Patents by Inventor Heinz Zorn
Heinz Zorn 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: 8471181Abstract: The invention relates to a heating device and in particular to an element of a floor heating device. Known floor heating devices comprise heating means which are arranged underneath floor coverings, for example, below stone plates, tiles, parquet elements or laminated panels. Those heating means can be made of electrically heatable films which are arranged close to the surface of a covering in order to directly heat the room.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2005Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Kronoplus Technical AGInventors: Dieter Döhring, Heinz Zorn, Gerhard Kremer, David Macher
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Publication number: 20100012642Abstract: In an element for producing an electrically heatable covering with connecting elements for connection of adjacent elements, the element (1) is connected to a multilayer printed circuit board (3) whose electrically conductive surface (4) facing the element (1) can be connected to an electrical contact (15) of a connecting or feed element (16), and whose outer side facing away from the element (1) is fitted with resistors (8), which are each arranged at a distance from one another, between metallic surfaces in the form of conductor tracks (11), wherein at least two conductor tracks (11) which are bridged by resistors (8) can be connected to electrical contacts (15) of a connecting or feed element (16).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2007Publication date: January 21, 2010Inventor: Heinz Zorn
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Publication number: 20090321414Abstract: The invention relates to a heating device and in particular to an element of a floor heating device. Known floor heating devices comprise heating means which are arranged underneath floor coverings, for example, below stone plates, tiles, parquet elements or laminated panels. Those heating means can be made of electrically heatable films which are arranged close to the surface of a covering in order to directly heat the room.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2005Publication date: December 31, 2009Inventors: Dieter Döhring, Heinz Zorn, Gerhard Kremer, David Macher
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Patent number: 7469487Abstract: The invention relates to a device for drying shoes, gloves or garments comprising a fan which produces an airflow and which is accommodated in a housing. The housing comprises two openings that are connected to two tube sockets which are arranged opposite one another and which are fastened to said housing. The tube sockets are connected to tubes for guiding the airflow. To this end, the tube sockets are angular and one end of each tube socket is rotatably connected to the housing while forming a swivel joint.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2001Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: Therm-IC Products GmbHInventors: David Macher, Heinz Zorn, Gerhard Schreiner
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Patent number: 6717109Abstract: A heatable mirror having a transparent surface element made from a substrate of inorganic material and at least one reflective layer as well as at least one heat-conducting layer applied to the substrate and/or the reflective layer and which has contact elements. The heat-conducting layer is formed by conductive particles having an average diameter of 3 to 100 &mgr;m at least partially embedded in the surface of the substrate and/or the reflective layer and the heat-conducting layer is designed to be over the entire surface or strip-like, wherein the non-conductive region for the strip-like embodiment is an insulating separating layer between the strips.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2000Date of Patent: April 6, 2004Assignee: Magna Auteca ZweigniederlassungInventors: David Macher, Heinz Zorn, Johann Stark
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Publication number: 20030182817Abstract: The invention relates to a device for drying shoes, gloves or garments comprising a fan which produces an airflow and which is accommodated in a housing. The housing comprises two openings that are connected to two tube sockets which are arranged opposite one another and which are fastened to said housing. The tube sockets are connected to tubes for guiding the airflow. To this end, the tube sockets are angular and one end of each tube socket is rotatably connected to the housing while forming a swivel joint.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2002Publication date: October 2, 2003Inventors: David Macher, Heinz Zorn, Gerhard Schreiner
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Patent number: 6563625Abstract: The invention relates to an eclectrochromic glass component, particularly for motor vehicle mirrors, which contains a doped ion-conducting basic polymer (4) as the ion-conducting layer. The electrochromic glass component consists, for example of a glass substrate (1) as well as a layer system having an electrochromic layer (2), a mirror layer (3), a doped polymer membrane (4), for example of polybenzimidazole polymer, a proton store (5), a rear electrode (6) and a polyester film (7). The layer system is sealed by a seal (8) which closes the coating system towards the glass substrate (1).Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2001Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignee: Magna Auteca Zweigniederlassung der Magna HoldingInventors: Wolfgang Athenstaedt, David Macher, Heinz Zorn, Thomas Soczka-Guth
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Patent number: 6497504Abstract: A sun visor assembly for an automotive vehicle has a sun visor panel and at least one lighting element flush mounted on the sun visor panel. The lighting element is an electroluminescent film electrically connected to a triggering device for energizing the electroluminescent film illuminating the sun visor panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 1999Date of Patent: December 24, 2002Assignee: Magna Reflex Holding GmbHInventors: David Macher, Heinz Zorn
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Patent number: 6378948Abstract: A supporting part for a seat has at least one plastic layer made of a material composed of thermally reversibly deformable material. The plastic layer can be shaped from a first shape into any predeterminable second shape at a shaping temperature higher than its temperature of use and can be fixed in this reversible shape at a temperature range lower than the shaping temperature. This layer can also be returned to its first shape by reheating it up to the shaping temperature. Another layer arranged as a heating layer is provided to apply a thermal treatment to the intermediate layer made of a material that can also o be reversibly deformable.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2000Date of Patent: April 30, 2002Assignee: Magna Reflex Holding GmbHInventors: David Macher, Heinz Zorn
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Publication number: 20010024370Abstract: A sun visor assembly for an automotive vehicle has a sun visor panel and at least one lighting element flush mounted on the sun visor panel. The lighting element is an electroluminescent film electrically connected to a triggering device for energizing the electroluminescent film illuminating the sun visor panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 1999Publication date: September 27, 2001Inventors: DAVID MACHER, HEINZ ZORN
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Patent number: 6286983Abstract: An external mirror assembly for an automotive vehicle has a shell having an aperture. A mirror is carried by the shell, substantially occluding the aperture. The mirror assembly has a lighting element having an electroluminescent film electrically connected to a triggering device for energizing the film and illuminating the mirror assembly. The triggering device includes first and second switches for generating a series of high and low frequency pulses and a control device connected to each of the switch for triggering each of the switches to illuminate the lighting element in either a flashing or continuous pattern.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 1999Date of Patent: September 11, 2001Inventors: David Macher, Heinz Zorn
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Patent number: 6234636Abstract: An electrochromic layer system, in particular for motorcar mirrors, comprising one first transparent, electrically conductive layer deposited on a glass carrier and serving as an electrode, one electrochromic layer, one second electrically conductive layer serving as a backplate electrode, and one reflecting layer. The electrochromic layer includes at least one oxidation-reduction layer as a metal oxide layer or a polymer layer having a conjugate double bond system, which is deposited upon the electrode. Hence, preferably a storage layer for ions is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2000Date of Patent: May 22, 2001Assignee: Magna Reflex Holding GmbHInventors: David Macher, Heinz Zorn
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Patent number: 6218644Abstract: A footwear/outerwear heater with a battery cord that includes one or more wires of a first type of wire having a relatively high conductivity, but relatively low tensile strength. The cord also includes one or more wires of a second type of wire having a relatively high tensile strength, but a relatively low conductivity. The wires are positioned adjacent to each other in a sequence where one or more wires of the first type of wire, are sandwiched between two wires of the second type of wire. In another embodiment of the invention, the two types of wire are arranged in concentric forms or braided together. The cord is connected to a heating element that includes a resistive layer positioned between a bottom conductive layer and a top conductive layer. The top conductive layer has multiple segments. Power is selectively applied to the segments to control the amount of heat generated by the heating element.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2000Date of Patent: April 17, 2001Assignee: Macher & Zorn OEGInventors: Heinz Zorn, Di Gerhard Schreiner
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Patent number: 6074066Abstract: An electrochromic layer system, in particular for motorcar mirrors, comprising one first transparent, electrically conductive layer deposited on a glass carrier and serving as an electrode, one electrochromic layer, one second electrically conductive layer serving as a backplate electrode, and one reflecting layer. The electrochromic layer includes at least one oxidation-reduction layer as a metal oxide layer or a polymer layer having a conjugate double bond system, which is deposited upon the electrode. Hence, preferably a storage layer for ions is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 1999Date of Patent: June 13, 2000Assignee: Magna Reflex Holding GmbHInventors: David Macher, Heinz Zorn
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Patent number: 6066164Abstract: The invention relates to a heating device (1), particularly for heating and/or maintaining the temperature of a skin surface with a depth effect on partial areas of a human body. The latter has at least one heat transfer element (2) comprising a heating element (3) and an energy supply device connected by an energy transfer device to the heat transfer element (2), and preferably a control and/or switching device (9). In order to supply the heating element (3) with energy, an oscillating switch circuit is located in the control and/or switching device (9) in order to generate constant pulse signals. Following this is an adjustable pulse modulation switching circuit for altering the pulse signals for controlling a power end stage.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1998Date of Patent: May 23, 2000Inventors: David Macher, Heinz Zorn
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Patent number: 5821501Abstract: A heated mirror has a heating element thermally bonded to the rear surface and a transparent conductive coating applied to its front surface and divided by a narrow gap into portion between which the capacitance and resistance will be influenced by moisture. Changes in resistance and/or capacitance of the coating are sensed and used to control the leaking element so as to apply heat to the microns when fogging occurs.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 1996Date of Patent: October 13, 1998Assignee: EIP Equipment and Safety Products Ltd.Inventor: Heinz Zorn