Patents by Inventor Markus Schmidt

Markus Schmidt 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).

  • Solar Cell With Reduced Absorber Thickness and Reduced Back Surface Recombination
    Publication number: 20160240702
    Abstract: Manufacture of an improved stacked-layered thin film solar cell. The solar cell has reduced absorber thickness and an improved back contact for Copper Indium Gallium Selenide solar cells. The back contact provides improved reflectance particularly for infrared wavelengths while still maintaining ohmic contact to the semiconductor absorber. This reflectance is achieved by producing a back contact having a highly reflecting metal separated from an absorbing layer with a dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Eickelmann, Michael Haag, Ruediger Kellmann, Markus Schmidt, Johannes Windeln
  • Integrated micro-inverter and thin film solar module and manufacturing process
    Patent number: 9397251
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a method for manufacturing, and a structure for a thin film solar module. The method of manufacturing includes fabricating a thin film solar cell and fabricating an electronic conversion unit (ECU) on a single substrate. The thin film solar cell has at least one solar cell diode on a substrate. The ECU has at least one transistor on the substrate. The ECU may further comprise a capacitor and an inductor. The ECU is integrated on the substrate monolithically and electrically connected with the thin film solar cell. The ECU and the thin film solar cell interconnect to form a circuit on the substrate. The ECU is electrically connected to a microcontroller on the solar cell module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Eickelmann, Ruediger Kellman, Hartmut Kuehl, Markus Schmidt
  • Pallet container
    Patent number: 9394100
    Abstract: A pallet container for holding vehicle windshields for storage, transportation or otherwise, the pallet container comprising a frame structure defining a base, and a periphery, wherein one or more side restraints are provided to be mounted on-board the pallet to inhibit movement of windshields internally of the pallet container, wherein a said side restraint comprises a flexible fluid containing device. In an alternative realization the pallet container is expandable in height and length and/or collapsible by means of opposed pivoted side frames and a connecting frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Belron Hungary Kft—Zug Branch
    Inventors: Richard Glover, Dino Lanno, Ronald Price, Evan Taylor, Al Hoag, William F Howard, Andrew P Scott, Richard Rudyk, Richard Cooke, Markus Schmidt
  • Solar cell with reduced absorber thickness and reduced back surface recombination
    Patent number: 9368666
    Abstract: Manufacture for an improved stacked-layered thin film solar cell. Solar cell has reduced absorber thickness and an improved back contact for Copper Indium Gallium Selenide solar cells. The back contact provides improved reflectance particularly for infrared wavelengths while still maintaining ohmic contact to the semiconductor absorber. This reflectance is achieved by producing a back contact having a highly reflecting metal separated from an absorbing layer with a dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Eickelmann, Michael Haag, Ruediger Kellmann, Markus Schmidt, Johannes Windeln
  • MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED THIN-FILM ELECTRONIC CONVERSION UNIT FOR LATERAL MULTIJUNCTION THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS
    Publication number: 20160099369
    Abstract: An integrated thin-film lateral multi junction solar device and fabrication method are provided. The device includes, for instance, a substrate, and a plurality of stacks extending vertically from the substrate. Each stack may include layers, and be electrically isolated against another stack. Each stack may also include an energy storage device above the substrate, a solar cell above the energy storage device, a transparent medium above the solar cell, and a micro-optic layer of spectrally dispersive and concentrating optical devices above the transparent medium. Furthermore, the device may include a first power converter connected between the energy storage device and a power bus, and a second power converter connected between the solar cell and the power bus. Further, different solar cells of different stacks may have different absorption characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen EICKELMANN, Ruediger KELLMANN, Hartmut KUEHL, Markus SCHMIDT
  • Providing attachment-based data input and output
    Patent number: 9262763
    Abstract: Various embodiments of systems, methods, and software provide attachment-based mass data input and output for a distributed application system. Software for interactive, attachment-based data management may comprise computer readable instructions operable when executed to receive a request from a logically remote client via a network interface, where the request indicates a data file and a business object associated with a business application. The business object is then updated with a message in a format associated with the business application based on the data file. The data file is then stored in a repository and a dependent object (included in, or referenced by, or otherwise associated with the business object) is then updated with a logical location of the data file in the repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Markus A. Peter, Shabana Ansari, Peter Eberlein, Markus Schmidt-Karaca
  • Solar cell with reduced absorber thickness and reduced back surface recombination
    Patent number: 9246039
    Abstract: Manufacture for an improved stacked-layered thin film solar cell. Solar cell has reduced absorber thickness and an improved back contact for Copper Indium Gallium Selenide solar cells. The back contact provides improved reflectance particularly for infrared wavelengths while still maintaining ohmic contact to the semiconductor absorber. This reflectance is achieved by producing a back contact having a highly reflecting metal separated from an absorbing layer with a dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Eickelmann, Michael Haag, Ruediger Kellmann, Markus Schmidt, Johannes Windeln
  • Increasing the Efficiency of Solar Cells By Transfer of Solder
    Publication number: 20160020340
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to thickening a contact grid of a solar cell for increased efficiency. A mold containing soldering material is heated. The mold is aligned with the contact grid such that the soldering material is in physical contact with the contact grid. The mold is re-heated, transferring the solder material from the mold to the contact grid to create a thickened contact grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Haag, Ruediger Kellmann, Markus Schmidt
  • Increasing the Efficiency of Solar Cells By Transfer of Solder
    Publication number: 20160020341
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to thickening a contact grid of a solar cell for increased efficiency. A mold containing soldering material is heated. The mold is aligned with the contact grid such that the soldering material is in physical contact with the contact grid. The mold is re-heated, transferring the solder material from the mold to the contact grid to create a thickened contact grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Haag, Ruediger Kellmann, Markus Schmidt
  • Increasing the efficiency of solar cells by transfer of solder
    Patent number: 9227259
    Abstract: Thickening a contact grid of a solar cell for increased efficiency. A mold containing soldering material is heated. The mold is aligned with the contact grid such that the soldering material is in physical contact with the contact grid. The mold is re-heated, transferring the solder material from the mold to the contact grid to create a thickened contact grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Haag, Ruediger Kellmann, Markus Schmidt
  • SOLAR CELL WITH REDUCED ABSORBER THICKNESS AND REDUCED BACK SURFACE RECOMBINATION
    Publication number: 20150380587
    Abstract: Manufacture for an improved stacked-layered thin film solar cell. Solar cell has reduced absorber thickness and an improved back contact for Copper Indium Gallium Selenide solar cells. The back contact provides improved reflectance particularly for infrared wavelengths while still maintaining ohmic contact to the semiconductor absorber. This reflectance is achieved by producing a back contact having a highly reflecting metal separated from an absorbing layer with a dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Eickelmann, Michael Haag, Ruediger Kellmann, Markus Schmidt, Johannes Windeln
  • Method and system for measuring quality of performance and/or compliance with protocol of a clinical study
    Patent number: 9218584
    Abstract: A method is proposed for determining clinical study compliance. The method includes obtaining criteria for the clinical study and accessing stored clinical data relating to the clinical study. Thereafter, the criteria and clinical data are correlated to determine a measure of compliance with the criteria of the clinical study.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Abraham-Fuchs, Gudrun Zahlmann, Rainer Kuth, Eva Rumpel, Siegfried Schneider, Markus Schmidt, Horst Schreiner
  • Association of a groupware object with sequentially-updated content items
    Patent number: 9183542
    Abstract: A system may include identification of a relation between a standards-compliant groupware object and one or more sequentially-updated content items, and creation of the groupware object. The groupware object may include a first Uniform Resource Identifier for subscribing a feed reader of a client device to a channel including the one or more sequentially-updated content items, and a second Uniform Resource Identifier to access a copy of the one or more sequentially-updated content items stored on the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventor: Markus Schmidt-Karaca
  • Method and system for measuring quality of performance and/or compliance with protocol of a clinical study
    Patent number: 9152939
    Abstract: A method is proposed for determining clinical study compliance. The method includes obtaining criteria for the clinical study and accessing stored clinical data relating to the clinical study. Thereafter, the criteria and clinical data are correlated to determine a measure of compliance with the criteria of the clinical study.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Abraham-Fuchs, Gudrun Zahlmann, Rainer Kuth, Eva Rumpel, Siegfried Schneider, Markus Schmidt, Horst Schreiner
  • Method for determining electrical conduction path information in a chamber wall of a ventricle
    Patent number: 9107601
    Abstract: A method for determining electrical conduction path information in a chamber wall of a ventricle of a patient is provided. A three-dimensional magnetic resonance image data set is recorded showing the ventricles using a recording technology which allows an assignment of an electrical conductivity to a voxel based on the magnetic resonance image dataset. The chamber wall is segmented in the magnetic resonance image dataset. Conductivity determined from the image data is assigned to sub-regions of the chamber wall corresponding to individual voxels of the magnetic resonance image dataset. A model of the chamber wall is created as a function of the conductivities and segmentation. A conduction path information item is determined describing an electrical conduction path running from a start point to a destination point through the chamber wall in the model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Markus Schmidt, Sebastian Schmidt
  • INTEGRATED MICRO-INVERTER AND THIN FILM SOLAR MODULE AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS
    Publication number: 20150207017
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a method for manufacturing, and a structure for a thin film solar module. The method of manufacturing includes fabricating a thin film solar cell and fabricating an electronic conversion unit (ECU) on a single substrate. The thin film solar cell has at least one solar cell diode on a substrate. The ECU has at least one transistor on the substrate. The ECU may further comprise a capacitor and an inductor. The ECU is integrated on the substrate monolithically and electrically connected with the thin film solar cell. The ECU and the thin film solar cell interconnect to form a circuit on the substrate. The ECU is electrically connected to a microcontroller on the solar cell module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Eickelmann, Ruediger Kellman, Hartmut Kuehl, Markus Schmidt
  • MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED THIN-FILM DEVICE WITH A SOLAR CELL, AN INTEGRATED BATTERY, AND A CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20150200311
    Abstract: A thin-film monolithically integrated solar module with a solar cell, an integrated energy storage device, and a controller may be provided. It may comprise a thin-film solar cell, having at least one solar diode, on a transparent substrate, a thin-film energy storage device, and an electronic controller comprising at least one thin-film transistor above the thin-film energy storage device. The electronic controller may be electrically connected to the thin-film solar cell and the thin-film energy storage device by vias. The named functional units may build a monolithically integrated device on one substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Johann H. Bredel, Hans-Juergen Eickelmann, Ruediger Kellmann, Hartmut Kuehl, Markus Schmidt
  • SOLAR CELL WITH REDUCED ABSORBER THICKNESS AND REDUCED BACK SURFACE RECOMBINATION
    Publication number: 20150179859
    Abstract: Manufacture for an improved stacked-layered thin film solar cell. Solar cell has reduced absorber thickness and an improved back contact for Copper Indium Gallium Selenide solar cells. The back contact provides improved reflectance particularly for infrared wavelengths while still maintaining ohmic contact to the semiconductor absorber. This reflectance is achieved by producing a back contact having a highly reflecting metal separated from an absorbing layer with a dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Eickelmann, Michael Haag, Ruediger Kellmann, Markus Schmidt, Johannes Windeln
  • Manufacture of a Solar Module
    Publication number: 20150162463
    Abstract: A photovoltaic cell with reduced shading and series resistance for increased efficiency. A contact grid containing a set of optical structures is embedded into a substrate. An array of electrical contacts is aligned and in electrical communication with the optical structures and provides electrical communication between the active layer and the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Haag, Ruediger Kellmann, Markus Schmidt
  • Concentrating Thin Film Absorber Device and Method of Manufacture
    Publication number: 20150096176
    Abstract: An absorber device comprises a substrate; one or more thin film radiation absorbers arranged on the substrate; an integrated optical system, comprising at least one first optical element; a cover medium arranged above the substrate and the one or more radiation absorbers. The at least one first optical element and at least one corresponding one of the one or more radiation absorbers are aligned with respect to their optical axis, such that an incoming radiation is directed onto the one or more radiation absorbers by the optical system. A method of manufacturing an absorber device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Eickelmann, Harold J. Hovel, Ruediger Kellmann, Hartmut Kuehl, Markus Schmidt, Steven E. Steen