Patents by Inventor Markus Heckmann

Markus Heckmann 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).

  • Publication number: 20260072817
    Abstract: A web editing environment integrated with a web assessment platform for auditing and ameliorating a web page under design in the context of the editing environment is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Inventors: Markus Heckmann, Paul Kieron Carl Narth
  • Patent number: 12538401
    Abstract: A circuit for an operating device includes a first clocked converter as a power factor corrector and a buck post-regulator, which has a SELV barrier or galvanic isolation barrier extending through the power factor corrector. The power factor corrector has a control circuit concentrated on the input side, which is provided for supplying power from a conventional AC power supply network, and data thereof is to be transmitted, via two optocouplers, for a complete logic link between the input and output side. The output side is configured to connect to a DC load, in particular an LED or a series circuit of multiple LEDs, provided for general lighting technology. Both optocouplers can be operated digitally, e.g., in a pulsed manner, to compensate for their non-linearity, temperature drift, aging and noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: INVENTRONICS GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Mühlschlegel, Maximilian Schmidl, Markus Heckmann
  • Patent number: 12499035
    Abstract: A web editing environment integrated with a web assessment platform for auditing and ameliorating a web page under design in the context of the editing environment is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: OPEN TEXT HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Markus Heckmann, Paul Kieron Carl Narth
  • Publication number: 20250113421
    Abstract: A circuit for an operating device includes a first clocked converter as a power factor corrector and a buck post-regulator, which has a SELV barrier or galvanic isolation barrier extending through the power factor corrector. The power factor corrector has a control circuit concentrated on the input side, which is provided for supplying power from a conventional AC power supply network, and data thereof is to be transmitted, via two optocouplers, for a complete logic link between the input and output side. The output side is configured to connect to a DC load, in particular an LED or a series circuit of multiple LEDs, provided for general lighting technology. Both optocouplers can be operated digitally, e.g., in a pulsed manner, to compensate for their non-linearity, temperature drift, aging and noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Joachim MÜHLSCHLEGEL, Maximilian SCHMIDL, Markus HECKMANN
  • Patent number: 11882633
    Abstract: A method for operating clocked and regulated electronic power converters may be contained in operating devices for light-emitting diodes. An associated regulating circuit may include at least one regulating amplifier having at least two regulating inputs, from the output of which a negative feedback network runs to one of its regulating inputs, a first input for the signal for a target value of the average of the output power to be regulated, and a second input which forwards a signal for the target value of a waveform or of a pulse pattern for the output power to be regulated to one of the regulating inputs via a DC current-blocking high-pass filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Muehlschlegel, Markus Heckmann
  • Publication number: 20240012740
    Abstract: A web editing environment integrated with a web assessment platform for auditing and ameliorating a web page under design in the context of the editing environment is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Markus Heckmann, Paul Kieron Carl Narth
  • Publication number: 20230396046
    Abstract: A housing for an electronic device may include a first housing part for receiving the electronic device and a second housing part for completely receiving the first housing part therein. A gap formed between the two housing parts may be sealed by both housing parts and filled with a potting material, while an interior of the first housing part is not filled with the potting material. The first housing part may be formed separately from the second housing part and spaced from the second housing part by a number of spacers to form the gap. The first housing part, including the spacers, may be dimensioned with respect to the second housing part such that it is insertable into a fixed spatial position within the second housing part in sliding contact between the spacers and the second housing part before the potting material substantially completely surrounds the first housing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Federico RUGGER, Markus HECKMANN, Peter SACHSENWEGER
  • Publication number: 20230232514
    Abstract: A method for operating clocked and regulated electronic power converters may be contained in operating devices for light-emitting diodes. An associated regulating circuit may include at least one regulating amplifier having at least two regulating inputs, from the output of which a negative feedback network runs to one of its regulating inputs, a first input for the signal for a target value of the average of the output power to be regulated, and a second input which forwards a signal for the target value of a waveform or of a pulse pattern for the output power to be regulated to one of the regulating inputs via a DC current-blocking high-pass filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Joachim MUEHLSCHLEGEL, Markus HECKMANN
  • Patent number: 11601057
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a switched-mode power supply is provided. The switched-mode power supply includes at least two output stages. Each output stage has a converter. A frequency of at least one of the output stages is modulated by way of a modulation unit configured to provide a modulation signal that is combined with a switching signal for driving a switching element of the converter of the at least one output stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Pollischansky, Markus Heckmann
  • Patent number: 10945318
    Abstract: A circuit assembly for operating a load may include an input for inputting an input voltage and/or current. The circuit assembly may further include an output for outputting an output voltage and/or current. The circuit assembly may further include an at least partially digital switching regulator with a feedback loop. A loop gain of the feedback loop may be frequency-dependent where the frequency ranges from 3 Hz to 20 Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventor: Markus Heckmann
  • Publication number: 20190357327
    Abstract: A circuit assembly for operating a load may include an input for inputting an input voltage and/or current. The circuit assembly may further include an output for outputting an output voltage and/or current. The circuit assembly may further include an at least partially digital switching regulator with a feedback loop. A loop gain of the feedback loop may be frequency-dependent where the frequency ranges from 3 Hz to 20 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventor: Markus Heckmann
  • Patent number: 10327301
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a circuit arrangement for operating light sources is provided. The circuit arrangement includes an input for inputting an input voltage, an output for outputting an output current, a first interface for controlling the circuit arrangement, and a second interface. The circuit arrangement is configured to set two different operating modes: in a first operating mode the circuit arrangement is configured to be controlled via the first interface and to receive information concerning the output current via the second interface and to correspondingly set the output current at the output, and in a second operating mode the circuit arrangement is configured to be controlled and to receive the information about the output current to be set at the output via the first interface, and to receive information from a sensor via the second interface and to process said information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventors: Axel Pilz, Markus Heckmann
  • Publication number: 20190074772
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a switched-mode power supply is provided. The switched-mode power supply includes at least two output stages. Each output stage has a converter. A frequency of at least one of the output stages is modulated by way of a modulation unit configured to provide a modulation signal that is combined with a switching signal for driving a switching element of the converter of the at least one output stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Pollischansky, Markus Heckmann
  • Publication number: 20180184496
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a circuit arrangement for operating light sources is provided. The circuit arrangement includes an input for inputting an input voltage, an output for outputting an output current, a first interface for controlling the circuit arrangement, and a second interface. The circuit arrangement is configured to set two different operating modes: in a first operating mode the circuit arrangement is configured to be controlled via the first interface and to receive information concerning the output current via the second interface and to correspondingly set the output current at the output, and in a second operating mode the circuit arrangement is configured to be controlled and to receive the information about the output current to be set at the output via the first interface, and to receive information from a sensor via the second interface and to process said information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Axel Pilz, Markus Heckmann
  • Patent number: 9686827
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement for operating light sources includes input terminals for a power supply system voltage, a first rectifying circuit, a boost converter having output terminals, a half-bridge arrangement having two switches, which is connected to the output terminals of the boost converter, an inductance, the first terminal of which is coupled to the centre point of the half-bridge, and a second rectifying circuit, the first input terminal of which is coupled to the second terminal of the inductance and the second input of which is coupled to one of the output terminals of the boost converter. The output terminals of the second rectifying circuit are coupled to the inputs of a current-compensated inductor. At least one light source is connected to the output terminals of the current-compensated inductor, and the output terminals of the current-compensated inductor are coupled to an output terminal of the boost converter via filter capacitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Heckmann, Joachim Mühlschlegel, Thomas Pollischansky, Harald Schmitt
  • Patent number: 9560702
    Abstract: A light source module may include at least one LED cascade with a plurality of LEDs, a supply line, wherein at the input side the LED cascade is coupled thereto, and a ground line. The light source module further includes a communications line for coupling to a control device for the current to be provided by the current source, a thermal derating unit coupled between a first voltage source and the communications line and including a temperature-sensitive element, wherein the thermal derating unit applies a temperature dependent current component determined depending on the temperature-sensitive element, to the communications line, at least one current measurement resistor connected in series between the LED cascade and the reference potential, wherein the conductance of the current measurement resistor is proportional to the current requirement of the LED cascade, and at least one coupling resistor coupled between the coupling point and the communications line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Felix Franck, Markus Heckmann
  • Patent number: 9521714
    Abstract: A light source module may include at least one LED cascade with a plurality of LEDs, a supply line, wherein at the input side the LED cascade is coupled thereto, and a ground line. The light source module further includes a communications line for coupling to a control device for the current to be provided by the current source, a thermal derating unit coupled between a first voltage source and the communications line and including a temperature-sensitive element, wherein the thermal derating unit applies a temperature dependent current component determined depending on the temperature-sensitive element, to the communications line, at least one current measurement resistor connected in series between the LED cascade and the reference potential, wherein the conductance of the current measurement resistor is proportional to the current requirement of the LED cascade, and at least one coupling resistor coupled between the coupling point and the communications line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Felix Franck, Markus Heckmann
  • Publication number: 20160330807
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement for operating light sources includes input terminals for a power supply system voltage, a first rectifying circuit, a boost converter having output terminals, a half-bridge arrangement having two switches, which is connected to the output terminals of the boost converter, an inductance, the first terminal of which is coupled to the centre point of the half-bridge, and a second rectifying circuit, the first input terminal of which is coupled to the second terminal of the inductance and the second input of which is coupled to one of the output terminals of the boost converter. The output terminals of the second rectifying circuit are coupled to the inputs of a current-compensated inductor. At least one light source is connected to the output terminals of the current-compensated inductor, and the output terminals of the current-compensated inductor are coupled to an output terminal of the boost converter via filter capacitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Heckmann, Joachim Mühlschlegel, Thomas Pollischansky, Harald Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20160270167
    Abstract: A light source module may include at least one LED cascade with a plurality of LEDs, a supply line, wherein at the input side the LED cascade is coupled thereto, and a ground line. The light source module further includes a communications line for coupling to a control device for the current to be provided by the current source, a thermal derating unit coupled between a first voltage source and the communications line and including a temperature-sensitive element, wherein the thermal derating unit applies a temperature dependent current component determined depending on the temperature-sensitive element, to the communications line, at least one current measurement resistor connected in series between the LED cascade and the reference potential, wherein the conductance of the current measurement resistor is proportional to the current requirement of the LED cascade, and at least one coupling resistor coupled between the coupling point and the communications line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Felix Franck, Markus Heckmann
  • Patent number: 8836238
    Abstract: A detect method is provided for performing step dimming selection in an electronic ballast including an End of Lamp Life detect circuit and a half-bridge inverter, the End of Lamp Life detect circuit being connected to an input terminal of the control circuit, wherein each time when the power switch is turned on, it is judged whether the electronic ballast should enter the dimming mode or not by detecting the voltage at the input terminal of the control circuit before the half-bridge inverter starts operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Osram Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventors: Wei Gao, Markus Heckmann, Rene Twardzik, Yanshun Xue