Patents by Inventor Beat Maerki

Beat Maerki 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: 11783971
    Abstract: A joint joins an alloy member to a ceramic member via a glass joining agent, which is joined to the alloy member by a material bonded joint and to the ceramic member by a further material bonded joint. The glass joining agent is made of a glass having a melting point below 800° C.; a coefficient of thermal expansion of at least 9-10?6 K?1 and a bismuth content of at least 10%. The alloy member has a coefficient of thermal expansion of at least 9-10?6 K?1. The ceramic member has a maximum coefficient of thermal expansion of 8-10?6 K?1. The material bonded joint defines a mixing region that is a partial region of the ceramic member, and the bismuth content in the mixing region is higher than that of the ceramic member outside the mixing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: KISTLER HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Giovanni Mastrogiacomo, Hans Beat Maerki, Thomas Cadonau
  • Publication number: 20230204446
    Abstract: A transducer for determining a pressure of a hydrogen-containing fluid medium confined in a first space includes a pressure side end configured to be disposed facing the fluid medium. The transducer includes a housing, which defines a second space, and a measuring arrangement disposed in the second space. The pressure side end includes a diaphragm configured and disposed for hermetically separating the first space from the second space. The diaphragm includes a metallic material that is made of a high-alloy martensite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Giovanni Mastrogiacomo, Hans Beat Maerki, Thomas Cadonau
  • Publication number: 20220223323
    Abstract: A joint joins an alloy member to a ceramic member via a glass joining agent, which is joined to the alloy member by a material bonded joint and to the ceramic member by a further material bonded joint. The glass joining agent is made of a glass having a melting point below 800° C.; a coefficient of thermal expansion of at least 9-10?6 K?1 and a bismuth content of at least 10%. The alloy member has a coefficient of thermal expansion of at least 9-10?6 K?1. The ceramic member has a maximum coefficient of thermal expansion of 8-10?6 K?1. The material bonded joint defines a mixing region that is a partial region of the ceramic member, and the bismuth content in the mixing region is higher than that of the ceramic member outside the mixing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Giovanni Mastrogiacomo, Hans Beat Maerki, Thomas Cadonau
  • Publication number: 20160228966
    Abstract: A method for producing a material-bonding metal-ceramic soldered connection of an uncoated ceramic body to a metal part uses a metallic solder and begins by choosing the metal part with a 50% fraction of an oxygen-affine element; choosing the ceramic body with at least 80% aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, silicon oxide or an alloy thereof; choosing an inactive, eutectic or near-eutectic solder; and forming a structure with the ceramic body and the metal part with an intermediate space between the their opposing surfaces. The solder is introduced into the intermediate space or the vicinity thereof. The structure is heated in a vacuum at a soldering temperature (T) greater than the liquidus temperature (TL) of the solder for a soldering period. The connection is applied between a ceramic bushing and a high-temperature sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: Kristler Holding AG
    Inventors: GIOVANNI MASTROGIACOMO, HANS-BEAT MÄRKI
  • Patent number: 7210276
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wooden floor, consisting of a hardenable adhesive (12) which is painted onto a floor base (10) in a continuous layer, and covering elements (16) consisting of wood or a wood material that are joined to the adhesive in its entirety by their surface (14) to be glued. According to the invention, the adhesive layer (12) has a thickness of 0.5 to 5 mm and the combined tension and shear strength of the adhesive (12), in its hardened state, is les than that of the floor base (10) and is at most 1.2 N/mm2, in order to obtain a floor covering with excellent dimensional stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Sika Chemie GmbH
    Inventors: Elke Kraft, Thorsten Kraus, Juergen Koessler, Ralf Heinzmann, Roland Schneider, Hans-Christoph Thielemann, Morten Muschak, Norbert Singer, Michael Geissbuehler, Josef Wolf, Beat Maerki, Dieter Geng, Ueli Pfenninger, Philippe De Vriendt, Fabio Guerrini