Patents by Inventor Lars Tillmann

Lars Tillmann 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: 20240116041
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a catalyst material includes the steps of: providing a body having an open-porous foam structure and comprising at least a first metal or alloy; providing particles, each of which particles comprising at least a second metal or alloy; distributing the particles on the body; forming a structural connection between each of at least a subset of the particles and the body; and forming an oxide film on at least the subset of the particles and the body, wherein the oxide film has a catalytically active surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Lars TORKUHL, Robin KOLVENBACH, JungSuk BAE, Andreas TILLMANN, Alexandra GERSTLE, Gunnar WALTHER, Tilo BÜTTNER, Hans-Dietrich BÖHM, Bernd KIEBACK, Thomas WEISSGÄRBER, Arne BODEN
  • Patent number: 10451241
    Abstract: A light module for a lighting device of a vehicle, in particular for a headlamp, having a light source and an optical element which is accommodated on a support body, and wherein an adjuster is provided for adjusting the optical element to the light source in order to adjust a radiation position of the light source relative to the optical element. The adjuster has a wedge element, which is arranged movably between the support body and the optical element so that when the wedge element is shifted an adjustment of the optical element to the light source can be produced at least in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.
    Inventors: Eduard Japs, Gerd Pawliczek, Lars Tillmann
  • Publication number: 20170370550
    Abstract: A light module for a lighting device of a vehicle, in particular for a headlamp, having a light source and an optical element which is accommodated on a support body, and wherein an adjuster is provided for adjusting the optical element to the light source in order to adjust a radiation position of the light source relative to the optical element. The adjuster has a wedge element, which is arranged movably between the support body and the optical element so that when the wedge element is shifted an adjustment of the optical element to the light source can be produced at least in a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.
    Inventors: Eduard JAPS, Gerd PAWLICZEK, Lars TILLMANN
  • Patent number: 9638384
    Abstract: An assembly of a decorative trim on the exterior surface of a plastic cover lens of a headlamp. Locking means are molded on the outer side of the plastic cover lens, which extend out in a transverse direction (Y) pointing at an angle from the surface of the plastic cover lens. The decorative trim comprises locking means receivers into which the locking means engage, and at least one snapping means on the decorative trim and one complementary snapping means are provided on the plastic cover lens for securing the decorative trim against the transverse direction (Y).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.
    Inventors: Eudard Japs, Lars Tillmann
  • Patent number: 9541250
    Abstract: An assembly comprising a strip on the exterior of a plastic cover lens for a headlamp. Locking means are formed on the exterior of the plastic cover lens, which extend diagonally, in a transverse direction, from the surface of the plastic cover lens, and that the strip is designed as a backing strip and exhibits locking means receivers in which the locking means engage. At least one snapping means is provided on the backing strip and one complementary snapping means is provided on the plastic cover lens in order to secure the backing strip in the transverse direction (Y).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: HELLA KGAA HUECK & CO.
    Inventors: Eduard Japs, Lars Tillmann
  • Publication number: 20150204501
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly (1) of a decorative trim (10) on the exterior surface of a plastic cover lens (11) of a headlamp, and it is provided according to the invention, such that locking means (12) are molded on the outer side of the plastic cover lens (11), which extend out in a transverse direction (Y) pointing at an angle from the surface of the plastic cover lens (11), and such that the decorative trim (10) comprises locking means receivers (13) into which the locking means (12) engage, and at least one snapping means (14) on the decorative trim (10) and one complementary snapping means (15) are provided on the plastic cover lens (11) for securing the decorative trim (10) against the transverse direction (Y).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Eudard Japs, Lars Tillmann
  • Publication number: 20150204500
    Abstract: An assembly comprising a strip on the exterior of a plastic cover lens for a headlamp. Locking means are formed on the exterior of the plastic cover lens, which extend diagonally, in a transverse direction, from the surface of the plastic cover lens, and that the strip is designed as a backing strip and exhibits locking means receivers in which the locking means engage. At least one snapping means is provided on the backing strip and one complementary snapping means is provided on the plastic cover lens in order to secure the backing strip in the transverse direction (Y).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Eudard Japs, Lars Tillmann
  • Patent number: 8888345
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermal-expansion compensator for holding a light module in a housing of a headlamp for a motor vehicle, comprising a compensation pin extending along a pin axis with a stop element, wherein the compensation pin can be connected to the housing by means of a connecting means, a compensation element with a compensation body extending along a compensation axis and at least two stop receptacles that are each formed for holding the stop element of the compensation pin, and a holder that is arranged rigidly on the light module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Hella KGAA
    Inventors: Lars Tillmann, Dirk Schulte
  • Publication number: 20120320619
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermal-expansion compensator for holding a light module in a housing of a headlamp for a motor vehicle, comprising a compensation pin extending along a pin axis with a stop element, wherein the compensation pin can be connected to the housing by means of a connecting means, a compensation element with a compensation body extending along a compensation axis and at least two stop receptacles that are each formed for holding the stop element of the compensation pin, and a holder that is arranged rigidly on the light module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Hella KGaA
    Inventors: Lars Tillmann, Dirk Schulte