Patents by Inventor Bernd SCHINELLER

Bernd SCHINELLER 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).

  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FORMING BUNDLES OF NANOFILAMENTS
    Publication number: 20220310986
    Abstract: A device can be used as an electrode for a lithium-ion battery. The device comprises an electrically conductive substrate to the surface of which nanofilaments having an ion-absorbing coating are applied. The nanofilaments are combined by the application of light into a plurality of bundles, each having multiple nanofilaments. A spacer gap is formed between neighboring bundles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Bernd SCHINELLER, Kenneth B. K. TEO, Nalin Lalith RUPESINGHE
  • ELECTRODE FOR A LITHIUM-ION BATTERY AND DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID ELECTRODE
    Publication number: 20210296628
    Abstract: A device can be used as an electrode for a lithium-ion battery. The device comprises an electrically conductive support, to the surface of which nanofilaments having an ion-absorbing coating are applied. The nanofilaments are combined by the application of light into a plurality of bundles, each having multiple nanofilaments. A spacer gap is formed between neighboring bundles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Bernd SCHINELLER, Kenneth B. K. TEO, Nalin Lalith RUPESINGHE
  • Method and apparatus for producing a structure seed layer using a laser beam
    Patent number: 11052486
    Abstract: In a method for producing a structured seed layer for carbon nanotubes to be deposited thereon, energy is applied by means of a laser beam to a metal layer previously applied to a substrate such that the metal layer is broken up into individual islands. The laser beam is expanded into a beam having a linear cross-section, and a linear exposure zone of the metal layer is simultaneously exposed to the expanded beam. The exposure zone is moved across the metal layer in a direction transverse to the length of the exposure zone. An apparatus for carrying out the method comprises a device for transporting a substrate with a metal layer applied thereto, a laser to produce a laser beam, and a device for expanding the laser beam to produce a linear exposure zone that extends perpendicularly to the direction in which the substrate is transported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: AIXTRON SE
    Inventor: Bernd Schineller
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING A STRUCTURE SEED LAYER USING A LASER BEAM; CORRESPONDING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200061749
    Abstract: In a method for producing a structured seed layer for carbon nanotubes to be deposited thereon, energy is applied by means of a laser beam to a metal layer previously applied to a substrate such that the metal layer is broken up into individual islands. The laser beam is expanded into a beam having a linear cross-section, and a linear exposure zone of the metal layer is simultaneously exposed to the expanded beam. The exposure zone is moved across the metal layer in a direction transverse to the length of the exposure zone. An apparatus for carrying out the method comprises a device for transporting a substrate with a metal layer applied thereto, a laser to produce a laser beam, and a device for expanding the laser beam to produce a linear exposure zone that extends perpendicularly to the direction in which the substrate is transported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventor: Bernd SCHINELLER