Patents by Inventor Alexander Ruff

Alexander Ruff 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: 20220412133
    Abstract: A lock for holding a first part to a second part comprises a holding body with a receptacle for receiving a protruding part of the second part. The holding body has a wall that borders the receptacle and a locking element, the locking element having a protrusion, whereby the locking element has a first position, whereby in the first position the protrusion is in a locking position, whereby in the locking position the protrusion protrudes from the wall into the receptacle by a first amount and the locking element has a second position, whereby in the second position the protrusion is in a release position, whereby in the release position the protrusion either protrudes from the wall into the receptacle by a second amount, whereby the second amount is smaller than the first amount, or the protrusion does not protrude from the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Christian KOLB, Alexander RUFF, Daniel SCHREIYÄCK
  • Publication number: 20220316505
    Abstract: A lock for holding a first part to a second part comprises a holding body with a receptacle for receiving a protruding part of the second part. The holding body having has a wall that borders the receptacle and a locking element, the locking element having a protrusion, whereby the locking element has a first position, whereby in the first position the protrusion is in a locking position, whereby in the locking position the protrusion protrudes from the wall into the receptacle by a first amount and the locking element has a second position, whereby in the second position the protrusion is in a release position, whereby in the release position the protrusion either protrudes from the wall into the receptacle by a second amount, whereby the second amount is smaller than the first amount, or the protrusion does not protrude from the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Christian KOLB, Alexander RUFF, Daniel SCHREIYÄCK
  • Patent number: 6699747
    Abstract: In a method for forming a trench capacitor a first layer of silicon oxide is deposited in a storage trench and a layer of silicon is deposited over the first layer by a chemical vapor deposition process. A layer of an oxidizable metal is deposited over the layer of silicon. The layer of silicon and the layer of the oxidizable metal are subsequently oxidized to form a layer of silicon oxide and metal oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Alexander Ruff, Wilhelm Kegel, Wolfram Karcher, Martin Schrems