Patents by Inventor Stephan Schuetz

Stephan Schuetz 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: 11945580
    Abstract: Cleaning vehicle sensors, wherein position data of a vehicle are received (1). An unmanned aircraft suitable for cleaning vehicle sensors flies to the vehicle on the basis of the received position data of the vehicle, positions itself, on the basis of location data of a sensor of the vehicle that is to be cleaned, near the vehicle in such a way that the sensor to be cleaned can be cleaned, and cleans the sensor. The vehicle can transmit the position data of the vehicle to a Service Station via a mobile data connection, wherein the Service Station causes the unmanned aircraft to fly to the vehicle and, after the end of the cleaning operation, to return to the Service Station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel Schütz, Stephan Herold, Kristin Fondahl, Micha Helbig
  • Patent number: 6530167
    Abstract: A mounting channel and presentation mechanism for mounting presentation elements. Both planar and curved presentation elements may be simultaneously mounted on the same supporting element. A mounting channel for mounting presentation elements has a curved outer contour, especially one resembling the shape of a segment of an ellipse. A U-section is additionally inscribed in the outer contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Inventors: Stephan Schuetz, Gerhard Kueffner