Patents by Inventor Nina BRAUNER
Nina BRAUNER 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).
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Illumination device for motor vehicle headlight with illumination units arranged next to one another
Patent number: 11940113Abstract: An illumination device (1) for a motor vehicle headlight, including illumination units arranged next to one another, which respectively have a light source, primary optical device, and a secondary optical device. The primary optical devices are held in a common holding element formed by a transparent body. In the body, an overcoupling protective device in the form of a through hole in the body is provided between two adjacent receiving through holes in which a primary optical device is respectively held. The through hole of the overcoupling protective device is delimited by two side faces, which face the receiving through holes of the primary optical devices. Light deflection means are designed to deflect at least part of the rays of light entering the body such that part of the rays of light does not enter the adjacent illumination unit or strike the secondary optical device of the adjacent illumination unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2023Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: ZKW Group GmbHInventors: Nina Brauner, Sunjung Park, Kristijan Velebit, Dominic Gottsmann -
Illumination Device for Motor Vehicle Headlight with Illumination Units Arranged Next to One Another
Publication number: 20240011613Abstract: An illumination device (1) for a motor vehicle headlight, including illumination units arranged next to one another, which respectively have a light source, primary optical device, and a secondary optical device. The primary optical devices are held in a common holding element formed by a transparent body. In the body, an overcoupling protective device in the form of a through hole in the body is provided between two adjacent receiving through holes in which a primary optical device is respectively held. The through hole of the overcoupling protective device is delimited by two side faces, which face the receiving through holes of the primary optical devices. Light deflection means are designed to deflect at least part of the rays of light entering the body such that part of the rays of light does not enter the adjacent illumination unit or strike the secondary optical device of the adjacent illumination unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Nina BRAUNER, Sunjung PARK, Kristijan VELEBIT, Dominic GOTTSMANN -
Publication number: 20240011615Abstract: Illumination device (10) for a motor vehicle headlight of a single-track motor vehicle for producing segmented light distribution, wherein the illumination device (10) comprises the following: an optical element (100), comprising a base body (110) and a plurality of light guiding bodies (200) protruding from the base body (110), which light guiding bodies (200) respectively have a light entry surface (210) and an exit surface (220), wherein the exit surfaces (220) of adjacent light guiding bodies (200) form a common exit surface (220a) of the optical element (100), a plurality of light sources (50), projection optics (300) with an optical axis (A), wherein the base body (110) has a first and a second light emission half (110a, 110b), wherein each light emission half (110a, 110b) has light guiding bodies (200), which are arranged at least in a first row (R1) along a straight line and in a second row (R2) along a straight line, wherein the straight lines of the first and the second row (R1, R2) are arrangedType: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Michael BÖLLMANN, Martin JANTSCHEK, Nina BRAUNER, Marina FISCHER, Jaroslav KYSELICA, Anton KOKO{hacek over (S)}KA
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Patent number: 11530793Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (1) for a motor vehicle headlight for generating a light pattern (LV), particularly an adaptive light pattern, e.g. an adaptive dipped headlight and main beam light pattern, or a part of a light pattern of this kind, wherein the lighting device comprises a number N of preferably identical projection modules (10, 20), where N=2, 3, 4 or greater than 4, each of the projection modules (10, 20) being designed to generate a segment light pattern (LV10, LV20). The projection modules (10, 20) are arranged with respect to one another in such a manner than, proceeding from a first projection module (10), known as the starting projection module (10), which generates what is called the starting segment light pattern (LV10), the segment light patterns (LV20; LV20, LV30) of the further projection modules (20) are displaced laterally in a, particularly in a common, horizontal direction, with the extent of the displacement.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: ZKW Group GmbHInventors: Bettina Reisinger, Nina Brauner, Marina Fischer, Matthäus Artmann, Lukas Taudt, Stefan Miedler, Thomas Reiter
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Patent number: 11415289Abstract: The invention relates to an illumination device for a motor vehicle headlight, said illumination device comprising the following: —multiple light sources (10) which are designed to emit light beams in a main emission direction, —a primary optical system (100) having multiple light-guiding elements (110), said light-guiding elements (110) being arranged in the main emission direction of the light sources (10) and each having a light entry face (120) into which the light beams of the light sources can be fed, and a light exit face (130), the light-guiding elements (110) opening into a common light exit face (130), and—a holder (200) which is designed to hold the light entry faces (120) of the light-guiding elements (110) in position in relation to the light sources (10), the holder (200) having at least one latching element (210) formed with a latching tab (220) to fasten the primary optical system (100), the latching tab (220) being designed to engage in an undercut (140) associated with the latching tab (220)Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: ZKW Group GmbHInventors: Lukas Taudt, Nina Brauner, Mathias Schragl, Christoph Längauer, Johann Höfler
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Patent number: 11371671Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle headlamp having a shielding screen (9) for shielding incident solar radiation, wherein the shielding screen is arranged between a lighting unit (2) having at least one light source (3), and a projection optics (8). Said shielding screen has a light outlet aperture for light radiated by the light unit to the front, wherein the light emitted by the lighting unit is projected into the traffic space as a light image by means of the projection optics, and the shielding screen is located outside the focal plane of the projection optics. On the border (13) of the light outlet aperture (10) of the shielding screen (9), deflective structures (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19) are formed, a least in some areas, which lead to a deflection of scattered light that is emanating from the lighting unit and is undesirable in the light image.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: ZKW Group GmbHInventors: Lukas Taudt, Nina Brauner, Mathias Schragl, Christoph Längauer
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Publication number: 20220057065Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (1) for a motor vehicle headlight for generating a light pattern (LV), particularly an adaptive light pattern, e.g. an adaptive dipped headlight and main beam light pattern, or a part of a light pattern of this kind, wherein the lighting device comprises a number N of preferably identical projection modules (10, 20), where N=2, 3, 4 or greater than 4, each of the projection modules (10, 20) being designed to generate a segment light pattern (LV10, LV20). The projection modules (10, 20) are arranged with respect to one another in such a manner than, proceeding from a first projection module (10), known as the starting projection module (10), which generates what is called the starting segment light pattern (LV10), the segment light patterns (LV20; LV20, LV30) of the further projection modules (20) are displaced laterally in a, particularly in a common, horizontal direction, with the extent of the displacement.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2019Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Bettina Reisinger, Nina Brauner, Marina Fischer, Matthäus Artmann, Lukas Taudt, Stefan Miedler, Thomas Reiter
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Patent number: 11193641Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle headlight (1) having a lamp unit (2), which has at least one light source (3) and an optical attachment (4) having a light emission surface (5), and having a projection lens (7) downstream of the lamp unit, wherein the optical attachment has a plurality of waveguide elements (6), each having a light coupling surface (8) for feeding in light from the at least one light source and having light decoupling surfaces (9) arranged in the light emission surface of the optical attachment and projects a light pattern forward in the traffic space, the waveguide elements extend between the light coupling surface and the light decoupling surface, wherein the light decoupling surface has a greater area than the light coupling surface, and each waveguide element is laterally delimited by two lateral surfaces (10), from above by a roof surface (11) and below by a floor surface (12) and tapers between the light decoupling surface and the light coupling surface, wherein the width of theType: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: ZKW Group GmbHInventors: Lukas Taudt, Nina Brauner, Josef Hechenberger, Matthias Kern, Christoph Längauer, Mathias Schragl
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Publication number: 20210231283Abstract: The invention relates to an illumination device for a motor vehicle headlight, said illumination device comprising the following: —multiple light sources (10) which are designed to emit light beams in a main emission direction, —a primary optical system (100) having multiple light-guiding elements (110), said light-guiding elements (110) being arranged in the main emission direction of the light sources (10) and each having a light entry face (120) into which the light beams of the light sources can be fed, and a light exit face (130), the light-guiding elements (110) opening into a common light exit face (130), and —a holder (200) which is designed to hold the light entry faces (120) of the light-guiding elements (110) in position in relation to the light sources (10), the holder (200) having at least one latching element (210) formed with a latching tab (220) to fasten the primary optical system (100), the latching tab (220) being designed to engage in an undercut (140) associated with the latching tab (220Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2019Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Lukas Taudt, Nina Brauner, Mathias Schragl, Christoph Längauer, Johann Höfler
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Publication number: 20210048161Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle headlight (1) having a lamp unit (2), which has at least one light source (3) and an optical attachment (4) having a light emission surface (5), and having a projection lens (7) downstream of the lamp unit, wherein the optical attachment has a plurality of waveguide elements (6), each having a light coupling surface (8) for feeding in light from the at least one light source and having light decoupling surfaces (9) arranged in the light emission surface of the optical attachment and projects a light pattern forward in the traffic space, the waveguide elements extend between the light coupling surface and the light decoupling surface, wherein the light decoupling surface has a greater area than the light coupling surface, and each waveguide element is laterally delimited by two lateral surfaces (10), from above by a roof surface (11) and below by a floor surface (12) and tapers between the light decoupling surface and the light coupling surface, wherein the width of theType: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Lukas TAUDT, Nina BRAUNER, Josef HECHENBERGER, Matthias KERN, Christoph LÄNGAUER, Mathias SCHRAGL
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Publication number: 20210003263Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle headlamp having a shielding screen (9) for shielding incident solar radiation, wherein the shielding screen is arranged between a lighting unit (2) having at least one light source (3), and a projection optics (8). Said shielding screen has a light outlet aperture for light radiated by the light unit to the front, wherein the light emitted by the lighting unit is projected into the traffic space as a light image by means of the projection optics, and the shielding screen is located outside the focal plane of the projection optics. On the border (13) of the light outlet aperture (10) of the shielding screen (9), deflective structures (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19) are formed, a least in some areas, which lead to a deflection of scattered light that is emanating from the lighting unit and is undesirable in the light image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2019Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Lukas TAUDT, Nina BRAUNER, Mathias SCHRAGL, Christoph LÄNGAUER
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Patent number: 10876696Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (1) for a motor vehicle headlight, comprising a plurality of light sources, a light guide unit (3) that is made of a light-conducting solid body and comprises a plurality of light guides (3b), and a downstream projection lens (4) including a focal plane (E), each light guide (3b) comprising a light incoupling surface (3b?) for coupling light of a light source (2) into the light guide (3b), the light guides (3b) converging toward a shared light outcoupling surface (3a) of the light guide unit (3), the light outcoupling surface (3a) being configured to radiate light into the projection lens (4) and being essentially located in the focal plane (E) of the projection lens (4), characterized in that the light guide unit (3) comprises at least one translucent deflection element (6), which extends along the light outcoupling surface (3a) in a rib-shaped manner and protrudes beyond the light outcoupling surface (3a) in the direction of the projection lens (4), or is formed asType: GrantFiled: January 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: ZKW Group GmbHInventors: Josef Plank, Lukas Taudt, Nina Brauner
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Publication number: 20200088373Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (1) for a motor vehicle headlight, comprising a plurality of light sources, a light guide unit (3) that is made of a light-conducting solid body and comprises a plurality of light guides (3b), and a downstream projection lens (4) including a focal plane (E), each light guide (3b) comprising a light incoupling surface (3b?) for coupling light of a light source (2) into the light guide (3b), the light guides (3b) converging toward a shared light outcoupling surface (3a) of the light guide unit (3), the light outcoupling surface (3a) being configured to radiate light into the projection lens (4) and being essentially located in the focal plane (E) of the projection lens (4), characterized in that the light guide unit (3) comprises at least one translucent deflection element (6), which extends along the light outcoupling surface (3a) in a rib-shaped manner and protrudes beyond the light outcoupling surface (3a) in the direction of the projection lens (4), or is formed asType: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2018Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Josef PLANK, Lukas TAUDT, Nina BRAUNER