Patents by Inventor Eckard Unseld

Eckard Unseld 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: 9827736
    Abstract: A cover panel, for at least partially transparently covering at least one display instrument in a vehicle, has a microstructure applied on at least one surface. The microstructure is suitable for scattering visible light which is incident on the cover panel. The at least one window region of the cover panel is cutout from the microstructure. A method for manufacturing such a cover panel uses a molding tool with an applied microstructure matrix for forming a microstructure on a part of the molding tool which is assigned to a surface of a molded cover panel. The parts of the molding tool which are assigned to window regions are cut out from the microstructure matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Inventors: Manfred Suess, Martin Mayer, Michael Hertweck, Eckard Unseld, Philip Rudnick, Wolfgang Tausch
  • Publication number: 20150217531
    Abstract: A cover panel, for at least partially transparently covering at least one display instrument in a vehicle, has a microstructure applied on at least one surface. The microstructure is suitable for scattering visible light which is incident on the cover panel. The at least one window region of the cover panel is cutout from the microstructure. A method for manufacturing such a cover panel uses a molding tool with an applied microstructure matrix for forming a microstructure on a part of the molding tool which is assigned to a surface of a molded cover panel. The parts of the molding tool which are assigned to window regions are cut out from the microstructure matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: JOHNSON CONTROLS AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS GMBH
    Inventors: Manfred SUESS, Martin MAYER, Michael HERTWECK, Eckard UNSELD, Philip RUDNIK, Wolfgang TAUSCH
  • Patent number: 6768966
    Abstract: A method for storing odometer reading data in a vehicle having control units which are connected via a data bus. The odometer reading data, which is determined at a particular time by an odometer, is stored in a storage means of a first control unit. This provides an alternative method for tamper-proof storage of odometer reading data and, in particular, improved protection against errors during the transmission of the odometer reading data. The current odometer reading data of at least one further control unit is then stored on the data bus in a storage means. The control units transmit the odometer reading data, which is stored at a particular time, onto the data bus at specific time intervals, and a control unit accepts the odometer reading transmitted onto the data bus if that reading is higher than its stored value, and uses that value for the further counting and storage in the particular control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Jörn-Marten Ohle, Martin Rahm, Eckard Unseld
  • Publication number: 20030055599
    Abstract: A method for storing odometer reading data in a vehicle having control units which are connected via a data bus. The odometer reading data, which is determined at a particular time by an odometer, is stored in a storage means of a first control unit. This provides an alternative method for tamper-proof storage of odometer reading data and, in particular, improved protection against errors during the transmission of the odometer reading data. The current odometer reading data of at least one further control unit is then stored on the data bus in a storage means. The control units transmit the odometer reading data, which is stored at a particular time, onto the data bus at specific time intervals, and a control unit accepts the odometer reading transmitted onto the data bus if that reading is higher than its stored value, and uses that value for the further counting and storage in the particular control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
    Inventors: Jorn-Marten Ohle, Martin Rahm, Eckard Unseld
  • Patent number: 6429845
    Abstract: A process for displaying several sets of information with different display priority on a display panel, in which a symbol is displayed on the display panel for information with high display priority, starting from the time of occurrence of a specific condition, and changed by an operator, as a function of the activation of a means of input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Eckard Unseld, Ralf Milkner