Patents by Inventor Jorg Vetter
Jorg Vetter 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).
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Patent number: 11942311Abstract: In order to improve the etching depth and/or the etching homogeneity at a substrate, a plasma source with one or more single electrodes or one or more magnets is proposed. The magnet generates a magnetic field in the vicinity of the electrodes, which may be rear-side or front-side.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, PFÄFFIKONInventor: Jörg Vetter
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Publication number: 20220372629Abstract: A substrate having a multilayer coating system in the form of a surface coating, which has an outer cover layer comprising amorphous carbon, and a coating process for producing a substrate. At least a first MoaNx support layer is provided between the substrate and the cover layer, which support layer has a nitrogen content x, referred to an Mo content a, which is in the range of 25 at %?x?55 at %, with x+a=100 at %.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, PFÄFFIKONInventors: Jörg VETTER, Jürgen BECKER, Johann KARNER
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Patent number: 11504888Abstract: Methods for producing at least a part of a sporting good, in particular a sports shoe, can include: (a) depositing a first material into a mold, and (b) vibrating the mold to modify the distribution of the first material in the mold.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Hans-Peter Nürnberg, Henry Niles Hanson, Martin Löhner, Dietmar Klaus Drummer, Jörg Vetter, Mirjam Lucht, Heinz Hohensinner, André Schmidt, Norbert Stark, Winfried Schmidt, Markus Hohenberger, Stephan Lintner, Muhammad Tausif, Tom O'Hare, Parikshit Goswami, Stephen John Russell
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Publication number: 20220275498Abstract: A method to produce a hard coating onto a substrate, wherein the hard coating comprises a hydrogen-free amorphous carbon coating, wherein the amorphous carbon coating is deposited onto the substrate using a cathodic arc discharge deposition technique, wherein a bias voltage is applied to the substrate with an absolute value that is greater than 0 V, preferably greater than 10 V and less than 1000 V, and wherein the absolute value of the bias voltage is increased during the coating process to obtain a first structure and a second structure and a gradient between the first and the second structure along the coating thickness, wherein the first and the second structure comprise sp2 and sp3 carbon bonds but differ in their relative concentration, wherein at least one coating pause is applied during the coating process in order to reduce the substrate temperature during the coating pause.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Jürgen BECKER, Neir BEGANOVIC, Johann KARNER, Timea STELZIG, Jörg VETTER
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Publication number: 20220051882Abstract: In order to improve the etching depth and/or the etching homogeneity at a substrate, a plasma source with one or more single electrodes or one or more magnets is proposed. The magnet generates a magnetic field in the vicinity of the electrodes, which may be rear-side or front-side.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2019Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicant: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, PFÄFFIKONInventor: Jörg VETTER
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Publication number: 20220051879Abstract: In order to improve the etch depth and/or the etch homogeneity of a substrate, a plasma source with one or more evaporators and two or more electrodes according to the invention is proposed. The use of more than one electrode allows the use of different currents at the electrodes and a time-selective application of the currents, so that an improved control of the plasma generation is enabled.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2019Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicant: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, PFÄFFIKONInventor: Jörg VETTER
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Patent number: 10083822Abstract: The invention relates to a physical vapor deposition coating device (1), comprising a process chamber (2) with an anode (3) and a consumable cathode (4) to be consumed by an electrical discharge for coating a substrate located within the process chamber (2). The coating device (1) further includes a first electrical energy source (5) being connected with its negative pole to said consumable cathode (4), and a second electrical energy source (6) being connected with its positive pole to said anode (3). According to the invention, a third electrical energy source (7) is provided being connected with its negative pole to a source cathode (8) which is different from the consumable cathode (4). In addition, the invention relates to a physical vapor deposition method for coating a substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2009Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, PFAEFFIKONInventors: Jones Alami, Georg Erkens, Tariq Rasa, Jörg Vetter
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Publication number: 20180147752Abstract: Described are methods for producing at least a part of a sporting good, in particular a sports shoe. According to one aspect of the invention, the method includes the steps of: (a) depositing a first material into a mold and (b) vibrating the mold to modify the distribution of the first material in the mold.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2017Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Hans-Peter Nürnberg, Henry Niles Hanson, Frank Prissok, Martin Löhner, Dietmar Klaus Drummer, Jörg Vetter, Mirjam Lucht, Heinz Hohensinner, André Schmidt, Norbert Stark, Winfried Schmidt, Markus Hohenberger, Stephan Lintner, Muhammad Tausif, Tom O'Hare, Parikshit Goswami, Stephen John Russell
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Patent number: 9915346Abstract: Disclosed is a piston ring (1) having a substrate (10) to which a wear resistant coating (20) is applied that includes at least one first element with a melting point Tm?700° C. The wear resistant coating (20) contains at least one second element with a melting point Tm>760° C. The wear resistant coating also includes droplets (30) which have a diameter (D) and which contain at least the first element, wherein at least 90% of the droplets (30) have a value 1 ?m?D?10 ?m. In the method for producing a wear resistant coating (20) using an arc evaporation technique, the target material includes at least one first element with a melting point Tm?700° C. and at least one second element with a melting point Tm>760° C., wherein the quantity of the second material contained in the target material is such that the melting point (Tm) of the target material ?1000° C.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Federal-Mogul Burscheid GmbHInventors: Ralf Lammers, Christiane Bauer, Manfred Fischer, Jorg Vetter
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Patent number: 9856556Abstract: The present invention relates to a wear resistant coating suitable to be deposited on cutting tool inserts for chip forming metal machining. The coating comprises at least two layers with different grain size, but with essentially the same composition. The coating is deposited by Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD).Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2011Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, PFAEFFIKONInventors: Jacob Sjölén, Jon Andersson, Jörg Vetter, Jürgen Müller
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Patent number: 9551066Abstract: A high-power pulsed magnetron sputtering process, wherein within a process chamber by means of an electrical energy source a sequence of complex discharge pulses is produced by applying an electrical voltage between an anode and a cathode in order to ionize a sputtering gas. The complex discharge pulse is applied for a complex pulse time. The cathode has a target comprising a material to be sputtered for the coating of a substrate, and the complex discharge pulse includes an electrical high-power sputtering pulse having a negative polarity with respect to the anode and being applied for a first pulse-time, the high-power sputtering pulse being followed by an electrical low-power charge cleaning pulse having a positive polarity with respect to the anode and being applied for a second pulse-time. The ratio ?1/?2 of the first pulse-time (?1) in proportion to the second pulse-time (?2) is 0.5 at the most.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2009Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, PFAEFFIKONInventors: Jones Alami, Georg Erkens, Jürgen Müller, Jörg Vetter
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Patent number: 9551067Abstract: The invention relates to a coating method for depositing a layer system formed from hard material layers on a substrate, by depositing at least one contact layer including the evaporation material on the surface of the substrate only by means of a cathodic vacuum arc evaporation source. After the depositing of the contact layer, at least one intermediate layer is deposited in the form of a nano-layer intermediate layer in a hybrid phase or as a nanocomposite layer, including the evaporation material and the discharge material, by parallel operation of a cathodic vacuum arc evaporation source and of a magnetron discharge source.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2013Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, PFAEFFIKONInventors: Jörg Vetter, Georg Erkens, Jürgen Müller
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Patent number: 9028960Abstract: A wear resistant coating suitable to be deposited on cutting tool inserts for chip forming metal machining, includes at least two layers with different grain size, but with essentially the same composition. The coating is deposited by Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD).Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2011Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Seco Tools ABInventors: Jacob Sjölén, Jon Andersson, Jörg Vetter, Jürgen Müller
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Patent number: 8911867Abstract: The invention relates to a protective coating, having the chemical composition CaSibBdNeOgHlMem, wherein Me is at least one metal of the group consisting of {Al, Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta, W, Y, Sc, La, Ce, Nd, Pm, Sm, Pr, Mg, Ni, Co, Fe, Mn}, with a+b+d+e+g+l+m=1. According to the invention, the following conditions are satisfied: 0.45?a?0.98, 0.01?b?0.40, 0.01?d?0.30, 0?e?0.35, 0?g?0.20, 0?l?0.35, 0?m?0.20. The invention relates also to a coated member having a protective coating, as well as to a method for producing a protective coating, in particular a multilayer film for a member.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2009Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Oerlikon Metaplas GmbHInventor: Jörg Vetter
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Publication number: 20140353923Abstract: Disclosed is a piston ring (1) having a substrate (10) to which a wear resistant coating (20) is applied that includes at least one first element with a melting point Tm?700° C. The wear resistant coating (20) contains at least one second element with a melting point Tm>760° C. The wear resistant coating also includes droplets (30) which have a diameter (D) and which contain at least the first element, wherein at least 90% of the droplets (30) have a value 1 ?m?D?10 ?m. In the method for producing a wear resistant coating (20) using an arc evaporation technique, the target material includes at least one first element with a melting point Tm?700° C. and at least one second element with a melting point Tm>760° C., wherein the quantity of the second material contained in the target material is such that the melting point (Tm) of the target material ?1000° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2013Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: Ralf Lammers, Christiane Bauer, Manfred Fischer, Jorg Vetter
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Publication number: 20130302596Abstract: The invention relates to a coating method for depositing a layer system formed from hard material layers on a substrate, by depositing at least one contact layer including the evaporation material on the surface of the substrate only by means of a cathodic vacuum arc evaporation source. After the depositing of the contact layer, at least one intermediate layer is deposited in the form of a nano-layer intermediate layer in a hybrid phase or as a nanocomposite layer, including the evaporation material and the discharge material, by parallel operation of a cathodic vacuum arc evaporation source and of a magnetron discharge source.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventors: Jörg Vetter, Georg Erkens, Jürgen Müller
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Patent number: 8492008Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting tool for the machining of wood or a wood-based material, in particular a wood composite material, or a plastic, wherein a layer system for the formation of a surface coating is present on a surface of a cutting edge of the cutting tool. An outermost surface layer of the layer system is formed from a composition of the form [Cr1-xOx]zXaCbNc with 0.05<x<0.75 and 0<z?1, 0?a<1, 0?b<1, 0?c<1 and z+a+b+c=1 and X being an element from the group of the chemical elements consisting of Si, B, Al, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Sc, Y, La, Th, the elements of the group of the lanthanides and the elements of the group IIa of the periodic system of the elements. The invention further relates to a method for the manufacture of a workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2008Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Sulzer Metaplas GmbHInventor: Jorg Vetter
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Publication number: 20130171374Abstract: The present invention relates to a wear resistant coating suitable to be deposited on cutting tool inserts for chip forming metal machining. The coating comprises at least two layers with different grain size, but with essentially the same composition. The coating is deposited by Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2011Publication date: July 4, 2013Inventors: Jacob Sjölén, Jon Andersson, Jörg Vetter, Jürgen Müller
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Patent number: 8470456Abstract: The invention relates to a layer system for the formation of a surface layer on a surface of a substrate, in particular on the surface of a tool, wherein the layer system includes at least one first hard layer of the composition (MoSipAYq)?(NrCsOt)? with (o+p+q)=?, (r+s+t)=?, and (?+?)=100, wherein 40???60 and wherein M is at least one metal of the group of the chemical elements consisting of Al and the elements of the secondary groups IVb, Vb, VIb of the periodic system of elements. In accordance with the invention the component AY is at least one element of the group of the chemical elements consisting of Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and the elements of the secondary group IIIB and the elements of the main group IA, IIA and IIIA and the elements of the group of the lanthanoids of the periodic system of chemical elements, with AY preferably additionally containing boron.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2008Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Sulzer Metaplas GmbHInventors: Jörg Vetter, Georg Erkens
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Publication number: 20130071617Abstract: A wear resistant coating suitable to be deposited on cutting tool inserts for chip forming metal machining, includes at least two layers with different grain size, but with essentially the same composition. The coating is deposited by Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: SECO TOOLS ABInventors: Jacob Sjölén, Jon Andersom, Jörg Vetter, Jürgen Müller