Patents by Inventor Christof Thalhammer

Christof Thalhammer 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 OF MANUFACTURING GARNET INTERFACES AND ARTICLES CONTAINING THE GARNETS OBTAINED THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20170145305
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method including disposing in a mold a powder that has a composition for manufacturing a scintillator material and compressing the powder to form the scintillator material; where an exit surface of the scintillator material has a texture that comprises a plurality of projections that reduce total internal reflection at the exit surface and that increase the amount of photons exiting the exit surface by an amount of greater than or equal to 5% over a surface that does not have the projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Carl Cohen, Robert A. Mintzer, Mark S. Andreaco, Matthias J. Schmand, Christof Thalhammer, Harry Hedler
  • Method of manufacturing garnet interfaces and articles containing the garnets obtained therefrom
    Patent number: 9650569
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method including disposing in a mold a powder that has a composition for manufacturing a scintillator material and compressing the powder to form the scintillator material; where an exit surface of the scintillator material has a texture that comprises a plurality of projections that reduce total internal reflection at the exit surface and that increase the amount of photons exiting the exit surface by an amount of greater than or equal to 5% over a surface that does not have the projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Carl Cohen, Robert A. Mintzer, Mark S. Andreaco, Matthias J. Schmand, Christof Thalhammer, Harry Hedler