Patents by Inventor Hartmut Dietz

Hartmut Dietz 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: 20040022961
    Abstract: The present invention relates in particular to high resolution large displays, the basic idea being to compose the display of many transparent films. This is done by firstly composing individual screen elements of said films and then stacking the elements to form a large display. The construction makes it possible to lead the conductor tracks away toward the rear and thus also to shift the terminal points toward the rear. The lateral edge at the respective screen element is thus obviated and the individual screen elements can be strung together to form a large display in a manner that is not visible to the observer. Depending on the construction and formation of the films, the pixels are generated by means of liquid crystals or organic light-emitting polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventor: Hartmut Dietz
  • Patent number: 5747679
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for detecting misfires in the combustion of a z-cylinder four stroke internal combustion engine wherein the engine includes a transducer wheel coupled to the crankshaft of the engine and rotating in phase synchronism with the crankshaft. The transducer wheel has typically z/2 segments and the segments are scanned with a sensor device to supply a segment-time signal reflecting the nonuniformity of the rotational movement of the crankshaft with respect to individual ones of the cylinders of the engine. Rough-running values are formed for each cylinder on the basis of the segment times with each of the rough-running values including a component occurring at the frequency of the crankshaft. The component is filtered out and then the filtered rough-running value is compared to a threshold value. A misfire is determined to be present when the filtered rough-running value exceeds the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hartmut Dietz, Klaus Ries-Muller, Jurgen Forster