Patents by Inventor Jakob Pühringer
Jakob Pühringer 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: 12253228Abstract: Illumination device (10) for a motor vehicle headlight for producing segmented full beam distribution (FL), wherein the illumination device (10) comprises the following for this purpose: an optical element (100), comprising light guiding bodies (200) for forming the definable segment full beam distribution (FL), which light guiding bodies (200) respectively have a light entry surface (210) and an exit surface (220), projection optics (300) arranged downstream of the beam path of the optical element (100) having an optical axis (A), which projection optics (300) are designed to project the light exiting from the common exit surface (200a) in front of the illumination device (10) in the direction of a main emission direction (X), and wherein each light guiding body (200) has two lateral side surfaces (230a, 230b) and an upper and a lower side surface (240a, 240b), wherein the optical element (100) has a first and a second light emission half (L1, L2), which can be delimited from one another by a virtual vertType: GrantFiled: June 20, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: ZKW Group GmbHInventors: Ulrich Galander, Jakob Pühringer, Benedikt Krist
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Publication number: 20250075871Abstract: Illumination device (10) for a motor vehicle headlight, which illumination device (10) comprises the following: at least one light module (11) for producing dipped beam distribution having at least one light source, which is designed to emit light, a bulb shield (20) having an optically relevant shield edge for producing an asymmetrical cut-off line, wherein the light module (11) is arranged on an upper side of the bulb shield (20) in the installed position of the illumination device (10) in a motor vehicle headlight and cooperates in combination with the optically relevant shield edge of the bulb shield (20) to produce dipped beam distribution, a projection lens (100) with an optical axis (B), which projection lens (100) is designed to image the light that can be produced by the light module in front of the illumination device (10) in a main emission direction, wherein the projection lens (100) has a light entry surface (110) and a convex light emitting surface (120) opposite the light entry surface (110)Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2021Publication date: March 6, 2025Inventors: Siegmar HACKL, Jakob PÜHRINGER, Markus DANNER
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Publication number: 20240318798Abstract: Illumination device (10) for a motor vehicle headlight for producing segmented full beam distribution (FL), wherein the illumination device (10) comprises the following for this purpose: an optical element (100), comprising light guiding bodies (200) for forming the definable segment full beam distribution (FL), which light guiding bodies (200) respectively have a light entry surface (210) and an exit surface (220), projection optics (300) arranged downstream of the beam path of the optical element (100) having an optical axis (A), which projection optics (300) are designed to project the light exiting from the common exit surface (200a) in front of the illumination device (10) in the direction of a main emission direction (X), and wherein each light guiding body (200) has two lateral side surfaces (230a, 230b) and an upper and a lower side surface (240a, 240b), wherein the optical element (100) has a first and a second light emission half (L1, L2), which can be delimited from one another by a virtual vertType: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2022Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Ulrich GALANDER, Jakob PÜHRINGER, Benedikt KRIST
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Patent number: 11774058Abstract: An illumination device (10) for a motor vehicle headlight, wherein the illumination device (10) comprises: a light source (50) for irradiating a light beam in a first direction of radiation (X1), a first deflection device (100) configured to deflect the light beam in a second direction of radiation (X2), and a second deflection device (200) for deflecting the light beam deflected by the first deflection device (100) in a third direction of radiation (X3) and for producing a light distribution in front of the illumination device (10), wherein the illumination device comprises at least one expanding optic (300) with a focus (F1), wherein said expanding optic (300) is associated with the at least one light source (50) and is configured to expand the light beam emitted by the light source (50) in the direction of the first direction of radiation (X1), wherein the at least one light source (50) is arranged in the direction of the first direction of radiation (X1) between the at least one expanding optic (300)Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: ZKW Group GmbHInventors: Bettina Reisinger, Markus Danner, Josef Plank, Christian Knobloch, Jakob Pühringer, Josef Pürstinger
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Patent number: 11698175Abstract: A lighting device (10) for a motor vehicle headlight, comprising: a first light module (100) for generating a low beam distribution, a second light module (200) for generating a high beam distribution having a light-guiding body (220), in which light-guiding body (220) light can be irradiated via a coupling surface (221) and can be decoupled via a decoupling surface (222), the light-guiding body (220) having a first reflective surface (223a) on a roof side (223), and a projection lens (500) that is configured to image the light that can be generated by the first and second light modules (100, 200) in front of the lighting device (10), the light-guiding body (220) being designed in such a way that an aperture for part of the light that can be generated by the first light module (100) is arranged between the first light module (100) and the projection lens (500), the lighting device (10) comprising a third light module (300) for generating an additional light distribution, and the light-guiding body (220)Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: ZKW Group GmbHInventors: Philipp Vogelauer, Jakob Pühringer
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Publication number: 20220373150Abstract: An illumination device (10) for a motor vehicle headlight, wherein the illumination device (10) comprises: a light source (50) for irradiating a light beam in a first direction of radiation (X1), a first deflection device (100) configured to deflect the light beam in a second direction of radiation (X2), and a second deflection device (200) for deflecting the light beam deflected by the first deflection device (100) in a third direction of radiation (X3) and for producing a light distribution in front of the illumination device (10), wherein the illumination device comprises at least one expanding optic (300) with a focus (F1), wherein said expanding optic (300) is associated with the at least one light source (50) and is configured to expand the light beam emitted by the light source (50) in the direction of the first direction of radiation (X1), wherein the at least one light source (50) is arranged in the direction of the first direction of radiation (X1) between the at least one expanding optic (300)Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Bettina Reisinger, Markus Danner, Josef Plank, Christian Knobloch, Jakob Pühringer, Josef Pürstinger
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Publication number: 20220307665Abstract: A lighting device (10) for a motor vehicle headlight, comprising: a first light module (100) for generating a low beam distribution, a second light module (200) for generating a high beam distribution having a light-guiding body (220), in which light-guiding body (220) light can be irradiated via a coupling surface (221) and can be decoupled via a decoupling surface (222), the light-guiding body (220) having a first reflective surface (223a) on a roof side (223), and a projection lens (500) that is configured to image the light that can be generated by the first and second light modules (100, 200) in front of the lighting device (10), the light-guiding body (220) being designed in such a way that an aperture for part of the light that can be generated by the first light module (100) is arranged between the first light module (100) and the projection lens (500), the lighting device (10) comprising a third light module (300) for generating an additional light distribution, and the light-guiding body (220)Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2021Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Philipp Vogelauer, Jakob Pühringer