Patents by Inventor Philip Hupfer

Philip Hupfer 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: 9261244
    Abstract: An LED lamp includes at least one light source and at least one translucent plastic element disposed in the beam path of the at least one lighting means. The plastic element includes at least two plastic layers made of different translucent materials, the translucency of each one of the two plastic layers having a different wavelength dependence such that the overall transmission function of the at least one plastic member is a desired value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Flextronics Automoive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Frank Wimbert, Philip Hupfer
  • Patent number: 9140486
    Abstract: A device for displaying the temperature of a refrigerator, having at least one temperature sensor (7) situated in the cooled interior (2) of the refrigerator (1), and having a temperature display for displaying the temperature measured by the temperature sensor (7), characterized in that the temperature display is formed by at least one refrigerator light (10) which has various colors, and which displays a different color depending on the measured temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Flextronics AP, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Wimbert, Philip Hupfer
  • Patent number: 8876342
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to an adaptable vehicle cabin light, with which in all seating positions of a vehicle seat, reading conditions are optimal. The vehicle seat is adjustable. Each position of the vehicle seat has a corresponding reading area. The vehicle cabin light includes one or more light sources that align with the different reading areas. As the vehicle seat moves, the illumination moves with it. In some embodiments, the one or more light sources are controlled by a control unit which selectively turns on a group of the one or more light sources to illuminate the corresponding reading area of the position of the vehicle seat. In some embodiments, the one or more light sources are enclosed in an adjustable optics, wherein movements of the adjustable optics are controlled by the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Flextronics AP, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Wimbert, Philip Hupfer
  • Publication number: 20140119032
    Abstract: With an LED lamp (1; 21), particularly a refrigerator lamp or the like, comprising at least one LED (2), an optics (4; 22) for the light emitted by the at least one LED (2) and an opaque lamp housing (5) that surrounds the optics (4; 22), it is provided according to the invention that the optics (4; 22) is designed to be transmissive and the opaque lamp housing (5) and the transmissive optics (4; 22) are jointly composed of a two-component plastic injection-moulded part (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Flextroncis Automotive GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Frank Wimbert, Philip Hupfer
  • Publication number: 20140009929
    Abstract: A lamp (11, 21, 61), in particular an LED lamp, has at least one light source (12, 62, 22) and at least one translucent plastic element (13, 23, 63) disposed in the beam path of the at least one lighting means (12, 22, 62). The lamp (24 14) is characterized in that the plastic element (13, 23, 63) comprises at least two plastic layers (13a, 13b; 23a, 23b, 64, 66a, 66b) from different translucent materials, said translucency (T1, T2) of the two plastic layers (13a, 13b; 23a, 23b, 64, 66a, 66b) having a different wavelength dependence such that the overall transmission function of at least one plastic member is changed in a desired manner (63 13, 23).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Flextronics Automotive GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Frank Wimbert, Philip Hupfer
  • Publication number: 20120307509
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to an adaptable vehicle cabin light, with which in all seating positions of a vehicle seat, reading conditions are optimal. The vehicle seat is adjustable. Each position of the vehicle seat has a corresponding reading area. The vehicle cabin light includes one or more light sources that align with the different reading areas. As the vehicle seat moves, the illumination moves with it. In some embodiments, the one or more light sources are controlled by a control unit which selectively turns on a group of the one or more light sources to illuminate the corresponding reading area of the position of the vehicle seat. In some embodiments, the one or more light sources are enclosed in an adjustable optics, wherein movements of the adjustable optics are controlled by the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL KFT.
    Inventors: Frank Wimbert, Philip Hupfer
  • Publication number: 20120262906
    Abstract: An LED light (1), in particular a refrigerator light or the like, having at least one LED (2), having a lens (4) for the light that is emitted by the at least one LED (2), and having an opaque light housing (5) which encloses the lens (4), characterized in that the lens (4) has a transmissive design, and the opaque light housing (5) and the transmissive lens (4) are jointly formed by a two-component plastic injection-molded part (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL KFT.
    Inventors: Frank Wimbert, Philip Hupfer
  • Publication number: 20120260684
    Abstract: A device for displaying the temperature of a refrigerator, having at least one temperature sensor (7) situated in the cooled interior (2) of the refrigerator (1), and having a temperature display for displaying the temperature measured by the temperature sensor (7), characterized in that the temperature display is formed by at least one refrigerator light (10) which has various colors, and which displays a different color depending on the measured temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL KFT.
    Inventors: Frank Wimbert, Philip Hupfer