Patents by Inventor Steffen KLAPPER

Steffen KLAPPER 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).

  • Shading device in a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11981256
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a passenger display with a switchable view protection device that is actively switched in predetermined operating states so that display contents shown on the passenger display cannot be seen from the seating area of the driver. The vehicle includes a shading device having an illuminant oriented toward the passenger display and is controlled by a control unit and which, in order to prevent moving residual fragments that can still be detected from the driver's seat despite a view protection device which is switched to shading, externally illuminates the passenger display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Benjamin Burger, Steffen Klapper
  • SHADING DEVICE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20230226972
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a passenger display with a switchable view protection device that is actively switched in predetermined operating states so that display contents shown on the passenger display cannot be seen from the seating area of the driver. The vehicle includes a shading device having an illuminant oriented toward the passenger display and is controlled by a control unit and which, in order to prevent moving residual fragments that can still be detected from the driver’s seat despite a view protection device which is switched to shading, externally illuminates the passenger display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin BURGER, Steffen KLAPPER