Patents by Inventor Claus Beneking

Claus Beneking 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: 5853498
    Abstract: A thin-film solar cell in which between a TCO layer and a p-doped layer an n-doped intermediate layer is provided and at least the intermediate layer or the neighboring p-doped layer is composed of a microcrystalline material, especially microcrystalline SiC or SiO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Beneking, Marcus Kubon, Magnus Kolter
  • Patent number: 5343114
    Abstract: A high-pressure glow discharge lamp (1) having a planar discharge vessel (2) which is sealed in a vacuumtight manner, which surrounds a discharge space (3) filled with a gas mixture which forms excimers, and whose parallel walls (4, 5) are formed from a dielectric material. The surfaces (6, 7) of the walls (4, 5) remote from the discharge space (3) are provided with planar electrodes (8, 9). At least one (5) of these walls with its associated electrode (8) is at least partly transparent to the generated radiation. The gas mixture includes at least one of the rare gases Xe, Kr and Ar for forming an excimer and at least one of the halogens I.sub.2, Br.sub.2, Cl.sub.2 and F.sub.2. The partial pressure of the substance forming the excimer is at least 10 and at most 600 mbar in the case of Xe and/or Kr and at least 10 and at most 1000 mbar in the case of Ar. The partial pressure of the halogen is between 0.05 and 5% of the partial pressure of the substance forming the excimer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Claus Beneking, Horst Dannert, Manfred Neiger, Volker Schorpp, Klaus Stockwald
  • Patent number: 4091841
    Abstract: A pressure plug comprising a radially expandable sleeve and an inner member within the sleeve. The sleeve has a tapered passage extending in a generally axial direction through the sleeve. The inner member includes a plug, an installation pin, and a breakable section joining the installation pin to the plug. The plug has a tapered outer peripheral surface. To install the plug in a passage of a body, a tension force is applied to the installation pin to tightly wedge the plug within the sleeve and to radially expand the sleeve into sealing tight engagement with the wall of the passage in the body. When the tension force reaches a predetermined magnitude, the breakable section breaks to prevent the application of excessive force to the pressure plug and the body in which it is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Assignee: Bertea Corporation
    Inventors: Claus Beneker, Stanley G. La Salle