Patents by Inventor Josef Baerenweiler

Josef Baerenweiler 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 of operating an active obstacle warning system
    Patent number: 6987447
    Abstract: From a prescribed starting value, the emitting power of an obstacle detection beam increases or decreases according to a prescribed function at a prescribed rate. The received signal reflected from an obstacle is compared to a prescribed threshold. Once the received reflected power rises or falls to the threshold, the emitting power is not further increased or decreased respectively, but is maintained constant. Thereby, consumed and dissipated power is reduced, unnecessary excessive power use is avoided, and the detection range of the obstacle detection beam is adapted to the prevailing situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Baerenweiler, Guenther Fendt, Helmut Riedel
  • Housing comprising a locking device for fixing the same to a carrier plate
    Publication number: 20050169725
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fastening device (23, 60, 30, 70) for the fastening of a housing (20) on a carrier plate (10), whereby the fastening device consists of a fastening means (23, 30) and a means (60, 70) for the expanding or spreading-open of the fastening means, the housing, the carrier plate, and the fastening means respectively comprise an opening (21, 13, 27, 34), the means for the spreading-open is introduced into the opening of the fastening means and remains there, and the fastening means grips behind the carrier plate in the opening thereof, and whereby the introducing of the fastening means and of the means for the spreading-open into the opening of the carrier plate occurs from the same side of the carrier plate, and the turning of the means for the spreading-open effectuates the fixing of the housing in radial and axial direction on the carrier plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Applicant: Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Asmuth, Josef Baerenweiler, Guenter Fendt, Engelbert Woerle
  • Method of operating an active obstacle warning system
    Publication number: 20040183662
    Abstract: From a prescribed starting value, the emitting power of an obstacle detection beam increases or decreases according to a prescribed function at a prescribed rate. The received signal reflected from an obstacle is compared to a prescribed threshold. Once the received reflected power rises or falls to the threshold, the emitting power is not further increased or decreased respectively, but is maintained constant. Thereby, consumed and dissipated power is reduced, unnecessary excessive power use is avoided, and the detection range of the obstacle detection beam is adapted to the prevailing situation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: Josef Baerenweiler, Guenther Fendt, Helmut Riedel