Patents by Inventor Martin Thomas Nowak

Martin Thomas Nowak 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: 20250013079
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device and to a means of transportation having such a display device. The display device comprises a display panel and a backlight for the display panel. The backlight comprises a reflector having a multiplicity of reflectively configured cavities. In addition, the backlight comprises a multiplicity of light sources arranged in each case in the cavities. Walls of the cavities are configured such that a grid structure of the reflector resulting from the arrangement of the cavities is broken up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Manrico Joesph, Oliver Jakoby, Sait Kalender, Jörg Thomas, Martin Thomas Nowak, Kerstin Thiel
  • Publication number: 20240004122
    Abstract: A digital display apparatus and method of assembling the same is disclosed. The digital apparatus comprises a light source operable to emit light rays, and a rigid light transporter operable to transmit emitted light rays from the light source towards a viewing area. The digital display apparatus further comprises a flexible optical film operable to extract light rays transmitted through the rigid light transporter towards the viewing area, the flexible optical film further comprises at least one microstructure having a curvature, wherein the flexible optical film is adhered to a curved surface of the rigid light transporter, with a peak of the curvature of the at least one microstructure opposing the curved surface of the rigid light transporter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Thomas Nowak, Maharaja Sankaralingam, Junn Yaw Ong