Patents by Inventor Thomas Hilsenbeck
Thomas Hilsenbeck 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).
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Publication number: 20240113026Abstract: A silicon carbide device includes a silicon carbide substrate, a contact layer located on the silicon carbide substrate and including nickel and silicon, a barrier layer structure including titanium and tungsten, and a metallization layer comprising copper, wherein the contact layer is located between the silicon carbide substrate and at least a part of the barrier layer structure, wherein the barrier layer structure is located between the silicon carbide substrate and the metallization layer, wherein the metallization layer is configured as a contact pad of the silicon carbide device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Edward Fürgut, Ravi Keshav Joshi, Thomas Basler, Martin Gruber, Jochen Hilsenbeck, Wolfgang Scholz
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Patent number: 11767957Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure relate to a headlamp heater for a headlamp assembly. In examples, a headlamp assembly comprises a heating element, which directs radiation toward a lens of the headlamp assembly in order to prevent or remove condensation/precipitation on the lens. In examples, the heating element is an infrared heating element, and the wavelength of radiation emitted by the heating element is selected to be a wavelength that excites water. In some examples, the heating element is angled toward the lens and/or has multiple angled surfaces, thereby altering the radiation pattern that is directed toward the lens such that it better matches the beam pattern of a light source in the headlamp assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: PACCAR Inc.Inventors: Scott M. Conway, Thomas Hilsenbeck, Roman Kopecky
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Publication number: 20210341121Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure relate to a headlamp heater for a headlamp assembly. In examples, a headlamp assembly comprises a heating element, which directs radiation toward a lens of the headlamp assembly in order to prevent or remove condensation/precipitation on the lens. In examples, the heating element is an infrared heating element, and the wavelength of radiation emitted by the heating element is selected to be a wavelength that excites water. In some examples, the heating element is angled toward the lens and/or has multiple angled surfaces, thereby altering the radiation pattern that is directed toward the lens such that it better matches the beam pattern of a light source in the headlamp assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Scott M. Conway, Thomas Hilsenbeck, Roman Kopecky
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Patent number: 10682946Abstract: An adjusting device for headlights, in particular for truck headlights, comprising a linear drive unit containing a threaded rod mounted for rotation, in threaded engagement with a control element, which control element can be moved in the axial direction of the threaded rod by turning the threaded rod, a pivot lever which has an articulated connection to the actuator, and an engagement element of the pivot lever which can act on the lighting unit to be adjusted, wherein the articulated connection is formed by a bearing part of the pivot lever and by a supporting part of the actuator such that the pivot lever can be turned about a horizontal pivot axis extending through the articulated connection, such that the engagement element is arranged in an upper region of the pivot lever in the vertical direction, and such that the articulated connection is arranged in a lower region of the pivot lever in the vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignees: Hella KGaA Hueck & Co., HELLA AUTOTECHNIK NOVA s.r.o.Inventors: Roman Kopecky, Jan Formanek, Jaroslaw Schimon, Domingo Guerrero, Thomas Hilsenbeck
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Patent number: 10442337Abstract: A headlight for vehicles, in particular trucks, comprising a lighting unit which is pivotably mounted about a pivot axis; a linear drive unit which contains a linearly movable actuator; and a pivoting lever which is coupled to a lighting unit at a first end and to the actuator at a second end, wherein the lighting unit is pivotable by means of the actuator. The pivoting lever is designed in multiple parts, comprising a lower pivoting lever element having a support part for supporting on the actuator and an upper pivoting lever element on which a horizontal axis is arranged, the pivoting lever being pivotably mounted about said axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignees: Hella KGaA Hueck & Co., HELLA AUTOTECHNIK NOVA s.r.o.Inventors: Roman Kopecky, Jan Formanek, Jaroslaw Schimon, Domingo Guerrero, Thomas Hilsenbeck
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Publication number: 20180056849Abstract: A headlight for vehicles, in particular trucks, comprising a lighting unit which is pivotably mounted about a pivot axis; a linear drive unit which contains a linearly movable actuator; and a pivoting lever which is coupled to a lighting unit at a first end and to the actuator at a second end, wherein the lighting unit is pivotable by means of the actuator. The pivoting lever is designed in multiple parts, comprising a lower pivoting lever element having a support part for supporting on the actuator and an upper pivoting lever element on which a horizontal axis is arranged, the pivoting lever being pivotably mounted about said axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: HELLA AUTOTECHNIK NOVA s.r.o.Inventors: Roman Kobecky, Jan Formanek, Jaroslaw Schimon, Domingo Guerrero, Thomas Hilsenbeck
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Publication number: 20180043817Abstract: An adjusting device for headlights, in particular for truck headlights, comprising a linear drive unit containing a threaded rod mounted for rotation, in threaded engagement with a control element, which control element can be moved in the axial direction of the threaded rod by turning the threaded rod, a pivot lever which has an articulated connection to the actuator, and an engagement element of the pivot lever which can act on the lighting unit to be adjusted, wherein the articulated connection is formed by a bearing part of the pivot lever and by a supporting part of the actuator such that the pivot lever can be turned about a horizontal pivot axis extending through the articulated connection, such that the engagement element is arranged in an upper region of the pivot lever in the vertical direction, and such that the articulated connection is arranged in a lower region of the pivot lever in the vertical direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2016Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: Roman Kobecky, Jan Formanek, Jaroslaw Schimon, Domingo Guerrero, Thomas Hilsenbeck
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Patent number: 7416321Abstract: A lighting apparatus for motor vehicles is provided that includes a plurality of chambers having at least one light source each and being formed by one light unit each, and a baffle frame with a plurality of openings each being dedicated to the light units, whereby the lighting apparatus is formed of segments comprising a plurality of light modules, which are mounted to an area of a rear side of the baffle frame, at least one cover pane, which is mounted to a front side of the baffle frame, whereby the rear side of the baffle frame is formed such that it conforms to connect to a front housing rim of the light module.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2005Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignees: Hella KGAA Hueck & Co., Hella Autotechnik S.R.O.Inventors: Jan Formanek, Thomas Hilsenbeck, Jiri Cernoch, Karsten Dieckmann, Frank Merkelbach, Horst Wicker
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Publication number: 20060062005Abstract: A lighting apparatus for motor vehicles is provided that includes a plurality of chambers having at least one light source each and being formed by one light unit each, and a baffle frame with a plurality of openings each being dedicated to the light units, whereby the lighting apparatus is formed of segments comprising a plurality of light modules, which are mounted to an area of a rear side of the baffle frame, at least one cover pane, which is mounted to a front side of the baffle frame, whereby the rear side of the baffle frame is formed such that it conforms to connect to a front housing rim of the light module.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2005Publication date: March 23, 2006Applicants: Hella KGaA Hueck & Co., Hella Autotechnik, s.r.o.Inventors: Jan Formanek, Thomas Hilsenbeck, Jiri Cernoch, Karsten Dieckmann, Frank Merkelbach, Horst Wicker
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Patent number: 6120168Abstract: A vehicle beam lamp, particularly an additional automobile headlight, comprising a housing, a reflector, a cover plate connected to the reflector, and a frame for fastening the cover plate and reflector to the housing, has the reflector, cover plate, and frame firmly connected to each other to form an insert that closes off the housing. A procedure for mounting a vehicle beam lamp comprising a housing, a reflector, a cover plate, and a frame connecting the reflector and cover plate to the housing involves gluing the reflector, the cover plate, and the frame together into an insert that is separably connected to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 1998Date of Patent: September 19, 2000Assignee: Hella KG Hueck & Co.Inventors: Reinhold Brummel, Thomas Hilsenbeck, Pietro Antonio Mazziotti, Klaus Mohsakowski