Patents by Inventor Erik J. H. M. Teunissen

Erik J. H. M. Teunissen 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: 6374894
    Abstract: A method and a device for bonding a first plate-shaped object to a second plate-shaped object by means of an adhesive. The adhesive is applied to one surface of the first object. Thereafter, said surface of the first object and one surface of the second object are pressed together. The objects are rotated at equal rotational velocities about an axis extending perpendicular to the surfaces of the objects while the two objects are pressed together. The adhesive present between the two objects spreads homogeneously therebetween by the centrifugal force acting on the adhesive. A homogeneous, relatively thin and strong layer of adhesive is formed between the two objects. The pressure is reduced on the objects to be pressed together. In a special embodiment, during a first phase, the two objects are moved towards each other at a predetermined relatively low approach speed, and are rotated at a predetermined relatively low rotational speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Arjen W. Kuiken, Erik J. H. M. Teunissen
  • Patent number: 6051481
    Abstract: A method and a device for bonding a first plate-shaped object to a second plate-shaped object with an adhesive. The adhesive is applied to one of the two surfaces of the first object, whereafter said surface of the first object and one of the two surfaces of the second object are pressed together. The plate-shaped objects are rotated at equal rotational velocities about an axis of rotation extending perpendicularly to said surfaces of the objects for at least a time period during which the two objects are being pressed together. In this way, the adhesive present between the two objects spreads homogeneously between the two objects under the influence of the centrifugal force acting on the adhesive, so that a homogeneous, relatively thin and strong layer of adhesive is formed between the two objects. In addition, the pressure with which the objects are to be pressed together is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Arjen W. Kuiken, Erik J. H. M. Teunissen