Patents by Inventor Brian Dean Hachtmann

Brian Dean Hachtmann 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).

  • Embedded optics in modular assemblies
    Patent number: 9972814
    Abstract: An enhanced multi object potting fixture for exposure to a curing modality that sets an adhesive includes a fixture housing supporting a plurality of objects, the fixture housing having a wall defining a plurality of bonding wells with each the bonding well receiving a first portion of one of the objects, each the bonding well including an aperture in the wall proximate the first portion wherein each bonding well includes a target zone for selective cure of the adhesive to inhibit the adhesive from exiting the aperture; and a fixture enhancement structure integrated into the wall concentrating the curing modality in each the target zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: TESLA, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Dean Hachtmann, Mark Riegel, David Elias Hegeman, William Christopher Bishop, William Vucich Beecher
  • EMBEDDED OPTICS IN MODULAR ASSEMBLIES
    Publication number: 20160336565
    Abstract: An enhanced multi object potting fixture for exposure to a curing modality that sets an adhesive includes a fixture housing supporting a plurality of objects, the fixture housing having a wall defining a plurality of bonding wells with each the bonding well receiving a first portion of one of the objects, each the bonding well including an aperture in the wall proximate the first portion wherein each bonding well includes a target zone for selective cure of the adhesive to inhibit the adhesive from exiting the aperture; and a fixture enhancement structure integrated into the wall concentrating the curing modality in each the target zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Brian Dean Hachtmann, Mark Riegel, David Elias Hegeman, Wiliam Christopher Bishop, William Vucich Beecher
  • Embedded optics in modular assemblies
    Patent number: 9403296
    Abstract: An enhanced multiobject potting fixture for exposure to a curing modality that sets an adhesive includes a fixture housing supporting a plurality of objects, the fixture housing having a wall defining a plurality of bonding wells with each the bonding well receiving a first portion of one of the objects, each the bonding well including an aperture in the wall proximate the first portion wherein each bonding well includes a target zone for selective cure of the adhesive to inhibit the adhesive from exiting the aperture; and a fixture enhancement structure integrated into the wall concentrating the curing modality in each the target zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: TELSA MOTORS, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Dean Hachtmann, Mark Riegel, David Elias Hegeman, William Christopher Bishop, William Vucich Beecher
  • EMBEDDED OPTICS IN MODULAR ASSEMBLIES
    Publication number: 20130270749
    Abstract: An enhanced multiobject potting fixture for exposure to a curing modality that sets an adhesive includes a fixture housing supporting a plurality of objects, the fixture housing having a wall defining a plurality of bonding wells with each the bonding well receiving a first portion of one of the objects, each the bonding well including an aperture in the wall proximate the first portion wherein each bonding well includes a target zone for selective cure of the adhesive to inhibit the adhesive from exiting the aperture; and a fixture enhancement structure integrated into the wall concentrating the curing modality in each the target zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: TESLA MOTORS, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Dean Hachtmann, Mark Riegel, David Elias Hegeman, William Christopher Bishop, William Vucich Beecher