Patents by Inventor Martin Kappelhoff

Martin Kappelhoff 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: 20240064894
    Abstract: A printed circuit board which can be used as an identical part embodied in different exterior lighting devices of a motor vehicle. The printed circuit board includes a first connecting interface and a second connecting interface, each for accommodating a plug for establishing an electrical connection between the printed circuit board and at least one component that is otherwise separate from the printed circuit board, this connection being used for the power supply and/or control of at least one component that is arrangeable on the printed circuit board, and the second connecting interface of the printed circuit board being arranged on the printed circuit board in a manner offset both translationally and rotationally relative to the first connecting interface of the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Martin KAPPELHOFF
  • Publication number: 20230024973
    Abstract: A light module for a headlight of a motor vehicle, the light module having: a circuit board having at least one illuminating device for emitting light, wherein the circuit board has a longitudinal extent along a Y-axis, a width extent, extending perpendicular to the longitudinal extent, along an X-axis, and a vertical extent, extending perpendicular to the longitudinal extent and the width extent, along a Z-axis; a reflector; and a heat sink on which the circuit board is fastened. The heat sink is fastened to the reflector via a first fastener in such a manner that the first fastener secures a first referencing structure and/or a second referencing structure of the reflector against the circuit board such that the at least one illuminating device is located in a reference position in the direction of the Y-axis and in the direction of the X-axis relative to the reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Katrin HUNECKE, Martin KAPPELHOFF, Sebastian SCHOLZ, Ralf SEIGER, Franz-Georg WILLEKE
  • Patent number: 11549656
    Abstract: A lighting unit for a motor vehicle, having a reflector, a circuit board with at least one light source, and a heat sink, wherein the circuit board is arranged on the reflector in an assembled state of the lighting unit in such a way that the light source is associated with a reflecting surface of the reflector for directed emission of the light emitted by the light source, and wherein the circuit board can be cooled in the region of the light source via the heat sink in the assembled state of the lighting unit. The circuit board is arranged between the reflector and the heat sink in the assembled state of the lighting unit and is positioned relative to the reflector and the heat sink in a predefined spatial position via the reflector and the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Martin Kappelhoff
  • Publication number: 20220112997
    Abstract: A lighting unit for a motor vehicle, having a reflector, a circuit board with at least one light source, and a heat sink, wherein the circuit board is arranged on the reflector in an assembled state of the lighting unit in such a way that the light source is associated with a reflecting surface of the reflector for directed emission of the light emitted by the light source, and wherein the circuit board can be cooled in the region of the light source via the heat sink in the assembled state of the lighting unit. The circuit board is arranged between the reflector and the heat sink in the assembled state of the lighting unit and is positioned relative to the reflector and the heat sink in a predefined spatial position via the reflector and the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Martin KAPPELHOFF
  • Publication number: 20180251065
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus for vehicles with a housing containing a main lighting module for creating a specified main lighting function and an auxiliary lighting module for creating an auxiliary lighting function. The auxiliary lighting module can be brought into an aligned adjustment position using at an adjusting device. The auxiliary lighting module can be brought into the adjustment position relative to the main lighting module using an adjusting device. Situated in the adjustment position is a cut-off line of the auxiliary lighting module relative to a cut-off line of the main lighting module. The auxiliary lighting module and the main lighting module are fastened to a common carrier member, which is mounted such that it can be swiveled relative to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventor: Martin Kappelhoff