Patents by Inventor Johannes Kraus

Johannes Kraus 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: 20170092628
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an LED bulb includes a plurality of metal lead frame strips, including at least a first strip, a second strip, and a third strip. First LED dies have their bottom electrodes electrically and thermally connected to a top surface of the first strip. Second LED dies have their bottom electrodes electrically and thermally connected to a top surface of the second strip. The top electrodes of the first LED dies are wire bonded to the second strip, and the top electrodes of the second LED dies are wire bonded to the third strip to connect the first LED dies and second LED dies in series and parallel. The strips are then bent to cause the LED dies to face different directions to obtain a wide emission pattern in a small space. The strips are then enclosed in a thermally conductive bulb having electrical leads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Sze Kuang Lee, Paul Scott Martin, Albrecht Johannes Kraus, Chunheng Kang, Hui Ling Pan, Long Yin
  • Patent number: 9539673
    Abstract: A method is provided in which two parts (2, 3) are connected to each other by a weld. The two parts (2, 3) are fixed by a magnet (4) during welding. A magnetic field of the magnet (4) influences the flow of a melt in the weld (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Johnson Controls GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Dannheisig, Johannes Kraus, Michael Hamers, Jörgen Von Bodenhausen, Bernd Gross
  • Patent number: 9530949
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an LED bulb includes a plurality of metal lead frame strips, including at least a first strip, a second strip, and a third strip. First LED dies have their bottom electrodes electrically and thermally connected to a top surface of the first strip. Second LED dies have their bottom electrodes electrically and thermally connected to a top surface of the second strip. The top electrodes of the first LED dies are wire bonded to the second strip, and the top electrodes of the second LED dies are wire bonded to the third strip to connect the first LED dies and second LED dies in series and parallel. The strips are then bent to cause the LED dies to face different directions to obtain a wide emission pattern in a small space. The strips are then enclosed in a thermally conductive bulb having electrical leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Sze Kuang Lee, Paul Scott Martin, Albrecht Johannes Kraus, Chunheng Kang, Hui Ling Pan, Long Yin
  • Publication number: 20160329473
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an LED bulb includes a plurality of metal lead frame strips, including at least a first strip, a second strip, and a third strip. First LED dies have their bottom electrodes electrically and thermally connected to a top surface of the first strip. Second LED dies have their bottom electrodes electrically and thermally connected to a top surface of the second strip. The top electrodes of the first LED dies are wire bonded to the second strip, and the top electrodes of the second LED dies are wire bonded to the third strip to connect the first LED dies and second LED dies in series and parallel. The strips are then bent to cause the LED dies to face different directions to obtain a wide emission pattern in a small space. The strips are then enclosed in a thermally conductive bulb having electrical leads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Sze Kuang Lee, Paul Scott Martin, Albrecht Johannes Kraus, Chunheng Kang, Hui Ling Pan, Long Yin
  • Patent number: 9448139
    Abstract: A method determines a parameter that indicates a state of at least one component of a motor vehicle. The method contains the now described steps. A plurality of values of an instantaneous vertical acceleration of a sub-region of a wheel of the motor vehicle is determined during operation of the motor vehicle by use of at least one sensor arranged in the region of the wheel. In addition, a degree of a mechanical load on at least one component of the motor vehicle is determined on the basis of the determined values of the instantaneous vertical acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Johannes Kraus
  • Publication number: 20160186951
    Abstract: A daytime running lamp (1) for being retrofitted on a road vehicle, comprising a reflector (4) with a reflective surface (5) for reflecting light in a general direction (I) of illumination and a plurality of light sources (3) arranged in a pattern having an extension along a horizontal axis (A). The light emitted by the plurality of light sources (3) has directional components in two opposite horizontal directions (H1, H2) along the horizontal axis (A) and a directional component in a vertical direction (V) perpendicular to the horizontal axis (A). The reflective surface (5) has a curvature such that the directional component in the vertical direction (V) is directed towards the general direction (I) of illumination, and the directional component in at least one of the horizontal directions (H1, H2) upon reflection in the reflective surface (5) is substantially unchanged by the reflection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Hua Bing Zheng, Albrecht Johannes Kraus, Matthias Daniel Epmeier
  • Publication number: 20150340829
    Abstract: A beam reverser module for an optical power amplifier of a laser arrangement comprises at least one reflecting surface for receiving an incoming laser beam propagating in a first direction and reflecting the incoming laser beam into a second direction different from the first direction, wherein the at least one reflecting surface is a highly reflecting surface of at least one mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Schall, Johannes Kraus, Holger Muenz, Ingrid Schuster, Willi Anderl, Ulrich Weber, Markus Bauer, Jeffrey Erxmeyer, Michel Le Maire
  • Patent number: 9156511
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a LED rear lamp comprising a light guide (1) arranged in or forming part of a housing (10), said light guide (1) having a plate-like shape with a central aperture (2) surrounded by an inner side face (9) of the light guide. One or several LEDs (3) are arranged in the central aperture (2) such that a main emission direction of each LED (3) is aligned towards the inner side face (9) to couple emitted light through the inner side face (9) into the light guide (1). The light guide (1) is designed to guide a first portion (5) of the emitted light to escape through at least two opposing outer side faces (4) of the light guide (1) and to internally reflect or scatter a second portion (6) of the emitted light traveling towards the two outer side faces (4) to escape through a main surface (7) of the light guide (1). With the proposed LED rear lamp a good rear and side visibility is achieved in an efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Rafael Rohrlich, Benno Springer, Albrecht Johannes Kraus
  • Publication number: 20150241313
    Abstract: A method determines a parameter that indicates a state of at least one component of a motor vehicle. The method contains the now described steps. A plurality of values of an instantaneous vertical acceleration of a sub-region of a wheel of the motor vehicle is determined during operation of the motor vehicle by use of at least one sensor arranged in the region of the wheel. In addition, a degree of a mechanical load on at least one component of the motor is determined on the basis of the determined values of the instantaneous vertical acceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventor: Johannes Kraus
  • Publication number: 20150021308
    Abstract: A method is provided in which two parts (2, 3) are connected to each other by a weld. The two parts (2, 3) are fixed by a magnet (4) during welding. A magnetic field of the magnet (4) influences the flow of a melt in the weld (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas Dannheisig, Johannes Kraus, Michael Hamers, Jörgen Von Bodenhausen, Bernd Gross
  • Publication number: 20150003111
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a LED rear lamp comprising a light guide (1) arranged in or forming part of a housing (10), said light guide (1) having a plate-like shape with a central aperture (2) surrounded by an inner side face (9) of the light guide. One or several LEDs (3) are arranged in the central aperture (2) such that a main emission direction of each LED (3) is aligned towards the inner side face (9) to couple emitted light through the inner side face (9) into the light guide (1). The light guide (1) is designed to guide a first portion (5) of the emitted light to escape through at least two opposing outer side faces (4) of the light guide (1) and to internally reflect or scatter a second portion (6) of the emitted light traveling towards the two outer side faces (4) to escape through a main surface (7) of the light guide (1). With the proposed LED rear lamp a good rear and side visibility is achieved in an efficient manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Rafael Rohrlich, Benno Springer, Albrecht Johannes Kraus
  • Publication number: 20140211181
    Abstract: In order to make possible both good laser resistance and good antireflection properties, an optical element, in particular for UV lithography, comprising a substrate and a coating on the substrate having at least four layers, is proposed, wherein a first layer comprising a low refractive index inorganic fluoride compound is arranged on the substrate, a layer comprising an inorganic oxide-containing compound is arranged as a layer the most distant from the substrate, and at least two further layers each comprising an inorganic fluoride compound or an inorganic oxide-containing compound are arranged alternately between the first and the most distant layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: Vitaliy Shklover, Michael Schall, Johannes Kraus, Oliver Gloeckl, Jeffrey Erxmeyer, Horst Feldermann, Konstantin Forcht, Ute Heinemeyer
  • Patent number: 8289520
    Abstract: A spectrometer arrangement for measuring a spectrum of a light beam emitted by a narrowband light source, such as a bandwidth-narrowed laser, includes at least one etalon, a beam splitter for splitting the light beam into a first partial beam and a second partial beam, one or more optical directing elements for directing the first partial beam n times and the second partial beam (n+k) times through the at least one etalon, wherein n and k are integers ?1. The spectrometer arrangement further has at least one light-sensitive detector and an evaluation device for evaluating the spectra—recorded by the at least one detector—of the first partial beam that has passed through the at least one etalon n times and of the second partial beam that has passed through the at least one etalon (n+k) times in order to determine the light spectrum corrected for the apparatus function of the at least one etalon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Laser Optics GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Kraus, Alois Herkommer, Bernhard Weigl, Michel Le Maire, Holger Muenz
  • Patent number: 8013949
    Abstract: An LC display is disclosed that comprises a light source (5) that provides the background illumination, that emits light of only a part of the spectrum and that is disposed on the back (9) of the liquid crystal layer (10) so as to be protected and covered while it still is able to detect or emit light through the liquid crystal layer (10). The detected light is evaluated to control the background illumination and the inventive device enables data communication with an external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Class-Dieter, Robert Eckmüller, Johannes Kraus
  • Publication number: 20100079765
    Abstract: A spectrometer arrangement for measuring a spectrum of a light beam emitted by a narrowband light source, such as a bandwidth-narrowed laser, includes at least one etalon, a beam splitter for splitting the light beam into a first partial beam and a second partial beam, one or more optical directing elements for directing the first partial beam n times and the second partial beam (n+k) times through the at least one etalon, wherein n and k are integers ?1. The spectrometer arrangement further has at least one light-sensitive detector and an evaluation device for evaluating the spectra—recorded by the at least one detector—of the first partial beam that has passed through the at least one etalon n times and of the second partial beam that has passed through the at least one etalon (n+k) times in order to determine the light spectrum corrected for the apparatus function of the at least one etalon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: CARL ZEISS LASER OPTICS GMBH
    Inventors: Johannes Kraus, Alois Herkommer, Bernhard Weigl, Michel Le Maire, Holger Muenz
  • Patent number: 6670573
    Abstract: In a method of joining two members (1,8) of a vehicle seat, of which a first member (1) includes at least one projection, and a second member (8) at least one receptacle, wherein the two members (1,8) are joined by inserting the projection into the receptacle and subsequently welded, welding occurs on the side of the second member (8) facing away from the first member (1) inside the receptacle, which is designed and constructed as a through bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Keiper GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Klein, Johannes Kraus
  • Publication number: 20030197817
    Abstract: An LC display is disclosed that comprises a light source (5) that provides the background illumination, that emits light of only a part of the spectrum and that is disposed on the back (9) of the liquid crystal layer (10) so as to be protected and covered while it still is able to detect or emit light through the liquid crystal layer (10). The detected light is evaluated to control the background illumination and the inventive device enables data communication with an external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Klaus Class-Dieter, Robert Eckmuller, Johannes Kraus
  • Publication number: 20020043521
    Abstract: In a method of joining two members (1,8) of a vehicle seat, of which a first member (1) includes at least one projection, and a second member (8) at least one receptacle, wherein the two members (1,8) are joined by inserting the projection into the receptacle and subsequently welded, welding occurs on the side of the second member (8) facing away from the first member (1) inside the receptacle, which is designed and constructed as a through bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Applicant: KEIPER GMBH & CO
    Inventors: Ralf Klein, Johannes Kraus
  • Patent number: D738006
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Hui Ling Pan, Jin Cherl Kwon, Sze Kuang Lee, Albrecht Johannes Kraus, Paul Scott Martin, Chao Ding
  • Patent number: D738007
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Hui Ling Pan, Jin Cherl Kwon, Sze Kuang Lee, Albrecht Johannes Kraus, Paul Scott Martin, Chao Ding