: 20140368465
    Abstract: An operating device has an input element with haptic feedback and with a rigid printed circuit board. The printed circuit board has a stationary first printed circuit board region and a second printed circuit board region adjacent to the first printed circuit board region and deflectable relative to the second circuit board region. The first printed circuit board region has a first electrode of a capacitor and the second printed circuit board region has a second electrode of the capacitor, and the input element is operatively connected to the second printed circuit board region such that an actuation of the input element deflects the second printed circuit board region relative to the first printed circuit board region so as to vary the distance of the first electrode from the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Dirk Beilker