Patents by Inventor Bernd Ruedinger

Bernd Ruedinger 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: 20230183128
    Abstract: A cover glass is provided that includes a silica based glass ceramic with a thickness between 0.4 mm and 0.85 mm. The glass ceramic has a transmittance of more than 80% from 380 nm to 780 nm and a stress attribute selected from: an overall compressive stress (CS) of at least 250 MPa and at most 1500 MPa, a compressive stress at a depth of 30 ?m (CS30) from one of the two faces of at least 160 MPa and at most 525 MPa, a depth of the compression layer (DoCL) of at least 0.2 times the thickness and less than 0.5 times the thickness, and any combinations thereof. The glass ceramic has at least one silica based crystal phase having in a near-surface layer a unit cell volume of at least 1% by volume larger than that of a core where the crystal phase has minimum stresses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicants: SCHOTT AG, SCHOTT Technical Glass Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Ruediger Dietrich, Meike SCHNEIDER, Jochen Alkemper, Lars Mueller, Thomas Pfeiffer, Julian Koch, Bernd Ruedinger
  • Publication number: 20230183127
    Abstract: A cover glass made of a glass ceramic that is silica based and has a main crystal phase of high quartz solid solution or keatite solid solution is provided. The cover glass has a stress profile with at least one inflection point at a depth of the cover glass of more than 10 ?m, a thickness from 0.1 mm to 2 mm, and a chemical tempering structure with a surface compressive stress of at least 250 MPa and at most 1500 MPa. A process for producing the cover glass is provided that includes producing a silica based green glass, hot shaping the silica based green glass, thermally treating the silica based green glass with a nucleation step and a ceramization step, and performing an ion exchange at an exchange bath temperature for a duration of time in an exchange bath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicants: SCHOTT AG, SCHOTT Technical Glass Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Lars Mueller, Ruediger Dietrich, Thomas Pfeiffer, Julian Koch, Bernd Ruedinger, Meike Schneider, Jochen Alkemper
  • Publication number: 20220332630
    Abstract: A glass includes a composition characterized by the following constituent phases (in mol-%): 20-80 lanthanum titanate; 10-50 lanthanum niobate; 0-60 lanthanum molybdenum borate; 2-40 lanthanum borate; 2-40 yttrium borate; 0-40 gadolinium borate; 2-40 zirconium silicate; 2-40 diboron trioxide; and 0-20 silicon dioxide. A refractive index is at least 2.00.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Fotheringham, Simone Monika Ritter, Bernd Rüdinger, Peter Nabe
  • Publication number: 20210344039
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an aluminum-doped lithium ion conductor based on a garnet structure comprising lanthanum, in particular an aluminum-doped lithium lanthanum zirconate (LLZO), in which the latter is co-doped with at least one trivalent M3+ ion on the lanthanum site, and in which the trivalent M3+ ion has an ionic radius that is smaller than that of La3+, and a higher lithium content is present in comparison to a stoichiometric garnet structure, with the provision that if M3+ is yttrium, a further trivalent M3+ ion, which is different than Y3+ and has an ionic radius that is smaller than that of La3+, is co-doped on the lanthanum site. A co-doping strategy is carried out, in which a doping on the lanthanum site with ions of the same valence, but smaller diameter brings about the change in the lattice geometry to the cubic modification. This leads to a stabilization of the cubic crystal modification that is present also with superstoichiometric quantities of lithium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Leukel, Meike Schneider, Andreas Roters, Jörg Schumacher, Wolfgang Schmidbauer, Bernd Rüdinger
  • Patent number: 10562808
    Abstract: A highly crystalline transparent, translucent or opaque lithium aluminium silicate (LAS) glass-ceramic which has a proportion of residual glass phase of less than 20% by weight and also the use thereof is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Friedrich Siebers, Bernd Ruedinger, Falk Gabel, Evelin Weiss
  • Patent number: 10207948
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved cordierite glass-ceramic. In order to improve the materials properties, it is proposed that the glass-ceramic comprising SiO2, Al2O3, MgO and Li2O contains cordierite as main crystal phase and that a secondary crystal phase of the glass-ceramic comprises high-quartz solid solution and/or keatite solid solution. The invention further relates to a process for producing such a glass-ceramic and the use of such a glass-ceramic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Meike Schneider, Oliver Hochrein, Bianca Schreder, Bernd Ruedinger, Martun Hovhannisyan
  • Publication number: 20180037493
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved cordierite glass-ceramic. In order to improve the materials properties, it is proposed that the glass-ceramic comprising SiO2, Al2O3, MgO and Li2O contains cordierite as main crystal phase and that a secondary crystal phase of the glass-ceramic comprises high-quartz solid solution and/or keatite solid solution. The invention further relates to a process for producing such a glass-ceramic and the use of such a glass-ceramic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Meike Schneider, Oliver Hochrein, Bianca Schreder, Bernd Ruedinger, Martun Hovhannisyan
  • Publication number: 20160130175
    Abstract: A highly crystalline transparent, translucent or opaque lithium aluminium silicate (LAS) glass-ceramic which has a proportion of residual glass phase of less than 20% by weight and also the use thereof is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Friedrich Siebers, Bernd Ruedinger, Falk Gabel, Evelin Weiss
  • Patent number: 8859079
    Abstract: A glass having excellent resistance against surface damages is provided. The glass includes a content of alkaline earth oxides of at least 0.3% by weight and of P2O5 of 0.1 to 4% by weight; the glass has at least one surface that has precipitations with a mean size of 1 to 20 ?m. A method is further provided and includes melting a glass batch, yielding a glass melt, and casting the glass melt onto a float bath. The glass melt is maintained on the float bath at a temperature of above 1000° C. for at least 5 minutes, and yields glass. The glass has a content of alkaline earth oxides of at least 0.3% by weight and of P2O5 of 0.1 to 4% by weight, and the glass has at least one surface that has precipitations with a mean size of 1 to 20 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Friedrich Siebers, Bernd Ruedinger, Andreas Langsdorf, Markus Heiss
  • Publication number: 20140256530
    Abstract: A glass-ceramic is disclosed which can be used in particular as a dielectric and which has at least the following constituents (in mol % on oxide basis): SiO2 1-50, Al2O3 0-20, B2O3 0-25, TiO2 10-70, RE2O3 0-35, wherein RE is lanthanum, another lanthanoid, or yttrium, wherein Ti may be replaced in part, preferably up to 10%, by Zr, Hf, Y, Nb, V, Ta, and wherein the porosity is less than 0.5%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Hubertus BRAUN, Martin LETZ, Bernd RUEDINGER, Daniela SEILER
  • Patent number: 8728961
    Abstract: A method is described for making a float glass convertible into a glass ceramic, by which a largely crystal fault-free glass can be produced. In this method the glass is cooled from a temperature (TKGmax), at which a crystal growth rate is at a maximum value (KGmax), to another temperature (TUEG), at which practically no more crystal growth occurs, with a cooling rate, KR, in ° C. min?1 according to: KR UEG KGmax ? ? ? ? T UEG KGmax 100 · KG ? ? max , wherein ?T=TKGmax?TUEG, and KGmax=maximum crystal growth rate in ?m min?1. The float glass has a thickness below an equilibrium thickness, a net width of at least 1 m and has no more than 50 crystals with a size of more than 50 ?m, especially no crystals with a size of more than 10 ?m, per kilogram of glass within the net width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Lautenschlaeger, Andreas Langsdorf, Ulrich Lange, Bernd Ruedinger, Klaus Schneider, Michael Jacquorie, Friedrich Siebers, Wolfgang Schmidbauer
  • Publication number: 20130120193
    Abstract: A glass-ceramic which is particularly suitable as dielectric for use in the high-frequency range, in particular as dielectric resonator, as electronic frequency filter element or as antenna element is disclosed. The glass-ceramic has at least the following constituents (in mol % on an oxide basis): 5-50% of SiO2, 0-20% of Al2O3, 0-25% of B2O3, 0-25% of BaO, 10-60% of TiO2, 5-35% of Re2O3, where Ba can be partly replaced by Sr, Ca, Mg, where Re is a lanthanide or yttrium and where Ti can be partly replaced by Zr, Hf, Y, Nb, V, Ta.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Bernd Hoppe, Michael Kluge, Stephan Knoener, Martin Letz, Bernd Ruedinger, Daniela Seiler
  • Patent number: 8263509
    Abstract: A process for the production of a glass-ceramic comprises the following steps: a) providing a mixture comprising at least SiO2, Al2O3, BaO and TiO2, b) melting the mixture in order to produce a glass phase, c) cooling the glass phase, and d) ceramicizing the glass phase. In the process, the glass phase is heated over the course of at most 5 minutes, preferably over the course of at most 3 minutes, to a temperature in the region of the crystallization temperature of Ba1-xZ1xTi1-yZ2yO3, whereby Z1 is an element selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ca, Ce, Pb, La and Sm, whereby Z2 is an element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Hf, Nb, V, Y, Sc and Ta, and whereby x and y are each independently of one another 0?x,y?0.5, preferably 0?x,y?0.1, but substantially below the crystallization temperature of Ba[Al2Si2O8].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Bernd Hoppe, Daniela Seiler, Bernd Ruedinger, Ina Mitra, Maria-Louisa Reich, Martin Letz, Michael Kluge
  • Publication number: 20120108414
    Abstract: A method of ceramicizing a floated glass is provided where the glass ceramic material obtained thereby has high stability because of the special quality of the atmosphere in the ceramicizing process. The glass ceramics thus obtained have special surface properties that avoid crack formation. Thereby very high bending tensile strengths are achieved. These glass ceramics can be used as fire protection glass, hot plate of a cooker having a coating on the lower side, safety glass, panes of wood-burning fireplace inserts, in colored form as hot plate of a cooker, base plate, thermally resistant panel lining in furnaces and microwave facilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Bernd Ruedinger, Friedrich Siebers, Gerhard Lautenschlaeger, Matthias Baesel
  • Patent number: 8141387
    Abstract: The process of making the glass-ceramic includes ceramicizing a starting glass at a heating or cooling rate during the ceramicization of at least 10 K/min, so that the glass-ceramic contains at least 50% by volume of ferroelectric crystallites with a maximum diameter of from 20 to 100 nm and not more than 10% by volume of nonferroelectric crystallitesis. The glass ceramic produced by the process contains no pores or not more than 0.01% by volume of the pores and a value of e?·V2max of the glass-ceramic is at least 20 (MV/cm)2, wherein e? is the dielectric constant at 1 kHz and Vmax is the breakdown voltage per unit thickness. The ferroelectric crystallites preferably have a perovskite structure and are composed of substantially pure or doped BaTiO3 and/or BaTi2O5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Martin Letz, Mark J. Davis, Bernd Ruedinger, Bernd Hoppe, Bianca Schreder, Maria-Louisa Aigner, Daniela Seiler
  • Publication number: 20120028015
    Abstract: Laminated, transparent set of panes made of brittle materials and interleaved laminated films, wherein the brittle materials are various glasses, special glasses, glass-ceramics, transparent ceramics and crystalline materials, process for producing and bending the set of panes and films, and its use thereof, as a bulletproof, unbreakable and shockproof glazing with a low weight per unit area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Andreas Langsdorf, Markus Heiss, Doris Moseler, Axel Ohlinger, Volker Seibert, Otmar Becker, Bernd Ruedinger, Thilo Zachau
  • Publication number: 20120009386
    Abstract: A glass having excellent resistance against surface damages is provided. The glass includes a content of alkaline earth oxides of at least 0.3% by weight and of P2O5 of 0.1 to 4% by weight; the glass has at least one surface that has precipitations with a mean size of 1 to 20 ?m. A method is further provided and includes melting a glass batch, yielding a glass melt, and casting the glass melt onto a float bath. The glass melt is maintained on the float bath at a temperature of above 1000° C. for at least 5 minutes, and yields glass. The glass has a content of alkaline earth oxides of at least 0.3% by weight and of P2O5 of 0.1 to 4% by weight, and the glass has at least one surface that has precipitations with a mean size of 1 to 20 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Friedrich Siebers, Bernd Ruedinger, Andreas Langsdorf, Markus Heiss
  • Publication number: 20110281099
    Abstract: A method is described for making a float glass convertible into a glass ceramic, by which a largely crystal fault-free glass can be produced. In this method the glass is cooled from a temperature (TKGmax), at which a crystal growth rate is at a maximum value (KGmax), to another temperature (TUEG), at which practically no more crystal growth occurs, with a cooling rate, KR, in ° C. min?1 according to: KR UEG KGmax ? ? ? ? T UEG KGmax 100 · KGmax , wherein ?T=TKGmax?TUEG, and KGmax=maximum crystal growth rate in ?m min?1. The float glass has a thickness below an equilibrium thickness, a net width of at least 1 m and has no more than 50 crystals with a size of more than 50 ?m, especially no crystals with a size of more than 10 ?m, per kilogram of glass within the net width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Gerhard Lautenschlaeger, Andreas Langsdorf, Ulrich Lange, Bernd Ruedinger, Klaus Schneider, Michael Jacquorie, Friedrich Siebers, Wolfgang Schmidbauer
  • Patent number: 8053381
    Abstract: An optically detectable, floatable arsenic- and antimony-free, glazable lithium-aluminosilicate glass that can be prestressed and the glass ceramic converted therefrom are described. The glass or the glass ceramic has a composition (in % by weight based on oxide) of essentially SiO2 55-69, Al2O3 19-25, Li2O 3.2-5, Na2O 0-1.5, K2O 0-1.5, MgO 0-2.2, CaO 0-2.0, SrO 0-2.0, BaO 0-2.5, ZnO 0-<1.5, TiO2 1-3, ZrO2 1-2.5, SnO2 0.1-<1, ?TiO2+ZrO2+SnO2 2.5-5, P2O5 0-3, Nd2O3 0.01-0.6, CoO 0-0.005, F 0-1, B2O3 0-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Friedrich Siebers, Hans-Werner Beudt, Bernd Rüdinger, Gerbard Lautenschläger, Klaus Schneider, Michael Jacquorie, Wolfgang Schmidbauer
  • Patent number: 8015842
    Abstract: A method for making a float glass convertible into a glass ceramic, by which a largely crystal fault-free glass can be produced. In this method the glass is cooled from a temperature (TKGmax), at which a crystal growth rate is at a maximum value (KGmax), to another temperature (TUEG), at which practically no more crystal growth occurs, with a cooling rate, KR, in ° C. min?1 according to: KR UEG KG max ? ? ? ? T UEG KG max 100 · KG max , wherein ?T=TKGmax?TUEG, and KGmax=maximum crystal growth rate in ?m min?1. The float glass has a thickness below an equilibrium thickness, a net width of at least 1 m and has no more than 50 crystals with a size of more than 50 ?m, especially no crystals with a size of more than 10 ?m, per kilogram of glass within the net width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Lautenschlaeger, Andreas Langsdorf, Ulrich Lange, Bernd Ruedinger, Klaus Schneider, Michael Jacquorie, Friedrich Siebers, Wolfgang Schmidbauer