Patents by Inventor Manuel TESSMER

Manuel TESSMER 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: 11549655
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a headlamp lens for a vehicle headlamp, wherein the headlamp lens comprises a precision-molded body made of a transparent material, wherein the body comprises at least one light tunnel and a light-conducting part with at least one optically active light exit surface. The light tunnel comprises at least one light entry surface and merges with a bend in the light-conducting part to depict the sharp bend as a light/dark boundary by means of light coupled or radiated into the light entry surface. The surface of the light tunnel is at least partially convexly curved in the region of the bend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SE
    Inventors: Manuel Tessmer, Mohsen Mozaffari-Afshar, Siemen Kühl, Wolfram Wintzer
  • Publication number: 20220170605
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a headlamp lens for a vehicle headlamp, wherein the headlamp lens comprises a precision-molded body made of a transparent material, wherein the body comprises at least one light tunnel and a light-conducting part with at least one optically active light exit surface. The light tunnel comprises at least one light entry surface and merges with a bend in the light-conducting part to depict the sharp bend as a light/dark boundary by means of light coupled or radiated into the light entry surface. The surface of the light tunnel is at least partially convexly curved in the region of the bend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Manuel TESSMER, Mohsen MOZAFFARI-AFSHAR, Siemen KÜHL, Wolfram Wintzer
  • Patent number: 11287098
    Abstract: The invention relates to a headlamp lens for a vehicle headlamp, wherein the headlamp lens comprises a precision-molded body made of a transparent material, wherein the body comprises at least one light tunnel (108) and a light-conducting part (109) with at least one optically active light exit surface (102). The light tunnel (108) comprises at least one light entry surface (101) and merges with a bend (107) in the light-conducting part to depict the sharp bend as a light/dark boundary by means of light coupled or radiated into the light entry surface. The surface of the light tunnel (108) is at least partially convexly curved in the region of the bend (107).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SE
    Inventors: Manuel Tessmer, Mohsen Mozaffari-Afshar, Siemen Kühl, Wolfram Wintzer
  • Publication number: 20210222848
    Abstract: The invention relates to a headlamp lens for a vehicle headlamp, wherein the headlamp lens comprises a precision-molded body made of a transparent material, wherein the body comprises at least one light tunnel (108) and a light-conducting part (109) with at least one optically active light exit surface (102). The light tunnel (108) comprises at least one light entry surface (101) and merges with a bend (107) in the light-conducting part to depict the sharp bend as a light/dark boundary by means of light coupled or radiated into the light entry surface. The surface of the light tunnel (108) is at least partially convexly curved in the region of the bend (107).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Manuel TESSMER, Mohsen MOZAFFARI-AFSHAR, Siemen KÜHL, Wolframe Wintzer
  • Patent number: 10890306
    Abstract: The lens body includes a light input portion with a light entry face, a light tunnel extending from the light entry face and defining an optical axis, and a transition face located opposite the light entry face and curved in a plane parallel to the optical axis; a light passage section with a light exit face and coupled to the transition face, such that the transition face is imaged by the light passaged section as a light/dark boundary. An upper surface of the light tunnel defines an ellipsoid with both the maior and minor semiaxes extending in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis; the maior semiaxis being at least 1.9 times the minor semiaxis. A light source might be coupled to the lens body to form a vehicle headlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SE
    Inventors: Manuel Tessmer, Mohsen Mozaffari-Afshar, Siemen Kühl
  • Publication number: 20200248883
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a headlamp lens for a vehicle headlamp, wherein the headlamp lens comprises a bright-moulded body made of a transparent material, wherein the body comprises at least one light tunnel and a light-directing part having at least one optically active light exit area, wherein the light tunnel comprises at least one light entry area and merges at a sharp bend into the light-directing part to depict the sharp bend as a light/dark boundary by means of light coupled or radiated into the light entry area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Manuel TESSMER, Mohsen MOZAFFARI-AFSHAR, Siemen KÛHL
  • Patent number: 10634301
    Abstract: A headlamp lens includes a transparent body having at least one light tunnel defining at least one entry area, and a light-directing part with at least one optically active light exit area. The light entry area merging into the light-directing part at a sharp end to project a light/dark boundary by means of light coupled or radiated into the light entry area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Doctor Optics SE
    Inventors: Manuel Tessmer, Mohsen Mozaffari-Afshar, Siemen Kühl
  • Publication number: 20190309921
    Abstract: A monolithic headlight lens is provided for a vehicle headlight with a light source, for example for a motor vehicle headlight, wherein the headlight lens includes a light entry face and a light exit face through which light that has entered into the light entry face exits from the headlight lens with a bright-dark boundary (HDG) without the headlight lens including any optical structure that is imaged as a bright-dark boundary (HDG).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Manuel TESSMER, Mohsen MOZAFFARI-AFSHAR, Siemen KÜHL
  • Publication number: 20180283639
    Abstract: The invention relates to a headlamp lens for a vehicle headlamp, wherein the headlamp lens comprises a bright-moulded body made of a transparent material, wherein the body comprises at least one light tunnel (108) and a light-directing part (109) having at least one optically active light exit area (102), wherein the light tunnel (108) comprises at least one light entry area (101) and merges at a sharp bend (107) into the light-directing part (109) to depict the sharp bend as a light/dark boundary by means of light coupled or radiated into the light entry area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Manuel TESSMER, Mohsen MOZAFFARI-AFSHAR, Siemen KÜHL