Patents by Inventor Otmar Hintringer

Otmar Hintringer 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).

  • Apparatus and method for manufacturing tape-shaped silicon bodies for solar cells
    Patent number: 4481235
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing tape-shaped silicon bodies for solar cells wherein a tape-shaped reticulate carrier is passed vertically downwardly through a drawing nozzle including a slot which is full of molten silicon. The drawing nozzle is located above the level of molten silicon in a vat containing such molten silicon, and capillary means are provided to deliver the molten silicon from the vat into the drawing nozzle to fill the same with the molten silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1984
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Helmut Foell, Bernhard Freienstein, Karl Geim, Josef Grabmaier, Otmar Hintringer