Patents by Inventor Thomas Weingärtner

Thomas Weingärtner 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: 20250074258
    Abstract: It is provided an adjustment system for adjusting an interior object in a vehicle interior, comprising at least—an adjustment apparatus for adjusting the interior object by means of external force and—control electronics for controlling the adjustment of the interior object by means of external force during an adjustment process starting from an initial position into a target position of the interior object. The control electronics are further designed to control the adjustment apparatus for the adjustment process in a first adjustment range for a rough adjustment of the interior object and in a subsequent second adjustment range from an intermediate position until the target position is reached for a precise adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Christian HERRMANN, Peter HORN, Matthias GEMPEL, Christopher TRENKLE, Hans BAUER, Jasmin PFEUFER, Timo WITZEL, Thomas WEINGÄRTNER
  • Patent number: 12151594
    Abstract: A vehicle provided with a vehicle interior including an interior surface and at least one interior object provided for arrangement and fixation in the vehicle interior, an electronic detection device is provided, which is adapted to detect a position of the interior object on the interior surface. The at least one interior object includes at least one drive device for a non-mechanically guided displacement of the interior object on the interior surface of the vehicle, and the electronic detection device adapted to detect the reaching of a specified fixing position on the interior surface by the interior object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventors: Christian Herrmann, Matthias Gempel, Volker Deinhard, Eike Fröhlich, Markus Bauernfeind, Manfred Stenzel, Thomas Weingärtner, Wolfgang Uebel
  • Publication number: 20240208370
    Abstract: It is provided an adjustment system for a vehicle, comprising at least one electronic obstacle-detection device for detecting a potential obstacle in an adjustment path of the at least one interior component to be adjusted by an external force, wherein the at least one obstacle-detection device is configured to generate at least one obstacle signal on detection of a potential obstacle in the adjustment path, and control electronics which are configured to generate at least one control signal for outputting a visually perceptible obstacle indication for a user in response to the at least one obstacle signal, via which the potential obstacle is indicated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Christian HERRMANN, Peter HORN, Matthias GEMPEL, Christopher TRENKLE, Hans BAUER, Jasmin PFEUFER, Timo WITZEL, Thomas WEINGÄRTNER
  • Patent number: 11510553
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to diagnostic, surgical, and/or therapeutic devices for being introduced into the human or animal body or for in vitro examination of human or animal blood samples or other body cells, in particular to an endoscope or a disposable endoscope that includes at least one illumination light guide and/or image guide for transmitting electromagnetic radiation, the illumination light guide or image guide having a proximal end face for incoupling or outcoupling of electromagnetic radiation and a distal end face for incoupling or outcoupling of electromagnetic radiation. The proximal and/or distal end faces consist of plastic elements that are transparent at least partially or in sections thereof, the transparent plastic being biocompatible and/or having non-toxic properties to human or animal cell cultures for exposure durations of less than one day. This allows for the production of assemblies for disposable endoscopes, inter alia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Bernd Schultheis, Björn Bleisinger, Andreas Dietrich, Markus Kappel, Hubertus Russert, Martin Cramer, Thomas Weingärtner
  • Publication number: 20220371476
    Abstract: A control arrangement for a drive arrangement of a motor vehicle interior element, the interior element is adjustable and lockable in position by aid of adjustment kinematics, the drive arrangement configured to adjust the interior element with the aid of adjustment kinematics and an interior sensor arrangement for detecting an object, the control arrangement activates the drive in an adjustment routine to adjust the interior element in a rotational motion from an initial angle to a terminal angle. The control arrangement activates the adjustment routine based on sensor data for the object, acquired by means of the interior sensor. The control arrangement includes an interior-element model of geometry of the interior element and the adjustment kinematics and generates a geometric object model based on the sensor data, to determine the terminal angle based on the interior-element model and the object model, adhering to a separation specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Matthias GEMPEL, Peter HORN, Thomas WEINGÄRTNER, Christian HERRMANN
  • Patent number: 11464395
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to diagnostic, surgical, and/or therapeutic devices for being introduced into the human or animal body or for in vitro examination of human or animal blood samples or other body cells, in particular to an endoscope or a disposable endoscope that includes at least one illumination light guide and/or image guide for transmitting electromagnetic radiation, the illumination light guide or image guide having a proximal end face for incoupling or outcoupling of electromagnetic radiation and a distal end face for incoupling or outcoupling of electromagnetic radiation. The proximal and/or distal end faces consist of plastic elements that are transparent at least partially or in sections thereof, the transparent plastic being biocompatible and/or having non-toxic properties to human or animal cell cultures for exposure durations of less than one day. This allows for the production of assemblies for disposable endoscopes, inter alia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Bernd Schultheis, Björn Bleisinger, Andreas Dietrich, Markus Kappel, Hubertus Russert, Martin Cramer, Thomas Weingärtner
  • Publication number: 20220274509
    Abstract: A vehicle provided with a vehicle interior including an interior surface and at least one interior object provided for arrangement and fixation in the vehicle interior, an electronic detection device is provided, which is adapted to detect a position of the interior object on the interior surface. The at least one interior object includes at least one drive device for a non-mechanically guided displacement of the interior object on the interior surface of the vehicle, and the electronic detection device adapted to detect the reaching of a specified fixing position on the interior surface by the interior object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventors: Christian HERRMANN, Matthias GEMPEL, Volker DEINHARD, Eike FRÖHLICH, Markus BAUERNFEIND, Manfred STENZEL, Thomas WEINGÄRTNER, Wolfgang UEBEL
  • Patent number: 11406248
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an optical fiber article and a method for the production of the optical fiber article. The present disclosure in particular relates to the use of the optical fiber article in a fiber bundle as light guide and/or image guide, for example in an endoscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Stephanie Mangold, Thomas Weingärtner, Oliver Fratzer
  • Publication number: 20210093158
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an optical fiber article and a method for the production of the optical fiber article. The present disclosure in particular relates to the use of the optical fiber article in a fiber bundle as light guide and/or image guide, for example in an endoscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Stephanie Mangold, Thomas Weingärtner, Oliver Fratzer
  • Publication number: 20210086662
    Abstract: A method for operating an interior of a motor vehicle, having a number of electro-motive adjusting drives which each have an adjusting part, to which an adjusting path is assigned. The position of the adjusting parts is detected by means of a 3D sensor which is spaced apart from the electromotive adjusting drives. Said method further relates to an interior of a motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Matthias GEMPEL, Florian POHL, Thomas WEINGÄRTNER, Manfred STENZEL
  • Publication number: 20210022588
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to diagnostic, surgical, and/or therapeutic devices for being introduced into the human or animal body or for in vitro examination of human or animal blood samples or other body cells, in particular to an endoscope or a disposable endoscope that includes at least one illumination light guide and/or image guide for transmitting electromagnetic radiation, the illumination light guide or image guide having a proximal end face for incoupling or outcoupling of electromagnetic radiation and a distal end face for incoupling or outcoupling of electromagnetic radiation. The proximal and/or distal end faces consist of plastic elements that are transparent at least partially or in sections thereof, the transparent plastic being biocompatible and/or having non-toxic properties to human or animal cell cultures for exposure durations of less than one day. This allows for the production of assemblies for disposable endoscopes, inter alia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Bernd SCHULTHEIS, Björn BLEISINGER, Andreas DIETRICH, Markus KAPPEL, Hubertus RUSSERT, Martin CRAMER, Thomas WEINGÄRTNER
  • Patent number: 9904013
    Abstract: A light guide for industrial, medical, or cosmetic applications is provided, having an outer circumferential surface and at least one end face made of glass, with an optical element made of at least one transparent plastic directly molded to the end face of glass by molding or reactive injection molding, so that the electromagnetic radiation guided in the light guide when in its operational state is directed through the end face of glass into the transparent plastic of the optical element and exits therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Bernd Schultheis, Thomas Weingärtner, Holger Werner
  • Publication number: 20170052319
    Abstract: A light guide for industrial, medical, or cosmetic applications is provided, having an outer circumferential surface and at least one end face made of glass, with an optical element made of at least one transparent plastic directly molded to the end face of glass by molding or reactive injection molding, so that the electromagnetic radiation guided in the light guide when in its operational state is directed through the end face of glass into the transparent plastic of the optical element and exits therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Bernd SCHULTHEIS, Thomas WEINGÄRTNER, Holger WERNER
  • Publication number: 20150088400
    Abstract: An actuating drive for an air passage apparatus for engine cooling in a vehicle is provided. The actuating drive comprises a drive motor for adjusting the air passage apparatus and a control unit for controlling the drive motor, in which control unit are stored operating parameters for a first operating mode of the drive motor, in order to adjust the air passage apparatus between the open and closed position, as intended. The actuating drive has a drive element which is drivable by the drive motor and a driven element movable along an adjustment path with the drive element for adjusting the air passage apparatus. The drive element and the driven element are coupled together in an operating state for adjusting the air passage apparatus, and are decoupled from each other in another operating state, whereby the driven element is movable with respect to the drive element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Matthias Bühler, Thomas Weingärtner, Uwe Klippert, Uwe Sommer, Anto Mijac
  • Patent number: 7783148
    Abstract: A fiber-optic apparatus for receiving emitted radiation from a diode laser having at least one diode laser bar with a multiplicity of emitters which are arranged in at least one row alongside one another in the direction of their longitudinal axis. The fiber-optic apparatus has at least one optical fiber bundle that is associated with the diode laser bar and into which the laser beam is injected. Each emitter has a multiplicity of associated optical fibers. The optical fibers are hot-fused to one another under pressure and without regulation on the input side in order to form at least one fiber wedge with an inlet surface. The emitters of the diode laser bar are directly associated with at least one inlet surface in order to completely receive the laser light emitted from the diode laser bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Thomas Weingärtner, Matthias Ertl, Thomas Reichert
  • Patent number: 7760977
    Abstract: Step-index optical waveguides are made of multicomponent glass containing a core glass and an outer glass which entirely surrounds the core class. A fiber-optic cable for conducting electromagnetic radiation, contains at least one bundle of individual fibers which encompass the step-index optical waveguides that are made of multicomponent glass containing a core glass and an outer glass that entirely surrounds the core glass on the circumferential wall thereof. These step-index optical waveguides provide great transmission capacity for transmitting data while keeping the transfer characteristics sufficiently durable. Furthermore, the fiber-optic cable is resistant against physical and chemical environmental influences and be protected against radical ambient chemicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Axel Curdt, Lothar Willmes, Wolfgang Eis, Markus Kappel, Thomas Weingärtner, Thomas Henrich, Wolfram Gehenn, Uwe Kolberg
  • Publication number: 20100156440
    Abstract: The invention relates to an anti-pinch sensor (10, 13, 36), in particular for recognising an obstacle that obstructs an actuating element (7) of a motor vehicle (1). Said sensor comprises an electrode (17), which can be attached to a measuring potential via a signal line (26) and can be positioned opposite a counter-electrode (25) and comprises an evaluation circuit (34) for detecting the capacitance between the electrode (17) and the counter-electrode (25). The electrode (17) is sub-divided into several electrodes (35), each of which has a separate feed line (23) for connection to the measuring potential. An anti-pinch sensor of this type (10, 13, 36) has a high detection sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & Co.
    Inventors: Thomas Weingärtner, Thorsten Kuhnen, Holger Würstlein
  • Patent number: 7212720
    Abstract: In a method for producing a termination of an optical fiber bundle, the optical fiber bundle is combined at one end in a crimping sleeve, and the crimping sleeve is introduced with the end of the optical fiber bundle into a compression device having a crimping tool which matches the end geometry of the optical fiber bundle. Advantageous effects are achieved by the fact that the crimping sleeve is compression molded over the end of the optical fiber bundle with a predetermined crimping force by the crimping tool, and in that the crimping force is regulated during the compression molding process depending on the material of the crimping sleeve. In this case, the compression molding process is begun, carried out and ended depending on the distance, time and/or force by a regulating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Achim Wied, Jürgen Meinl, Thomas Henrich, Thomas Weingärtner
  • Patent number: 6615638
    Abstract: A device is described for gravimetric testing of multi-channel pipettes having two or more pipette channels. The device has one receptacle (9) per pipette for a test volume or for a container (2, 20) containing the test volume, and in addition, one weighing cell (1) per receptacle (9) for weighing of the container (2, 20) and/or of the test volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Karl Heinz Lochner, Thomas Weingärtner, Jutta Paulus-Neues, Viktor Leibel, Peter Madloch