Patents by Inventor André Striegler

André Striegler 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).

  • Flexibly displaceable coupling device for acoustically excited atomic force microscopy with acoustic excitation of the sample
    Patent number: 8296858
    Abstract: A coupling device for an atomic force microscope with acoustic sample excitation includes a sound generator, in particular an ultrasonic test head, and designed for coupling of sound waves generated using the sound generator into a sample body for the acoustic excitation of the sample body, where the coupling device has a liquid reservoir fillable and/or filled with a liquid in its inner space; the lower side of the sample body can be arranged and/or is arranged laterally displaceably on the liquid reservoir; the end of the sound generator formed for coupling the sound waves into the sample body is arranged in the inner space of the liquid reservoir and/or that sound waves can be coupled into the inner space with this end; and the spatial section of the inner space of the liquid reservoir disposed between this end and the lower side of the sample body is completely fillable and/or filled with the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: André Striegler, Sascha Naumann
  • FLEXIBLY DISPLACEABLE COUPLING DEVICE FOR ACOUSTICALLY EXCITED ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY WITH ACOUSTIC EXCITATION OF THE SAMPLE
    Publication number: 20110296563
    Abstract: A coupling device for an atomic force microscope with acoustic sample excitation includes a sound generator, in particular an ultrasonic test head, and designed for coupling of sound waves generated using the sound generator into a sample body for the acoustic excitation of the sample body, where the coupling device has a liquid reservoir fillable and/or filled with a liquid in its inner space; the lower side of the sample body can be arranged and/or is arranged laterally displaceably on the liquid reservoir; the end of the sound generator formed for coupling the sound waves into the sample body is arranged in the inner space of the liquid reservoir and/or that sound waves can be coupled into the inner space with this end; and the spatial section of the inner space of the liquid reservoir disposed between this end and the lower side of the sample body is completely fillable and/or filled with the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Frauhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: André Striegler, Sascha Naumann