Patents by Inventor Ralf Rochotzki

Ralf Rochotzki 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).

  • Publication number: 20240068637
    Abstract: A lens is provided for use in a multi-lens system of a headlamp of a motor vehicle. The lens includes a lens body with a first surface and a second surface arranged opposite the first surface. An anti-reflective coating made of a perfluorocarbon is arranged directly on the lens body. The anti-reflective coating is arranged at an end of the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ralf Rochotzki, Fahri Uslu
  • Publication number: 20220057064
    Abstract: A method for producing an optical component of a lighting device for vehicles, wherein a base body is made of a translucent or transparent material, a screen coating is applied to an outer surface of the base body by vapor deposition or by sputtering of a coating material, wherein the screen coating is applied as a reflective coating, wherein, during the application process, first a first reflective laminate layer with a low degree of reflection and then a second reflective laminate layer with a high degree of reflection are applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Bernd FISCHER, Ralf ROCHOTZKI
  • Publication number: 20210207263
    Abstract: A procedure for coating the surfaces of a component under vacuum using a vacuum coating system is disclosed. The procedure includes at least two of the following process steps: a) Plasma activation of the component surface to be coated in an evacuated plasma activation chamber and/or b) applying the coat in an evacuated coating chamber and/or c) plasma polymerization for creating a protective coating on the previously applied coating in an evacuated plasma polymerization chamber. The plasma activation chamber and/or the coating chamber and/or the plasma polymerization chamber are ventilated and opened between at least two of the aforementioned process steps, and the component is fed to the subsequent process step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Ralf Rochotzki, Frank Hartmann, Egbert Rath, Martin Eickenbusch
  • Publication number: 20100091510
    Abstract: The invention relates to a headlight for a motor vehicle with a sealing disk, which as a component of a housing seals an interior enclosed by the housing from the environment, wherein a layer system, comprising a lower layer, followed by a metal layer and an upper layer, is deposited on the side of the sealing disk directed towards the interior by means of a vacuum method, wherein the lower layer and/or the upper layer is deposited either as a nitride of the elements Al or Si or as an oxide or a mixed oxide of the elements Si, Ti Al, Zn, Sn, In, Nb, Zr, or Ta.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWAN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Roman Nyderle, Thomas Preussner, Torsten Kopte, Volker Kirchhoff, Sabine Dreihoefer, Ralf Rochotzki, Dieter Jestel, Matthias Kalwa, Klaus-Dieter Steinborn, Michael Falz, Bernd Buecken, Barbara Gebhardt