Patents by Inventor Reiner Lendle

Reiner Lendle 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: 20240083350
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motor vehicle having a control device and at least one lighting device, which comprises several light-emitting diodes arranged to be distributed within at least one surface, wherein at least one signal light can be generated by means of the lighting device. The control device is designed to individually control the light-emitting diodes and/or several groups of the light-emitting diodes such that a contour of the signal light is dependent upon at least one item of operational information. The at least one item of operational information is at least one item of driver assistance information which describes a current operating situation and/or a current vehicle environment situation of the motor vehicle and which can be generated by means of a driver assistance system of the motor vehicle, and/or at least one item of user action information which can be generated by means of at least one operating device of the motor vehicle by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Reiner LENDLE, Stefan REICH
  • Publication number: 20220194293
    Abstract: The application relates to a lighting device for a motor vehicle for creating a light animation. The lighting device comprises a light emission device, the light emission device is subdivided into a plurality of segments. The lighting device further has a control unit, which is designed to separately control each of the plurality of segments of the light emission device. The control unit is also configured to control the plurality of segments in a way that a photometric parameter of the lighting device averaged across all segments for the light animation is within a predefined interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Werner THOMAS, Reiner LENDLE
  • Patent number: 6367957
    Abstract: The invention is lighting that has at least one light-conducting rod, which features at least one light inlet surface and a light outlet surface, and a light source, wherein the light inlet surface is inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of the light-conducting rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Valeo Beleuchtung Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Hering, Reiner Lendle
  • Patent number: 6290371
    Abstract: The invention concerns a light having a reflector, at least one neon lamp, and a cover plate, wherein the light is provided with a shield for shielding the direct light of the neon lamp travelling towards the cover plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Valeo Beleuchtung Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Feger, Reiner Lendle