Patents by Inventor Franziska Kley

Franziska Kley 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).

  • Publication number: 20210239292
    Abstract: An illumination device for vehicles for illuminating a roadway region in front of the vehicle, the device comprising a housing which is closed by a transparent cover panel and in which a light source unit is arranged for generating a light beam and in which an optical unit is arranged for shaping the light beam according to a specified light distribution to be generated outside the housing, wherein the optical unit has a divergence corrector for the light beam, wherein the divergence corrector on a side facing away from the light source has a structural surface having a plurality of structural elements in the micro and/or nano and/or atomic length range, and the structural surface is arranged directly on or near to a light-emitting surface of the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Markus GIEHL, Daniela KARTHAUS, Franziska KLEY
  • Patent number: 10465874
    Abstract: A lighting device for vehicles having a light source and having an optical unit for generating a predetermined light distribution, wherein the optical unit has a micro-optical array having a plurality of micro-optical elements and a microshutter array having a plurality of microshutter elements, wherein the microshutter array has a thickness in the range of 0.1 mm to 2.00 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.
    Inventors: Edwin N. Kamau, Franziska Kley
  • Publication number: 20180106450
    Abstract: A lighting device for vehicles having a light source and having an optical unit for generating a predetermined light distribution, wherein the optical unit has a micro-optical array having a plurality of micro-optical elements and a microshutter array having a plurality of microshutter elements, wherein the microshutter array has a thickness in the range of 0.1 mm to 2.00 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.
    Inventors: Edwin N. KAMAU, Franziska KLEY
  • Patent number: 9829167
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus for vehicles with a plurality of light sources and with a defined light distribution. The optical unit has an upstream optical unit with upstream optical elements allocated to the respective light sources, which are immediately adjacent to the light sources in the primary emission direction upstream of same. The majority of upstream optical elements have a segmented embodiment and is connected by joining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.
    Inventors: Hans-Gerd Berthold, Marc Kaup, Franziska Kley, Dirk Kliebisch
  • Publication number: 20160146432
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus for vehicles with a plurality of light sources and with a defined light distribution. The optical unit has an upstream optical unit with upstream optical elements allocated to the respective light sources, which are immediately adjacent to the light sources in the primary emission direction upstream of same. The majority of upstream optical elements have a segmented embodiment and is connected by joining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Hans-Gerd Berthold, Marc Kaup, Franziska Kley, Dirk Kliebisch