Patents by Inventor Michael Hani

Michael Hani 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).

  • Switching actuator for controlling the energy supply to electric consumers
    Patent number: 8378529
    Abstract: A switching actuator for controlling the energy supply to at least one electrical consumer (102) with an energy supply input (142), an energy supply output (144), a signal line input (146), a signal line output (148) and an evaluation unit (154), the evaluation unit (154) being adapted to activate or deactivate the energy supply output (144) on the basis of signals input via the signal line input (146).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Michael Hani, Holger Kraus, Axel Pilz
  • Electronic ballast for a lamp
    Patent number: 8358086
    Abstract: An electronic ballast for a lamp has at least one dimming value control input and a control unit configured to set the dimming value of the lamp, wherein arranged downstream of the dimming value control input are: a signal output state detecting unit configured to acquire at least one of a signal output state in which the signal level of a signal fed to the dimming value control input overshoots a predetermined limit value, and a signal output state in which it undershoots a predetermined limit value, and a measuring unit configured to measure the duration of a signal output state, the control unit configured to set a dimming value of the lamp being configured to set the dimming value on the basis of the measured duration of the signal output state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventor: Michael Hani
  • Electronic Operating Device and Method for the Incremental Dimming of a Lighting Device
    Publication number: 20100117563
    Abstract: An electronic operating device for the incremental dimming of one or more luminous means, comprising two or more switching inputs, which can be current-carrying or non-current-carrying, wherein the operating device dims the luminous means to different light levels owing to the switching combination of the switching inputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventor: Michael Hani
  • ELECTRONIC BALLAST FOR A LAMP
    Publication number: 20100026212
    Abstract: An electronic ballast for a lamp has at least one dimming value control input and a control unit configured to set the dimming value of the lamp, wherein arranged downstream of the dimming value control input are: a signal output state detecting unit configured to acquire at least one of a signal output state in which the signal level of a signal fed to the dimming value control input overshoots a predetermined limit value, and a signal output state in which it undershoots a predetermined limit value, and a measuring unit configured to measure the duration of a signal output state, the control unit configured to set a dimming value of the lamp being configured to set the dimming value on the basis of the measured duration of the signal output state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventor: Michael Hani
  • Switching Actuator for Controlling the Energy Supply to Electric Consumers
    Publication number: 20100001591
    Abstract: A switching actuator for controlling the energy supply to at least one electrical consumer (102) with an energy supply input (142), an energy supply output (144), a signal line input (146), a signal line output (148) and an evaluation unit (154), the evaluation unit (154) being adapted to activate or deactivate the energy supply output (144) on the basis of signals input via the signal line input (146).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Hani, Holger Kraus, Axel Pliz