Patents by Inventor Horst Welter

Horst Welter 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: 20060249973
    Abstract: The invention relates to a display unit (1) having a display panel (2) which displays information from an electronic appliance in a vehicle and which is arranged between a first and a second viewer and whose display panel (2) can be oriented either to the first or to the second viewer. In line with the invention, the display unit (1) is provided with a swivel device (4, 12) for automatic orientation. The swivel device (4, 12) is in turn connected to a user identification device which identifies whether the first or the second viewer is currently using the electronic appliance. The swivel device (4, 12) orients the display panel (2) automatically to the viewer identified as the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jurgen Dreyer, Guido Meier-Arendt, Winfried Moll, Horst Welter
  • Patent number: 4596973
    Abstract: An inductive transmitter has a housing 1 within which two pole shoes 8, a permanent magnet 7 arranged between the pole shoes 8 and a coil 6 surrounding the permanent magnet 7 and the pole shoes 8 are arranged. The two ends of the coil 6 are connected with an output connection from which a cable 16 is conducted outwardly from the housing 1. The electric components, such as the coil 6, output connection pieces 9, 9' and output connection contacts 23, 23', are arranged in the watertight inside of the housing 1, while the permanent magnet 7 and the pole shoes 8 are received in a pot-shaped recess 14 developed communicatingly outside the inside of the housing in a coil support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1986
    Assignee: VDO Adolf Schindling AG
    Inventors: Roland Form, Horst Welter