Patents by Inventor Christoph Muenz

Christoph Muenz 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).

  • Publication number: 20240103382
    Abstract: An imaging optical unit comprises a plurality of minors for imaging an object field into an image field. The imaging optical unit has an image-side numerical aperture greater than 0.55. Each mirror is configured so that it can be measured by a testing optical unit having at least one DOE with a predetermined maximum diameter for test wavefront generation. For the complete measurement of all reflection surfaces of the minors, a maximum number of DOEs of the testing optical unit and/or a maximum number of DOE test positions of the at least one DOE of the testing optical unit comes into play, which is no more than five times the number of minors in the imaging optical unit. The result is an imaging optical unit in which a testing-optical measurement remains manageable even in the case of a design with an image-side numerical aperture which is relatively large.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Hans-Jürgen Rostalski, Holger Münz, Christoph Menke
  • Publication number: 20240094637
    Abstract: An imaging optical unit comprises a plurality of mirrors for imaging an object field in an object plane into an image field in an image plane. An image-side numerical aperture is greater than 0.55. A ratio between an object/image offset and a meridional transverse direction is at least 0.5. A ratio between a working distance between the object plane and a reflection portion, closest to the object plane, of one of the mirrors and the meridional transverse dimension is at least 0.05. The working distance is at least 270 mm. This can yield an imaging optical unit, the use of which is relatively manageable in a projection exposure apparatus, such as for EUV projection lithography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Hans-Jürgen Rostalski, Holger Münz, Christoph Menke
  • Patent number: 10626938
    Abstract: A subassembly for an electromechanical brake actuator and electromechanical brake actuator comprising the subassembly, wherein the subassembly comprises a drive device for generating a torque and a gear mechanism for transmitting the torque, the gear mechanism comprising, one behind the other, a first, a second and a third gear stage. The second gear stage is configured as a planetary gear set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Sagar Sambhaji Kumbhar, Andrew Hoodless, Joern Borowski, Christoph Muenz
  • Publication number: 20170314628
    Abstract: A subassembly for an electromechanical brake actuator and electromechanical brake actuator comprising the subassembly, wherein the subassembly comprises a drive device for generating a torque and a gear mechanism for transmitting the torque, the gear mechanism comprising, one behind the other, a first, a second and a third gear stage. The second gear stage is configured as a planetary gear set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Sagar Sambhaji Kumbhar, Andrew Hoodless, Joern Borowski, Christoph Muenz
  • Patent number: 6862884
    Abstract: A master cylinder (10) for a vehicle hydraulic brake system has a housing (12), which has a bore (14), which extends along a longitudinal axis (A) and is sealingly closed at one end by an end wall forming part of the housing (12) of the master cylinder (10) and at the other, opposite end by a closure element (16). A piston (18), which is guided in the bore (14), extends in a sealing and axially displaceable manner through the closure element (16). A central valve (20) is formed on the piston (18) and enables a fluid connection between a fluid reservoir and a pressure chamber (28) delimited in the bore (14) by the end wall and the piston (18) and, in the non-actuated state of the piston (18), is held in open position by an abutment component (34) acting upon the closure element (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Cohen, Frank Goerlitz, Leopoldo Palacids Gonzalo, Christoph Münz