Patents by Inventor Hartmut Winter

Hartmut Winter 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).

  • Patent number: 9819845
    Abstract: A method for assembling a vehicle vision system camera module includes providing rear and front housing portions, each having a respective mating surface and perimeter flange at least partially around the mating surface, with the perimeter flange having a securing surface opposite the first mating surface. With the mating surfaces at one another, a securing element is disposed along the perimeter flanges of the front and rear housing portions. First and second tabs of the securing element are bent to overlap and engage the respective securing surfaces of the respective perimeter flanges. The securing element is crimped at the perimeter flanges to urge the mating surfaces against one another to secure the rear housing portion relative to the front housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hartmut Winter, Stefan Sauer
  • Publication number: 20170054882
    Abstract: A method for assembling a vehicle vision system camera module includes providing rear and front housing portions, each having a respective mating surface and perimeter flange at least partially around the mating surface, with the perimeter flange having a securing surface opposite the first mating surface. With the mating surfaces at one another, a securing element is disposed along the perimeter flanges of the front and rear housing portions. First and second tabs of the securing element are bent to overlap and engage the respective securing surfaces of the respective perimeter flanges. The securing element is crimped at the perimeter flanges to urge the mating surfaces against one another to secure the rear housing portion relative to the front housing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Hartmut Winter, Stefan Sauer
  • Patent number: 9491342
    Abstract: A camera module for use in a vision system for a vehicle includes a housing portion, a lens holding portion and a securing element. The housing portion at least partially houses circuitry of the camera module and includes a first mating surface and a first perimeter flange around the first mating surface. The lens holding portion at least partially houses a lens assembly of the camera module and includes a second mating surface and a second perimeter flange around the second mating surface. The securing element is disposed along the first and second perimeter flanges and overlaps opposite surfaces of the first and second perimeter flanges to secure the housing portion relative to the lens holding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hartmut Winter, Stefan Sauer
  • Publication number: 20140354878
    Abstract: A camera module for use in a vision system for a vehicle includes a housing portion, a lens holding portion and a securing element. The housing portion at least partially houses circuitry of the camera module and includes a first mating surface and a first perimeter flange around the first mating surface. The lens holding portion at least partially houses a lens assembly of the camera module and includes a second mating surface and a second perimeter flange around the second mating surface. The securing element is disposed along the first and second perimeter flanges and overlaps opposite surfaces of the first and second perimeter flanges to secure the housing portion relative to the lens holding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Hartmut Winter, Stefan Sauer
  • Patent number: 6913242
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a solenoid plunger system for an electro-pneumatic pressure transducer comprising at least partially in a cladding, particularly an iron cladding, a solenoid plunger, a core such as an iron core or a magnetic core, at least a first recess in the solenoid plunger and/or a second recess in the core and an air gap between the cladding and the solenoid plunger and/or the core that is adjustable by means of a relative motion between the solenoid plunger and the core while the solenoid plunger is at least partially movable into or, respectively, out of the second recess in the core and/or the core is at least partially movable into or, respectively, out of the first recess in the solenoid plunger, as well as a first damping element in the first recess and/or a second damping element in the second recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Woco Franz-Josef Wolf & Co. GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Reichert, Hartmut Winter
  • Publication number: 20030178594
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a solenoid plunger system for an electro-pneumatic pressure transducer comprising [elements] at least partially [arranged] in a cladding, particularly an iron cladding, [to wit] a solenoid plunger, a core such as an iron core or a magnetic core, at least a first recess in the solenoid plunger and/or a second recess in the core and an air gap between the cladding and the solenoid plunger and/or the core that is adjustable by means of a relative motion between the solenoid plunger and the core while the solenoid plunger is at least partially movable into or, respectively, out of the second recess in the core and/or the core is at least partially movable into or, respectively, out of the first recess in the solenoid plunger, as well as a first damping element in the first recess and/or a second damping element in the second recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Uwe Reichert, Hartmut Winter