Patents by Inventor Petra Heinbuch

Petra Heinbuch 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: 7011438
    Abstract: A method for operating an illumination device as a day travelling light, in particular for automotive vehicles, wherein the device comprises a light source in an illumination housing and a means associated with the light source for bundling the light emitted by the light source, utilizes a light source comprising at least one LED (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Automotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Schuster, Petra Heinbuch, Ralf Ackermann
  • Patent number: 6871988
    Abstract: A lamp for vehicles, in particular motor vehicles, has a light source and at least one light-guide arrangement associated with the light source for guiding the light radiated by the light source and coupled into the light-guide arrangement in a specified direction toward an outcoupling point. The lamp further has a light-diverting device in the light-guide arrangement for diverting and/or splitting the light. The light-diverting device is formed as a recess in the light-guide arrangement, and the diversion takes place by means of reflecting the light on one of the lateral surfaces of the recess. The recess is closed by means of a cover element, such that the recess is covered as viewed from the outside of the light-guide arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Automotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Gebauer, Petra Heinbuch, Kurt Schuster
  • Publication number: 20050030733
    Abstract: A method for operating an illumination device as a day travelling light, in particular for automotive vehicles, wherein the device comprises a light source in an illumination housing and a means associated with the light source for bundling the light emitted by the light source, utilizes a light source comprising at least one LED (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Applicant: Automotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Schuster, Petra Heinbuch, Ralf Ackermann
  • Publication number: 20040085778
    Abstract: Day travelling light, in particular for automotive vehicles, comprising a light source in an illumination housing and a means associated with the light source for bundling the light emitted by the light source, wherein the light source comprises at least one LED (13) (FIG. 1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Kurt Schuster, Petra Heinbuch, Ralf Ackermann
  • Patent number: 6695229
    Abstract: A swirl disk is composed of at least one metallic material, and is configured as having at least one intake area and at least one outlet orifice, the at least one outlet orifice being introduced in a lower base layer, and having at least two swirl channels emptying into a swirl chamber, the swirl chamber being provided in a central swirl-producing layer. An upper layer is configured as a cover layer, which over its entire cross-sectional surface represents a closed layer without orifice contours. All the layers of the swirl disk are directly built up on top of each other using electroplating metal deposition (multilayer electroplating). The swirl disk is suitable for a use in a fuel injection valve, in particular in a high-pressure injection valve for directly injecting the fuel into a combustion chamber of a mixture-compressing, external-ignition internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Petra Heinbuch, Frank Schatz, Armin Glock, Ralf Trutschel, Gottfried Flik, Guenter Dantes, Detlef Nowak, Joerg Heyse, Thomas Schittny, Juergen Hackenberg, Ronald Glas
  • Publication number: 20030099113
    Abstract: A lamp for vehicles, in particular motor vehicles, has a light source and at least one light-guide arrangement associated with the light source for guiding the light radiated by the light source and coupled into the light-guide arrangement in a specified direction toward an outcoupling point. The lamp further has a light-diverting device in the light-guide arrangement for diverting and/or splitting the light. The light-diverting device is formed as a recess in the light-guide arrangement, and the diversion takes place by means of reflecting the light on one of the lateral surfaces of the recess. The recess is closed by means of a cover element, such that the recess is covered as viewed from the outside of the light-guide arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: Matthias Gebauer, Petra Heinbuch, Kurt Schuster