Patents by Inventor Jen Richter

Jen Richter 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).

  • STRAPPING MACHINE WITH A WELDING ASSEMBLY HAVING A LEADING-STRAP-END GUIDE
    Publication number: 20240150052
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a strapping machine with a welding assembly including a counter-pressure plate and a heating element that cooperate to attach two overlapping portions of strap to each other to form a loop of strap around a load. The welding assembly includes various clamps and a leading-strap-end guide that clamp the strap at various points in time during a strapping cycle to prevent the strap from misaligning. After the loop of strap has been formed around the load and the load has been removed from the strapping machine, the welding assembly manipulates the leading end of the strap extending from the strap supply and clamps it via the clamps and the leading-strap-end guide to align the strap for the next strapping cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Philipp Richter, Stefan Ries, Jens Bittermann
  • Method of generating a PWM signal and circuit for generating a PWM signal
    Patent number: 11908384
    Abstract: A circuit for generating a PWM signal includes a shift register having a plurality of clock-controlled register units. Each clock-controlled register unit has an input and an output. The circuit also includes a write unit configured to set the outputs of the register units each to a designated logical value. The circuit further includes a clock generator configured to drive the register units with a common clock signal. The register units are connected in series. The shift register is configured to output the PWM signal at an output contact. The PWM signal is a chronological sequence of the logical values set in the register units, the PWM signal assumes each of the logical values with the duration of one clock of the clock signal, the clock signal is cyclic, during one cycle the duration of successive clocks changes, and the clock signal is identical per cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Christopher Soell, Markus Koesler, Jens Richter
  • Device and method for operating a diode array
    Patent number: 11783762
    Abstract: An arrangement for operating a diode array includes a plurality of LEDs. Each LED is assigned a respective sensor element which is configured to detect a characteristic value representative of a luminous flux of the respective LED. The arrangement also includes a respective supply input for providing a current for light-emitting operation of the respective LED. The arrangement further includes in each case a control unit which is coupled on the input side to the respective supply input and the respective sensor element and on the output side to the respective LED and is configured to control the current for light-emitting operation of the respective LED as a function of the corresponding characteristic value. The arrangement additionally includes a respective supply input for providing a current for light-emitting operation of the respective LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Richter, Christopher Söll
  • Method of generating a PWM signal and circuit for generating a PWM signal
    Patent number: 11776461
    Abstract: A circuit for generating a PWM signal includes a shift register having a plurality of clock-controlled register units. Each clock-controlled register unit has an input and an output. The circuit also includes a write unit configured to set the outputs of the register units each to a designated logical value. The circuit further includes a clock generator configured to drive the register units with a common clock signal. The register units are connected in series. The shift register is configured to output the PWM signal at an output contact. The PWM signal is a chronological sequence of the logical values set in the register units, the PWM signal assumes each of the logical values with the duration of one clock of the clock signal, the clock signal is cyclic, during one cycle the duration of successive clocks changes, and the clock signal is identical per cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Christopher Soell, Markus Koesler, Jens Richter
  • HIGH VOLTAGE HEATER WITH WELDED TUBES
    Publication number: 20230182536
    Abstract: A high-voltage heater for a motor vehicle for heating a coolant is disclosed. The high-voltage heater includes at least two flat tubes that are flowable through by the coolant and at least one heating element. The at leas two flat tubes and the at least one heating element are alternatingly stacked on top of one another in a stacking direction to form a stack. The at least one heating element is connected at least to one of the adjacent flat tubes in the stack in a heat-transferring manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Christian Buerck, Andreas Koenig, Jens Richter
  • Cooling device for a stator of an electric machine of a motor vehicle, stator, and motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11646621
    Abstract: A cooling device for cooling a stator for an electric machine of a motor vehicle having a coolant-conducting unit and at least one winding groove cooling channel is provided. The coolant-conducting unit and the at least one winding groove cooling channel are connectable to a hollow-cylindrical lamination stack of the stator having, in a circumferential direction, a plurality of winding grooves which extend axially and receive windings of the stator. The coolant-conducting unit is arranged on an end face of the lamination stack, conducts coolant along the end face, and has an inlet for supplying the coolant and an outlet for discharging the coolant, and the at least one winding groove cooling channel extending axially from the coolant unit is arranged in at least one winding groove, conducts the coolant in the at least one winding groove, and is fluid-coupled to the inlet and the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Huber, Jens Richter
  • PICTURE ELEMENT FOR A DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230092321
    Abstract: A picture element for a display device includes a first and a second supply connection, a light-emitting semiconductor device arranged between the first and the second supply terminal, and a comparison unit having a first and a second input and an output. The comparison unit is configured to adjust a voltage at the output in dependence on a comparison of a voltage applied to the first input and a voltage applied to the second input. The picture element also includes a supply switch-configured to control a current flow between the first and the second supply terminal via the light-emitting semiconductor device depending on the voltage applied at the output of the comparison unit. The picture element further includes a selection input, a data input, a memory element and a control switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Hubert HALBRITTER, Jens RICHTER, Kilian REGAU, Patrick HÖRNER
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A DIODE ARRAY
    Publication number: 20220406247
    Abstract: An arrangement for operating a diode array includes a plurality of LEDs. Each LED is assigned a respective sensor element which is configured to detect a characteristic value representative of a luminous flux of the respective LED. The arrangement also includes a respective supply input for providing a current for light-emitting operation of the respective LED. The arrangement further includes in each case a control unit which is coupled on the input side to the respective supply input and the respective sensor element and on the output side to the respective LED and is configured to control the current for light-emitting operation of the respective LED as a function of the corresponding characteristic value. The arrangement additionally includes a respective supply input for providing a current for light-emitting operation of the respective LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Jens RICHTER, Christopher SÖLL
  • Optoelectronic light emitting device with a PWM transistor and method for manufacturing or controlling an optoelectronic light emitting device
    Patent number: 11475829
    Abstract: An optoelectronic light emitting device includes an optoelectronic semiconductor component configured to generate light, a current source configured to generate a current, and a PWM transistor driven by a pulse-width modulated signal. The PWM transistor enters a first state or a second state based on said pulse-width modulated signal. The PWN transistor is configured to supply the optoelectronic semiconductor component with the current generated by the current source in the first state and to decouple it from the current generated by the current source in the second state. The current source is manufactured by a first technology and the PWM transistor is manufactured by a second technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Hubert Halbritter, Jens Richter
  • Display and manufacturing method for a display
    Patent number: 11430378
    Abstract: A display includes a plurality of pixels. The pixels include at least one emitter unit. The emitter units each include a primary emitter and a secondary emitter for generating light of the same color. The secondary emitter is associated with the primary emitter of the corresponding emitter unit. The primary emitters and the secondary emitters are based on at least one semiconductor material. The emitter units each include a correction circuit. The correction circuits are each configured to be able to switch the generation of light from the primary emitter to the associated secondary emitter in case of a defect of the associated primary emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Richter, Kilian Regau, Patrick Hörner
  • µ-LED, µ-LED DEVICE, DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR THE SAME
    Publication number: 20220254304
    Abstract: The invention relates to various aspects of a ?-LED or a ?-LED array for augmented reality or lighting applications, in particular in the automotive field. The ?-LED is characterized by particularly small dimensions in the range of a few ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Thorsten Baumheinrich, Peter Brick, Jean-Jacques Drolet, Hubert Halbritter, Laura Kreiner, Jens Richter, Thomas Schwarz, Paul Ta, Kilian Regau, Christopher Soell, Hoa Vu, Christopher Wiesmann, Patrick Hoerner, Jong Park, Kanishk Chand
  • µ-LED, µ-LED DEVICE, DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR THE SAME
    Publication number: 20220254303
    Abstract: The invention relates to various aspects of a ?-LED or a ?-LED array for augmented reality or lighting applications, in particular in the automotive field. The ?-LED is characterized by particularly small dimensions in the range of a few ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Thorsten BAUMHEINRICH, Peter BRICK, Jean-Jacques DROLET, Hubert HALBRITTER, Laura KREINER, Jens RICHTER, Thomas SCHWARZ, Paul TA, Kilian REGAU, Christopher SOELL, Hoa VU, Christopher WIESMANN, Patrick HOERNER, Jong PARK, Kanishk CHAND
  • µ-LED, µ-LED DEVICE, DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR THE SAME
    Publication number: 20220254302
    Abstract: The invention relates to various aspects of a ?-LED or a ?-LED array for augmented reality or lighting applications, in particular in the automotive field. The ?-LED is characterized by particularly small dimensions in the range of a few ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Thorsten BAUMHEINRICH, Peter BRICK, Jean-Jacques DROLET, Hubert HALBRITTER, Laura KREINER, Jens RICHTER, Thomas SCHWARZ, Paul TA, Kilian REGAU, Christopher SOELL, Hoa VU, Christopher WIESMANN, Patrick HOERNER, Jong PARK, Kanishk CHAND
  • Semiconductor Component, System and Method for Checking A Soldered Joint
    Publication number: 20220244306
    Abstract: In an embodiment a semiconductor component includes a laterally extending contact area laterally interrupted in such a way that material of the contact area laterally delimits at least one recess, the contact area configured to be at a potential, wherein at least one first recess is formed laterally as a circular ring around a lateral center point of the contact area, and wherein at least one second recess extends laterally in a straight line through the lateral center point of the contact area so that the contact area is divided by a corresponding recess into two halves which are not connected by material of the contact area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Jens Richter, Christopher Söll
  • Cooling cap for a stator of an electrical machine of a motor vehicle, stator and motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11381138
    Abstract: A cooling cap for a stator of an electrical machine of a motor vehicle is provided. The cooling cap can be fitted onto an end winding of electrical windings of the stator which project beyond an axial end of a laminated core of the stator and which cooling cap is designed as a heat sink for cooling the end winding, wherein the cooling cap is formed, at least in regions, from an electrical insulating material. A stator and a motor vehicle including the cooling cap are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Julian Blum, Andreas Huber, Jerome Ragot, Jens Richter
  • METHOD OF GENERATING A PWM SIGNAL AND CIRCUIT FOR GENERATING A PWM SIGNAL
    Publication number: 20220189384
    Abstract: A circuit for generating a PWM signal includes a shift register having a plurality of clock-controlled register units. Each clock-controlled register unit has an input and an output. The circuit also includes a write unit configured to set the outputs of the register units each to a designated logical value. The circuit further includes a clock generator configured to drive the register units with a common clock signal. The register units are connected in series. The shift register is configured to output the PWM signal at an output contact. The PWM signal is a chronological sequence of the logical values set in the register units, the PWM signal assumes each of the logical values with the duration of one clock of the clock signal, the clock signal is cyclic, during one cycle the duration of successive clocks changes, and the clock signal is identical per cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher SOELL, Markus KOESLER, Jens RICHTER
  • µ-LED, µ-LED DEVICE, DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR THE SAME
    Publication number: 20220180805
    Abstract: The invention relates to various aspects of a ?-LED or a ?-LED array for augmented reality or lighting applications, in particular in the automotive field. The ?-LED is characterized by particularly small dimensions in the range of a few ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Thorsten BAUMHEINRICH, Peter Brick, Jean-Jacques Drolet, Hubert Halbritter, Laura Kreiner, Jens Richter, Thomas Schwarz, Paul Ta, Kilian Regau, Christopher Soell, Hoa Vu, Christopher Wiesmann, Patrick Hoerner, Jong Park, Kanishk Chand
  • Cooling device for a stator of an electrical machine, electrical machine and motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11356001
    Abstract: A cooling device for a stator of an electrical machine, for fitting together with a hollow cylindrical laminated core of the stator, includes multiple cooling channels for conducting cooling fluid along the laminated core, and a fluid ring for provision on an end face of the laminated core. The fluid ring has two fluid ring channels for distributing the cooling fluid to the cooling channels and for receiving the cooling fluid from the cooling channels, and at least two cooling fluid connections for introducing and removing the cooling fluid into and from the fluid ring channels. The fluid ring channels have circumferential-angle-dependent flow cross-sections in the flow direction, in order to evenly distribute the cooling fluid to the cooling channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Huber, Benjamin Krank, Jens Richter
  • DIODE ARRAY, ARRANGEMENT, AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220130878
    Abstract: A diode array with at least two image elements. The diode array includes a distribution transistor as well as a feed line for receiving a reference current and a first supply terminal coupled to the distribution transistor for supplying the distribution transistor. A diode and an input transistor are provided for each image element, each of which is coupled to the diode for supplying the diode. The distribution transistor forms a distribution current mirror with the respective input transistor of at least two image elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher SÖLL, Jens RICHTER, Markus KÖSLER
  • µ-LED, µ-LED DEVICE, DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR THE SAME
    Publication number: 20220102583
    Abstract: The invention relates to various aspects of a ?-LED or a ?-LED array for augmented reality or lighting applications, in particular in the automotive field. The ?-LED is characterized by particularly small dimensions in the range of a few ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Thorsten BAUMHEINRICH, Martin BEHRINGER, Andreas BIEBERSDORF, Ruth BOSS, Michael BRANDL, Peter BRICK, Jean-Jacques DROLET, Hubert HALBRITTER, Laura KREINER, Erwin LANG, Andreas LEBER, Tobias MEYER, Alexander PFEUFFER, Marc PHILIPPENS, Jens RICHTER, Thomas SCHWARZ, Paul TA, Tansen VARGHESE, Xue WANG, Sebastian WITTMANN, Julia STOLZ, Karsten DIEKMANN, Karl ENGL, Siegfried HERRMANN, Berthold HAHN, Stefan ILLEK, Bruno JENTZSCH, Korbinian PERZLMAIER, Ines PIETZONKA, Andreas RAUSCH, Kilian REGAU, Tilman RUEGHEIMER, Simon SCHWALENBERG, Christopher SOELL, Peter STAUSS, Petrus SUNDGREN, Hoa VU, Christopher WIESMANN, Georg BOGNER, Patrick HOERNER, Christoph KLEMP, Jens MUELLER, Kerstin NEVELING, Jong PARK, Christine RAFAEL, Frank SINGER, Kanishk CHAND, Felix FEIX, Christian MUELLER, Eva-Maria RUMMEL, Nicole HEITZER, Marie ASSMANN, Christian BERGER, Ana KANEVCE