Patents by Inventor Erik Johannes Antonius Manders

Erik Johannes Antonius Manders 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).

  • Displacement device, lithographic apparatus and positioning method
    Patent number: 9052613
    Abstract: A displacement device with a first and second part which are displaceable relative to one another, the first part being provided with a system of magnets, the second part being provided with a set of coil block units including: at least three first coil block units having current conductors oriented parallel to a second direction, at least two second coil block units having current conductors oriented parallel to a first direction, wherein the displacement device includes a controller configured to control the position of the second part relative to the first part, and wherein when the second part mainly moves in the second direction the controller is configured to levitate the second part from the first part in the third direction by using first coil block units only.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Hubertus Antonius Van de Rijdt, Joost Jeroen Ottens, Marcus Martinus Petrus Adrianus Vermeulen, Erik Johannes Antonius Manders
  • DISPLACEMENT DEVICE, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND POSITIONING METHOD
    Publication number: 20110299054
    Abstract: A displacement device with a first and second part which are displaceable relative to one another, the first part being provided with a system of magnets, the second part being provided with a set of coil block units including: at least three first coil block units having current conductors oriented parallel to a second direction, at least two second coil block units having current conductors oriented parallel to a first direction, wherein the displacement device includes a controller configured to control the position of the second part relative to the first part, and wherein when the second part mainly moves in the second direction the controller is configured to levitate the second part from the first part in the third direction by using first coil block units only.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Hubertus Antonius VAN DE RIJDT, Joost Jeroen Ottens, Marcus Martinus Petrus Adrianus Vermeulen, Erik Johannes Antonius Manders
  • ARTIFICIAL EYE SYSTEM WITH DRIVE MEANS INSIDE THE EYE-BALL
    Publication number: 20090207239
    Abstract: An artificial eye system, comprising at least one eye unit (2,3) having an eye-ball comprising a rotating spherical shell (7,19) and drive means for rotating said spherical shell (7,19) about its center. The drive means comprise a magnetic member (11) and electrical coils (12,13,14,15). The magnetic member (11) as well as the electrical coils (12,13,14,15) are located inside the rotating spherical shell (7,19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Petrus Hendricus Warmerdam, Hubertus Cornelius Antonius Dirkx, Erik Johannes Antonius Manders