Patents by Inventor Eckhard Roth

Eckhard Roth 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: 11334047
    Abstract: A device and method for the controlled processing of at least one workpiece (1), comprising a workpiece carrier (2) on which at least one workpiece receptacle (2.1) is present remote from a rotary shaft (2.0), at least one processing unit (3) and at least one inspection unit (4), which are offset relative to the rotary shaft (2.0) by an angular distance (?n) from one another, are each arranged so that they can be adjusted and moved in a translational manner radially with respect to the rotary shaft (2.0), so that a processing beam (E) and an inspection beam (P), offset relative to one another by the angular distance (?n), describe the same spiral-shaped movement path (S) relative to the workpiece carrier (2), and the inspection results derived at an inspection point (PP) are used to control process parameters in order to change the effect of the processing beam (E).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: CARL ZEISS JENA GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Koehler, Christian Schindler, Hannes Scheibe, Eckhard Roth
  • Publication number: 20200201281
    Abstract: A device and method for the controlled processing of at least one workpiece (1), comprising a workpiece carrier (2) on which at least one workpiece receptacle (2.1) is present remote from a rotary shaft (2.0), at least one processing unit (3) and at least one inspection unit (4), which are offset relative to the rotary shaft (2.0) by an angular distance (?n) from one another, are each arranged so that they can be adjusted and moved in a translational manner radially with respect to the rotary shaft (2.0), so that a processing beam (E) and an inspection beam (P), offset relative to one another by the angular distance (?n), describe the same spiral-shaped movement path (S) relative to the workpiece carrier (2), and the inspection results derived at an inspection point (PP) are used to control process parameters in order to change the effect of the processing beam (E).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas KOEHLER, Christian SCHINDLER, Hannes SCHEIBE, Eckhard ROTH
  • Patent number: 9625734
    Abstract: A long-range optical device has at least one optical channel which comprises a housing and an arrangement of optical elements. At least one of the optical elements is movable relative to the housing for image stabilization in the event of perturbing movements of the housing. The device further comprises a stabilization system for the at least one movable optical element, which has an eddy current damper for damping movements of the at least one movable element. The stabilization system, in the event of a displacement of the at least one movable optical element, generates a restoring force proportional to the displacement velocity of the at least one movable optical element. The eddy current damper comprises a magnet system and an eddy current carrier interacting therewith. The restoring force generated by the eddy current damper is dependent on the amplitude of the displacement of the at least one movable optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignees: Carl Zeiss Sports Optics GmbH, Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Dirk Dobermann, Rainer Robotta, Georg Guenther, Jens Hofmann, Kurt Becker, Eckhard Roth, Tobias Thiele
  • Publication number: 20140320963
    Abstract: A long-range optical device has at least one optical channel which comprises a housing and an arrangement of optical elements. At least one of the optical elements is movable relative to the housing for image stabilization in the event of perturbing movements of the housing. The device further comprises a stabilization system for the at least one movable optical element, which has an eddy current damper for damping movements of the at least one movable element. The stabilization system, in the event of a displacement of the at least one movable optical element, generates a restoring force proportional to the displacement velocity of the at least one movable optical element. The eddy current damper comprises a magnet system and an eddy current carrier interacting therewith. The restoring force generated by the eddy current damper is dependent on the amplitude of the displacement of the at least one movable optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Dirk Dobermann, Rainer Robotta, Georg Guenther, Jens Hofmann, Kurt Becker, Eckhard Roth, Tobias Thiele