Patents by Inventor Paul FRIESEN

Paul FRIESEN 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).

  • Patent number: 11566764
    Abstract: A holding device of a lighting module of a lighting unit of a vehicle, comprising a securing section for securing the holding device to the rest of the lighting module and a bearing section for supporting the holding device on a bearing pin of the lighting unit, wherein the bearing section has at least one lock which forms a locking connection together with the bearing pin when the holding device is assembled, and wherein the lock is designed such that the locking connection simultaneously forms a joint which enables the lighting module to rotate about a longitudinal axis of the bearing pin. A lighting module and a lighting unit of a vehicle are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Paul Friesen, Joerg Sieme
  • Patent number: 11435048
    Abstract: A light module of a light unit of a vehicle, having a light generating unit, an optical system, a cover plate, a cover frame and a carrier, wherein in an assembled state of the light module, the light generating unit, the optical system and the cover plate are arranged in the aforementioned order between the carrier and the cover frame, and wherein the cover frame has a plurality of positioner for positioning the light generating unit, the optical system and the cover plate relative to the cover frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Paul Friesen, Joerg Sieme
  • Publication number: 20210404623
    Abstract: A light module of a light unit of a vehicle, having a light generating unit, an optical system, a cover plate, a cover frame and a carrier, wherein in an assembled state of the light module, the light generating unit, the optical system and the cover plate are arranged in the aforementioned order between the carrier and the cover frame, and wherein the cover frame has a plurality of positioner for positioning the light generating unit, the optical system and the cover plate relative to the cover frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Paul FRIESEN, Joerg SIEME
  • Publication number: 20210404619
    Abstract: A holding device of a lighting module of a lighting unit of a vehicle, comprising a securing section for securing the holding device to the rest of the lighting module and a bearing section for supporting the holding device on a bearing pin of the lighting unit, wherein the bearing section has at least one lock which forms a locking connection together with the bearing pin when the holding device is assembled, and wherein the lock is designed such that the locking connection simultaneously forms a joint which enables the lighting module to rotate about a longitudinal axis of the bearing pin. A lighting module and a lighting unit of a vehicle are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Paul FRIESEN, Joerg SIEME
  • Patent number: 10563836
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus for vehicles having a light source unit containing a number of light sources, having an optical unit disposed in front of the light source unit in the main emission direction and containing a number of optical elements for imaging the light source according to a predetermined light distribution, having an additional element containing a cutout for the light source, wherein the additional element is designed as an adjustment screen and the cutout as a screen opening, wherein the adjustment screen extends in a screen plane extending perpendicular to an optical axis of the optical unit between a light input face of the optical unit and a light source plane accommodating the light source, the light source has a contour, extending in the light source plane with light source edges which delimit a light-emitting face of the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Bernd Fischer, Paul Friesen, Joerg Sieme
  • Publication number: 20190301696
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus for vehicles having a light source unit containing a number of light sources, having an optical unit disposed in front of the light source unit in the main emission direction and containing a number of optical elements for imaging the light source according to a predetermined light distribution, having an additional element containing a cutout for the light source, wherein the additional element is designed as an adjustment screen and the cutout as a screen opening, wherein the adjustment screen extends in a screen plane extending perpendicular to an optical axis of the optical unit between a light input face of the optical unit and a light source plane accommodating the light source, the light source has a contour, extending in the light source plane with light source edges which delimit a light-emitting face of the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Bernd FISCHER, Paul FRIESEN, Joerg SIEME