Patents by Inventor Pascal Hofmann

Pascal Hofmann 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).

  • Plastic vehicle parts with integrated antenna elements and method for the production thereof
    Publication number: 20060099354
    Abstract: A method for producing a vehicle part with an integrated antenna element includes providing a plastic substrate by a molding process, providing a coating layer by a film coating process, and providing at least one antenna element disposed between the coating layer and the plastic substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Applicant: Daimler Chrysler AG
    Inventors: Walter Aichholzer, Andreas Fleckenstein, Pascal Hofmann, Holger Rothenburger
  • Power monitor for radar system
    Patent number: 6954172
    Abstract: A method and corresponding devices for monitoring the performance of a radar system (2, 4) which is equipped with a shield 2 (radome) to protect it against weather influences are described. For this purpose, a part of the radiated radar signal is modified and fed as a monitor signal to the reception system after interacting with a coating (5) which is possibly present on the radom (2). Influences of a damping or reflecting coating (5) on the radom (2) change the monitor signal. By analyzing these changes it is possible to draw conclusions about the coating of the damping or reflection of the radar signals which is caused by the coating (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Pascal Hofmann, Robert Schneider
  • Use of an inverted L-antenna in a motor vehicle
    Publication number: 20050212704
    Abstract: A method for providing an inverted-L antenna in motor vehicle includes providing a microstrip line and providing a laminar motor vehicle component including an electromagnetically transparent material, the laminar component forming part of an outer skin of the motor vehicle. The inverted-L antenna is disposed under the laminar motor vehicle component so as to be electromagnetically coupled to the microstrip line in a contactless manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventor: Pascal Hofmann
  • Power monitor for radar system
    Publication number: 20030169198
    Abstract: A method and corresponding devices for monitoring the performance of a radar system (2, 4) which is equipped with a shield 2 (radom) to protect it against weather influences are described. For this purpose, a part of the radiated radar signal is modified and fed as a monitor signal to the reception system after interacting with a coating (5) which is possibly present on the radom (2). Influences of a damping or reflecting coating (5) on the radom (2) change the monitor signal. By analyzing these changes it is possible to draw conclusions about the coating of the damping or reflection of the radar signals which is caused by the coating (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Pascal Hofmann, Robert Schneider