Patents by Inventor Matthias Otter

Matthias Otter 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: 11708290
    Abstract: One aspect relates to a process for the preparation of a quartz glass body, including providing a silicon dioxide granulate, wherein the silicon dioxide granulate was made from pyrogenic silicon dioxide powder and the silicon dioxide granulate has a BET surface area in a range from 20 to 40 m2/g, making a glass melt out of silicon dioxide granulate in an oven and making a quartz glass body out of at least part of the glass melt. The oven has at least a first and a further chamber connected to one another via a passage. The temperature in the first chamber is lower than the temperature in the further chambers. On aspect relates to a quartz glass body which is obtainable by this process. One aspect relates to a light guide, an illuminant and a formed body, which are each obtainable by further processing of the quartz glass body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Otter, Walter Lehmann, Michael Hünermann, Nils Christian Nielsen, Nigel Robert Whippey, Boris Gromann, Abdoul-Gafar Kpebane, Matthias Söhn
  • Patent number: 11492285
    Abstract: One aspect relates to a process for the preparation of a quartz glass body including, providing a silicon dioxide granulate obtainable from a silicon dioxide powder, wherein the silicon dioxide granulate has a larger particle size than the silicon dioxide powder, making a 5 glass melt out of silicon dioxide granulate and making a quartz glass body out of at least part of the glass melt. The melting crucible has at least one inlet and at least one outlet. A least part of the glass melt is removed via the melting crucible outlet. One aspect further relates to a quartz glass body which is obtainable by this process. One aspect further relates to a light guide, an illuminant and a formed body, which are each obtainable by further processing 10 of the quartz glass body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Otter, Walter Lehmann, Michael Hünermann, Nils Christian Nielsen, Mirko Wittrin, Markus Wilde
  • Patent number: 11339076
    Abstract: One aspect relates to a process for the preparation of a quartz glass body. The process includes providing a silicon dioxide granulate I prepared from a pyrogenically produced silicon dioxide powder, treating the silicon dioxide granulate I with a reactant at a temperature in a range from 1000 to 1300° C., and making a glass melt out of the silicon dioxide granulate. A quartz glass body is made out of at least a part of the glass melt. Furthermore, one aspect relates to a quartz glass body obtainable by this process. Furthermore, one aspect relates to a light guide, an illuminant, and a formed body, each of which is obtainable by further processing of the quartz glass body. One aspect additionally relates to a process for the preparation of a silicon dioxide granulate II.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Otter, Thomas Kayser, Mirko Wittrin
  • Patent number: 11299417
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a quartz glass body comprising the process steps i.) Providing a silicon dioxide granulate, ii.) Making a glass melt from the silicon dioxide granulate in a melting crucible, and iii.) Making a quartz glass body from at least a part of the glass melt, wherein the melting crucible is comprised in an oven and is made of at least one material comprising tungsten or molybdenum or a combination thereof. The invention further relates to a quartz glass body which can be obtained by this process. Further, the invention relates to a light guide, an illuminant and a formed body, each of which can be obtained by processing the quartz glass body further.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Otter, Walter Lehmann, Michael Hünermann, Nils Christian Nielsen, Nigel Robert Whippey, Boris Gromann, Abdoul-Gafar Kpebane
  • Patent number: 11236002
    Abstract: One aspect relates to a process for the preparation of a quartz glass body. The process includes providing a silicon dioxide granulate from a pyrogenically produced silicon dioxide powder, making a glass melt out of silicon dioxide granulate, and making a quartz glass body out of at least part of the glass melt. The size of the quartz glass body is reduced to obtain a quartz glass grain. The quartz glass body is processed to make a preform and an opaque quartz glass body is made from the preform. One aspect further relates to an opaque quartz glass body which is obtainable by this process. One aspect further relates to a reactor and an arrangement, which are each obtainable by further processing of the opaque quartz glass body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Otter, Michael Hünermann, Nils Christian Nielsen, Frank Wessely, Andreas Schreiber, Björn Roos, Gerrit Scheich
  • Patent number: 11053152
    Abstract: One aspect relates to a process for the preparation of a quartz glass body. The process includes providing a silicon dioxide granulate, making a glass melt out of the silicon dioxide granulate, and making a quartz glass body out of at least a part of the glass melt. In one aspect, providing a silicon dioxide granulate includes providing of a silicon dioxide powder and processing of the powder to obtain a silicon dioxide granulate including the spray drying of a silicon dioxide slurry using a nozzle. The nozzle has a contact surface to the slurry made of glass, plastic or a combination thereof. Furthermore, one aspect relates to a quartz glass body obtainable by this process. Furthermore, one aspect relates to the preparation of a silicon dioxide granulate. One aspect also relates to a light guide, an illuminant, and a formed body, made from processing of the quartz glass body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Otter, Mirko Wittrin, Markus Wilde
  • Patent number: 10879537
    Abstract: Known lithium-ion cells for a secondary battery including an electrode have an active material layer containing active material particles in contact with a non-aqueous electrolyte and a particulate, porous additive. Using this as a basis, it is desired to achieve an improvement in the lithium-ion cells in respect of their gravimetric and volumetric energy density and in respect of inexpensive and reproducible production, and in particular to ensure that the desired properties of the active material layer are not changed, or are not changed to an unacceptable degree, by compression during calendering. Accordingly, it is proposed to use, as an additive, porous carbon particles having a porosity in the range between 50% and 95% and having macropores which are fluidically connected to one another and which are delimited by carbon walls having an average wall thickness in the range of 5 to 500 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: HERAEUS QUARZGLAS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christian Neumann, Jörg Becker, Sascha Pihan, Matthias Otter
  • Publication number: 20200361806
    Abstract: One aspect relates to a process for the preparation of a quartz glass body, including providing a silicon dioxide granulate, wherein the silicon dioxide granulate was made from pyrogenic silicon dioxide powder and the silicon dioxide granulate has a BET surface area in a range from 20 to 40 m2/g, making a glass melt out of silicon dioxide granulate in an oven and making a quartz glass body out of at least part of the glass melt. The oven has at least a first and a further chamber connected to one another via a passage. The temperature in the first chamber is lower than the temperature in the further chambers. On aspect relates to a quartz glass body which is obtainable by this process. One aspect relates to a light guide, an illuminant and a formed body, which are each obtainable by further processing of the quartz glass body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias OTTER, Walter LEHMANN, Michael HÜNERMANN, Nils Christian NIELSEN, Nigel Robert WHIPPEY, Boris GROMANN, Abdoul-Gafar KPEBANE, Matthias SÖHN
  • Patent number: 10730780
    Abstract: One aspect relates to a process for the preparation of a quartz glass body, including providing a silicon dioxide granulate, wherein the silicon dioxide granulate was made from pyrogenic silicon dioxide powder and the silicon dioxide granulate has a BET surface area in a range from 20 to 40 m2/g, making a glass melt out of silicon dioxide granulate in an oven and making a quartz glass body out of at least part of the glass melt. The oven has at least a first and a further chamber connected to one another via a passage. The temperature in the first chamber is lower than the temperature in the further chambers. One aspect relates to a quartz glass body which is obtainable by this process. One aspect relates to a light guide, an illuminant and a formed body, which are each obtainable by further processing of the quartz glass body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Otter, Walter Lehmann, Michael Hünermann, Nils Christian Nielsen, Nigel Robert Whippey, Boris Gromann, Abdoul-Gafar Kpebane, Matthias Söhn
  • Patent number: 10676388
    Abstract: One aspect relates to a light guide comprising a jacket and one or more cores, wherein the jacket surrounds the cores. Each core has a refractive index profile perpendicular to the maximum extension of the core, wherein at least one refractive index nK of each refractive index profile is greater than the refractive index nM1 of the jacket. The jacket is made of silicon dioxide and has an OH content of less than 10 ppm, a chlorine content of less than 60 ppm, and an aluminium content of less than 200 ppb. One aspect also relates to a silicon dioxide granulate I, characterized by a chlorine content of less than 200 ppm and an aluminium content of less than 200 ppb, in each case based on the total weight of the silicon dioxide granulate I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Hünermann, Achim Hofmann, Heinz Fabian, Matthias Otter, Thomas Kayser
  • Patent number: 10618833
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a quartz glass grain comprising the process steps i.) Providing a silicon dioxide granulate from a pyrogenically produced silicon dioxide powder, ii.) Making a glass melt out of silicon dioxide granulate, iii.) Making a quartz glass body out of at least part of the glass melt and iv.) Reducing the size of the quartz glass body to obtain the quartz glass grain. The invention further relates to a quartz glass grain which is obtainable by this process. The invention further relates to opaque quartz glass bodies, which are obtainable by further processing of the quartz glass grain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Arndt, Matthias Otter, Walter Lehmann, Michael Hünermann, Nils Christian Nielsen, Nigel Robert Whippey, Boris Gromann, Abdoul-Gafar Kpebane
  • Patent number: 10468712
    Abstract: A method for producing carbon particles having a core/shell structure includes infiltrating a pore-containing template material with a first precursor for carbon of a first variety, carbonizing the first precursor to form a deposit of the carbon of the first variety, infiltrating the remaining pore space with a second precursor for carbon of a second variety to form a second deposit of the carbon of the second variety which has a second porosity lower than the first porosity, and removing the template material to form the carbon particles. The template material is provided as template particles and the first precursor is provided as precursor particles of meltable and polymerizable material. The infiltration occurs in the molten phase so that the first precursor is foamed before or during the carbonization to form a pore-containing carbon foam. In an intermediate product, pores of the template material are at least partially filled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Otter, Jörg Becker, Sascha Pihan, Christian Neumann
  • Patent number: 10340512
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composite made of a porous carbon and an active material containing sulphur and to method for producing same. A method for producing a composite made of a porous carbon structure and sulphur is disclosed, said composite being characterized by a high capacitance and a low capacitance loss, when used as an electrode material for a lithium-sulphur secondary battery. According to the invention, a dispersion of carbon powder, an active material containing sulphur and an aqueous medium are treated hydrothermally at a temperature sufficient for melting sulphur. The liquid phase which forms, which contains the melted sulphur and water, infiltrates the pores of the porous carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Otter, Jörg Becker, Sascha Pihan, Christian Neumann
  • Publication number: 20190152827
    Abstract: One aspect relates to a process for the preparation of a quartz glass body, including providing a silicon dioxide granulate, making a glass melt out of silicon dioxide granulate and making a quartz glass body out of at least part of the glass melt. The silicon dioxide granulate is obtained by providing and processing a silicon dioxide powder. One aspect also relates to silicon dioxide granulate, which is obtained by providing a silicon dioxide powder and processing it. One aspect further relates to a quartz glass body which is obtainable by this process. One aspect further relates to a light guide, an illuminant and a formed body, which are each obtainable by further processing of the quartz glass body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias OTTER, Walter LEHMANN, Michael HÜNERMANN, Nils Christian NIELSEN, Martin TROMMER
  • Publication number: 20190092676
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a quartz glass body comprising the process steps i.) Providing a silicon dioxide granulate, ii.) Making a glass melt from the silicon dioxide granulate in an oven, and iii.) Making a quartz glass body from at least a part of the glass melt, wherein the oven comprises a hanging sinter crucible. The invention also relates to a quartz glass body which is obtainable by this process. The invention further relates to a light guide, an illuminant and a formed body which are each obtainable by further processing the quartz glass body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias OTTER, Walter LEHMANN, Michael HÜNERMANN, Nils Christian NIELSEN, Nigel Robert WHIPPEY, Boris GROMANN, Abdoul-Gafar KPEBANE
  • Publication number: 20190092674
    Abstract: One aspect relates to a process for the preparation of a quartz glass body. The process includes providing a silicon dioxide granulate from a pyrogenically produced silicon dioxide powder, making a glass melt out of silicon dioxide granulate, and making a quartz glass body out of at least part of the glass melt. The size of the quartz glass body is reduced to obtain a quartz glass grain. The quartz glass body is processed to make a preform and an opaque quartz glass body is made from the preform. One aspect further relates to an opaque quartz glass body which is obtainable by this process. One aspect further relates to a reactor and an arrangement, which are each obtainable by further processing of the opaque quartz glass body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Otter, Michael Hünermann, Nils Christian Nielsen, Frank Wessely, Andreas Schreiber, Björn Roos, Gerrit Scheich
  • Publication number: 20190077688
    Abstract: One aspect relates to a process for the provision of a quartz glass body, including providing a silicon dioxide granulate, making a glass melt from the silicon dioxide granulate in an oven and making a quartz glass body from at least part of the glass melt. The oven includes a hanging metal sheet crucible. One aspect also relates to a quartz glass body which is obtainable by this process. One aspect further relates to a light guide, an illuminant and a formed body which are obtainable by processing the quartz glass body further.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias OTTER, Walter LEHMANN, Michael HÜNERMANN, Nils Christian NIELSEN, Nigel Robert WHIPPEY, Boris GROMANN, Abdoul-Gafar KPEBANE
  • Publication number: 20190077691
    Abstract: One aspect relates to a process for the preparation of a quartz glass body. The process includes providing a silicon dioxide granulate, making a glass melt out of the silicon dioxide granulate, and making a quartz glass body out of at least a part of the glass melt. In one aspect, providing a silicon dioxide granulate includes providing of a silicon dioxide powder and processing of the powder to obtain a silicon dioxide granulate including the spray drying of a silicon dioxide slurry using a nozzle. The nozzle has a contact surface to the slurry made of glass, plastic or a combination thereof. Furthermore, one aspect relates to a quartz glass body obtainable by this process. Furthermore, one aspect relates to the preparation of a silicon dioxide granulate. One aspect also relates to a light guide, an illuminant, and a formed body, made from processing of the quartz glass body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Otter, Mirko Wittrin, Markus Wilde
  • Publication number: 20190077672
    Abstract: One aspect is a process for the preparation of a quartz glass body including providing a silicon dioxide granulate wherein the provision includes providing silicon dioxide powder, and processing the silicon dioxide powder to obtain a silicon dioxide granulate. The silicon dioxide granulate has a larger particle diameter than the silicon dioxide powder. The processing includes processing the silicon dioxide powder to obtain a silicon dioxide granulate I, wherein the silicon dioxide granulate I has a first carbon content wC(1), treating the silicon dioxide granulate I with a reactant to obtain a silicon dioxide granulate II with a further carbon content wC(2), wherein the further carbon content wC(2) is less than the first carbon content wC(1), making a glass melt out of the silicon dioxide granulate and making a quartz glass body out of at least part of the glass melt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias OTTER, Walter LEHMANN, Michael HÜNERMANN, Nils Christian NIELSEN, Nigel Robert WHIPPEY, Boris GROMANN, Abdoul-Gafar KPEBANE, Thomas KAYSER
  • Publication number: 20190071342
    Abstract: One aspect relates to a process for preparing a quartz glass body, including providing a silicon dioxide granulate, making a glass melt from the silicon dioxide granulate in a melting crucible, making a quartz glass body from at least a part of the glass melt, and treating the quartz glass body with at least one procedure selected from the group consisting of chemical, thermal or mechanical treatment to obtain a treated quartz glass body. One aspect also relates to a quartz glass body which is obtainable by this process. One aspect also concerns a light guide, an illuminant and a formed body each obtainable by processing the quartz glass body further.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias OTTER, Walter LEHMANN, Michael HÜNERMANN, Nils Christian NIELSEN, Nigel Robert WHIPPEY, Boris GROMANN, Abdoul-Gafar KPEBANE