Patents by Inventor Thomas Pollheimer

Thomas Pollheimer 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).

  • Lens arrangement for integration into a wall, a wall-integrated device incorporating the lens arrangement, and method of installing the device
    Patent number: 7460316
    Abstract: A wall-integrable lens arrangement and a wall-integrated device with a connection housing and such a lens arrangement includes a connection housing having a radiation-emitting element. The connection housing is arranged on a first side of a wall and has an attachment portion and a connecting member. A lens arrangement has a lens head that is transparent to the radiation and an attachment portion and a connection member. The wall has a wall breakthrough through which at least one of the attachment portions projects, the connection members of the connection housing and the lens arrangement being mutually engaged. The wall breakthrough and at least one of the attachment portions that projects through it are complementary and formed in such a manner that the lens arrangement is maintained in a pre-specified horizontal position or rotational position and secured in the position against rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: inventio AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Kleewein, Thomas Pollheimer, Dirk Blondiau, Gerhard Stoiber
  • Lens arrangement for integration into a wall, a wall-integrated device incorporating the lens arrangement, and method of installing the device
    Publication number: 20060181868
    Abstract: A wall-integrable lens arrangement and a wall-integrated device with a connection housing and such a lens arrangement includes a connection housing having a radiation-emitting element. The connection housing is arranged on a first side of a wall and has an attachment portion and a connecting member. A lens arrangement has a lens head that is transparent to the radiation and an attachment portion and a connection member. The wall has a wall breakthrough through which at least one of the attachment portions projects, the connection members of the connection housing and the lens arrangement being mutually engaged. The wall breakthrough and at least one of the attachment portions that projects through it are complementary and formed in such a manner that the lens arrangement is maintained in a pre-specified horizontal position or rotational position and secured in the position against rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Gerhard Kleewein, Thomas Pollheimer, Dirk Blondiau, Gerhard Stoiber