Patents by Inventor Manfred Heinze

Manfred Heinze 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: 7168419
    Abstract: The invention relates to an exhaust gas heat exchanger comprising a bundle of pipes consisting of exhaust gas pipes and a bypass channel in a common housing. The pipe bundle is arranged in a first chamber that is crossflown by a liquid coolant and the bypass channel is arranged in a second, separate chamber. The pipe bundle and the by pass channel lead into a common exhaust gas inlet area and a common exhaust gas outlet area in which an exhaust gas valve actuated by a servo-drive is arranged, said valve guiding the exhaust gas flow through the pipe bundle or the bypass channel. According to the invention, the exhaust gas valve has a movable closing organ that is resistant to bending, said organ being preferably embodied as a pivoting semi-flap that is fixed with a longitudinal side to a drive shaft that is arranged crosswise relative to the exhaust gas flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jürgen Rosin, Bernhard Bronischewski, Ulrich Fassbender, Manfred Heinze, Andreas Krien, Markus Wallraven
  • Patent number: 7109509
    Abstract: For a device for the detection of substrates stacked at an opening of a wall element, there existed the problem of constructing the detection device in such a way that the detection of the position of the substrates can be performed more flexibly with respect to the course of measurement and the measuring method employed and a defined approach of a sensor system to the semiconductor substrate to be detected is ensured in a definite position of measurement with a lowered risk of particle generation. A transmitting and receiving device (11) consists of a vertical drive mechanism (10) mounted on the wall element (1) and a sensor head (13) that can be adjusted between a lower and an upper position by means of the vertical drive mechanism (10), said sensor head being arranged so as to pivot on the vertical drive mechanism (10) in order to pivot into the opening (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Brooks Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: Ulysses Gilchrist, Louise S. Barriss, Hagen Raue, Berndt Lahne, Manfred Heinze, Joachim König, Klaus Schultz
  • Publication number: 20060162706
    Abstract: The invention relates to an exhaust gas heat exchanger comprising a bundle of pipes consisting of exhaust gas pipes and a bypass channel in a common housing. The pipe bundle is arranged in a first chamber that is crossflown by a liquid coolant and the bypass channel is arranged in a second, separate chamber. The pipe bundle and the by pass channel lead into a common exhaust gas inlet area and a common exhaust gas outlet area in which an exhaust gas valve actuated by a servo-drive is arranged, said valve guiding the exhaust gas flow through the pipe bundle or the bypass channel. According to the invention, the exhaust gas valve has a movable closing organ that is resistant to bending, said organ being preferably embodied as a pivoting semi-flap that is fixed with a longitudinal side to a drive shaft that is arranged crosswise relative to the exhaust gas flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Jurgen Rosin, Bernhard Bronischewski, Ulrich Fassbender, Manfred Heinze, Andreas Krien, Markus Wallraven
  • Patent number: 7032577
    Abstract: The invention relates to an exhaust gas heat exchanger (2) comprising a bundle of pipes (21) consisting of exhaust gas pipes (22) and a bypass channel (23) in a common housing. The pipe bundle is arranged in a first chamber that is crossflown by a liquid coolant and the bypass channel is arranged in a second, separate chamber. The pipe bundle and the bypass channel lead into a common exhaust gas inlet area and a common exhaust gas outlet area in which an exhaust gas valve actuated by a servo-drive is arranged, said valve guiding the exhaust gas flow through the pipe bundle or the bypass channel. According to the invention, the exhaust gas valve has a movable closing organ that is resistant to bending, said organ being preferably embodied as a pivoting semi-flap (27) that is fixed with a longitudinal side (28) to a drive shaft (30) that is arranged crosswise relative to the exhaust gas flow (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: BEHR GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jürgen Rosin, Bernhard Bronischewski, Ulrich Fassbender, Manfred Heinze, Andreas Krien, Markus Wallraven
  • Patent number: 6986636
    Abstract: A device for positioning disk-shaped objects (1) to inspect the front and rear sides of disk-shaped objects and to reduce the negative effect of large-area contact between the holder and the disk-shaped object. The device comprises a rotatable table (24) which can be adjusted in the x-y direction in an adjustment plane and is intended to accomodate a platform (3). A fork-shaped frame (8) is mounted on the platform so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation which is aligned perpendicular to the surface of the platform (3) and the angle of tilt of which can be set relative to the adjustment plane. At its fork ends, the fork-shaped frame (8) has another axis of rotation which is aligned perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the fork-shaped frame (8) and about which a frame-shaped object holder (9) is mounted so as to be rotatable in the fork-shaped frame (8) for the purpose of turning the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Brooks Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: Joachim Konig, Steffen Kruger, Bjorn Zimmer, Manfred Heinze
  • Publication number: 20050039729
    Abstract: The invention relates to an exhaust gas heat exchanger (2) comprising a bundle of pipes (21) consisting of exhaust gas pipes (22) and a bypass channel (23) in a common housing. The pipe bundle is arranged in a first chamber that is crossflown by a liquid coolant and the bypass channel is arranged in a second, separate chamber. The pipe bundle and the bypass channel lead into a common exhaust gas inlet area and a common exhaust gas outlet area in which an exhaust gas valve actuated by a servo-drive is arranged, said valve guiding the exhaust gas flow through the pipe bundle or the bypass channel. According to the invention, the exhaust gas valve has a movable closing organ that is resistant to bending, said organ being preferably embodied as a pivoting semi-flap (27) that is fixed with a longitudinal side (28) to a drive shaft (30) that is arranged crosswise relative to the exhaust gas flow (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Jurgen Rosin, Bernhard Bronischewski, Ulrich Fassbender, Manfred Heinze, Andreas Krien, Markus Wallraven
  • Publication number: 20040188641
    Abstract: For a device for the detection of substrates stacked at an opening of a wall element, there existed the problem of constructing the detection device in such a way that the detection of the position of the substrates can be performed more flexibly with respect to the course of measurement and the measuring method employed and a defined approach of a sensor system to the semiconductor substrate to be detected is ensured in a definite position of measurement with a lowered risk of particle generation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Ulysses Gilchrist, Louise S. Barriss, Hagen Raue, Berndt Lahne, Manfred Heinze, Joachim Konig, Klaus Schultz
  • Publication number: 20030206794
    Abstract: A device for positioning disk-shaped objects (1) to inspect the front and rear sides of disk-shaped objects and to reduce the negative effect of large-area contact between the holder and the disk-shaped object. The device comprises a rotatable table (24) which can be adjusted in the x-y direction in an adjustment plane and is intended to accomodate a platform (3). A fork-shaped frame (8) is mounted on the platform so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation which is aligned perpendicular to the surface of the platform (3) and the angle of tilt of which can be set relative to the adjustment plane. At its fork ends, the fork-shaped frame (8) has another axis of rotation which is aligned perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the fork-shaped frame (8) and about which a frame-shaped object holder (9) is mounted so as to be rotatable in the fork-shaped frame (8) for the purpose of turning the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Joachim Konig, Steffen Kruger, Bjorn Zimmer, Manfred Heinze
  • Patent number: 5807062
    Abstract: An arrangement for handling wafer-shaped objects is to ensure a high degree of positioning accuracy with increased productivity, freely selectable transport paths, and low mechanical expenditure under SMIF conditions. The arrangement has at least one indexing device for supplying and accepting the objects at a supplying and accepting location situated in a handling plane and at least one transporting device for transporting the wafer-shaped objects between the supplying and accepting location and a work station. The work station, together with at least one other work station, is arranged substantially coaxially to a central point through which passes a rotational axis of a changer. The arrangement is applicable in the manufacture of integrated circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Jenoptik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Schultz, Harald Beckert, Berndt Lahne, Manfred Heinze