Patents by Inventor Dominique Glauser

Dominique Glauser 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).

  • Configurable insert for a manufacturing carrier
    Patent number: 7175024
    Abstract: A manufacturing carrier has an insert that can be configured and reconfigured for a wide variety components. The carrier has a frame configured to be transported by a conveyor, an insert and at least one positioner. The insert has pin holes arranged in a matrix. The positioner is carried in a pin hole and configured for locating a component at an x axis position, a y axis position, and a z axis position in relation to the insert. The positioner is moveable from the pin hole configured for a component to another pin hole to reconfigure the insert for another component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc
    Inventors: William Fankhauser, Dominique Glauser, Olivier Blandin, Stephane Rohrbach
  • Variable environment laser weld system
    Patent number: 6894246
    Abstract: A welding system with variable environment system is provided that allows devices to be welded in different gas environments. The preferred welding system uses a controllable gas delivery system that provides different gas mixtures to a welding chamber at different times. Thus, welding in different gas mixtures can be performed in a single welding chamber. This allows the devices to be welded both in environments that promote effective welding and in environments that have specific characteristics desirable for gases that remain in the completed device. Thus the system facilitates the formation of different types of devices in a single welding chamber, and in a single manufacturing line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Dominique Glauser, Jose Garcia, Jean-Francois Fischer, Stephane Rohrer, Eric F. Davila Lozada, Yan Cardineau, Claude Brist, Chris J. Paidosh
  • Configurable insert for a manufacturing carrier
    Publication number: 20040211700
    Abstract: A manufacturing carrier has an insert that can be configured and reconfigured for a wide variety components. The carrier has a frame configured to be transported by a conveyor, an insert and at least one positioner. The insert has pin holes arranged in a matrix. The positioner is carried in a pin hole and configured for locating a component at an x axis position, a y axis position, and a z axis position in relation to the insert. The positioner is moveable from the pin hole configured for a component to another pin hole to reconfigure the insert for another component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventors: William Fankhauser, Dominique Glauser, Olivier Blandin, Stephane Rohrbach
  • Variable environment laser weld system
    Publication number: 20040016725
    Abstract: A welding system with variable environment system is provided that allows devices to be welded in different gas environments. The preferred welding system uses a controllable gas delivery system that provides different gas mixtures to a welding chamber at different times. Thus, welding in different gas mixtures can be performed in a single welding chamber. This allows the devices to be welded both in environments that promote effective welding and in environments that have specific characteristics desirable for gases that remain in the completed device. Thus the system facilitates the formation of different types of devices in a single welding chamber, and in a single manufacturing line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Dominique Glauser, Jose Garcia, Jean-Francois Fischer, Stephane Rohrer, Eric F. Davila Lozada, Yan Cardineau, Claude Brist, Chris J. Paidosh