Patents by Inventor Bernhard Hötger

Bernhard Hötger 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: 11602805
    Abstract: A decoating method for the edge decoating of glass sheets, the glass sheets having at least on one of their two glass surfaces a protective coating in the form of a peel-off protective film or in the form of a polymer protective layer that cannot be peeled off, and preferably having a functional coating situated under the protective coating, the protective film being partially mechanically removed, in particular ground away, for the edge decoating, in the form of at least one film strip, laser traces being introduced into the protective film before the mechanical removal of the film strip, and the laser traces being introduced in such a way that the film strip is removed in the form of individual film strip partial pieces separated from one another by the laser traces; or the polymer protective layer being removed using laser radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: HEGLA boraident GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bernhard Hötger, Thomas Rainer
  • Publication number: 20210363053
    Abstract: A method for producing an electronic structure on a glass pane which has, at least on one of its two glass pane surfaces, a functional coating having at least one electrically conductive functional layer, preferably having multiple electrically conductive functional layers, the functional coating being structured by means of laser radiation in such a way that the electronic structure, preferably a capacitive sensor system or a conductor loop, is created. A glass sheet having at least one glass pane of this type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Bernhard Hötger, Heinrich Ostendarp, Thomas Rainer
  • Publication number: 20210253371
    Abstract: A sorting method and a sorting device for sorting glass panel cut pieces, as well as a device for producing cut-out glass panels with a cutting system for cutting raw glass panels into individual glass panel cut pieces, and with a sorting device of this type, as well as a method for producing cut-out glass panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Bernhard Hötger, Dieter Riepe, Christian Rotermund, Markus Schoisswohl, Mirko Werneke
  • Publication number: 20210221625
    Abstract: A storage device, in particular a harp rack, for storing planar elements, preferably glass sheets, preferably laminated glass sheets or single-pane safety glass sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Bernhard Hötger, Martin Jost
  • Publication number: 20210086307
    Abstract: A decoating method for the edge decoating of glass sheets, the glass sheets having at least on one of their two glass surfaces a protective coating in the form of a peel-off protective film or in the form of a polymer protective layer that cannot be peeled off, and preferably having a functional coating situated under the protective coating, the protective film being partially mechanically removed, in particular ground away, for the edge decoating, in the form of at least one film strip, laser traces being introduced into the protective film before the mechanical removal of the film strip, and the laser traces being introduced in such a way that the film strip is removed in the form of individual film strip partial pieces separated from one another by the laser traces; or the polymer protective layer being removed using laser radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Bernhard Hötger, Thomas Rainer