Patents by Inventor Jürgen Ketterer

Jürgen Ketterer 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: 11332012
    Abstract: A device for controlling an interior lighting system of a vehicle to produce ambient lighting and/or reading lighting involves the interior lighting system having an array of a plurality of light sources. The device includes a control unit, by means of which the light sources of the array can be individually controlled in order to produce the ambient lighting and/or the reading lighting, and an input unit that can be connected to the control unit. The input unit has a touch-sensitive screen for inputting a current set of control information for the control unit. The control unit controls the light sources on the basis of the current set of control information. Furthermore, the input unit, on the basis of the current set of control information, displays associated ambient lighting and/or reading lighting for an illuminable region in the vehicle interior on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Daniel Betz, Daniel Fuhrmann, Michael Holz, Juergen Ketterer, Daniel Steffen Setz
  • Patent number: 10576884
    Abstract: A device for interior illumination for a vehicle includes an array formed by multiple light sources, with which an ambient illumination and a reading illumination can be generated inside the vehicle, an additional lamp unit with which exclusively an ambient illumination can be generated inside the vehicle, and a control unit for controlling the light sources and the additional lamp unit in three modes. The control unit is designed and configured in such a way that in the first mode the light sources are controlled in such a way that exclusively a reading illumination is generated inside the vehicle; in the second mode the light sources and the additional lamp unit are controlled in such a way that exclusively an ambient illumination is generated inside the vehicle; and in the third mode the control unit simultaneously activates the first and second modes for simultaneously generating an ambient illumination and a reading illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: DAIMLER AG
    Inventors: Daniel Betz, Daniel Fuhrmann, Michael Holz, Juergen Ketterer, Daniel Steffen Setz
  • Publication number: 20190135172
    Abstract: A device for interior illumination for a vehicle includes an array formed by multiple light sources, with which an ambient illumination and a reading illumination can be generated inside the vehicle, an additional lamp unit with which exclusively an ambient illumination can be generated inside the vehicle, and a control unit for controlling the light sources and the additional lamp unit in three modes. The control unit is designed and configured in such a way that in the first mode the light sources are controlled in such a way that exclusively a reading illumination is generated inside the vehicle; in the second mode the light sources and the additional lamp unit are controlled in such a way that exclusively an ambient illumination is generated inside the vehicle; and in the third mode the control unit simultaneously activates the first and second modes for simultaneously generating an ambient illumination and a reading illumination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: DAIMLER AG
    Inventors: Daniel BETZ, Daniel FUHRMANN, Michael HOLZ, Juergen KETTERER, Daniel Steffen SETZ
  • Publication number: 20190118653
    Abstract: A device for controlling an interior lighting system of a vehicle to produce ambient lighting and/or reading lighting involves the interior lighting system having an array of a plurality of light sources. The device includes a control unit, by means of which the light sources of the array can be individually controlled in order to produce the ambient lighting and/or the reading lighting, and an input unit that can be connected to the control unit. The input unit has a touch-sensitive screen for inputting a current set of control information for the control unit. The control unit controls the light sources on the basis of the current set of control information. Furthermore, the input unit, on the basis of the current set of control information, displays associated ambient lighting and/or reading lighting for an illuminable region in the vehicle interior on the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: DAIMLER AG
    Inventors: Daniel BETZ, Daniel FUHRMANN, Michael HOLZ, Juergen KETTERER, Daniel Steffen SETZ
  • Patent number: 7046534
    Abstract: A DC/AC converter is disclosed having two DC voltage connections (1,2), between which are provided in a parallel circuit configuration, an intermediate energy storage (C1) and a bridge circuit providing at least two parallel branches, each branch providing two in-series-connected switch units (A,B and C,D), to each of which a rectifier diode (DA,DB,DC DD) is connected in parallel, and having at least two AC connections, of which each single AC connection is connected via a connecting line, in each of which an inductor (L1 respectively L2) is provided, to one of the parallel branches of the bridge circuit between two the switch units (A,B respectively C,D) via one connecting node. In at least two connecting lines, two separate electrical connecting paths are provided, in each of which a switch (E respectively F) and an in-series-switched rectifier diode (DE respectively DF) are provided. The rectifier diodes (DE,DF) in the single connecting paths are switched in an opposite conducting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
    Inventors: Heribert Schmidt, Christoph Siedle, Jürgen Ketterer
  • Patent number: 6156419
    Abstract: A recording sheet for ink jet printing is described consisting of a support onto which is coated at least one ink receiving layer, said recording sheet being characterized in that at least one coated layer comprises a porous aluminium oxide/hydroxide containing at least one element of the rare earth metal series of the periodic system of the elements with atomic numbers 57 to 71.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Iford Imaging Switzerland GmbH
    Inventors: Pierre-Alain Brugger, Juergen Ketterer, Rolf Steiger, Felix Zbinden