Patents by Inventor Armin Vogl
Armin Vogl 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).
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Patent number: 11890844Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: SCHOTT AGInventors: Armin Vogl, Thomas Schmiady, Thilo Zachau, Jochen Alkemper, Michael Meister, Christian Kunert, Lutz Klippe, Rüdiger Dietrich
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Publication number: 20240010539Abstract: A method of making glass products includes: heating material to obtain a glass melt; heating the glass melt in a melting tank having a melting tank bottom, the glass melt having a melt volume, a melt surface, and a viscosity of 102 dPas at a temperature above 1580° C. The glass melt is heated such that at least some of the glass melt has a viscosity of 102.5 dPas or less. An amount of thermal energy introduced directly into the melt volume is more than 60% of a total amount of thermal energy introduced into the glass melt. A maximum difference between a temperature at a location on the melt surface and a temperature at a location at the melting tank bottom vertically underneath the location on the melt surface is such that a difference in glass melt densities is less than 0.05 g/cm3 per meter distance between the locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Schott AGInventors: Hildegard Römer, Michael Hahn, Stefan Rosner, Volker Trinks, Rainer Eichholz, Christoph Bergmann, Armin Vogl, Jörg Hessenkemper, Horst Blei, Klaus Schönberger, Sybille Haas, Guido Räke, Stefan Schmitt, Christoph Berndhäuser, Olaf Claussen, Christopher Klein, Wolfgang Schmidbauer
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Patent number: 11745459Abstract: Thin glass substrates are provided. Also provided are methods and apparatuses for the production thereof and provides a thin glass substrate of improved optical quality. The method includes, after the melting and before a hot forming process, adjusting the viscosity of the glass that is to be formed or has at least partially been formed is in a defined manner for the thin glass substrate to be obtained. The apparatus includes a device for melting, a device for hot forming, and also a device for defined adjustment of the viscosity of the glass to be formed into a thin glass substrate, and the device for defined adjustment of the viscosity of the glass to be formed into a thin glass substrate is arranged upstream of the device for hot forming.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: SCHOTT AGInventors: Armin Vogl, Thomas Schmiady, Thilo Zachau, Michael Meister, Jochen Alkemper, Christian Kunert, Lutz Klippe, Rüdiger Dietrich
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Publication number: 20230191741Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: SCHOTT AGInventors: Armin VOGL, Thomas SCHMIADY, Thilo ZACHAU, Jochen ALKEMPER, Michael MEISTER, Christian KUNERT, Lutz KLIPPE, Rüdiger DIETRICH
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Publication number: 20200238664Abstract: Thin glass substrates are provided. Also provided are methods and apparatuses for the production thereof and provides a thin glass substrate of improved optical quality. The method includes, after the melting and before a hot forming process, adjusting the viscosity of the glass that is to be formed or has at least partially been formed is in a defined manner for the thin glass substrate to be obtained. The apparatus includes a device for melting, a device for hot forming, and also a device for defined adjustment of the viscosity of the glass to be formed into a thin glass substrate, and the device for defined adjustment of the viscosity of the glass to be formed into a thin glass substrate is arranged upstream of the device for hot forming.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: SCHOTT AGInventors: Armin VOGL, Thomas SCHMIADY, Thilo ZACHAU, Michael MEISTER, Jochen ALKEMPER, Christian KUNERT, Lutz KLIPPE, Rüdiger DIETRICH
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Publication number: 20190308900Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: SCHOTT AGInventors: Armin VOGL, Thomas SCHMIADY, Thilo ZACHAU, Jochen ALKEMPER, Michael MEISTER, Christian KUNERT, Lutz KLIPPE, Rüdiger DIETRICH
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Patent number: 10189455Abstract: In a braking maneuver using a braking assistant (9) in a motor vehicle (3), the braking assistant (9) initiates an automatic braking maneuver when an actual distance (a) between the motor vehicle (3) and an object (5) located ahead of the motor vehicle (3) becomes less than a specified minimum distance (amin). Then an acceleration of the decelerating vehicle (3) is ascertained during the braking maneuver, and if the acceleration is positive then the braking maneuver initiated by the braking assistant (9) is automatically interrupted.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2015Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbHInventors: Mihai Baneu, Guido Fuchs, Mario Goetz, Helmut Steurer, Armin Vogl
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Patent number: 10060945Abstract: A device for increasing the precision of the distance and the relative velocity of a camera-based sensor with the aid of longitudinal acceleration for use in vehicles, e.g., in passive safety applications. In a first arithmetic unit of the inventive device, a correction of a slowly repeated camera-based measurement of the distance to an object is performed with the aid of an internal, longitudinal acceleration signal sampled at a much higher rate, wherein the inventive correction may be performed within an arithmetic unit of the camera, within a passive safety system or in a unit outside the camera and outside the safety system in the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2015Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbHInventors: Helmut Steurer, Armin Vogl
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Publication number: 20180186350Abstract: An improved emergency braking assist system for a vehicle takes account of the region to the rear when specifying emergency braking parameters. The region to the rear is also monitored and the emergency braking parameters optionally adapted during the emergency braking operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbHInventors: Mario Götz, Muhammad Alrefai, Mihai Baneu, Helmut Steurer, Armin Vogl
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Publication number: 20170210367Abstract: The invention relates to a method for performing a braking maneuver using a braking assistant (9) in a motor vehicle (3), wherein the braking assistant (9) initiates an automatic braking maneuver when a distance between the motor vehicle (3) and an object (5) located ahead of the motor vehicle (3) is less than a minimum distance amin, an acceleration signal of the decelerating vehicle (3) is ascertained, and if the acceleration signal is positive the braking maneuver initiated by the braking assistant (9) is automatically interrupted.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2015Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: Mihai BANEU, Guido FUCHS, Mario GOETZ, Helmut STEURER, Armin VOGL
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Publication number: 20170010302Abstract: A device for increasing the precision of the distance and the relative velocity of a camera-based sensor with the aid of longitudinal acceleration for use in vehicles, e.g., in passive safety applications. In a first arithmetic unit of the inventive device, a correction of a slowly repeated camera-based measurement of the distance to an object is performed with the aid of an internal, longitudinal acceleration signal sampled at a much higher rate, wherein the inventive correction may be performed within an arithmetic unit of the camera, within a passive safety system or in a unit outside the camera and outside the safety system in the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Helmut Steurer, Armin Vogl
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Patent number: 9330552Abstract: The invention relates to a method for adapting the signal processing of at least one sensor device arranged behind a window in a motor vehicle, wherein the adaptation of the signal processing comprises changing at least one detection threshold value if a probability of ice being on the window is detected on the basis of a determined temperature, characterized in that a temperature signal of at least one temperature sensor integrated in the sensor device is used to detect the probability of ice on the window.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignees: Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbH, Continental Automotive GmbHInventors: Mario Götz, Armin Vogl, Helmut Steurer, Dionisie-Catalin Iordachescu
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Publication number: 20160078736Abstract: The invention relates to a method for adapting the signal processing of at least one sensor device arranged behind a window in a motor vehicle, wherein the adaptation of the signal processing comprises changing at least one detection threshold value if a probability of ice being on the window is detected on the basis of a determined temperature, wherein a temperature signal of at least one temperature sensor integrated in the sensor device is used to detect the probability of ice on the window.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2012Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicants: Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbH, Continental Automotive GmbHInventors: Mario Götz, Armin Vogl, Helmut Steurer, Dionisie-Catalin Iordachescu
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Patent number: 9199876Abstract: A thin lithium-aluminosilicate glass is provided. The glass is suitable for three dimensional precision molding and suitable for toughening, wherein after toughening, the glass has a center tension smaller than 50 Mpa, a surface compressive stress of 600-1200 Mpa, and a bending strength of up to 500 MPa. The glass also has a transition point lower than 550° C.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2011Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: SCHOTT GLASS TECHNOLOGIES (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.Inventors: Chong Wang, José Zimmer, Feng He, Gerhard Lautenschlaeger, Armin Vogl
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Publication number: 20130209751Abstract: An alkali aluminosilicate glass for 3D precision molding and thermal bending is provided. The glass has a working point lower than 1200° C. (104 dPas) and a transition temperature Tg lower than 610° C. The glass has, based on a sum of all the components in percentage by weight, 51-63% of Si02; 5-18% of Al203; 8-16% of Na20; 0-6% of K20; 3.5-10% of MgO; 0-5% of B203; 0-4.5% of Li20; 0-5% of ZnO; 0-8% of CaO; 0.1-2.5% of Zr02; 0.01-<0.2% of Ce02; 0-0.5% of F2; 0.01-0.5% of Sn02; 0-3% of BaO; 0-3% of SrO; 0-0.5% of Yb203; wherein the sum of Si02+Al203 is 63-81%, and the sum of CaO+MgO is 3.5-18%, and the ratio of Na20/(Li20+Na20+K20) is 0.4-1.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: SCHOTT GLASS TECHNOLOGIES (SUZHOU) CO. LTD.Inventors: Guangjun Zhang, José Zimmer, He Feng, Gerhard Lautenschlaeger, Armin Vogl
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Publication number: 20130189486Abstract: A thin lithium-aluminosilicate glass is provided. The glass is suitable for three dimensional precision molding and suitable for toughening, wherein after toughening, the glass has a center tension smaller than 50 Mpa, a surface compressive stress of 600-1200 Mpa, and a bending strength of up to 500 MPa. The glass also has a transition point lower than 550° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2011Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: SCHOTT GLASS TECHNOLOGIES (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.Inventors: Chong Wang, José Zimmer, Feng He, Gerhard Lautenschlaeger, Armin Vogl
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Publication number: 20100291347Abstract: The thin flat glass substrate, especially for display engineering, has a thickness of less than 1.5 mm, a length of at least 1800 mm, a width of at least 1800 mm and a difference between a smallest thickness and largest thickness of less than 50 ?m. The float glass process for making the improved flat glass substrate provides flags (9) in the molten metal bath in the hot-spread region on both sides of the forming glass sheet to minimize the variation in thickness of the thin flat glass substrate formed by the process.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Inventors: Andreas Langsdorf, Ulrich Lange, Armin Vogl, Andreas Morstein, Andreas Roters
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Patent number: 7814765Abstract: The thin flat glass substrate, especially for display engineering, has a thickness of less than 1.5 mm, a length of at least 1800 mm, a width of at least 1800 mm and a difference between a smallest thickness and largest thickness of less than 50 ?m. The float glass process for making the improved flat glass substrate provides flags (9) in the molten metal bath in the hot-spread region on both sides of the forming glass sheet, to minimize the variation in thickness of the thin flat glass substrate formed by the process.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2005Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Schott AGInventors: Andreas Langsdorf, Ulrich Lange, Armin Vogl, Andreas Morstein, Andreas Roters
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Publication number: 20090181230Abstract: A method for reducing surface defects during production of float glass having a transformation temperature Tg of at least 600° C. is provided. A method for removing impurities from the surface of the glass band in the floating chamber by molten metal flowing over the glass band is also provided. The undesired spreading of the molten metal on the glass band is limited in a contactless manner. A device is also provided for carrying out the method, in addition to a floating glass having a transformation temperature of at least 600° C., which has a maximum of 3 surface defects (top specks) having a size greater than 35 ?m per m2 when it leaves the floating chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2005Publication date: July 16, 2009Applicant: Schott AGInventors: Carsten Schumacher, Armin Vogl, Frank Klette, Christian Kunert, Bernhard Langner, Andreas Morstein, Andreas Roters
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Patent number: 7371996Abstract: A roller-equipped annealing lehr for flat glass, having a roller conveyor inside a lehr housing, with heating units arranged in pairs above and below the roller conveyor, in rows situated one after another and extending transversely to the feed direction. Temperature regulators are provided with predetermined desired values and actual temperature values that are measured in a position-dependent fashion. In order to achieve a desired stable temperature distribution and to prevent stresses in the flat glass, a feedback loop arrangement for at least one pair of heating units situated at a particular position in the row, presets as a control variable the heating output required to predetermine the temperature distribution in the region of this position as a predetermined portion of a heating output, which is calculated based on at least one actual temperature value measured at a different position in the row.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2006Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: Schott AGInventors: Clemens Kunisch, Armin Vogl, Andreas Morstein