Patents by Inventor Thorsten Koehler

Thorsten Koehler 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: 20200122528
    Abstract: A crawler for capturing and determining state parameters or state data of vehicle tires mounted on a vehicle, with a vehicle chassis with at least two axles and at least three wheels or with a chain or caterpillar drive, a drive system (3) with at least one electric motor and a rechargeable battery pack, an electronic vehicle controller (4), a communication unit (5) for receiving data from a backend and for transmitting data to a backend, a sensor system (6) with receivers for receiving data from sensors installed in the tires and with sensors for capturing state parameters at the outside of the tires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Joerg Lehmann, Thorsten Koehler, Karl-Heinz Eglseder
  • Patent number: 10387735
    Abstract: A monitoring unit for monitoring an environment outside of a motor vehicle includes a camera with an imaging sensor that has both color pixels and monochrome pixels. Pixel groups each include one or two color pixels and respectively three or two monochrome pixels. The pixel groups are arranged in a repeating pattern of partial color encoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Henryk Frenzel, Thorsten Koehler, Stephan Voltz, Ulrich Wagner
  • Publication number: 20180357497
    Abstract: A monitoring unit for monitoring an environment outside of a motor vehicle includes a camera with an imaging sensor that has both color pixels and monochrome pixels. Pixel groups each include one or two color pixels and respectively three or two monochrome pixels. The pixel groups are arranged in a repeating pattern of partial color encoding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Henryk FRENZEL, Thorsten KOEHLER, Stephan VOLTZ, Ulrich WAGNER
  • Patent number: 10055654
    Abstract: A monitoring unit for monitoring an environment outside of a motor vehicle includes a camera with an imaging sensor that has both color pixels and monochrome pixels. Pixel groups each include one or two color pixels and respectively three or two monochrome pixels. The pixel groups are arranged in a repeating pattern of partial color encoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Henryk Frenzel, Thorsten Koehler, Stephan Voltz, Ulrich Wagner
  • Patent number: 9704048
    Abstract: An imaging system for imaging an environment outside of a motor vehicle combines color-coded pixels and non-color-coded pixels in a single imaging sensor of a camera. Pixel groups each include at least one color-coded pixel and at least two non-color-coded pixels. The pixel groups are arranged in a repeating pattern of partial color encoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Henryk Frenzel, Thorsten Koehler, Stephan Voltz, Ulrich Wagner
  • Publication number: 20170191170
    Abstract: A flat steel product which is provided for forming into a component by hot pressing and which has a base layer of steel on which is applied a Zn or Zn alloy metallic protective coating for protecting against corrosion. On at least one of the free surfaces of the flat steel product, a separate cover layer is applied which contains an oxide, nitride, sulphide, carbide, hydrate or phosphate compound of a base metal. In addition, a method which allows the production of such a flat steel product, and a method which allows the production of a component from such a flat steel product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Ken-Dominic Flechtner, Thorsten Koehler, Maria Koeyer, Manfred Meurer, Axel Schrooten
  • Publication number: 20150215550
    Abstract: A monitoring unit for monitoring an environment outside of a motor vehicle includes a camera with an imaging sensor that has both color pixels and monochrome pixels. Pixel groups each include one or two color pixels and respectively three or two monochrome pixels. The pixel groups are arranged in a repeating pattern of partial color encoding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Henryk FRENZEL, Thorsten KOEHLER, Stephan VOLTZ, Ulrich WAGNER
  • Publication number: 20150213319
    Abstract: An imaging system for imaging an environment outside of a motor vehicle combines color-coded pixels and non-color-coded pixels in a single imaging sensor of a camera. Pixel groups each include at least one color-coded pixel and at least two non-color-coded pixels. The pixel groups are arranged in a repeating pattern of partial color encoding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Henryk FRENZEL, Thorsten KOEHLER, Stephan VOLTZ, Ulrich WAGNER
  • Publication number: 20140057130
    Abstract: A flat steel product which is provided for forming into a component by hot pressing and which has a base layer of steel on which is applied a Zn or a Zn alloy metallic protective coating for protecting against corrosion. On at least one of the free surfaces of the flat steel product, a separate cover layer is applied which contains an oxide, nitride, sulphide, carbide, hydrate or phosphate compound of a base metal. In addition, a method which allows the production of such a flat steel product, and a method which allows the production of a component from such a flat steel product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: THYSSENKRUPP STEEL EUROPE AG
    Inventors: Ken-Dominic Flechtner, Thorsten Koehler, Maria Koeyer, Manfred Meurer, Axel Schrooten
  • Patent number: 8580600
    Abstract: An image capturing system includes an optical component, a sensor below and connected to the optical component for capturing radiation, and a chip below the sensor for processing and/or storing and/or transmitting information captured by the sensor. The sensor and the Chip are directly connected to each other. The disclosure further relates to a production method for an image capturing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Thorsten Koehler
  • Publication number: 20130283882
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an installation for producing a component from sheet magnesium, comprising a forming tool, which comprises a punch and a die, for forming a semi-finished product made of sheet magnesium, in particular a semi-finished product in the form of a sheet magnesium blank, and a device for heating the semi-finished product to an elevated temperature, preferably to a temperature of at least 200° C., prior to the forming. In order to reduce the component costs, the invention proposes that the forming tool is designed without an internal heat source, is provided with a semi-finished product holder on which the heated semi-finished product can be placed in the forming tool without direct contact with the punch and the die, and comprises a drive which brings about a closing speed of the punch and the die in the range of 15 mm/s to 500 mm/s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicants: MGF MAGNESIUM FLACHSTAHL GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP STEEL EUROPE AG
    Inventors: Sascha Sikora, Franz-Josef Lenze, Thorsten Koehler, Ralf Scheitza, Hans-Peter Vogt
  • Publication number: 20100259672
    Abstract: An image capturing system includes an optical component, a sensor below and connected to the optical component for capturing radiation, and a chip below the sensor for processing and/or storing and/or transmitting information captured by the sensor. The sensor and the Chip are directly connected to each other. The disclosure further relates to a production method for an image capturing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventor: Thorsten Koehler