Patents by Inventor Thorsten Cywinski

Thorsten Cywinski 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: 11906883
    Abstract: A holder base part for securing at least one camera housing to a vehicle part of a vehicle, a camera housing and a camera system are described. The holder base part has a retaining element with a securing portion, by which the retaining element is secured to the vehicle part, and which has a retaining portion by which the retaining element is separably connected to a connection element on the side of the at least one camera housing by a sliding movement along a notional connection axis. The retaining portion contributes to defining an insertion region into which the housing-side connection element is inserted for separable connection to the retaining element. The retaining element has a holder-locking element which interacts with a housing-locking element on the side of the camera housing to lock a connection between the retaining element and the connection element. The holder-locking element is arranged in the insertion region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH
    Inventors: Thorsten Cywinski, Raviraj Choure, Kai Elmering, Bernd Biehlman
  • Publication number: 20220179294
    Abstract: A holder base part for securing at least one camera housing to a vehicle part of a vehicle, a camera housing and a camera system are described. The holder base part has a retaining element with a securing portion, by which the retaining element is secured to the vehicle part, and which has a retaining portion by which the retaining element is separably connected to a connection element on the side of the at least one camera housing by a sliding movement along a notional connection axis. The retaining portion contributes to defining an insertion region into which the housing-side connection element is inserted for separable connection to the retaining element. The retaining element has a holder-locking element which interacts with a housing-locking element on the side of the camera housing to lock a connection between the retaining element and the connection element. The holder-locking element is arranged in the insertion region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten Cywinski, Raviraj Choure, Kai Elmering, Bernd Biehlman
  • Publication number: 20070188893
    Abstract: The invention relates to a camera system, in particular for an environment detection system of a vehicle. The system comprises a retaining frame for retaining a lens carrier, whose lens guides incident light onto an image sensor. The invention is characterized in that the retaining frame comprises a bearing surface for a contact surface of the lens carrier, running essentially parallel to the plane of the image sensor and that the lens carrier can be displaced, in an alignment disposition, on a plane of the bearing surface and can be permanently fixed in a target position. The invention also relates to a system for aligning a lens carrier, comprising a lens, relative to an image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2005
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Thorsten Cywinski, Thorsten Meyer, Heiner Bayha, Rolf Briem, Karl-Heinz John, Thomas Stenzenberger