Patents by Inventor Henning Weinhold

Henning Weinhold 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: 7988345
    Abstract: The invention relates to a projection module of an automobile headlight. The module includes several semiconductor light sources to broadcast optical irradiation of a primary optics assembly to bundle the emitted irradiation, and a secondary optics assembly that projects the bundled irradiation to create the desired light distribution in front of the vehicle. In order to reduce the weight and dimensions of the projection module, it is proposed that the secondary optics assembly is formed as a multi-part complex lens that includes several lens segments. Each of these lens segments is assigned to at least one irradiation bundle of irradiation bundled from the primary optics assembly, and projects this assembly as partial distribution in front of the vehicle, whereby the overall distribution of the projection module results from overlapping the partial distributions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Automotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbH
    Inventors: Ernst-Olaf Rosenhahn, Ralf Ackermann, Ulrike Schloeder, Henning Weinhold, Benjamin Stauβ
  • Publication number: 20100002460
    Abstract: The invention relates to a projection module (1; 10; 20) of an automobile headlight. The module (1; 10; 20) includes several semiconductor light sources (101, 102, 103) to broadcast optical irradiation (104, 105, 106) of a primary optics assembly (110, 111, 112) to bundle the emitted irradiation (104, 105, 106), and a secondary optics assembly (2; 12; 22; 32) that projects the bundled irradiation (113, 114, 115) to create the desired light distribution in front of the vehicle. In order to reduce the weight and dimensions of the projection module, it is proposed that the secondary optics assembly (2; 12; 22; 32) is formed as a multi-part complex lens that includes several lens segments (3, 4, 5; 13, 14, 15; 23, 24, 25; 33-41).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING REUTLINGEN GMBH
    Inventors: Ernst-Olaf Rosenhahn, Ralf Ackermann, Ulrike Schloeder, Henning Weinhold, Benjamin Stauss