Patents by Inventor Gerald Bohm
Gerald Bohm 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).
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Patent number: 11703256Abstract: Apparatus and method for establishing a temperature gradient, comprising at least one gas-tight working space having a first boundary layer that is connected to a first electrode and a second boundary layer that is connected to a second electrode, wherein when an electric voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode in the working space, an electric field can be produced between the first boundary surface and the second boundary surface, and wherein a distance between the first boundary surface and the second boundary surface is less than 5000 nm, wherein the first boundary surface comprises at least one field-enhancement device, in particular a peak, so that if an electric voltage is applied to the electrodes, a field strength of the electric field in a region of the field-enhancement device is greater than an average field strength of the electric field in the working space.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Inventors: Gerald Böhm, Rudolf Hirschmanner, Siegfried Maierhofer
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Publication number: 20210025625Abstract: Apparatus and method for establishing a temperature gradient, comprising at least one gas-tight working space having a first boundary layer that is connected to a first electrode and a second boundary layer that is connected to a second electrode, wherein when an electric voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode in the working space, an electric field can be produced between the first boundary surface and the second boundary surface, and wherein a distance between the first boundary surface and the second boundary surface is less than 5000 nm, wherein the first boundary surface comprises at least one field-enhancement device, in particular a peak, so that if an electric voltage is applied to the electrodes, a field strength of the electric field in a region of the field-enhancement device is greater than an average field strength of the electric field in the working space.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2019Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: Gerald BÖHM, Rudolf HIRSCHMANNER, Siegfried MAIERHOFER
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Patent number: 9908457Abstract: A lighting device for motor vehicles comprising an optical waveguide element (14) that has a light entrance surface (16) and a light exit surface (15) and that has an electric light-emitting layer (19) on at least part of at least one surface of the optical waveguide element. The light-emitting layer is advantageously in the form of an OLED layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2014Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBHInventors: Markus Reinprecht, Stefan Miedler, Gerald Böhm, Adolf Teufl, Thomas Edletzberger
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Patent number: 9879835Abstract: A lighting unit for a headlight, in particular a motor vehicle headlight, consisting of a plurality of light sources (1), a light guide unit (2) having a plurality of light guides (3), and a downstream projection lens having a focal plane (E), wherein each light guide (3) has a light decoupling face (4), wherein a.) the light decoupling faces (4) of at least two adjacent light guides (3) are offset in relation to one another with respect to the focal plane (E), and/or b.) at least two light guides (3) adjacent to one another in each case contact one another in a contact area (12) along an extension (b and b?), wherein the respective extensions (b and b?), measured with respect to the focal plane (E) of the lens, deviate from one another.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2013Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBHInventors: Lukas Taudt, Gerald Bohm, Josef Plank
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Publication number: 20160107563Abstract: A lighting device for motor vehicles comprising an optical waveguide element (14) that has a light entrance surface (16) and a light exit surface (15) and that has an electric light-emitting layer (19) on at least part of at least one surface of the optical waveguide element. The light-emitting layer is advantageously in the form of an OLED layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2014Publication date: April 21, 2016Applicant: ZIZALA LICHTSYSTEME GMBHInventors: Markus REINPRECHT, Stefan MIEDLER, Gerald BÖHM, Adolf TEUFL, Thomas EDLETZBERGER
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Publication number: 20150226395Abstract: A lighting unit for a headlight, in particular a motor vehicle headlight, consisting of a plurality of light sources (1), a light guide unit (2) having a plurality of light guides (3), and a downstream projection lens having a focal plane (E), wherein each light guide (3) has a light decoupling face (4), wherein a.) the light decoupling faces (4) of at least two adjacent light guides (3) are offset in relation to one another with respect to the focal plane (E), and/or b.) at least two light guides (3) adjacent to one another in each case contact one another in a contact area (12) along an extension (b and b?), wherein the respective extensions (b and b?), measured with respect to the focal plane (E) of the lens, deviate from one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2013Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventors: Lukas Taudt, Gerald Bohm, Josef Plank
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Publication number: 20150068218Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for forming a temperature gradient, having at least one gas-tight working chamber (9) having a cathode (8) and an anode (7), wherein an inhomogeneous electric field can be generated when an electric voltage is applied between the cathode (8) and anode (7) in the working chamber (9), as well as a working gas between the cathode (8) and anode (7). According to the invention, a distance between the cathode (8) and anode (7) is less than 5000 nm in order to enable a heat transport from the anode (7) to the cathode (8) with the working gas. The invention further relates to a method for producing a device (1) to form a temperature gradient. The invention also relates to a method for forming a temperature gradient between a cathode (8) and an anode (7) in a working chamber (9) by means of a working gas in the working chamber (9), to which an inhomogeneous electric field is applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Rudolf HIRSCHMANNER, Siegfried MAIERHOFER, Gerald BÖHM
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Patent number: 8967841Abstract: The invention relates to an LED light module (1) for a motor vehicle or for a head light for a motor vehicle, wherein the LED light module (1) has at least one LED light source (3) which comprises at least one light-emitting diode, and wherein the light (10, 11) which is emitted by the at least one LED light source (3) is emitted via at least one reflector (2) into a region located in front of a motor vehicle, wherein the light (10?, 11?) which is emitted via the reflector (2) forms a defined basic light distribution (30?), wherein according to the invention at least one shutter (4) is provided after the at least one LED light source (3) in the light exit direction, which at least one shutter (4) is located in the beam path of at least part of the light (20) which is emitted in the light exit direction by the at least one LED light source (3), and wherein the at least one shutter (4) is designed to reflect light at least in certain areas on its side (4?) facing the at least one LED light source (3), and whereType: GrantFiled: November 18, 2011Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Zizala Lichtsysteme GmbHInventor: Gerald Bohm
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Publication number: 20130235605Abstract: The invention relates to an LED light module (1) for a motor vehicle or for a head light for a motor vehicle, wherein the LED light module (1) has at least one LED light source (3) which comprises at least one light-emitting diode, and wherein the light (10, 11) which is emitted by the at least one LED light source (3) is emitted via at least one reflector (2) into a region located in front of a motor vehicle, wherein the light (10?, 11?) which is emitted via the reflector (2) forms a defined basic light distribution (30?), wherein according to the invention at least one shutter (4) is provided after the at least one LED light source (3) in the light exit direction, which at least one shutter (4) is located in the beam path of at least part of the light (20) which is emitted in the light exit direction by the at least one LED light source (3), and wherein the at least one shutter (4) is designed to reflect light at least in certain areas on its side (4?) facing the at least one LED light source (3), and whereType: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2011Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: ZIZALA LICHTSYSTEME GMBHInventor: Gerald Bohm
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Patent number: 5971859Abstract: A vibration canceler for use on the outer circumference of a shaft rotating about an axis and including two enlargements. The vibration canceler includes half-shells which can be pressed on to the outer circumference of the shaft. The half-shells are joined to at least two inertial masses formed as circle segments by elastic elements which are deformable in a circumferential direction. The inertial masses are joined together by retaining elements. The inertial masses are hingedly joined by link elements and can be restrained in a ring shape by at least one lock element.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 1996Date of Patent: October 26, 1999Assignee: Firma Carl FreudenbergInventors: Walter Runge, Gerald Bohm, Arno Hamaekers, Andreas Olbrich