Patents by Inventor Bostjan Podobnik

Bostjan Podobnik 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: 9849692
    Abstract: A method for transferring a printing substance provided as a coating on a carrier onto a substrate by laser radiation from a laser beam source that comprises an amplifier and that has an output power includes initiating a transfer process at the start of an active phase during a first time period by a temporary increase in the output power above an upper power threshold of the laser radiation, and adjusting the output power during a second time period of the active phase following the first time period, wherein the output power is adjusted during the second time period constantly in the range between the upper power threshold and a lower power threshold. The laser radiation and the carrier are moved relative to one another and the output power of the laser beam source is time modulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: LPKF LASER & ELECTRONICS AG
    Inventors: Udo Buenting, Bostjan Podobnik, Rok Petkovsek, Roman Ostholt
  • Publication number: 20170246882
    Abstract: A method for transferring a printing substance provided as a coating on a carrier onto a substrate by laser radiation from a laser beam source that comprises an amplifier and that has an output power includes initiating a transfer process at the start of an active phase during a first time period by a temporary increase in the output power above an upper power threshold of the laser radiation, and adjusting the output power during a second time period of the active phase following the first time period, wherein the output power is adjusted during the second time period constantly in the range between the upper power threshold and a lower power threshold. The laser radiation and the carrier are moved relative to one another and the output power of the laser beam source is time modulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Udo Buenting, Bostjan Podobnik, Rok Petkovsek, Roman Ostholt
  • Patent number: 9414499
    Abstract: A method for partial detachment of a defined area of a conductive layer using a laser beam includes forming a conductor track with a defined path from the conductive layer on the substrate, the path defining main axes. The area is segmented into zones. A linear recess is provided along a respective perimeter of each of the zones. Each of the zones has a strip shape such that the recesses extend along paths that are substantially straight lines not parallel to either of the main axes. One of the zones to be removed is heated using laser radiation until adhesion of the conductive layer to the substrate is substantially reduced and the zone to be removed is detached in a surface-wide manner from the substrate under external influences. Laser-beam parameters are set such that only the conductive layer is removed without affecting an underlying substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: LPKF LASER & ELECTRONICS AG
    Inventors: Jan van Aalst, Drago Kovacic, Bostjan Podobnik
  • Publication number: 20130048618
    Abstract: A method for partial detachment of a defined area of a conductive layer using a laser beam includes forming a conductor track with a defined path from the conductive layer on the substrate, the path defining main axes. The area is segmented into zones. A linear recess is provided along a respective perimeter of each of the zones. Each of the zones has a strip shape such that the recesses extend along paths that are substantially straight lines not parallel to either of the main axes. One of the zones to be removed is heated using laser radiation until adhesion of the conductive layer to the substrate is substantially reduced and the zone to be removed is detached in a surface-wide manner from the substrate under external influences. Laser-beam parameters are set such that only the conductive layer is removed without affecting an underlying substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: LPKF LASER & ELECTRONICS AG
    Inventors: Jan van Aalst, Drago Kovacic, Bostjan Podobnik