Patents by Inventor Stephan Arlinghaus

Stephan Arlinghaus 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).

  • Patent number: 11421842
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting unit for a motor vehicle headlight for generating a light distribution having a light-dark boundary, wherein the lighting unit (1) comprises a light source (2), a first reflector (R1) having at least one focal point (F1R1) in which the light source (2) is arranged, a second reflector (R2) having at least one focal point (F1R2), wherein the second reflector (R2) is arranged downstream of the first reflector (R1) in the beam path (S), and an aperture (B) arranged between the first reflector (R1) and the second reflector (R2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignees: ZKW Group GmbH, Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Arlinghaus, Helmut Erdl
  • Publication number: 20220010938
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting unit for a motor vehicle headlight for generating a light distribution having a light-dark boundary, wherein the lighting unit (1) comprises a light source (2), a first reflector (R1) having at least one focal point (F1R1) in which the light source (2) is arranged, a second reflector (R2) having at least one focal point (F1R2), wherein the second reflector (R2) is arranged downstream of the first reflector (R1) in the beam path (S), and an aperture (B) arranged between the first reflector (R1) and the second reflector (R2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Stephan Arlinghaus, Helmut Erdl
  • Patent number: 11204145
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle headlamp (100) containing an ellipsoid reflector (130), which allows light coupled in from a light source (100) to exit through a reflector light exit opening (132), a collimator (140) and a projection optical unit (160). The collimator (140) is designed to collimate the incident light beam coming from the ellipsoid reflector (130) and to direct the same toward a first image plane (170). The projection optical unit (160) projects a light image produced by the light beam in the emission direction of the motor vehicle headlamp (100) in accordance with a second image plane (180) of the projection optical unit (160). The first image plane (170) and the second image plane (180) intersect or overlap with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Kronberger, Josef Hechenberger, Stephan Arlinghaus
  • Publication number: 20210317965
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle headlamp (100) containing an ellipsoid reflector (130), which allows light coupled in from a light source (100) to exit through a reflector light exit opening (132), a collimator (140) and a projection optical unit (160). The collimator (140) is designed to collimate the incident light beam coming from the ellipsoid reflector (130) and to direct the same toward a first image plane (170). The projection optical unit (160) projects a light image produced by the light beam in the emission direction of the motor vehicle headlamp (100) in accordance with a second image plane (180) of the projection optical unit (160). The first image plane (170) and the second image plane (180) intersect or overlap with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Florian Kronberger, Josef Hechenberger, Stephan Arlinghaus