Patents by Inventor Ralf Aigner

Ralf Aigner 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: 12187122
    Abstract: A functional module for a vehicle interior trim has a substrate layer, at least one detection layer, which is arranged above the substrate layer and is designed to generate a signal on the approach, such as the proximity and/or touch of a user, and a decorative layer, which is arranged above the detection layer. An interior trim and a motor vehicle have at least one such functional module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Aigner, Joachim Melzig
  • Patent number: 11667198
    Abstract: A device includes a control unit and a projection surface. The projection surface has at least one first subsection, which is associated with at least one of the functional elements and which covers the at least one functional element toward the interior of the vehicle, so that the at least one functional element is not visible. The control unit and the projection device project an image, a graphic, or an animation according to an item of information associated with the at least one functional element on the at least one first subsection. The projection surface also has at least one second subsection, which surrounds the at least one first subsection. The control unit and the projection device project an image, a graphic, or an animation according to an illumination scenario and/or according to items of information to be displayed on the at least one second subsection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Aigner, Alexander Peters, Bruno Roth
  • Patent number: 11648890
    Abstract: A trim component for an interior of a motor vehicle has a film and has a carrier from a thermoplastic plastics material. The film has a relief structure, the carrier has a lattice structure having lattice members, and the carrier is back-molded on a rear side of the film such that the lattice members are connected in a materially integral manner to the rear side of the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Aigner, Stefan Fischer, Dienhung Huynh, Markus Haering, Bruno Roth, Martin Schwabl
  • Publication number: 20220314803
    Abstract: A functional module for a vehicle interior trim has a substrate layer, at least one detection layer, which is arranged above the substrate layer and is designed to generate a signal on the approach, such as the proximity and/or touch of a user, and a decorative layer, which is arranged above the detection layer. An interior trim and a motor vehicle have at least one such functional module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Ralf AIGNER, Joachim MELZIG
  • Publication number: 20220080830
    Abstract: A device includes a control unit and a projection surface. The projection surface has at least one first subsection, which is associated with at least one of the functional elements and which covers the at least one functional element toward the interior of the vehicle, so that the at least one functional element is not visible. The control unit and the projection device project an image, a graphic, or an animation according to an item of information associated with the at least one functional element on the at least one first subsection. The projection surface also has at least one second subsection, which surrounds the at least one first subsection. The control unit and the projection device project an image, a graphic, or an animation according to an illumination scenario and/or according to items of information to be displayed on the at least one second subsection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Ralf AIGNER, Alexander PETERS, Bruno ROTH
  • Publication number: 20210146858
    Abstract: A trim component for an interior of a motor vehicle has a film and has a carrier from a thermoplastic plastics material. The film has a relief structure, the carrier has a lattice structure having lattice members, and the carrier is back-molded on a rear side of the film such that the lattice members are connected in a materially integral manner to the rear side of the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Ralf AIGNER, Stefan FISCHER, Dienhung HUYNH, Markus HAERING, Bruno ROTH, Martin SCHWABL
  • Publication number: 20130220135
    Abstract: A hot beverage preparation device, in particular a fully automatic coffee maker, can be operated in a normal operating mode for preparing hot beverages and in a data transmission mode for transmitting data to a receiver. The hot beverage preparation device includes an encoding unit for encoding the data to form at least one encoded data record in a machine-readable code and a display unit for displaying the encoded data record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Aigner, Florian Hoeck, Robert Strobl