Patents by Inventor Heiko Schafer

Heiko Schafer 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).

  • Camera arrangement in a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 7889086
    Abstract: The invention presented herein is about a camera arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprised of a housing that can be attached on the inside of a windshield of a motor vehicle, at least one camera residing in the housing, a moisture sensor installation capable of detecting the moisture on the windshield, where the moisture sensor installation is a non-optical moisture sensor installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Hella KgAA
    Inventors: Heiko Schafer, Michael Schulte
  • Camera Arrangement in a Motor Vehicle
    Publication number: 20090085755
    Abstract: The invention presented herein is about a camera arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprised of a housing that can be attached on the inside of a windshield of a motor vehicle, at least one camera residing in the housing, a moisture sensor installation capable of detecting the moisture on the windshield, where the moisture sensor installation is a non-optical moisture sensor installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: Hella KGaA
    Inventors: Heiko Schafer, Michael Schulte
  • INSTALLATION FOR MOISTURE DETECTION FOR MOTOR VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20090071234
    Abstract: Installation for moisture detection for motor vehicles comprised of an oscillator, a resonant circuit (1) and a measuring and analysis circuit, where the resonant circuit (1) contains an inductance (12) and a capacitance (11) and where the inductance (12) and the capacitance (11) are separate components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: HELLA KGAA HUECK & CO.
    Inventors: Andreas Blaut, Heiko Schafer, Franz-Josef Schmidt