Patents by Inventor Florian CHOUARD

Florian CHOUARD 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: 12221124
    Abstract: A means of transport and a device (10) for outputting a request for a driver of a means of transport to take over vehicle guidance are proposed. The device (10) comprising: a line-shaped first LED strip (1) with a first electrical connector (5) comprising a first plurality of LEDs (3), a line-shaped second LED strip (2) with a second electrical connector (6) comprising a second plurality of LEDs (4), a control device (7) comprising an interface (8) configured to receive the first electrical connector (5) and the second electrical connector (6), wherein the first plurality of LEDs (3) is arranged interleaved with respect to the second plurality of LEDs (4) and the control device is configured to output the request as light signals by controlling the first electrical connector (5) and the second electrical connector (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Bayerische Motorenwerke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dirk Kaule, Michael Strolz, Florian Chouard, Holger Forst, Philipp Kerschbaum
  • Patent number: 12176605
    Abstract: A transmission device for a motor vehicle for transmitting a radio signal is provided. A coil antenna is provided for emitting the radio signal, and an electric driver circuit is designed to generate an electric alternating current with a specified transmission frequency in the coil antenna. The coil antenna is arranged on at least one support element, and a parasitic parallel capacitance acting parallel to an intrinsic inductance of the coil antenna is produced by virtue of the geometry and/or the material of the at least one support element and/or by virtue of the shape of the coil antenna, the parasitic parallel capacitance together with the intrinsic inductance functioning as a parallel resonant circuit with a specified intrinsic resonant frequency with respect to the driver circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Florian Chouard
  • Publication number: 20220399638
    Abstract: A transmission device for a motor vehicle for transmitting a radio signal is provided. A coil antenna is provided for emitting the radio signal, and an electric driver circuit is designed to generate an electric alternating current with a specified transmission frequency in the coil antenna. The coil antenna is arranged on at least one support element, and a parasitic parallel capacitance acting parallel to an intrinsic inductance of the coil antenna is produced by virtue of the geometry and/or the material of the at least one support element and/or by virtue of the shape of the coil antenna, the parasitic parallel capacitance together with the intrinsic inductance functioning as a parallel resonant circuit with a specified intrinsic resonant frequency with respect to the driver circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventor: Florian CHOUARD
  • Publication number: 20210261151
    Abstract: A means of transport and a device (10) for outputting a request for a driver of a means of transport to take over vehicle guidance are proposed. The device (10) comprising: a line-shaped first LED strip (1) with a first electrical connector (5) comprising a first plurality of LEDs (3), a line-shaped second LED strip (2) with a second electrical connector (6) comprising a second plurality of LEDs (4), a control device (7) comprising an interface (8) configured to receive the first electrical connector (5) and the second electrical connector (6), wherein the first plurality of LEDs (3) is arranged interleaved with respect to the second plurality of LEDs (4) and the control device is configured to output the request as light signals by controlling the first electrical connector (5) and the second electrical connector (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Dirk KAULE, Michael STROLZ, Florian CHOUARD, Holger FORST, Philipp KERSCHBAUM