Patents by Inventor Reinhold F. Wirth

Reinhold F. Wirth 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).

  • Publication number: 20120048190
    Abstract: Printing of conductive layers on and/or in semiconductor materials using acoustic focusing to create a standing half-wave sound wave across a capillary. In response to the acoustic pressure, particles denser than the fluid in the capillary are driven to the node in the center of the capillary to concentrate metal particles within an organic solvent flowing through the capillary. Depositing the focused flow on a surface and/or substrate creates a line of metal particles that can be subsequently treated to create a conductive line. The concentrated metal particles are arranged in a stream of ink and subsequently deposited on a surface, creating a long pile of metal particles that are subsequently treated to form a conductive line for use in photovoltaic arrays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Reinhold F. Wirth, John W. Elling
  • Patent number: 6802129
    Abstract: An archery sight and an optic assembly, an elevation adjustment mechanism, a windage adjustment mechanism, and a third-axis leveling mechanism for use in an archery sight. The optic assembly includes a lens holder having a housing made from a light-transferring material and an aperture; at least one fiber-optic pin positioned in the aperture; and means for illuminating the fiber-optic pin. The elevation adjustment mechanism includes a slider upon which an optic can be mounted and a rack and pinion mechanism for varying the elevation of the optic. The windage adjustment mechanism includes a slidably mounted windage bar adapted for mounting an optic and a means for translating the windage bar to adjust the windage of the optic. The third-axis leveling mechanism includes an adjustable leveling vial integrated with the optic house. A method and apparatus for leveling an archery bow and sight are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Inventor: Reinhold F. Wirth
  • Publication number: 20030149364
    Abstract: A method for generating an image of an object of interest includes acquiring a first three-dimensional dataset of the object at a first position using an X-ray source and a detector, acquiring a second three-dimensional dataset of the object at the first position using an ultrasound probe, and combining the first three-dimensional dataset and the second three-dimensional dataset to generate a three-dimensional image of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Ajay Kapur, Jeffrey Wayne Eberhard, Boris Yamrom, Kai E. Thomenius, Donald Joseph Buckley, Roger Neal Johnson, Reinhold F. Wirth, Oliver Astley, Beale Opsahl-Ong, Serge Louis Wilfrid Muller, Steve Karr
  • Patent number: 5410791
    Abstract: A fabrication chuck for applying a thin membrane to the irregularly-shaped surface of a workpiece includes a foundation adapted to hold the workpiece in a selected fabrication position and an upper chuck assembly adapted to be fastened to the foundation. The upper chuck assembly includes an applicator that is moveably mounted so that it can be displaced towards the workpiece in the assembly chamber. The applicator has a mating surface and is adapted to selectively retain the thin membrane on the mating surface until the applicator is disposed in a position so that the thin membrane can be released and deposited in a desired position on the workpiece. The foundation is adapted to generate a differential pressure across the workpiece and the thin membrane so as to draw the thin membrane down over the workpiece so that it is in conformal contact with the irregularly-shaped surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Reinhold F. Wirth, Stanley J. Lubowski