Patents by Inventor Manfred Bosler

Manfred Bosler 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: 8777473
    Abstract: The present invention provides in one aspect a light device having a light guide. The light guide (20) has at least one major side defining a light extraction side (26). The light device further has at least one fibrous layer (30), typically a non-woven or woven fibrous layer, disposed on the major side of said light guide defining said light extraction side. At the light extraction side, the light device has a plurality of discrete bonding areas (40) at which the at least one fibrous layer is bonded to the major side of said light guide. In a particular aspect, the bonding areas define light extraction elements on the light extraction side. Such an arrangement typically provides for an easy, reliable and cost-effective light device useful for a variety of applications including, for example, illuminating the interior of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Eric Schmuck, Hans-Gerd Vollmers, Manfred Bosler, Tilo Remhof
  • Publication number: 20130250607
    Abstract: The present invention provides in one aspect a light device having a light guide. The light guide (20) has at least one major side defining a light extraction side (26). The light device further has at least one fibrous layer (30), typically a non-woven or woven fibrous layer, disposed on the major side of said light guide defining said light extraction side. At the light extraction side, the light device has a plurality of discrete bonding areas (40) at which the at least one fibrous layer is bonded to the major side of said light guide. In a particular aspect, the bonding areas define light extraction elements on the light extraction side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Eric Schmuck, Hans-Gerd Vollmers, Manfred Bosler, Tilo Remhof
  • Publication number: 20110151739
    Abstract: The present invention provides an activatable precursor of an elastic composite laminate web having a machine direction and a cross direction comprising an elastic film, a first non-woven web and a first layer of adhesive therebetween, said layer of adhesive comprising in CD two edge regions and an intermediate region between the two edge regions extending in MD, said layer of adhesive exhibiting an adhesive pattern so that the mean adhesive surface coverage measured in the cross direction comprises at least one maximum in each of the edge regions and at least one maximum proximate the center of the intermediate region and/or the center line of the web, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Manfred Bosler, Jobst T. Jaeger, Uwe Bernhuber