Patents by Inventor Bianca GRÜNDIG-WENDROCK

Bianca GRÜNDIG-WENDROCK 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).

  • Device and method for producing silicon blocks
    Patent number: 9371597
    Abstract: Device for producing silicon blocks for photovoltaic applications, comprising a container for receiving a silicon melt with a base wall and at least one side wall, means for reducing the diffusion of impurities from at least one of the walls of the container into the silicon melt, wherein the means for reducing the diffusion of impurities comprise at least one covering element for the at least partial covering of at least one of the walls of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignees: SolarWorld Innovations GmbH, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Bernhard Freudenberg, Sara Grützner, Marc Dietrich, Kaspars Dadzis, Andreas Krause, Bianca Gründig-Wendrock, Doreen Nauert, Matthias Trempa, Christian Reimann, Jochen Friedrich
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SILICON BLOCKS
    Publication number: 20130065032
    Abstract: Device for producing silicon blocks for photovoltaic applications, comprising a container for receiving a silicon melt with a base wall and at least one side wall, means for reducing the diffusion of impurities from at least one of the walls of the container into the silicon melt, wherein the means for reducing the diffusion of impurities comprise at least one covering element for the at least partial covering of at least one of the walls of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Bernhard FREUDENBERG, Sara GRUTZNER, Marc DIETRICH, Kaspars DADZIS, Andreas KRAUSE, Bianca GRÜNDIG-WENDROCK, Doreen NAUERT, Matthias TREMPA, Christian REINMANN, Jochen FRIEDRICH