Patents by Inventor Gerd Schmitt

Gerd Schmitt 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: 20240174085
    Abstract: A method and a system for influencing optical output of image data on an output device in a vehicle based on a determined gaze direction of a driver. If the gaze direction is directed at the output device, the output image data is faded-out at an average fade-out rate DOWN, which decreases the optical perceptibility of the output image data over time. If the gaze direction is directed at the output device and is directed away from the output device, the optical output of the image data is faded-in at an average fade-in rate UP, which increases the optical perceptibility of the output image data over time. If the gaze direction is directed at the output device again within a pre-determined interval of time relative to the start of the fade-out process, the fade-out is performed at an increased fade-out rate DOWN1 relative to a fade-out rate DOWN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Manuel BÖHM, Gerd GULDE, Carolin HERRIGEL, Helmut SCHITTENHELM, Christian SCHMITT
  • Patent number: 5135108
    Abstract: The relay with water tight baseplate includes grooves in the region of the baseplate, through which (the grooves) the joining pins of the relay reach, and the inner space between the grooves and the joining pins is tightly filled with a casting mass. For this better distribution of the casting mass, the rabbet canals are arranged in the baseplate and the glue is positioned in the rabbet canals. The rabbets can hereby be formed as one-sided, open profile canals, or also as an enclosed canal system, which simply strikes the region around the grooves with casting mass (FIG. 1). The relay also includes connecting structure between the baseplate and the cap which utilizes rabbet/groove structure filled with casting mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Inventors: Wolfgang Nestlen, Gerd Schmitt
  • Patent number: 4974994
    Abstract: Hydrostatic drives for wave generating apparatus in swimming pools require a large amount of energy. A hydrostatic drive for the wave generating apparatus is provided which allows that part of the kinetic energy of the rearwardly moving water to be transformed into hydraulic energy, which in turn is used to impart onto the water a forward movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventors: Herwig Kirstein, Gerd Schmitt
  • Patent number: 4618842
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a miniature relay with a spring bracket serving for mounting a magnet coil and spring contact bank. The base of the spring bracket is provided with plug or solder connections towards the outside, with a view to providing the most compact construction possible with a simultaneous, far-reaching separation of plug or solder connections for the coil winding and a contact bank. It is also within the context of the present invention that the longitudinal axis of the magnet coil is arranged perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the spring contact bank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1986
    Inventors: Wolfgang Nestlen, Gerd Schmitt
  • Patent number: 4601520
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure regulating valve for an hydraulic vehicle braking system, comprising a housing which has a main cylinder connection and an inlet chamber connected therewith, as well as a wheel cylinder connection and an outlet chamber connected therewith. A piston is arranged between the two chambers and normally leaves open a connection between them. A valve member is adapted to be moved when a certain deceleration force acting upon it is exceeded into a closed position in which it interrupts the connection between the two chambers. Thereupon, when pressure in the inlet chamber continues to increase, the piston enlarges said inlet chamber at the expense of the outlet chamber. A throttle member is arranged in the outlet chamber and normally leaves open the wheel cylinder connection but is adapted to be moved by the flowing brake fluid on sudden brake actuation into a position in which it partially covers the wheel cylinder connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1986
    Assignee: Lucas Industries
    Inventor: Gerd Schmitt