Patents by Inventor Lothar Koelsch

Lothar Koelsch 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).

  • Patent number: 6439256
    Abstract: A switchable flap valve having at least one valve plate (2, 2a, 2b) disposed for pivoting about a longitudinal axis in a housing part (1) for opening or closing a valve opening (11) provided in the housing part (1) in which a strip element (4, 4a, 4b) is formed on the upper side of the valve plate (2, 2a, 2b) aligned parallel to the longitudinal axis of the valve plate. The surface of the strip element (4, 4a) is inclined toward an adjacent housing wall (20) or toward a second strip (4b) and forms a hollow channel with the housing wall (20) or with the strip (4b). The free longitudinal edge (18) of the strip (4, 4a, 4b) is held in a latch mechanism (7, 8) to maintain the valve plate (2, 2a, 2b) in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignees: Leica Camera AG, Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Lothar Koelsch, Hans-Gerhard Kogler, Gerhard Kranz, Christoph Metz, Frank Schroeter, Hans-Joachim Faulstroh
  • Publication number: 20010035638
    Abstract: A switchable flap valve having at least one valve plate (2, 2a, 2b) disposed for pivoting about a longitudinal axis in a housing part (1) for opening or closing a valve opening (11) provided in the housing part (1) in which a strip element (4, 4a, 4b) is formed on the upper side of the valve plate (2, 2a, 2b) aligned parallel to the longitudinal axis of the valve plate, The surface of the strip element (4, 4a) is inclined toward an adjacent housing wall (20) or toward a second strip (4b) and forms a hollow channel with the housing wall (20) or with the strip (4b). The free longitudinal edge (18) of the strip (4, 4a, 4b) is held in a latch mechanism (7, 8) to maintain the valve plate (2, 2a, 2b) in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: Lothar Koelsch, Hans-Gerhard Kogler, Gerhard Kranz, Christoph Metz, Frank Schroeter, Hans-Joachim Faulstroh
  • Patent number: 5388006
    Abstract: The telephoto lens is in each case put together from two different lens systems, a front group and a focusing group. The object-side front groups have fixedly arranged lens elements or lens element groups and the image-side focusing groups have mutually displaceable lens elements or lens element groups. The focal lengths of the focusing groups are chosen such that with the front groups, they produce telephoto lenses of different overall focal lengths. The front groups can be combined in a modular manner with the focusing groups. Telephoto lenses having excellent imaging performances can be put together with reduced production expenditure. The numerical data of a number of lens parts are specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1995
    Assignee: Leica Camera GmbH
    Inventor: Lothar Koelsch
  • Patent number: 5321555
    Abstract: An objective for use in photographic compact cameras has a relative aperture of 3.5 and a focal length of 35 mm, and is of the triplet type. The lens element on the object side is a cemented element. In order to achieve an extremely compact structural shape and balanced monochromatic correction, as well as a reduction in the chromatic magnification difference, the color coma and the color astigmatism, four design conditions are specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignee: Leica Camera GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Koelsch, Klaus-Dieter Schaefer