Patents by Inventor Lukas Taudt

Lukas Taudt 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: 20180370419
    Abstract: The invention relates to an additional headlamp (3,3?,3?) for a vehicle, which headlamp is designed to produce a light image in front of the vehicle (1) by emitting light from at least one light module (5) and to project said light image in front of the vehicle by means of a downstream imaging optical unit (8), wherein a first light module (6) is designed to produce a first light image having at least one first light distribution having at lease one first, substantially vertically oriented, linear intensity maximum, and a second light module (7) is designed to produce a second light image having a second light distribution having at lease one second substantially rectangular intensity maximum, and the light images of both light modules (6,7) are superposed, wherein the first intensity maximum is vertically below the second intensity maximum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Markus DANNER, Lukas TAUDT
  • Patent number: 10139068
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (20, 30) for a headlight, in particular a motor-vehicle headlight, comprising a plurality of light sources (200, 300), which are arranged adjacent to each other in rows (201, 202, 203, 301, 302, 303) and which form a lighting field (209, 309), and comprising a light-guiding device (204, 304) having a plurality of light-guiding elements (201a, 202a, 203a, 301a, 302a, 303a), wherein each light-guiding element (201a, 202a, 203a, 301a, 302a, 303a) is associated with one light source (200, 300), wherein each light-guiding element (201a, 202a, 203a, 301a, 302a, 303a) has a light incoupling surface (201b, 202b, 203b, 301b, 302b, 303b) for coupling in light emitted by the particular light source and a light outlet surface, wherein the light-guiding elements (201a, 202a, 203a, 301a, 302a, 303a) are arranged in at least two linear rows (211, 212, 213, 311, 312, 313) arranged one over the other, and wherein the light-guiding elements (203a, 303a) of the lowest row (213, 313) ar
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Plank, Lukas Taudt
  • Publication number: 20180328562
    Abstract: A headlamp (1) for a vehicle, comprising at least one light source (2), a primary optical system (3) for generating a lighting image, and an optical imaging system (4), wherein the lighting image can be projected onto the roadway as a light image by means of the optical imaging system (4), and the primary optical system (3) has a plurality of light guiding elements (5) and a support layer (6), wherein the light guiding elements (5) are arranged on a rear face (6r) of the support layer (6), and the lighting image can be generated on a front face (6v) of the support layer (6), the light guiding elements (5) are arranged adjacently to one another or in an overlapping manner in a row in an axis direction (y) and form at least one line (7), wherein each light guiding element (5) has a light inlet surface (5e) for coupling in light from at least one light source (2) and a light outlet surface (5a) for coupling out light, wherein the totality of the light guiding elements (5) of the at least one line (7) have a comm
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Lukas TAUDT, Irmgard KRENN, Josef PLANK
  • Publication number: 20180319317
    Abstract: The invention relates to a controller (7) for controlling at least one lighting device (3, 5) for a motor vehicle (10), this at least one lighting device (3, 5) being able to produce a defined low beam pattern (ABV1, ABV2). If an optical image recognition system (6) detects a vehicle driving in front, then the controller controls the lighting device so that the passengers of the vehicle driving in front, in particular the driver, are not blinded through a side view mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Josef PLANK, Lukas TAUDT
  • Publication number: 20180292061
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (1a) for a motor vehicle headlight, comprising a first light-guide (2) unit having a retaining bar (2a) and at least two outcoupling bars (2b) arranged at least at a distance from one another and protruding from the retaining bar (2a), a second light-guide unit (3) having a retaining bar (3a) and at least one outcoupling bar (3b) protruding from the retaining bar (3a), a number of light sources (4) for coupling light into the outcoupling bars (2b, 3b) of the light-guide units (2,3), wherein at least one light source (4) is associated with each outcoupling bar (2b, 3b), and comprising at least one lens (5), preferably a projection lens, arranged after the light-guide units (2, 3) for generating a light distribution, wherein each outcoupling bar (2b, 3b) has a light-outcoupling surface (2c, 3c) for emitting light into the at least one lens (5), wherein the first and the second light-guide units (2, 3) are separate components from one another, which are arranged in rela
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Lukas TAUDT, Udo MAIER
  • Publication number: 20180245759
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (20, 30) for a headlight, in particular a motor-vehicle headlight, comprising a plurality of light sources (200, 300), which are arranged adjacent to each other in rows (201, 202, 203, 301, 302, 303) and which form a lighting field (209, 309), and comprising a light-guiding device (204, 304) having a plurality of light-guiding elements (201a, 202a, 203a, 301a, 302a, 303a), wherein each light-guiding element (201a, 202a, 203a, 301a, 302a, 303a) is associated with one light source (200, 300), wherein each light-guiding element (201a, 202a, 203a, 301a, 302a, 303a) has a light incoupling surface (201b, 202b, 203b, 301b, 302b, 303b) for coupling in light emitted by the particular light source and a light outlet surface, wherein the light-guiding elements (201a, 202a, 203a, 301a, 302a, 303a) are arranged in at least two linear rows (211, 212, 213, 311, 312, 313) arranged one over the other, and wherein the light-guiding elements (203a, 303a) of the lowest row (213, 313) ar
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Josef PLANK, Lukas TAUDT
  • Patent number: 10018317
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (1) for a headlamp, in particular a motor-vehicle headlamp, comprising a plurality of light sources (100), a light-guiding device (10) with a plurality of light-guiding elements (11, 12, 13), and a downstream imaging optical element (200), wherein each light-guiding element (11, 12, 13) has a light infeed face and a light exit face, wherein the light-guiding elements (11, 12, 13) are arranged in at least one row, wherein the light-guiding elements of at least one row are configured as main beam light-guiding elements (11) and form a main beam row, wherein each main beam light-guiding element (11) comprises a lower light-guiding face (24), wherein the lower light-guiding face (24) has, at least in the region in which the light beams (52) are reflected, structures (25) at least in regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Lukas Taudt, Josef Plank
  • Publication number: 20180128443
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (1) for a headlamp, in particular a motor-vehicle headlamp, comprising a plurality of light sources (100), a light-guiding device (10) with a plurality of light-guiding elements (11, 12, 13), and a downstream imaging optical element (200), wherein each light-guiding element (11, 12, 13) has a light infeed face and a light exit face, wherein the light-guiding elements (11, 12, 13) are arranged in at least one row, wherein the light-guiding elements of at least one row are configured as main beam light-guiding elements (11) and form a main beam row, wherein each main beam light-guiding element (11) comprises a lower light-guiding face (24), wherein the lower light-guiding face (24) has, at least in the region in which the light beams (52) are reflected, structures (25) at least in regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Lukas TAUDT, Josef PLANK
  • Publication number: 20180105095
    Abstract: A lighting device for a vehicle headlight, the lighting device having a first light module (105), a second light module (106) and a third light module (107), wherein the first light module (105) generates, when installed in a vehicle, a first specified overall light distribution (A) in a region in front of the motor vehicle, and the second light module (106) generates, when installed in a vehicle, a first specified partial light distribution (F) in a region in front of the motor vehicle, and the third light module (107) generates, when installed in a vehicle, a second specified partial light distribution (Z) in a region in front of the motor vehicle, and wherein when the first and second light modules (105, 106) are illuminated at the same time, the first overall light distribution (A) at least partially overlaps the first partial light distribution (F), with the result that a second overall light distribution (AF) is formed, wherein the second partial light distribution (Z) lies underneath the hh line (hh) a
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Lukas TAUDT, Stefan TOMASETIG, Heimo FRANK
  • Patent number: 9915405
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (500) for a motor vehicle headlight, wherein the lighting device comprises at least one optical body (1) and at least one mounting device (100) for the at least one optical body (1), wherein the at least one optical body (1) has a number of adjacently arranged ancillary optics (11, 12, 13, 14, 15), wherein each ancillary optics (11-15) is formed from a light-guiding material and each ancillary optics (11-15) has a light-coupling face (11a-15a) and a light-decoupling face (11b-15b), wherein the at least one mounting device (100) has at least one receptacle (111, 112, 113, 114, 115) for each ancillary optics (11-15), and wherein receptacles (111-115) are delimited by delimiting walls (111?, 112?, 113?, 114?, 115?), wherein the delimiting walls (111?, 112?, 113?, 114?, 115?) have boundary edges (111a?, 112a?, 113a?, 114a?, 115a?) on the light exit side, which boundary edges (111a?, 112a?, 113a?, 114a?, 115a?) are imaged, in a light distribution produced by means of the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Udo Maier, Lukas Taudt, Oliver Reittegger
  • Publication number: 20180058652
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (1) for a motor vehicle headlight, comprising a light module (2) with at least one light emission source (10), a primary lens (100) and a secondary lens (300), wherein said primary lens (100) comprises at least one light-conducting ancillary lens (102) which is designed to direct light (50) captured by the at least one light emission source (10) through at least one light-emitting surface (103) of the ancillary lens and on to the secondary lens (300) arranged downstream in optical longitudinal axial direction (150), and wherein the secondary lens (300) is designed to image a light distribution, which forms on the light-emitting surface (103) of the ancillary lens, in an area in front of the lighting device (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Lukas TAUDT, Bettina REISINGER, Andreas MOSER
  • Patent number: 9879835
    Abstract: A lighting unit for a headlight, in particular a motor vehicle headlight, consisting of a plurality of light sources (1), a light guide unit (2) having a plurality of light guides (3), and a downstream projection lens having a focal plane (E), wherein each light guide (3) has a light decoupling face (4), wherein a.) the light decoupling faces (4) of at least two adjacent light guides (3) are offset in relation to one another with respect to the focal plane (E), and/or b.) at least two light guides (3) adjacent to one another in each case contact one another in a contact area (12) along an extension (b and b?), wherein the respective extensions (b and b?), measured with respect to the focal plane (E) of the lens, deviate from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Lukas Taudt, Gerald Bohm, Josef Plank
  • Patent number: 9851065
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical element for a vehicle headlight, in particular a motor vehicle headlight, having a first head lens array which is a compressed as a single piece from a transparent material and at least one second head lens array which is compressed as a single piece from the same or another transparent material. Said first head lens array and the second head lens array have respectively a connecting web which connects the at least one first head lens to a second head lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Docter Optics SE
    Inventors: Lukas Taudt, Andreas Moser, Wolfram Wintzer, Lars Arnold, Alois Willke, Sandro Plietzsch
  • Publication number: 20160273730
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mounting device (100) for an optical body (1) for a motor vehicle headlight or for a light module for a motor vehicle headlight, which optical body (1) has a number of adjacently arranged ancillary optical systems (11, 12, 13, 14, 15), wherein each ancillary optical system (11-15) is formed from a light-guiding material and each ancillary optical system (11-15) has a light coupling-in face (11a-15a) and a light decoupling face (11b-15b), wherein the ancillary optical systems (11-15) are mechanically interconnected in the region of the light decoupling faces (11b-15b) by at least one connecting web (21, 22) extending transversely to the ancillary optical systems (11-15), wherein the at least one connecting web (21, 22) is optically ineffective at least in regions, wherein the mounting device has a main body (101) having receptacles (121, 122) for the optical body (1), and a retaining body (102), which holds the optical body in the main body by means of camping elements (102b, 102c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Udo MAIER, Oliver REITEGGER, Lukas TAUDT
  • Publication number: 20160273727
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (500) for a motor vehicle headlight, wherein the lighting device comprises at least one optical body (1) and at least one mounting device (100) for the at least one optical body (1), wherein the at least one optical body (1) has a number of adjacently arranged ancillary optics (11, 12, 13, 14, 15), wherein each ancillary optics (11 - 15) is formed from a light-guiding material and each ancillary optics (11-15) has a light-coupling face (11a-15a) and a light-decoupling face (11b-15b), wherein the at least one mounting device (100) has at least one receptacle (111, 112, 113, 114, 115) for each ancillary optics (11-15), and wherein receptacles (111-115) are delimited by delimiting walls (111?, 112?, 113?, 114?, 115?), wherein the delimiting walls (111?, 112?, 113?, 114?, 115?) have boundary edges (111a?, 112a?, 113a?, 114a?, 115a?) on the light exit side, which boundary edges (111a?, 112a?, 113a?, 114a?, 115a?) are imaged, in a light distribution produced by means of th
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Udo MAIER, Lukas TAUDT, Oliver REITTEGGER
  • Publication number: 20160146416
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical element for a vehicle headlight, in particular a motor vehicle headlight, having a first head lens array which is a compressed as a single piece from a transparent material and at least one second head lens array which is compressed as a single piece from the same or another transparent material. Said first head lens array and the second head lens array have respectively a connecting web which connects the at least one first head lens to a second head lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Lukas Taudt, Andreas Moser, Wolfram Wintzer, Lars Arnold, Alois Willke, Sandro Plietzsch
  • Publication number: 20150226395
    Abstract: A lighting unit for a headlight, in particular a motor vehicle headlight, consisting of a plurality of light sources (1), a light guide unit (2) having a plurality of light guides (3), and a downstream projection lens having a focal plane (E), wherein each light guide (3) has a light decoupling face (4), wherein a.) the light decoupling faces (4) of at least two adjacent light guides (3) are offset in relation to one another with respect to the focal plane (E), and/or b.) at least two light guides (3) adjacent to one another in each case contact one another in a contact area (12) along an extension (b and b?), wherein the respective extensions (b and b?), measured with respect to the focal plane (E) of the lens, deviate from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Lukas Taudt, Gerald Bohm, Josef Plank