Patents by Inventor Mark René Spingler

Mark René Spingler 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).

  • Method and device for estimating the temperature sensed upon contact with a surface
    Patent number: 8457918
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for estimating the temperature sensed upon contact with a surface. The method includes contactless heating of the surface, contactless measurement of a time change in temperature of the surface, and estimation of the temperature sensed upon contact with the surface on the basis of this time change in temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark René Spingler, Alexander van Laack
  • Operator control unit for devices in a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 8103405
    Abstract: An operator control unit for devices in a motor vehicle, having a carrier element and at least one operator control element arranged on the carrier element for generating an actuating signal for at least one device in the motor vehicle. The carrier element when in the installed state forms a storage space for holding objects to be stored in the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark René Spingler, Erika Tsubaki
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING THE TEMPERATURE SENSED UPON CONTACT WITH A SURFACE
    Publication number: 20110166815
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for estimating the temperature sensed upon contact with a surface. The method includes contactless heating of the surface, contactless measurement of a time change in temperature of the surface, and estimation of the temperature sensed upon contact with the surface on the basis of this time change in temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mark René Spingler, Alexander van Laack
  • OPERATOR CONTROL UNIT FOR DEVICES IN A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20090125195
    Abstract: An operator control unit for devices in a motor vehicle, having a carrier element and at least one operator control element arranged on the carrier element for generating an actuating signal for at least one device in the motor vehicle. The carrier element when in the installed state forms a storage space for holding objects to be stored in the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Rene Spingler, Erika Tsubaki