Patents by Inventor Manfred Buhler

Manfred Buhler 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: 8011798
    Abstract: The invention relates to a halogen incandescent lamp for motor vehicle headlamps with two incandescent filaments (21, 22), which are arranged within a lamp vessel (10), wherein a first incandescent filament (21) is designed for operation with a higher electrical power than the second incandescent filament (22), wherein the incandescent filaments (21, 22) are constructed in such a way that their dimensions and/or their geometry are in each case matched to an operating voltage of at least 20 volts, and at least the second incandescent filament (22) is an incandescent filament in the form of a single coil. Preferably, both incandescent filaments (21, 22) are in the form of incandescent filaments with a single coil, wherein the first incandescent filament (21) is used, for example, for producing the upper beam or lower beam and the second incandescent filament (22) is used for producing the daytime driving light or foglight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
    Inventors: Manfred Bühler, Hans Mayer, Klaus Wittmann, Sascha Zelt
  • Patent number: 7456558
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric incandescent lamp, in particular a vehicle headlight, having at least one incandescent filament which is arranged within a light-permeable lamp vessel, the at least one incandescent filament having different pitch factors at its two ends. In order to increase the luminance at the light/dark boundary of the lower beam, that end of the incandescent filament which is near to the base has a lower pitch factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft für elektrische Glühlampen mbH
    Inventors: Manfred Bühler, Klaus Wittmann
  • Publication number: 20060038471
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric incandescent lamp, in particular a vehicle headlight lamp, having at least one frustoconical incandescent filament (2) which is arranged inside a transparent lamp vessel (10) and whose outside diameter increases continuously, starting from a minimum value at a first incandescent filament end (23), up to a maximum value at the second incandescent filament end (24), the following condition being fulfilled: D2 - D1 2 · L ? 0.0875 for the minimum value D1 and the maximum value D2 as well as for the length L of the at least one incandescent filament (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Applicant: PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCH GLUHLAMPEN MBH
    Inventors: Manfred Buhler, Klaus Wittmann
  • Publication number: 20060038489
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric incandescent lamp, in particular a vehicle headlight, having at least one incandescent filament which is arranged within a light-permeable lamp vessel, the at least one incandescent filament having different pitch factors at its two ends. In order to increase the luminance at the light/dark boundary of the lower beam, that end of the incandescent filament which is near to the base has a lower pitch factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Applicant: PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCH GLUHLAMPEN MBH
    Inventors: Manfred Buhler, Klaus Wittmann
  • Patent number: 6879102
    Abstract: The invention relates to an incandescent lamp for motor vehicle headlights, having at least one incandescent filament (2) arranged inside the lamp vessel, and a shading device (4). A coil exit (2a) of the incandescent filament (2) is joined to an edge section (41) of the shading device (4) running substantially parallel to the coil axis, in order to ensure an improved suspension of the incandescent filament (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fuer elektrische Gluehlampen mbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Behr, Manfred Bühler, Christian Seichter, Klaus Wittmann
  • Patent number: 6822392
    Abstract: The invention relates to an incandescent lamp for a motor vehicle headlight. The secondary filament (2) is arranged in such a way that, in a projection plane that is arranged perpendicular to the reference plane (B), the edge (2a), facing the antidazzle device (4), of the image, projected onto the projection plane, of the second incandescent filament (2) is arranged over the entire length of the second incandescent filament (2) between the reference axis (A) and the antidazzle device (4), and the edge (2a), facing the antidazzle device (4), of the image, projected to the scale 1:1 onto the projection plane, of the second incandescent filament (2) has a prescribed spacing from the reference axis (A). It is thereby possible to produce the light/dark boundary for the lower beam with the aid of the edge (2a) of the secondary filament image (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fur elektrische Gluhlampen mbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Behr, Manfred Bühler, Christian Seichter, Klaus Wittmann
  • Publication number: 20030205972
    Abstract: The invention relates to an incandescent lamp for motor vehicle headlights, having at least one incandescent filament (2) arranged inside the lamp vessel, and a shading device (4). A coil exit (2a) of the incandescent filament (2) is joined to an edge section (41) of the shading device (4) running substantially parallel to the coil axis, in order to ensure an improved suspension of the incandescent filament (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2003
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Applicant: PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCH GLUHLAMPEN MBH
    Inventors: Gerhard Behr, Manfred Buhler, Christian Seichter, Klaus Wittmann
  • Publication number: 20030189404
    Abstract: The invention relates to an incandescent lamp for a motor vehicle headlight. The secondary filament (2) is arranged in such a way that, in a projection plane that is arranged perpendicular to the reference plane (B), the edge (2a), facing the antidazzle device (4), of the image, projected onto the projection plane, of the second incandescent filament (2) is arranged over the entire length of the second incandescent filament (2) between the reference axis (A) and the antidazzle device (4), and the edge (2a), facing the antidazzle device (4), of the image, projected to the scale 1:1 onto the projection plane, of the second incandescent filament (2) has a prescribed spacing from the reference axis (A). It is thereby possible to produce the light/dark boundary for the lower beam with the aid of the edge (2a) of the secondary filament image (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCH GLUHLAMPEN MBH
    Inventors: Gerhard Behr, Manfred Buhler, Christian Seichter, Klaus Wittmann