Patents by Inventor Thomas Mim

Thomas Mim 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).

  • Publication number: 20160023552
    Abstract: A center console arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a housing arrangement with at least one cover surface arranged thereon. The cover surface includes at least two functional regions. Each functional regions includes at least one display and/or operator control panel. Each of the display and/or operator control panels is assigned, with respect to functionality, to the corresponding functional region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas MIM, Lutz KRAUSS, Alexander BOGNER, Franz-Josef SIEGERT, Anke WILHELM, Rolf HARTMANN
  • Patent number: 9073568
    Abstract: A display and operating system of a motor vehicle includes an instrument cluster that is formed by a plurality of display devices and has an outer left-hand display device and an outer right hand display device. A steering wheel of the system includes an outer left-hand operating device configured exclusively for driver interaction with the outer left-hand display device of the instrument cluster and an outer right-hand operating device configured exclusively for driver interaction with the outer right-hand display device of the instrument cluster. Further devices, including at least one of a display device or an operating device, are disposed laterally adjacent to the instrument cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Lutz Krauss, Timo Seehaus, Rolf Hartmann, Albrecht Boettiger, Thomas Mim
  • Publication number: 20120319828
    Abstract: A display and operating system of a motor vehicle includes an instrument cluster that is formed by a plurality of display devices and has an outer left-hand display device and an outer right hand display device. A steering wheel of the system includes an outer left-hand operating device configured exclusively for driver interaction with the outer left-hand display device of the instrument cluster and an outer right-hand operating device configured exclusively for driver interaction with the outer right-hand display device of the instrument cluster. Further devices, including at least one of a display device or an operating device, are disposed laterally adjacent to the instrument cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Lutz Krauss, Timo Seehaus, Rolf Hartmann, Albrecht Boettiger, Thomas Mim
  • Publication number: 20120316781
    Abstract: A display device for a hybrid motor vehicle is configured to display a map that corresponds to a current vehicle position as controlled by a navigation device and to show at least two regions on the map. The regions include a first region that is reachable by the motor vehicle using available electrical energy when driving under purely electromotive power, and a second region that is reachable by the motor vehicle using an available quantity of fuel when driving under at least one of purely internal combustion engine power or combined electromotive power and internal combustion engine power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Lutz Krauss, Timo Seehaus, Thomas Mim, Joerg Meyer-Ebeling, Albrecht Boettiger, Rolf Hartmann