Patents by Inventor Olaf Rottstadt

Olaf Rottstadt 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).

  • Lighting device for a vehicle
    Patent number: 9243766
    Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle headlamp is described. The device includes a reflector for focusing light emitted by a light source. At the rear end of the reflector is an opening to receive at least a part of the light source, and a reflector neck that surrounds the opening and to which the light source is fastened in a defined position relative to a reflective surface of the reflector. A plurality of locking members are formed on the reflector which in the course of a rotary movement of the light source about the optical axis of the reflector or about an axis parallel thereto when the light source has been at least partly inserted in the reflector neck, engage in corresponding perforations formed in the fight source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Markus Gerhard, Olaf Rottstadt, Volker Heitbreder
  • LIGHTING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20110032723
    Abstract: A lighting device (1) for a vehicle, and in particular a motor vehicle headlamp, comprising a light source (3) for emitting light and a reflector (2) for focusing the light emitted by the light source (3), there being formed, at the rear end of the reflector (2), an opening to receive at least a part (18) of the light source, and a reflector neck (21) that surrounds the opening and to which the light source (3) is fastened in a defined position relative to a reflective surface of the reflector (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Markus Gerhard, Olaf Rottstadt, Volker Heitbreder
  • Lamp socket as well as assembly consisting of a lamp socket and a reflector
    Patent number: 6893149
    Abstract: A lamp socket for a bulb has two latching hooks by means of which the lamp socket can be latched into place at a reflector, and that a spring, which can abut at the lighting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: TRW Automotive Electronics & Components GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Mock, Olaf Rottstädt
  • Lamp socket as well as assembly consisting of a lamp socket and a reflector
    Publication number: 20030117811
    Abstract: A lamp socket for a bulb has two latching hooks by means of which the lamp socket can be latched into place at a reflector, and that a spring, which can abut at the lighting means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: TRW Automotive Electronics & Components GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Mock, Olaf Rottstadt