Patents by Inventor Jurg Fingerle

Jurg Fingerle 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: 5053854
    Abstract: A semiconductor component including a semiconductor substrate having a main electrode and a control electrode. The main electrode includes a groove in which is inserted a U-shaped insulation body. The control electrode is disposed in the groove and is insulated from the main electrode by the insulation body. A spring is provided in the groove between the control electrode and the insulation body and presses the control electrode against the semiconductor substrate. In this way, the control electrode is displaceable with respect to the insulation body in a direction perpendicular to the main surface of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1991
    Assignee: BBC Brown Boveri AG
    Inventors: Peter Almenrader, Jiri Dlouhy, Jurg Fingerle, Otto Kuhn
  • Patent number: 4096550
    Abstract: An illuminating arrangement for a field-effect liquid-crystal display having a transparent plate disposed on the side of the liquid-crystal display away from the observer in which there is a recess formed in a thickened side portion thereof for receiving a light source and wherein the surface of the plate, at least on the side thereof away from the liquid-crystal display, is smooth and the surface next to the liquid-crystal display is provided with a continuous reflecting film of low transparency. Preferably, a reflector also is mounted on the surface of the plate facing away from the liquid-crystal display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1978
    Assignee: BBC Brown Boveri & Company Limited
    Inventors: Walter Boller, Marco Donati, Jurg Fingerle, Peter Wild