Patents by Inventor Andreas Hofer

Andreas Hofer 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: 20240141534
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a distribution system for a process fluid for a chemical and/or electrolytic surface treatment of a substrate, comprising: a distribution body, and a substrate holder, wherein the substrate holder has a substrate holder length (L) and a substrate holder width (W) and is configured to hold the substrate to be treated, wherein the distribution body comprises several openings for a process fluid and/or an electric current, wherein the distribution body and the substrate holder are moveable relative to each other, wherein the distribution body has a distribution body length (l) and a distribution body width (w), and wherein the distribution body length (l) is smaller than the substrate holder length (L).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Gleissner, Georg Hofer, Marianne Kolitsch-MataIn
  • Publication number: 20240145231
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a system for a surface treatment of a substrate with a liquid, comprising: a first substrate holder, a second substrate holder, a liquid dispensing unit, a treatment chamber, and control unit, wherein the first substrate holder is configured to hold the substrate, wherein the first substrate holder is moveable in the treatment chamber and configured to hand the substrate over to the second substrate holder, wherein the second substrate holder is rotatable and configured to hold the substrate during a rotation of the substrate in and relative to the treatment chamber, wherein the liquid dispensing unit is moveable relative to the second substrate holder and configured to dispense the liquid onto the substrate, and wherein the control unit is configured to control a rotational speed of the substrate, a position of the liquid dispensing unit and/or a dispense rate of the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Georg Hofer, Andreas Gleissner
  • Publication number: 20240133484
    Abstract: Disclosed is a valve for regulating a volume or mass flow and/or for closing and opening a valve opening, having a valve seat, a valve closure and a drive unit which is coupled to the valve closure and is set up to provide a movement of the valve closure in such a way that the valve closure can be adjusted from an open position to a closed position and back. The vacuum valve includes a radio arrangement having at least one coupling element and a memory element, and information relating to a valve state can be provided by means of the memory element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas HOFER, Adrian ESCHENMOSER, Xunshuo ZHANG, Frantisek BALON
  • Patent number: 11965263
    Abstract: The invention relates to a substrate holding and locking system for chemical and/or electrolytic surface treatment of a substrate in a process fluid and a corresponding method. The system comprises a first element, a second element, a reduced pressure holding unit and a magnetic locking unit. The first element and the second element are configured to hold the substrate between each other. The reduced pressure holding unit comprises a pump to reduce an interior pressure inside the substrate holding and locking system below atmospheric pressure. The magnetic locking unit is configured to lock the first element and the second element with each other. The magnetic locking unit comprises a magnet control and at least a magnet. The magnet is arranged at one of the first element and the second element. The magnet control is configured to control a magnetic force between the first element and the second element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SEMSYSCO GMBH
    Inventors: Herbert Ötzlinger, Oliver Knoll, Raoul Schröder, Markus Gersdorff, Thomas Wirnsberger, Georg Hofer, Andreas Gleissner
  • Publication number: 20240124654
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst pellet for anionic polymerization of organosiloxanes and/or for equilibration of organopolysiloxanes, comprising at least one (earth) alkali metal oxide, its preparation, as well as a method for polymerization of organosiloxanes and/or for equilibration of organopolysiloxanes by means of the catalyst pellet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: RUDOLF GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas WENNG, Alexander HOFER, Gunther DUSCHEK, Dirk SIELEMANN
  • Publication number: 20240003464
    Abstract: Vacuum adjustment device for an active element movable in a process atmosphere region, having a coupling, a drive unit having an electric motor, which cooperates with the coupling in such a way that the coupling can be adjusted from a normal position into an active position and back. The device has a mechanical interface for connecting the vacuum adjustment device to a process volume providing a process atmosphere, a dynamic separating device for separating the process atmosphere from an outer atmosphere region and a control and processing unit at least electrically connected to the drive unit and designed to control the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Alejandro Marzinotto, Adrian Eschenmoser, Andreas Hofer, Frantisek Balon, Michael Zickar
  • Patent number: 11831149
    Abstract: To recognize a fault in an arrangement including a transformer having a primary winding connected in series with a DC voltage line and a secondary winding coupled magnetically to the primary winding, and including an evaluation unit that processes a secondary signal on the secondary winding, a signal component at at least one frequency is determined from the secondary signal and a signal level of the signal component is compared with a signal threshold. The fault is detected when the signal level falls below the signal threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: FRONIUS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Bernd Hofer, Stefan Breuer, Christian Fasthuber, Walter Spitzer, Andreas Hofer
  • Publication number: 20230372963
    Abstract: A method for operating a double-action piston pump of an application system for applying a fluid medium to a substrate, wherein the piston pump has a piston which is movable between a first reversal point and a second reversal point for delivering the fluid medium, wherein on reaching the first reversal point and the second reversal point, the movement direction of the piston is reversed, wherein during an output period, the fluid medium is output by means of an output device, and during an interruption period, an output of the fluid medium by means of the output device is interrupted, wherein during the interruption period, the movement direction of the piston is reversed, wherein on reversal of the movement direction during the interruption period, the piston is situated at an intermediate position between the first reversal point and the second reversal point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Robatech AG
    Inventors: Andreas Hofer, Hanspeter Felix
  • Patent number: 11766693
    Abstract: A method for operating a double-action piston pump of an application system for applying a fluid medium to a substrate, wherein the piston pump has a piston which is movable between a first reversal point and a second reversal point for delivering the fluid medium, wherein on reaching the first reversal point and the second reversal point, the movement direction of the piston is reversed, wherein during an output period, the fluid medium is output by means of an output device, and during an interruption period, an output of the fluid medium by means of the output device is interrupted, wherein during the interruption period, the movement direction of the piston is reversed, wherein on reversal of the movement direction during the interruption period, the piston is situated at an intermediate position between the first reversal point and the second reversal point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: ROBATECH AG
    Inventors: Andreas Hofer, Hanspeter Felix
  • Publication number: 20220399217
    Abstract: Method for monitoring a state of a pin lifter device (10), wherein the pin lifter device (10) is designed for moving and positioning a substrate in a process atmosphere region (P). The pin lifter device (10) has a coupling (18) and a drive unit (12) having an electric motor, which is designed and interacts with the coupling (18) in such a way that the coupling (18) is adjustable from a lowered normal position into an individual active position and back. The method for monitoring includes progressively receiving a present item of motor current information with respect to a motor current applied to the electric motor, comparing the present motor current information to an item of target current information, and deriving an item of state information based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Alejandro Marzinotto, Adrian Eschenmoser, Andreas Hofer, Frantisek Balon, Michael Zickar
  • Patent number: 11386264
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for displaying object pages containing data displayed in tables in a client application. The client application may provide a user experience framework via which an administrator may pre-configure the behavior of object pages that display data related to the application in table form. A table may be configured to display using lazy loading, tab navigation, or a preview version to list report based on the nature and expected size of the table. When preview version to list report is chosen, a preview version of a table may be provided to a user to allow the user to interact with the data without displaying the entirety of the dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Andreas Hofer, Janina Schulyk, Carlos Martinez Gomez
  • Patent number: 11378202
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vacuum valve including a valve closure and a preferably pneumatic or electro-pneumatic drive unit having a pressure medium, said drive unit being coupled to the valve closure. The vacuum valve also has a pressure sensor such that a pressure of the pressure medium can be measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: VAT HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Adrian Eschenmoser, Andreas Hofer
  • Patent number: 11313491
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vacuum valve with a sensor arrangement having at least one inertial sensor, where the sensor arrangement is designed in such a way it detects a measuring signal with respect to an acceleration impacting on the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: VAT HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Adrian Eschenmoser, Andreas Hofer
  • Patent number: 11282725
    Abstract: A wafer transfer unit includes at least one data processing unit, which is configured at least for a registration and/or processing of sensor data of at least one sensor, allocated to at least one sub-component of a wafer transfer system, of a sensor module, in particular includes at least one wafer processing module of the wafer transfer system, includes at least one wafer interface system of the wafer transfer system with a wafer transport container and a loading and/or unloading station for a loading and/or unloading of the wafer transport container and/or of the wafer processing module, includes at least one wafer transport container transport system of the wafer transfer system and/or includes at least one wafer handling robot of the wafer transfer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: VAT Holding AG
    Inventors: Florian Ehrne, Martin Netzer, Andreas Hofer, Eligio Belleri, Marco Apolloni, Thomas L. Swain
  • Publication number: 20220076987
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pin lifting device which is designed for moving and positioning a substrate to be processed, in particular a wafer, in a process atmosphere region which can be provided by a vacuum process chamber. The pin lifting device includes a coupling designed to receive a support pin adapted to contact and support the substrate, and a drive unit designed and interacting with the coupling such that the coupling is linearly adjustable along an axis of adjustment from a lowered normal position to an extended support position and back. The pin lifting device has at least one sensor unit which is designed and arranged in such a way that force-dependent and/or acceleration-dependent condition information can be generated by means of the sensor unit with reference to at least part of the pin lifting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Adrian ESCHENMOSER, Michael DÜR, Andreas HOFER
  • Publication number: 20220020629
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pin lifting device is designed for moving and positioning a substrate to be processed in a vacuum process chamber. The pin lifting device includes a coupling part having a coupling adapted to receive a support pin designed to contact and support the substrate, and further comprises a drive part having a drive unit adapted to cooperate with the coupling such that the coupling is linearly adjustable along an adjustment axis from a lowered normal position to an extended support position and back The pin lifting device has at least one temperature sensor, where the temperature sensor is designed and arranged such that a measurement signal representing thermal information with respect to at least part of the pin lifting device can be generated by means of the temperature sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Adrian ESCHENMOSER, Michael DÜR, Andreas HOFER
  • Publication number: 20220006282
    Abstract: To recognize a fault in an arrangement including a transformer having a primary winding connected in series with a DC voltage line and a secondary winding coupled magnetically to the primary winding, and including an evaluation unit that processes a secondary signal on the secondary winding, a signal component at at least one frequency is determined from the secondary signal and a signal level of the signal component is compared with a signal threshold. The fault is detected when the signal level falls below the signal threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: Fronius International GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd HOFER, Stefan BREUER, Christian FASTHUBER, Walter SPITZER, Andreas HOFER
  • Patent number: 11215297
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vacuum valve having a valve seat, which has a valve opening, defining an opening axis, and a first sealing surface, a valve closure having a second sealing surface corresponding to the first sealing surface, a drive unit coupled to the valve closure, which can be moved from an open position, in which the valve closure and the valve seat do not contact each other, to a closed position, in which there is a sealing contact between the first sealing surface and the second sealing surface by a seal there between, and the valve opening is sealed gastight as a result. The vacuum valve has at least one temperature sensor, where the temperature sensor is designed and arranged such that, from the temperature sensor, a measurement signal representing thermal information in respect of at least one part of the vacuum valve can be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: VAT HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Adrian Eschenmoser, Andreas Hofer
  • Publication number: 20210340964
    Abstract: A method for operating a double-action piston pump of an application system for applying a fluid medium to a substrate, wherein the piston pump has a piston which is movable between a first reversal point and a second reversal point for delivering the fluid medium, wherein on reaching the first reversal point and the second reversal point, the movement direction of the piston is reversed, wherein during an output period, the fluid medium is output by means of an output device, and during an interruption period, an output of the fluid medium by means of the output device is interrupted, wherein during the interruption period, the movement direction of the piston is reversed, wherein on reversal of the movement direction during the interruption period, the piston is situated at an intermediate position between the first reversal point and the second reversal point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Robatech AG
    Inventors: Andreas Hofer, Hanspeter Felix
  • Patent number: 11112029
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vacuum valve comprising a sensor assembly with at least one force sensor which has a deformation-sensitive element. The sensor assembly is designed such that a measurement signal relating to a compression of the seal (TO) which lies between a first and a second seal surface, said compression being produced by the first and the second seal surface, is detected by means of the sensor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: VAT HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Adrian Eschenmoser, Andreas Hofer