Patents by Inventor Rüdiger Reitinger

Rüdiger Reitinger 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: 9249942
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (100) for a motor vehicle, comprising a lens (1) and at least one light source (4, 5, 61), wherein light from the at least one light source (4, 61) is projected by the lens (1) into a region lying in front of the lighting device (100), wherein at least one reflective surface (3a) is assigned to the lens (1) at the rear side (3) thereof, and/or wherein the lens (1) has at the rear side (3) thereof at least one total reflection region (3a?), wherein at least one light source (4) radiates light into the lens (1) via an incidence region (40), and wherein the light radiated into the lens (1) via the incidence region (40) is reflected by the at least one reflective surface (3a) and/or the at least one total reflection region (3a?) and emerges from the lens (1) via the light exit surface (2) thereof and is projected into a region in front of the lighting device (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: ZIZALA LICHTSYSTEME GMBH
    Inventors: Rüdiger Reitinger, Johann Altmann
  • Publication number: 20150103548
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (100) for a motor vehicle, comprising a lens (1) and at least one light source (4, 5, 61), wherein light from the at least one light source (4, 61) is projected by the lens (1) into a region lying in front of the lighting device (100), wherein at least one reflective surface (3a) is assigned to the lens (1) at the rear side (3) thereof, and/or wherein the lens (1) has at the rear side (3) thereof at least one total reflection region (3a?), wherein at least one light source (4) radiates light into the lens (1) via an incidence region (40), and wherein the light radiated into the lens (1) via the incidence region (40) is reflected by the at least one reflective surface (3a) and/or the at least one total reflection region (3a?) and emerges from the lens (1) via the light exit surface (2) thereof and is projected into a region in front of the lighting device (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Rüdiger Reitinger, Johann Altmann