Patents by Inventor Helmut Teroerde

Helmut Teroerde 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).

  • Method of supporting a growing single crystal during crystallization of the single crystal according to the FZ method
    Patent number: 10094042
    Abstract: A growing single crystal is supported in the region of a conical section of the single crystal via a supporting body during crystallization of the single crystal by the FZ method. The method comprises pressing the supporting body against the conical section of the growing single crystal at a temperature at which a first material of the supporting body becomes soft, and continuing pressing the supporting body against the conical section of the growing single crystal until the first material and a second material of the supporting body that remains hard at the cited temperature touch the conical section of the growing single crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: SILTRONIC AG
    Inventors: Kurt Niederer, Helmut Teroerde, Josef Berger, Goetz Meisterernst, Frank Muemmler, Simon Zitzelsberger
  • Method Of Supporting A Growing Single Crystal During Crystallization Of The Single Crystal According To The FZ Method
    Publication number: 20160060786
    Abstract: A growing single crystal is supported in the region of a conical section of the single crystal via a supporting body during crystallization of the single crystal by the FZ method. The method comprises pressing the supporting body against the conical section of the growing single crystal at a temperature at which a first material of the supporting body becomes soft, and continuing pressing the supporting body against the conical section of the growing single crystal until the first material and a second material of the supporting body that remains hard at the cited temperature touch the conical section of the growing single crystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Kurt Niederer, Helmut Teroerde, Josef Berger, Goetz Meisterernst, Frank Muemmler, Simon Zitzelsberger