Patents by Inventor Ralph Trapp
Ralph Trapp 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: 11604532Abstract: The invention relates to an operating device for a vehicle, comprising a display with a touch-sensor system for inputting a command and additionally a retaining device which retains the display. The retaining device has a base face and a free area which is defined by support elements protruding from the base face. The operating device is additionally provided with at least one actuation sensor for detecting a bend of the display upon being manually actuated and an analysis unit which is connected to the touch sensor system and the at least one actuation sensor for analyzing the signals of the touch sensor system and the at least one actuation sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: BEHR-HELLA THERMOCONTROL GMBHInventors: Ralph Trapp, Michael Steinkamp
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Publication number: 20210237571Abstract: The invention relates to an operating device for a vehicle, comprising a display with a touch-sensor system for inputting a command and additionally a retaining device which retains the display. The retaining device has a base face and a free area which is defined by support elements protruding from the base face. The operating device is additionally provided with at least one actuation sensor for detecting a bend of the display upon being manually actuated and an analysis unit which is connected to the touch sensor system and the at least one actuation sensor for analyzing the signals of the touch sensor system and the at least one actuation sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2019Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Ralph TRAPP, Michael STEINKAMP
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Patent number: 11016571Abstract: The operator control unit (10) for a device is provided with an operator control element (14) which has a touch-sensitive operator control surface (16). The operator control element (14) is, for the purpose of being automatically returned to its inoperative position after being deflected out of said inoperative position, elastically mounted in said inoperative position. The mechanical excitation of the operator control element (14) out of its inoperative position for the purpose of tactile feedback in response to operation of the operator control element (14) is performed by means of an actuator (24). A sensor (26) identifies the movement of the operator control element (14) and/or an acceleration and/or force acting on the operator control element (14).Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Behr-Hella Thermocontrol GmbHInventor: Ralph Trapp
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Publication number: 20200282796Abstract: The invention relates to a device for operating an air conditioning system (12) of a vehicle. The air conditioning system has a fan, a plurality of actuating motors for controlling flaps on and/or in air-conducting channels, a heating and/or a cooling unit, and a plurality of sensors (28, 30) for sensing measurement variables required for the operation of the heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning system. The sensors (28, 30) include an interior temperature sensor (26). The device has an operating and control unit (32) for inputting a desired temperature and for outputting air conditioning control signals for the control of components of the air conditioning system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2018Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Ralph TRAPP, Dirk NAGEL, Rudiger SCHMIDT, Bernd KUHLHOFF, Eduard PANKRATZ
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Publication number: 20200139817Abstract: The operator control unit (10) for a device is provided with an operator control element (14) which has a touch-sensitive operator control surface (16). The operator control element (14) is, for the purpose of being automatically returned to its inoperative position after being deflected out of said inoperative position, elastically mounted in said inoperative position. The mechanical excitation of the operator control element (14) out of its inoperative position for the purpose of tactile feedback in response to operation of the operator control element (14) is performed by means of an actuator (24). A sensor (26) identifies the movement of the operator control element (14) and/or an acceleration and/or force acting on the operator control element (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Ralph Trapp
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Patent number: 9924565Abstract: A device for electrically heating a fluid, in particular for use in an electrically operated motor vehicle, comprising an induction coil, which is integrated in an oscillating circuit and produces an alternating magnetic field, and at least one first inductor, which is positioned within the alternating magnetic field. The inductor can be arranged inside a module, through which a fluid to be heated can flow, and the induction coil is arranged outside the module.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignees: MAHLE International GmbH, Behr-Hella Thermocontrol GmbHInventors: Michael Kohl, Harri Pankratz, Ralph Trapp
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Patent number: 9089009Abstract: The electric heating system, in particular for a hybrid vehicle or electric vehicle, is provided with a heating module. The heating module is provided with an electrically insulating, heat conducting ceramic substrate which has a heating zone and a control zone which are spaced apart from one another. The heating module comprises an electrical resistance heating element which is arranged on the ceramic substrate, in the heating zone thereof, and which is embodied as a resistance heating conductor which is mounted on the ceramic substrate. Further, the heating module comprises a transistor for controlling the current through the resistance heating conductor, wherein the transistor and other optionally present electrical components and conductor tracks are arranged in the control zone on the ceramic substrate. The heating module is provided with a first cooling element which is thermally coupled to the heating zone of the ceramic substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2011Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: BEHR-HELLA THERMOCONTROL GMBHInventors: Ralph Trapp, Hans-Dieter Röhling
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Publication number: 20150183295Abstract: The electrical vehicle heater, in particular for vehicles having a hybrid drive or having an electric drive, has a heating module (10), which is provided with a carrier body (14), which has two opposite main outside surfaces (20, 21), wherein the carrier body (14)—when observed in the direction of one of the two main outside surfaces (20, 21)—is divided into two adjacent heating zones (16, 18) and wherein the carrier body (14) is provided with at least one heating element (22) in each heating zone (16, 18). Furthermore, the heating module (10) has a control unit (31) for controlling the heating elements (22) independently of each other and at least one heat sink (42, 48), which is thermally coupled to the carrier body (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: Behr-Hella Thermocontrol GmbHInventors: Ralph Trapp, Dirk Nagel
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Publication number: 20150034631Abstract: A device for electrically heating a fluid, in particular for use in an electrically operated motor vehicle, comprising an induction coil, which is integrated in an oscillating circuit and produces an alternating magnetic field, and at least one first inductor, which is positioned within the alternating magnetic field. The inductor can be arranged inside a module, through which a fluid to be heated can flow, and the induction coil is arranged outside the module.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventors: Michael KOHL, Harri PANKRATZ, Ralph TRAPP
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Patent number: 8785858Abstract: A solar sensor for the detection of the direction of incidence and the intensity of solar radiation comprises a housing (12) made of a plastic material that is permeable to at least some of the solar radiation, the housing (12) having a curved side (14) facing the incident solar radiation and the housing (12) optically acting as a lens and having an internal focal plane (26) defined by the lens characteristics thereof. At least two photosensors (16) are embedded in the plastic material of the housing (12), each photosensor (16) having a sensor area (18) sensitive to at least the part of the radiation to which the plastic material is permeable, and the sensor areas (18) of the photosensors (16) being arranged in a substantially common plane (19) located in front of or behind the focal plane (26), seen from side (14) facing the incident solar radiation.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2008Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Behr-Hella Thermocontrol GmbHInventors: Otto Knittel, Bernd Stich, Ralph Trapp, Dirk Nagel
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Publication number: 20120267355Abstract: The electric heating system, in particular for a hybrid vehicle or electric vehicle, is provided with a heating module. The heating module is provided with an electrically insulating, heat conducting ceramic substrate which has a heating zone and a control zone which are spaced apart from one another. The heating module comprises an electrical resistance heating element which is arranged on the ceramic substrate, in the heating zone thereof, and which is embodied as a resistance heating conductor which is mounted on the ceramic substrate. Further, the heating module comprises a transistor for controlling the current through the resistance heating conductor, wherein the transistor and other optionally present electrical components and conductor tracks are arranged in the control zone on the ceramic substrate. The heating module is provided with a first cooling element which is thermally coupled to the heating zone of the ceramic substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2011Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: BEHR-HELLA THERMOCONTROL GMBHInventors: Ralph Trapp, Hans-Dieter Röhling
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Publication number: 20110240862Abstract: A solar sensor for the detection of the direction of incidence and the intensity of solar radiation comprises a housing (12) made of a plastic material that is permeable to at least some of the solar radiation, the housing (12) having a curved side (14) facing the incident solar radiation and the housing (12) optically acting as a lens and having an internal focal plane (26) defined by the lens characteristics thereof. At least two photosensors (16) are embedded in the plastic material of the housing (12), each photosensor (16) having a sensor area (18) sensitive to at least the part of the radiation to which the plastic material is permeable, and the sensor areas (18) of the photosensors (16) being arranged in a substantially common plane (19) located in front of or behind the focal plane (26), seen from side (14) facing the incident solar radiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2008Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: Behr-Hella Thermocontrol GmbHInventors: Otto Knittel, Bernd Stich, Ralph Trapp, Dirk Nagel
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Patent number: 6997605Abstract: The device for detection of the temperature in the interior of a vehicle, particularly for an air-conditioning system of a vehicle, is provided with an interior temperature sensor (28) arranged in a housing (18) arranged in or at a wall (12) adjacent to the interior (14) of the vehicle and being at least partially adjacent to the interior (14) of the vehicle, and a radiation sensor (30) detecting solar radiation leading to the heating of the housing (18) of the interior temperature sensor (28). Further, the device is provided with a compensation temperature sensor (36) arranged behind the wall (12) and such that it is thermally decoupled from the interior temperature sensor (28) and detecting the heat of air and/or assemblies behind the wall (12), which leads to a falsification of the measured value of the interior temperature sensor (28). The two temperature sensors (28,36) and the radiation sensor (30) are combined in a common assembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2004Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: Behr-Hella Thermocontrol GmbHInventors: Ralph Trapp, Bernd Stich, Otto Knittel, Marwin Hamann
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Publication number: 20040223534Abstract: The device for detection of the temperature in the interior of a vehicle, particularly for an air-conditioning system of a vehicle, is provided with an interior temperature sensor (28) arranged in a housing (18) arranged in or at a wall (12) adjacent to the interior (14) of the vehicle and being at least partially adjacent to the interior (14) of the vehicle, and a radiation sensor (30) detecting solar radiation leading to the heating of the housing (18) of the interior temperature sensor (28). Further, the device is provided with a compensation temperature sensor (36) arranged behind the wall (12) and such that it is thermally decoupled from the interior temperature sensor (28) and detecting the heat of air and/or assemblies behind the wall (12), which leads to a falsification of the measured value of the interior temperature sensor (28). The two temperature sensors (28,36) and the radiation sensor (30) are combined in a common assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2004Publication date: November 11, 2004Applicant: Behr-Hella Thermocontrol GmbHInventors: Ralph Trapp, Bernd Stich, Otto Knittel, Marwin Hamann