Patents Assigned to Schott AG
  • Bundle of tubular and/or rod shaped glass articles, method for its fabrication as well as for unpacking said bundle
    Patent number: 11708201
    Abstract: A bundle of tubular and/or rod-shaped glass articles is provided that includes a longest dimension, a plurality of layers (NL) of the glass articles, and a thread-like element. The longest dimension extends in a first direction. The glass articles in each layer are arranged side by side in a second direction. The plurality of layers are arranged side by side in a third direction. The first, second, and third directions being perpendicular to one another. The thread-like element is around two of the glass articles in at least one layer so that the two glass articles are spaced apart. The thread-like element has a cross section between at least 0.25 mm and at most 4.0 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventor: Georg Helmut Sparschuh
  • OPTICAL COMPONENT AND GLASS COMPOSITION AS WELL AS USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230227348
    Abstract: A glass includes: a plurality of components (in wt.-%) as follows: Component Proportion (% by weight) SiO2 50-80? Al2O3 0-10 B2O3 0-15 Li2O 0-20 Na2O 0-20 K2O 0-25 BaO 0-10 CaO 0-10 MgO 0-10 ZnO 0-10 La2O3 0-20 TiO2 0-5? Cl 0-3? MnO2 0.2-5.0? Cr2O3 0.05-3.0,? a sum of a plurality of proportions of Li2O, Na2O and K2O being in a range of from 5.0 to 30.0 wt.-%, a sum of a plurality of amounts of MnO2 and Cr2O3 being at least 0.3 wt.-%, and a ratio of a plurality of proportions of MnO2 (in wt.-%) and Cr2O3 (in wt.-%) being in a range of from 1.5:1 to 12.5:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Bianca Schreder, Ute Wölfel, Stefanie Hansen, Ralf Biertümpfel, Frank Wolff
  • Borosilicate glass article with low boron content
    Patent number: 11702360
    Abstract: A chemically temperable borosilicate glass article has a low boron content and a corresponding Na2O content. The articles have good diffusivities and hydrolytical resistance values. When chemically tempered, the borosilicate glass article exhibits a compressive stress CS >400 MPa and a penetration depth DoL >20 ?m. A pharmaceutical primary packaging including the borosilicate glass article is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Malte Grimm, Christof Kass, Rainer Eichholz
  • GLASS AND MELT SOLDER FOR THE PASSIVATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20230219839
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a glass and a melt solder for the passivation of semiconductor components, the use of the glass or the melt solder for the passivation of semiconductor components, a passivated semiconductor component and a method for passivating semiconductor components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Linda Johanna Bartelt, Antonio Trizzino, Julia Gold, Sabine Pichler-Wilhelm, Martin Letz, Martun Hovhannisyan
  • Open-pore sintered glasses for use in electronic cigarettes
    Patent number: 11697613
    Abstract: A sintered body for use as a liquid reservoir in an electronic cigarette, medication administering devices, in thermally heated evaporators for fragrant substances is provided. The sintered body is made of open-pore sintered glass and has a porosity of greater than 50 vol %. The average pore size is in a range from 1 to 450 ?m. The glass of the sintered body has a transition temperature Tg of at least 450° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Peuchert, Norbert Greulich-Hickmann, Philipp Treis, Yvonne Menke, Michael Kluge
  • Imaging system comprising beam guidance element with high solarization resistance in the visible spectral range
    Patent number: 11698577
    Abstract: An imaging system includes at least one laser light source having a wavelength in the visible spectral range and a beam guidance element with high solarization resistance at high beam power densities. The invention also relates to the use of the imaging system, in particularly in projectors and in material processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Ralf Jedamzik, Peter Naß, Sebastian Leukel, Volker Hagemann, Uwe Petzold
  • Pore-free ceramic component
    Patent number: 11697619
    Abstract: A pore-free ceramic is provided that has a high modulus of elasticity and a low coefficient of thermal expansion. A process for producing a corresponding ceramic is also provided. The pore free ceramic is a dimensionally stable substrate material in applications subjected to temperature gradients including semiconductor manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Bianca Schreder, Ute Wölfel, Stefanie Hansen
  • Plasma treatment apparatus for producing coatings
    Patent number: 11697132
    Abstract: An apparatus and to a method for treating layers using a plasma zone sealed from the outer atmospheric pressure are provided. The apparatus and method include a plasma reactor including a substrate carrier in form of a container receiving means, and a closing element that is joined with the substrate carrier by means of a lifting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Matthias Bicker, Manfred Lohmeyer, Hartmut Bauch
  • METHOD FOR CONNECTING TWO MINERAL-INSULATED CABLES, ARRANGEMENT HAVING TWO MINERAL-INSULATED CABLES JOINED TO ONE ANOTHER, AND ALSO CABLE, SHAPED ELEMENT AND JOINING KIT FOR JOINING TWO CABLES
    Publication number: 20230216260
    Abstract: A method for joining a cable to a connector includes: providing an electrically conductive fusible conductor joining material which has a lower melting point than that of at least one inner conductor of the cable and/or at least one contact of the connector; bringing an end of the connector to an end of the cable such that at least one inner conductor of the cable and at least one contact of the connector are opposite one another and the fusible conductor joining material is present in between; and heating the cable and/or the connector from the outside such that the heat penetrates into an interior of the at least one heated cable or the connector so the fusible conductor joining material melts and electrically connects the at least one inner conductor of the cable and the contact of the connector to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventor: Oliver Wolfgang Fritz
  • FEED-THROUGH
    Publication number: 20230208073
    Abstract: An electrical feed-through includes: a feed-through component having an opening; at least one conductor sealed into the opening of the feed-through component in a glass material or a glass ceramic material; and at least one guide component connected to the feed-through component, the at least one guide component including a material that is a plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventor: Helmut Hartl
  • COMPONENTS MADE OF GLASS OR GLASS CERAMIC HAVING PREDAMAGE ALONG PREDETERMINED DIVIDING LINES
    Publication number: 20230202903
    Abstract: A component of glass or glass ceramic having predamages arranged along at least one predetermined dividing line is provided. The dividing line has a row of predamages lying one behind the other. The predamages pass continuously through the glass or the glass ceramic with at least 90% of the predamages being cylindrically symmetrical. The glass or the glass ceramic has a material compaction of at least 1% relative to an actual material density in a radius of 3 ?m about a longitudinal axis of respective pre-damaged points. The relative weight loss per pre-damaged point is less than 10% and the component has a thickness of at least 3.5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Jens Ulrich THOMAS, Frank-Thomas LENTES, Andreas ORTNER, Jonas SCHATZ, Michael KLUGE
  • Autoclavable medical device and actuation means for an autoclavable medical device
    Patent number: 11684704
    Abstract: An autoclavable medical device is provided that includes a metal housing having an electrical conductor embedded in an inorganic fixing material. The conductor and fixing material define an electrical feedthrough that extends from an interior of the housing through at least a portion of the fixing material. The electrical feedthrough forms part of a sensor of an actuation means for the autoclavable medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventor: Robert Hettler
  • THIN GLASS SUBSTRATE, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ITS PRODUCTION
    Publication number: 20230191741
    Abstract: A thin glass substrate, as well as a method and an apparatus are provided. The glass substrate has a glass having first and second main surfaces and elongated elevations on one of the main surfaces. The elevations rise in a normal direction, have a longitudinal extent that is greater than two times a transverse extent, and have a height, on average, that is less than 100 nm, and with a transverse extent of the elevation smaller than 40 mm. The method includes melting a glass, hot forming the glass, and adjusting a viscosity of the glass so that for the viscosity ?1 for a first stretch over a first distance of up to 1.5 m downstream of a flow rate control component and y1 indicating a second distance to a location immediately downstream the flow rate control component the equation lg ?1(y1)/dPa·s=(lg ?01/dPa·s+a1(y1)) applies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Armin VOGL, Thomas SCHMIADY, Thilo ZACHAU, Jochen ALKEMPER, Michael MEISTER, Christian KUNERT, Lutz KLIPPE, Rüdiger DIETRICH
  • HIGH-INDEX SUBSTRATES
    Publication number: 20230192527
    Abstract: A glass article has a refractive index nG?1.95 and an R-number in a range of from 0.900 to 1.050. The R-number is calculated according to the following formula: R = ( n G - 1 ) ? ( ln [ ? G 2 - ? min 2 ? G 2 - ? max 2 · ? max 2 ? min 2 ] 42 ? ln [ ? B 2 - ? min 2 ? B 2 - ? max 2 · ? R 2 - ? max 2 ? R 2 - ? min 2 ] + 1 2.8 ) . ?R=656 nm, ?G=587 nm and ?B=486 nm, ?min=33 nm, and nG is a refractive index of the glass article at a wavelength of 587 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Jens Ulrich Thomas, Frank-Thomas Lentes, Simone Monika Ritter, Benedikt Ziebarth
  • OPTICAL GLASS WITH HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX
    Publication number: 20230192528
    Abstract: An optical glass has a refractive index nd of more than 2.10 and includes at least TiO2, NbO2.5, LaO1.5, SiO2, and B2O3. The glass has the following features: a cation parameter K of 1.8<K?2.8, wherein K=(Ti-eq.+SiO2+(BO1.5)/2)/(La-eq.), the molar fractions of Ti-eq., SiO2, BO1.5 and La-eq. in the cation parameter K being in cat %; a sum total of glass components SiO2 and B2O3 of 8.0 mol %?(SiO2+B2O3)?20.0 mol %, the proportion of B2O3 being >0 mol % and the proportion of SiO2>0 mol %; and a temperature Tmax?1330° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Simone Monika Ritter, Sebastian Leukel, Benedikt Ziebarth, Stefanie Hansen
  • HOUSING PART FOR AN ELECTRICAL STORAGE INSTALLATION, AND ELECTRICAL STORAGE INSTALLATION
    Publication number: 20230198111
    Abstract: A housing part for an electrical storage installation includes: a main body including a through-opening, which includes a side; a fixing material; a first connector terminal assembly including a connector pin which is routed through the through-opening and, by way of the fixing material, is fixed so as to be electrically isolated in the through-opening, the connector pin including a projecting part which on the side projects beyond the through-opening; an insulation material; and a terminal pad on the side, the terminal pad including an opening, the projecting part engaging in the opening and being electrically connected to the terminal pad, the pad by way of the insulation material being fastened so as to be electrically isolated on the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventor: Helmut Hartl
  • GLASS TUBE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINERS AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A GLASS TUBE
    Publication number: 20230192350
    Abstract: A glass tube for pharmaceutical containers is provided. The tube has an inner surface at an inner diameter, an outer surface with an outer diameter, a first end defining a first closed end, a second end defining a first closed end, a first location 400 mm from the first end, a first intermediate location 15 mm from the first end, and a ventilation hole at a first vicinity. The first vicinity is between the first intermediate location and the first location. The glass tube can have a ratio of an integrated Na2F+ signal to an integrated 30Si+ signal of at least 0.10, where the integrated Na2F+ signal and the integrated 30Si+ signal are integrated over a depth of 100 nm. The glass tube can have a ratio between a fluorescence emission determined at a first vicinity and a fluorescence emission determined at a middle section of at least 0.6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Jonas Zeitler, Carsten Hamann, Franz Völkl, Oliver Zettl, Patrick Braun
  • COVER GLASS WITH AN ANOMALOUS STRESS PROFILE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230183127
    Abstract: A cover glass made of a glass ceramic that is silica based and has a main crystal phase of high quartz solid solution or keatite solid solution is provided. The cover glass has a stress profile with at least one inflection point at a depth of the cover glass of more than 10 ?m, a thickness from 0.1 mm to 2 mm, and a chemical tempering structure with a surface compressive stress of at least 250 MPa and at most 1500 MPa. A process for producing the cover glass is provided that includes producing a silica based green glass, hot shaping the silica based green glass, thermally treating the silica based green glass with a nucleation step and a ceramization step, and performing an ion exchange at an exchange bath temperature for a duration of time in an exchange bath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicants: SCHOTT AG, SCHOTT Technical Glass Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Lars Mueller, Ruediger Dietrich, Thomas Pfeiffer, Julian Koch, Bernd Ruedinger, Meike Schneider, Jochen Alkemper
  • COVER GLASS WITH AN ANOMALOUS STRESS PROFILE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230183128
    Abstract: A cover glass is provided that includes a silica based glass ceramic with a thickness between 0.4 mm and 0.85 mm. The glass ceramic has a transmittance of more than 80% from 380 nm to 780 nm and a stress attribute selected from: an overall compressive stress (CS) of at least 250 MPa and at most 1500 MPa, a compressive stress at a depth of 30 ?m (CS30) from one of the two faces of at least 160 MPa and at most 525 MPa, a depth of the compression layer (DoCL) of at least 0.2 times the thickness and less than 0.5 times the thickness, and any combinations thereof. The glass ceramic has at least one silica based crystal phase having in a near-surface layer a unit cell volume of at least 1% by volume larger than that of a core where the crystal phase has minimum stresses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicants: SCHOTT AG, SCHOTT Technical Glass Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Ruediger Dietrich, Meike SCHNEIDER, Jochen Alkemper, Lars Mueller, Thomas Pfeiffer, Julian Koch, Bernd Ruedinger
  • Decorative coating having increased IR reflection
    Patent number: 11673826
    Abstract: A coated glass or glass ceramic substrate includes a substrate with a surface area and a coating on that surface area. The coating includes a glass matrix and IR-reflecting pigments. The IR-reflecting pigments have a TSR value of at least 20%, as determined according to ASTM G 173. The coating, at a wavelength of 1500 nm, exhibits a remission of at least 35%, as measured according to ISO 13468.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Yvonne Menke-Berg, Vera Steigenberger, Adam O'Ryan, Matthew Moose, Michael Schwall, Stephanie Mangold, Matthias Bockmeyer