Patents by Inventor Tim Schmitz

Tim Schmitz 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: 12080937
    Abstract: A vehicle window includes a glass pane, an electrically conductive functional component, at least two busbars, wherein the electrically conductive functional component is electrically conductively connected to the busbars such that when an electrical voltage is applied to the busbars, a current can flow through the electrically conductive functional component, a transponder having an antenna and a control unit for communicating with a reader, wherein the control unit includes a memory for storing identification data, wherein a reflector is associated with and spaced apart from the transponder for increasing an antenna gain of the antenna, wherein the reflector is formed at least partially by one of the two busbars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Thomas Holtstiege, Tim Schmitz, David Bertel
  • Patent number: 11663425
    Abstract: A vehicle window includes a first glass pane, a transponder having an antenna and a control unit for communicating with a reader, wherein the control unit includes a memory for storing identification data. A reflector is associated with and spaced apart from the transponder for increasing an antenna gain of the antenna, wherein the reflector is implemented as a transparent, electrically conductive coating and/or as a metallic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Thomas Holtstiege, Tim Schmitz, Stefan Droste
  • Publication number: 20220223995
    Abstract: A vehicle window includes a glass pane, an electrically conductive functional component, at least two busbars, wherein the electrically conductive functional component is electrically conductively connected to the busbars such that when an electrical voltage is applied to the busbars, a current can flow through the electrically conductive functional component, a transponder having an antenna and a control unit for communicating with a reader, wherein the control unit includes a memory for storing identification data, wherein a reflector is associated with and spaced apart from the transponder for increasing an antenna gain of the antenna, wherein the reflector is formed at least partially by one of the two busbars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas HOLTSTIEGE, Tim SCHMITZ, David BERTEL
  • Publication number: 20210256230
    Abstract: A vehicle window includes a first glass pane, a transponder having an antenna and a control unit for communicating with a reader, wherein the control unit includes a memory for storing identification data. A reflector is associated with and spaced apart from the transponder for increasing an antenna gain of the antenna, wherein the reflector is implemented as a transparent, electrically conductive coating and/or as a metallic ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas HOLTSTIEGE, Tim SCHMITZ, Stefan DROSTE
  • Publication number: 20120022820
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for underwater navigation, particularly for scuba divers, and for autonomous, manned, or remote-controlled underwater vessels, wherein the signals of at least one sensor, comprising at least one acceleration sensor for determining the actual position, are integratively analyzed, accuracy is improved by means of the use of reference measurements, and a correction is carried out by way of a correction vector obtained from the transformation of the vector of the accelerations measured by the acceleration sensor in the diving computer coordinate system into the global coordinate system, the comparison to at least one of the reference measurement values, the determination of the deviation and the reverse transformation of the deviation to the diving computer coordinate system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Guenter Schmitz, Tim Schmitz