Patents by Inventor Roland OTTE

Roland OTTE 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).

  • COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AN OCCUPANT CONTACT OF A COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20200339011
    Abstract: A component with an integrated occupant contact identification and a heating function having at least one evaluation and control unit and at least two electrical conductors, which are powered independently of one another and which are assigned to various regions of the component, wherein the evaluation and control unit spatially detects an occupant contact of the component by evaluating a change in capacitance of the electrical conductors, wherein the evaluation and control unit increases the electric energy in the assigned electrical conductor based on a detected occupant contact. A method for identifying an occupant contact of a component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Christoph BOESE, Patrick NICKEL, Roland OTTE, Nils QUANDER, Markus KNOBLOCH, Kim Alexander KUJELIS