Patents by Inventor Lutz Schmittat

Lutz Schmittat 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: 10043440
    Abstract: An interior design element for a motor vehicle, comprising a carrier, a screen element, a decor layer having at least one perforated section, at least one lighting element, and a control unit coupled to the screen element and to the lighting element. The screen element and the decor layer are arranged adjacent to one another on the carrier. The perforated section borders the screen element and is penetrable with light from the lighting element. The screen element and the perforated section together form a common display surface, wherein the control unit splits up image information into information portions and activates the lighting element and the screen element such that the information portions can be displayed in the perforated section and in the screen element. The information portions displayed in the perforated section and in the screen element complement each other and in total represent the complete image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH
    Inventor: Lutz Schmittat
  • Publication number: 20170206831
    Abstract: An interior design element for a motor vehicle, comprising a carrier, a screen element, a decor layer having at least one perforated section, at least one lighting element, and a control unit coupled to the screen element and to the lighting element. The screen element and the decor layer are arranged adjacent to one another on the carrier. The perforated section borders the screen element and is penetrable with light from the lighting element. The screen element and the perforated section together form a common display surface, wherein the control unit splits up image information into information portions and activates the lighting element and the screen element such that the information portions can be displayed in the perforated section and in the screen element. The information portions displayed in the perforated section and in the screen element complement each other and in total represent the complete image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: Lutz SCHMITTAT
  • Patent number: 8915001
    Abstract: The invention relates to a decorative element (10) for a motor vehicle and to a method for producing the same. The decorative element (10) thereby comprises an at least partially transparent decorative film (12) applied to a flat carrier element (30) and back injection molded with two plastic layers (14, 16). At least the first plastic layer (14) is thereby at least partially transparent. The use of the first plastic layer (14) as an optical conductor is thereby made possible, allowing particularly optically attractive light coupling into the decorative element, and opening particularly extensive latitude in design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Steffen Breunig, Lutz Schmittat
  • Publication number: 20120032592
    Abstract: The invention relates to a decorative element (10) for a motor vehicle and to a method for producing the same. The decorative element (10) thereby comprises an at least partially transparent decorative film (12) applied to a flat carrier element (30) and back injection molded with two plastic layers (14, 16). At least the first plastic layer (14) is thereby at least partially transparent. The use of the first plastic layer (14) as an optical conductor is thereby made possible, allowing particularly optically attractive light coupling into the decorative element, and opening particularly extensive latitude in design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: DAIMLER AG
    Inventors: Steffen Breunig, Lutz Schmittat