Patents by Inventor Benno Zigerlig

Benno Zigerlig 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).

  • Patent number: 9852874
    Abstract: An electron exit window foil for use with a high performance electron beam generator operating in a corrosive environment is provided. The electron exit window foil comprises a sandwich structure having a film of Ti, a first layer of a material having a higher thermal conductivity than Ti, and a flexible second layer of a material being able to protect said film from said corrosive environment, wherein the second layer is facing the corrosive environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Luca Poppi, Anders Kristiansson, Benno Zigerlig, Werner Haag, Kurt Holm, Lars-Åke Näslund
  • Patent number: 9484726
    Abstract: A fluid-tight line feedthrough for introducing an electric conductor into a high-pressure chamber includes a housing and an electric conductor that passes through the housing. A ceramic insulator is positioned between the housing and the electric conductor. The ceramic insulator is divided into a first insulator segment facing the electric conductor and a second insulator segment facing the housing, thereby forming a conical separating plane. A fitting made of an electrically conductive material is positioned between the two segments, the fitting being connected to the two segments and to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: MAN Diesel & Turbo SE
    Inventors: Marcel Vetter, Benno Zigerlig, Daniel Frehner
  • Publication number: 20160307724
    Abstract: An electron exit window foil for use with a high performance electron beam generator operating in a corrosive environment is provided. The electron exit window foil comprises a sandwich structure having a film of Ti, a first layer of a material having a higher thermal conductivity than Ti, and a flexible second layer of a material being able to protect said film from said corrosive environment, wherein the second layer is facing the corrosive environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Luca POPPI, Anders KRISTIANSSON, Benno ZIGERLIG, Werner HAAG, Kurt HOLM, Lars-Áke NÄSLUND
  • Patent number: 9412550
    Abstract: An electron beam device has a body provided with an exit window, said body is forming or is at least partly forming a vacuum chamber, the vacuum chamber comprising therein a cathode housing and at least one electron generating filament. At least one getter sheet is provided between the cathode housing and the filament. The invention is further comprising a getter sheet for use in an electron beam device and a method of manufacturing an electron beam device comprising at least one getter sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Werner Haag, Dominique Cloetta, Urs Hostettler, Benno Zigerlig, Toni Waber
  • Patent number: 9384934
    Abstract: An electron exit window foil for use with a high performance electron beam generator operating in a corrosive environment is provided. The electron exit window foil comprises a sandwich structure having a film of Ti, a first layer of a material having a higher thermal conductivity than Ti, and a flexible second layer of a material being able to protect said film from said corrosive environment, wherein the second layer is facing the corrosive environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Luca Poppi, Anders Kristiansson, Krister Kristiansson, Benno Zigerlig, Werner Haag, Kurt Holm, Lars-Åke Näslund
  • Patent number: 9180574
    Abstract: In a method for producing a base body with hard material particles, an adhesive is first of all applied with a defined film thickness to the entire or parts of the working surface of the tool to be produced. Next, the hard material particles are applied to the regions of the working surface provided with the adhesive for lasting adhesion. Hard material particles are applied evenly by an apparatus and are then transferred to the working surface of the tool to be produced provided with the adhesive, on which they remain adhered before the adhesive has hardened. This method enables rapid coating of the working surface of the tool with a predeterminable uniform number of detached hard material particles per unit of area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Reishauer AG
    Inventors: Sherline Wunder, Christoph Rudolf, Benno Zigerlig, Friedrich Kuster
  • Publication number: 20150303668
    Abstract: A fluid-tight line feedthrough for introducing an electric conductor into a high-pressure chamber includes a housing and an electric conductor that passes through the housing. A ceramic insulator is positioned between the housing and the electric conductor. The ceramic insulator is divided into a first insulator segment facing the electric conductor and a second insulator segment facing the housing, thereby forming a conical separating plane. A fitting made of an electrically conductive material is positioned between the two segments, the fitting being connected to the two segments and to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Marcel Vetter, Benno Zigerlig, Daniel Frehner
  • Publication number: 20140145589
    Abstract: An electron beam device has a body provided with an exit window, said body is forming or is at least partly forming a vacuum chamber, the vacuum chamber comprising therein a cathode housing and at least one electron generating filament. At least one getter sheet is provided between the cathode housing and the filament. The invention is further comprising a getter sheet for use in an electron beam device and a method of manufacturing an electron beam device comprising at least one getter sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Tetral Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Werner Haag, Dominique Cloetta, Urs Hostettler, Benno Zigerlig, Toni Waber
  • Publication number: 20140126702
    Abstract: An X-ray emitter is suitable for evenly sterilizing large volumes of material in a short time, the emitter having an elongated X-ray target window and correspondingly elongated electron source mounted in a vacuum chamber. The electrons from the electron source are accelerated towards the X-ray target window, which generates X-rays directed outward from the vacuum chamber when irradiated by electrons from within the vacuum chamber. The elongated form of the electron source ensures that an evenly distributed beam of electrons, with a substantially constant linear distribution over the length of the electron source, arrives at the elongated X-ray target window such that a correspondingly even distribution of X-rays is generated from the X-ray target window. The X-ray target window includes a support substrate, and carries an X-ray target layer made of a target material such as tantalum or tungsten on its inner surface. A process for manufacturing the X-ray emitter is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: COMET HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Werner Haag, Toni Waber, Hans-Rudolf Elsener, Benno Zigerlig, Dominique Cloetta, Urs Hostettler
  • Publication number: 20120240475
    Abstract: In a method for producing a base body with hard material particles, an adhesive (23) is first of all applied with a defined film thickness to the entire or parts of the working surface (20?) of the tool to be produced. Next, the hard material particles (22) are applied to the regions of the working surface provided with the adhesive (23) for lasting adhesion. Hard material particles (22) are applied evenly by means of an apparatus and are then transferred to the working surface (20?) of the tool (20) to be produced provided with the adhesive (23), on which they remain adhered before the adhesive (23) has hardened. This method enables rapid coating of the working surface of the tool with a predeterminable uniform number of detached hard material particles per unit of area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: REISHAUER AG
    Inventors: SHERLINE WUNDER, CHRISTOPH RUDOLF, Benno ZIGERLIG, Friedrich KUSTER
  • Patent number: 7592613
    Abstract: A sensor is adapted to sense the intensity of an electron beam generated by an electron beam generator and exited from the generator through an exit window along a path towards a target within a target area. The sensor comprises at least one area of at least one conductive layer located within the path and connected to a current detector. The area, or areas, of the at least one conductive layer are shielded from the surrounding environment and from the exit window (and from one another when there are more than one area) by a shield. The shield is formed on the exit window. The sensor forms a part of a sensing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Anders Kristiansson, Lars Åke Näslund, Hans Hallstadius, Werner Haag, Kurt Holm, Benno Zigerlig
  • Publication number: 20070290148
    Abstract: A sensor is adapted to sense the intensity of an electron beam generated by an electron beam generator and exited from the generator through an exit window along a path towards a target within a target area. The sensor comprises at least one area of at least one conductive layer located within the path and connected to a current detector. The area, or areas, of the at least one conductive layer are shielded from the surrounding environment and from the exit window (and from one another when there are more than one area) by a shield. The shield is formed on the exit window. The sensor forms a part of a sensing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Anders Kristiansson, Lars Ake Naslund, Hans Hallstadius, Werner Haag, Kurt Holm, Benno Zigerlig