Patents by Inventor Peter Paulus

Peter Paulus 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).

  • Publication number: 20090033123
    Abstract: A vehicle glazing comprising a pane of body-tinted glazing material, which provides the glazing with a solar control and/or privacy function, having a capacitive moisture sensor mounted relative to it. The glazing material may be tinted glass. If the glazing is a laminate, the ply of interlayer material may be body-tinted additionally, or alternatively, to the two panes of glazing material being tinted. The sensor may include at least two sensing lines of conductive ink printed onto the glazing material. The sensing lines may additionally function as antenna and/or part of alarm circuitry and/or part of a heating element for defrosting/demisting the glazing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicants: Pilkington Automotive Limited, Pilkington Autonotive Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Ashley Carl Torr, Peter Paulus
  • Patent number: 7247047
    Abstract: A motor vehicle glass pane has an electrical arrangement (3) with conductor junction areas (2) arranged one beside the other an one surface of the pane (1). A connecting element is provided which is connected to the conductor junction areas (2) and which is intended to connect the electrical arrangement (3) to a device an the motor vehicle for processing signals or voltage supply. The connecting element comprises a plug or clamping connector (10) for a flat Gable (30) which comprises a number of conductors insulated from one another. The plug or clamping connector (10) comprises an insulating flat body (11) incorporating a slot-shaped Gable fixture (12) arranged basically parallel to the surface of the pane. A flat Gable (30) with one free end (31,32) may be datachably inserted into the Gable fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Pilkington Automotive Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Detlef Baranski, Martin Derda, Peter Paulus
  • Publication number: 20060234523
    Abstract: A motor vehicle glass pane has an electrical arrangement (3) with conductor junction areas (2) arranged one beside the other an one surface of the pane (1). A connecting element is provided which is connected to the conductor junction areas (2) and which is intended to connect the electrical arrangement (3) to a device an the motor vehicle for processing signals or voltage supply. The connecting element comprises a plug or clamping connector (10) for a flat Gable (30) which comprises a number of conductors insulated from one another. The plug or clamping connector (10) comprises an insulating flat body (11) incorporating a slot-shaped Gable fixture (12) arranged basically parallel to the surface of the pane. A flat Gable (30) with one free end (31, 32) may be detachably inserted into the Gable fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: Pikington Automotive Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Detlef Baranski, Martin Derda, Peter Paulus
  • Patent number: 6042924
    Abstract: A laminated glass pane with a transparent functional film embedded between laminating layers, said functional film incorporating a recess, wherein in the area of the recess of the functional film is arranged a transparent auxiliary film whose thickness is essentially the same as the thickness of the functional film. To prevent faults in optical transmission in the area of the recess, the auxiliary film overlaps the edge of the recess at least slightly in some areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Flachglas Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Paulus, Gerwin Jung, Detlef Baranski
  • Patent number: 5898407
    Abstract: A motor vehicle, especially a passenger vehicle, has a metallic body provided with a window opening receiving an antenna window. The antenna window has inner and outer panes bonded together by a bonding layer with an optically-transparent electrically-conductive solar central coating reducing transmission in at least a part of the solar energy range. At least one edge of the window is left free from the coating and in this region a slot antenna is formed. At least at one additional edge, the coating runs to that edge and is overlapped by the framing portion of the vehicle body and is coupled with a high-frequency coupling to the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Flachglas Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Paulus, Detlef Baranski, Hans-Jurgen Niklewski, Helmut Piorek
  • Patent number: 5864319
    Abstract: An antenna pane has a transparent sheet in which is imbedded a plurality of conductors at least some of which serve as antennas. It is tested by applying a test signal to one of the conductors and thereby transmitting the test signal from the one conductor, receiving the test signal with the other conductors serving as antennas, and evaluating the test signal received by the other conductors serving as antennas. The conductors serving as antennas of the pane are connected to a diversity processor and therethrough with a receiver. The test signal is produced by a signal generator operated by the diversity processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Flachglas Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Paulus
  • Patent number: 5534879
    Abstract: A connecting element for a glass sheet of multi-pane glass, in particular of laminated glass, which incorporates at least an outer pane, an inner pane and a laminating element joining the panes to one another, as well as an electrical arrangement located between the panes, the connecting element incorporating at least a metal foil strip being at least partly insulated, being connectable to the electrical arrangement and bondable to the outside of the inner pane. To make it possible that the connection to the electrical arrangement can already take place prior to the laminating process and to provide assurance for the connecting element against peeling off during manipulation of the finished glass sheet the inner section of the metal foil strip connectable to the electrical arrangement extends between the inner pane and the outer pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Assignee: Flachglas Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jorg Braun, Peter Paulus
  • Patent number: 5406295
    Abstract: A window antenna for a motor vehicle body opening in which the antenna is used for mobile radio in a double-band operation with bands have a long wavelength L and a short wavelength K. Two monopoles L/4 and K/4 are electrically connected by a foot portion to which the core of the coaxial feeder cable is adjoined. Two radials corresponding in dimensions to the monopoles can extend along at least one edge of the pane and parallel to the frame member. The radials are connected to the shielding. The spacing of the radials from the frame, the width of the radials and their lengths are selected so that the radiation characteristics are optimized and standing surface waves on the shielding of the cable is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Flachglas Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Detlef Baranski, Peter Reichmann, Peter Paulus
  • Patent number: 5099250
    Abstract: A windshield has a generally upright transparent panel, an array of horizontal and generally parallel heater conductors on the panel and having opposite ends, and respective conductive busses connected to the heater conductors at the opposite ends thereof. Thus electricity can be applied to the busses to pass current through the heater conductors and thereby heat the panel at the array. A pair of generally upright, generally parallel, and horizontally spaced antenna conductors on the panel extend across and connect at crossing locations to the heater conductors and an output conductor is connected electrically to the antenna conductors so that radio-frequency output is taken off the output conductor. The crossing locations of each of the antenna conductors are all located at points of the same potential on the respective heater conductors and the only direct electrical connection between the pair of antenna conductors is through the heater conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: Flachglas Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Paulus, Paul Weigt, Hans-Jurgen Niklewski