Patents by Inventor Georg Pitterle

Georg Pitterle 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: 20240181998
    Abstract: Motor vehicle headlight (1), comprising a lens ( ) a screen (3), a windscreen wiper (4) with a wiper blade (4a), which is arranged between the screen (3) and the lens (4a), a drive device (5), which is designed to move the wiper blade (4a) back and forth between a starting position and an end position, wherein an area (2b) of the lens (2) to be cleaned can be cleaned by moving the wiper blade (4a) from the starting position to the end position or from the end position to the starting position and by the contact of the wiper blade (4a) with the outside of the lens (2), wherein the wiper blade (4a) is located completely below an upper edge (3a) of the screen (3) in the starting position, and extends partially or completely over the upper edge (3a) of the screen (3) in the end position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Rudolf LEONHARTSBERGER, Georg PITTERLE, Christian JACKL, Christoph BIERWIPFL, Roman POPP, Andreas KREUZER, Robert STAMMINGER
  • Publication number: 20230391292
    Abstract: A cleaning device for cleaning a cover lens of a vehicle headlamp is configured to generate an airstream and direct it towards the cover lens. The cleaning device includes at least one air stream device (ASD) configured to generate at least one airstream in an airflow direction. Each ASD includes an air chamber having a spreading section for spreading the received air, a homogenization section for homogenizing the spread air, and a nozzle for outputting the received air in the airflow direction and forming the respective airstream. The spreading section includes a guide channel configured to spread the received air transversely to the airflow direction and to guide the received air to the homogenization section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Christian JACKL, Georg PITTERLE, Thomas REITER
  • Publication number: 20230124469
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning device (10) for cleaning at least one cover glass (2) of a headlamp, in particular a vehicle headlamp (1), wherein the cover glass (2) comprises on its outer side (3) a hydrophobic and dirt-repelling coating (20) and at least one vibration element (11) is fastened to the at least one cover glass (2), wherein the at least one vibration element (11) can be activated by a control device (30). The scope of the invention further includes a headlamp, in particular a vehicle headlamp (1), with a cleaning device (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Christian Jackl, Georg Pitterle, Thomas Reiter
  • Publication number: 20230123728
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning device (20) for a lens glass (10) in particular of a vehicle, with an optically transparent lens glass (10), with a hydrophobic and dirt-repelling, optically transparent coating (25), which is applied on an outer side (11) of the lens glass (10), with at least one vibration element (21), which is coupled with the lens glass (10), wherein the at least one vibration element (21) can be activated by a control device (40), and with an optically transparent anti-fog device (30), which is arranged at an inner side (12) of the lens glass (10). Furthermore, a vehicle with at least one cleaning device (20) is specified within the scope of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Reiter, Georg Pitterle, Christian Jackl