Patents by Inventor Armin Vester

Armin Vester 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).

  • FIXTURE COMPRISING MAGNETIC MEANS FOR HOLDING ROTARY SYMMETRIC WORKPIECES
    Publication number: 20220028667
    Abstract: A method for using a fixture system and a fixture system for holding workpieces or parts to be treated by a plasma assisted vacuum process, the fixture system including magnetic means which generate a magnetic field with a magnetic force which is high enough for holding the workpiece or part. The magnetic means of the fixture system are designed and arranged in such a manner that magnetic field lines of the generated magnetic field are largely confined to the space including the fixture system and the body of the workpiece or part, so that a generation of unintended plasma inhomogeneities caused by the magnetic field lines is avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Dong-Ju Kim, Christian Keplinger, Armin Vester, Jurgen Becker
  • Fixture comprising magnetic means for holding rotary symmetric workpieces
    Patent number: 11131024
    Abstract: A method for using a fixture system and a fixture system for holding workpieces or parts to be treated by a plasma assisted vacuum process, the fixture system including magnetic means which generate a magnetic field with a magnetic force which is high enough for holding the workpiece or part. The magnetic means of the fixture system are designed and arranged in such a manner that magnetic field lines of the generated magnetic field are largely confined to the space including the fixture system and the body of the workpiece or part, so that a generation of unintended plasma inhomogeneities caused by the magnetic field lines is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, PFÄFFIKON
    Inventors: Dong-Ju Kim, Christian Keplinger, Armin Vester, Jurgen Becker
  • FIXTURE COMPRISING MAGNETIC MEANS FOR HOLDING ROTARY SYMMETRIC WORKPIECES
    Publication number: 20180030595
    Abstract: A method for using a fixture system and a fixture system for holding workpieces or parts to be treated by a plasma assisted vacuum process, the fixture system including magnetic means which generate a magnetic field with a magnetic force which is high enough for holding the workpiece or part. The magnetic means of the fixture system are designed and arranged in such a manner that magnetic field lines of the generated magnetic field are largely confined to the space including the fixture system and the body of the workpiece or part, so that a generation of unintended plasma inhomogeneities caused by the magnetic field lines is avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Dong-Ju Kim, Christian Keplinger, Armin Vester, Jurgen Becker
  • Tool holder
    Patent number: D881242
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfaffikon
    Inventors: Ewald Riedel, Armin Vester, Max Siebert