Patents by Inventor Martin BIESENBERGER

Martin BIESENBERGER 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: 10071672
    Abstract: A method and a circuit arrangement for feeding n LED units (LED1 to LED5) of a lighting unit of a motor vehicle by way of a controlled power source (5) from a voltage source (2) having a fluctuating operating voltage (UB), in which the LED units (LED1 to LED5) are interconnected, and in particular k LED units (LED1 to LED5) of a series connection are short-circuited, when the operating voltage (UB) drops, taking a stored weighting with respect to the priority assigned to individual LED units into consideration, wherein current continues to flow simultaneously through (n?k) LED units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Julian Baker, Martin Biesenberger, Stefan Miedler
  • Patent number: 9927082
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a lighting unit of a vehicle headlight, comprising the following steps: provision of a printed circuit board (1) comprising a plurality of groups (A, B, C) of contact pads (2) for contacting LEDs (3), population of contact pads (2) in the groups (A, B, C) with LEDs (3), wherein the contact pads (2) to be populated are selected according to a desired light function of the respective group (A, B, C), and provision of securing means (A?, B?, C?) for reflectors (A?, B?, C?) on the printed circuit board (1), wherein each securing means (A?, B?, C?) is specifically designed for a reflector (A?, B?, C?) that is adapted to the light function of the respective group (A, B, C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Friedrich Bauer, Martin Biesenberger
  • Publication number: 20180063920
    Abstract: A method for symmetrising the branches of a lighting device for vehicles having at least two LED branches (ZW1, ZW2 . . . ZWn) connected in parallel. Each branch has at least one series resistor (R1 . . . Rn) and at least one LED (D11 . . . Dn2) connected in series. The at least one series resistor (R1 . . . Rn) of each branch is bridged by a conducting track (LA1 . . . LAn) provided on a printed circuit board. This conducting track is accessible for a tool of a depanelling device, with the aid of which said conducting track can be severed. The current through each branch and/or the brightness of at least one LED (D11 . . . Dn2) is measured in each branch, and in a branch in which the measured current and/or the measured brightness exceeds a definable limit value, the bridging conducting track of the at least one series resistor is severed with aid of the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Emanuel WEBER, Dietmar KIESLINGER, Martin BIESENBERGER
  • Publication number: 20170282782
    Abstract: A method and a circuit arrangement for feeding n LED units (LED1 to LED5) of a lighting unit of a motor vehicle by way of a controlled power source (5) from a voltage source (2) having a fluctuating operating voltage (UB), in which the LED units (LED1 to LED5) are interconnected, and in particular k LED units (LED1 to LED5) of a series connection are short-circuited, when the operating voltage (UB) drops, taking a stored weighting with respect to the priority assigned to individual LED units into consideration, wherein current continues to flow simultaneously through (n?k) LED units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Julian BAKER, Martin BIESENBERGER, Stefan MIEDLER
  • Publication number: 20150369435
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a lighting unit of a vehicle headlight, comprising the following steps: provision of a printed circuit board (1) comprising a plurality of groups (A, B, C) of contact pads (2) for contacting LEDs (3), population of contact pads (2) in the groups (A, B, C) with LEDs (3), wherein the contact pads (2) to be populated are selected according to a desired light function of the respective group (A, B, C), and provision of securing means (A?, B?, C?) for reflectors (A?, B?, C?) on the printed circuit board (1), wherein each securing means (A?, B?, C?) is specifically designed for a reflector (A?, B?, C?) that is adapted to the light function of the respective group (A, B, C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Friedrich BAUER, Martin BIESENBERGER