Patents by Inventor Ralf Ackermann
Ralf Ackermann 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).
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Patent number: 11953098Abstract: In some examples, a pressure reducing valve includes a valve body defining a defining a flow path and a restricting element within the flow path. A sensing element is configured to modify a position of the restricting element in the flow path. A pressure chamber is configured to transmit a force to the sensing element based on the pressure of a fluid within the pressure chamber. An energy accumulator is in fluid communication with the pressure chamber. The pressure reducing valve includes control circuitry configured to enable a fluid to flow into or discharge from the pressure chamber to alter the pressure in the pressure chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Ademco Inc.Inventors: Dominik Ernst, Ralf Hilbers, Michael Ackermann
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Patent number: 10965569Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for Internet of Things (IoT) end-to-end continuous monitoring. In one example, a method may include transmitting a first message by a first device to a second device in an IoT cloud system, the first message including a first timestamp indicating when the first message is transmitted, receiving a second message by the first device from the second device, the second message including the first timestamp and a second timestamp indicating when the first message was received by the second device, the second message being received at a time indicated by a third timestamp, and monitoring by the first device end-to-end communication between the first device and the second device in the IoT cloud system based on at least one of the first, second, or third timestamps.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: SAP SEInventors: Michael Ameling, Ralf Ackermann
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Publication number: 20200177484Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for Internet of Things (IoT) end-to-end continuous monitoring. In one example, a method may include transmitting a first message by a first device to a second device in an IoT cloud system, the first message including a first timestamp indicating when the first message is transmitted, receiving a second message by the first device from the second device, the second message including the first timestamp and a second timestamp indicating when the first message was received by the second device, the second message being received at a time indicated by a third timestamp, and monitoring by the first device end-to-end communication between the first device and the second device in the IoT cloud system based on at least one of the first, second, or third timestamps.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Michael Ameling, Ralf Ackermann
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Patent number: 9523473Abstract: A device for controlling a driving light of a vehicle includes a headlight with a light source, a device for pivoting a produced light distribution and an optical element that provides adjustable light distribution. The optical element includes a light passage opening pivotable into an optical axis of the light source. A beam of the light distribution is limited or deflected such that a limited light field is produced in a pre-settable region in front of the vehicle, which light field has an external form of the light passage opening. Further light passage structures provide a “high beam” or “partial high beam” light pattern and thereafter the “high beam” light pattern by turning, pivoting and/or displacing the optical element in one direction, and another further light passage structure provides a “motorway” and thereafter a “country road” light pattern by turning, pivoting and/or displacing the optical element in an opposite direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2010Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Daimler AGInventors: Ralf Ackermann, Helmuth Eggers, Gerhard Kurz, Joerg Moisel, Volker Oltmann, Volker Reinhold, Bernd Woltermann
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Publication number: 20130162519Abstract: An input handler may receive first human input events from at least one human input device and from at least one user, associate the first human input events with a first identifier, receive second human input events from the at least one human input device from the at least one user, and associate the second human input events with a second identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2011Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: SAP AGInventors: Michael Ameling, Philipp Herzig, Ralf Ackermann
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Publication number: 20120229028Abstract: A device for controlling a driving light of a vehicle includes a headlight with a light source, a device for pivoting a produced light distribution and an optical element that provides adjustable light distribution. The optical element includes a light passage opening pivotable into an optical axis of the light source. A beam of the light distribution is limited or deflected such that a limited light field is produced in a pre-settable region in front of the vehicle, which light field has an external form of the light passage opening. Further light passage structures provide a “high beam” or “partial high beam” light pattern and thereafter the “high beam” light pattern by turning, pivoting and/or displacing the optical element in one direction, and another further light passage structure provides a “motorway” and thereafter a “country road” light pattern by turning, pivoting and/or displacing the optical element in an opposite direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2010Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: Daimler AGInventors: Ralf Ackermann, Helmuth Eggers, Gerhard Kurz, Joerg Moisel, Volker Oltmann, Volker Reinhold, Bernd Woltermann
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Patent number: 8177402Abstract: The invention relates to a light module (1) for an illumination device (20), in particular for a headlight, for a motor vehicle. The light module (1) comprises a plurality of light sources (2) for emitting light beams (4, 5), at least one primary optical unit (6; 12) for focusing the emitted light beams (4a, 5a), a stop arrangement (8) in the beam path of the focused light beams (4b, 5b), and at least one secondary optical unit (9) for imaging the focused light beams (4b, 5b) which passed the stop arrangement (8) on a roadway in front of the motor vehicle in order to generate a desired light distribution.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2009Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Automotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbHInventors: Ralf Ackermann, Ernst-Olaf Rosenhahn
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Patent number: 7988345Abstract: The invention relates to a projection module of an automobile headlight. The module includes several semiconductor light sources to broadcast optical irradiation of a primary optics assembly to bundle the emitted irradiation, and a secondary optics assembly that projects the bundled irradiation to create the desired light distribution in front of the vehicle. In order to reduce the weight and dimensions of the projection module, it is proposed that the secondary optics assembly is formed as a multi-part complex lens that includes several lens segments. Each of these lens segments is assigned to at least one irradiation bundle of irradiation bundled from the primary optics assembly, and projects this assembly as partial distribution in front of the vehicle, whereby the overall distribution of the projection module results from overlapping the partial distributions.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2008Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Automotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbHInventors: Ernst-Olaf Rosenhahn, Ralf Ackermann, Ulrike Schloeder, Henning Weinhold, Benjamin Stauβ
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Publication number: 20100027284Abstract: The invention relates to a light module (1) for an illumination device (20), in particular for a headlight, for a motor vehicle. The light module (1) comprises a plurality of light sources (2) for emitting light beams (4, 5), at least one primary optical unit (6; 12) for focusing the emitted light beams (4a, 5a), a stop arrangement (8) in the beam path of the focused light beams (4b, 5b), and at least one secondary optical unit (9) for imaging the focused light beams (4b, 5b) which passed the stop arrangement (8) on a roadway in front of the motor vehicle in order to generate a desired light distribution.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2009Publication date: February 4, 2010Applicant: AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING REUTLINGEN GMBHInventors: Ralf Ackermann, Ernst-Olaf Rosenhahn
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Publication number: 20100002460Abstract: The invention relates to a projection module (1; 10; 20) of an automobile headlight. The module (1; 10; 20) includes several semiconductor light sources (101, 102, 103) to broadcast optical irradiation (104, 105, 106) of a primary optics assembly (110, 111, 112) to bundle the emitted irradiation (104, 105, 106), and a secondary optics assembly (2; 12; 22; 32) that projects the bundled irradiation (113, 114, 115) to create the desired light distribution in front of the vehicle. In order to reduce the weight and dimensions of the projection module, it is proposed that the secondary optics assembly (2; 12; 22; 32) is formed as a multi-part complex lens that includes several lens segments (3, 4, 5; 13, 14, 15; 23, 24, 25; 33-41).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2008Publication date: January 7, 2010Applicant: AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING REUTLINGEN GMBHInventors: Ernst-Olaf Rosenhahn, Ralf Ackermann, Ulrike Schloeder, Henning Weinhold, Benjamin Stauss
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Patent number: 7011438Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 13, 2004Date of Patent: March 14, 2006Assignee: Automotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbHInventors: Kurt Schuster, Petra Heinbuch, Ralf Ackermann
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Publication number: 20060007697Abstract: Automobile headlight with adaptive light distribution to create various headlight modes, particularly light distribution of a high-beam, low-beam, driving light, and/or parking light, with a light source (1) and with an optical projection system (2) whereby the light source (1) is a field of individually-switchable LED's (3), and the optical projection system is a lens placed in front of the LED field and is shaped so that various light distributions may be created based on the headlight modes by means of targeted switching of individual areas of the LED field (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2005Publication date: January 12, 2006Inventor: Ralf Ackermann
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Publication number: 20060002127Abstract: The present invention relates to a lens arrangement (7) for a motor vehicle headlight (7) or a motor vehicle light having at least one light source (5.1, 5.2, 5.3) that in the switched-on state emits light, the lens arrangement (7) including a plurality of individual lenses (7.1, 7.2, 7.3) that are arranged in the beam path of the light. In order to be able to manufacture and assemble the lens arrangement (7) as simply and as cost-effectively as possible, and so that the lens arrangement has the most reserved appearance possible, the present invention proposes that a light-emitting surface (7.4) of the lens arrangement (7) have a constant curvature. Advantageously, the curvature of the light-emitting surface (7.4) has no points of inflection. A light-receiving surface (7.5) of the lens arrangement (7) is advantageously configured such that, in combination with the light-emitting surface (7.4), specifiable projection characteristics of the individual lenses (7.1, 7.2, 7.3) result.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2005Publication date: January 5, 2006Inventors: Ralf Ackermann, Hermann Kellermann, Christian Buchberger
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Publication number: 20050030733Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2004Publication date: February 10, 2005Applicant: Automotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbHInventors: Kurt Schuster, Petra Heinbuch, Ralf Ackermann
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Publication number: 20040085778Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2003Publication date: May 6, 2004Inventors: Kurt Schuster, Petra Heinbuch, Ralf Ackermann
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Publication number: 20020023228Abstract: In a method and an arrangement, data are supplied by a firewall computing device to a further computing device when the firewall computing device can not process the utilized data protocol, and the further computing device takes over the functions of the firewall computing device during testing of the transmitted data pack and during performing the access readiness, wherein a data exchange is established from the further computing device again through the firewall computing device to a protected region, and an increased flexibility of the firewall operation is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2001Publication date: February 21, 2002Inventors: Juergen Schlesinger, Dieter Rohrdrommel, Ralf Ackermann, Utz Roedig, Ralf Steinmetz