Patents by Inventor Erich AXT

Erich AXT 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: 12146632
    Abstract: An exterior luminaire for a motor vehicle includes a number of light sources and one or more fiber bundles, each including a number of flexible light-guiding fibers. The exterior luminaire is configured such that, during operation, light originating from the light sources is fed into the fiber bundle(s), as a result of which a respective fiber bundle emits light along its length, the light passing at least partly via a light-transmissive covering sheet into the exterior of the motor vehicle. In the exterior luminaire, a respective fiber bundle is accommodated at least in sections in the longitudinal direction in one or more grooves, a respective groove including at least two joined-together holding components, which form the contour of the respective groove in cross section and which hold the respective fiber bundle by interlocking engagement and/or force-locking engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Erich Axt, Abdelmalek Hanafi, Joerg Kaelble
  • Publication number: 20240052990
    Abstract: An exterior luminaire for a motor vehicle includes a number of light sources and one or more fiber bundles, each including a number of flexible light-guiding fibers. The exterior luminaire is configured such that, during operation, light originating from the light sources is fed into the fiber bundle(s), as a result of which a respective fiber bundle emits light along its length, the light passing at least partly via a light-transmissive covering sheet into the exterior of the motor vehicle. In the exterior luminaire, a respective fiber bundle is accommodated at least in sections in the longitudinal direction in one or more grooves, a respective groove including at least two joined-together holding components, which form the contour of the respective groove in cross section and which hold the respective fiber bundle by interlocking engagement and/or force-locking engagement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Erich AXT, Abdelmalek HANAFI, Joerg KAELBLE