Patents by Inventor Johannes WOESSNER

Johannes WOESSNER 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).

  • Method for manufacturing an automotive mirror
    Patent number: 10457345
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an automotive mirror, in particular a side mirror, includes forming a printed circuit board as flexible printed circuit board with n+1 branches, n?N, providing n modules each including at least one electronic element housed within a plastic casting and connected to conducting paths on at least one of the surfaces of the plastic casting, and at least one standard gripping point, guiding structure, snap connection element and/or sealing member provided by the plastic casting, connecting up to n of said branches to one module each and connecting one branch to cables or a cable harness to be connected to a power supply and/or a control unit outside the mirror, providing mirror parts free of electronic elements, and assembling the mirror parts and the modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.
    Inventors: Andreas Herrmann, Johannes Woessner, Ludwig Neumann, Heiko Boehland, Muthu Kumaran
  • METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN AUTOMOTIVE MIRROR
    Publication number: 20170327167
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an automotive mirror, in particular a side mirror, includes forming a printed circuit board as flexible printed circuit board with n+1 branches, n?N, providing n modules each including at least one electronic element housed within a plastic casting and connected to conducting paths on at least one of the surfaces of the plastic casting, and at least one standard gripping point, guiding structure, snap connection element and/or sealing member provided by the plastic casting, connecting up to n of said branches to one module each and connecting one branch to cables or a cable harness to be connected to a power supply and/or a control unit outside the mirror, providing mirror parts free of electronic elements, and assembling the mirror parts and the modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas HERRMANN, Johannes WOESSNER, Ludwig NEUMANN, Heiko BOEHLAND, Muthu KUMARAN