Patents by Inventor Franz-Peter Schmidt

Franz-Peter Schmidt 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: 6809872
    Abstract: A head-up display in which the light of an image-forming device (10) can be projected onto a projection surface (12) via at least one mirror (1), and the at least one mirror (1) can be rotated about a first axis of rotation (3) by an adjusting device (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8), and so the position of an image that can be projected onto the projection surface (12) can be varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Eberhardt, Franz-Peter Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20030165025
    Abstract: In the case of a head-up display in which the light of an image-forming device (10) can be projected onto a projection surface (12) via at least one mirror (1), and the at least one mirror (1) can be rotated about a first axis of rotation (3) by means of an adjusting device (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8), and so the position of an image that can be projected onto the projection surface (12) can be varied, it is provided that the adjusting device has at least one sloping segment (5, 6) that is mounted in a fashion capable of rotation about a second axis of rotation (9), the second axis of rotation (9) not being perpendicular to the surface of the at least one sloping segment (5, 6), that the at least one mirror (1) is connected to a supporting unit (2, 2a, 2b) , that the supporting unit (2, 2a, 2b) is pressed against the sloping segment (5, 6) at a spacing from the second axis of rotation, and that, by rotating the at least one sloping segment (5, 6) , the supporting unit (2, 2a, 2b) slides over the sloping segment (5, 6)
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Bernd Eberhardt, Franz-Peter Schmidt