Patents by Inventor Fabian STOPPEL

Fabian STOPPEL 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: 20240340597
    Abstract: An MEMS sound transducer having: a deflectable bending transducer element which is clamped on at least one side relative to a surrounding structure, the bending transducer element having a free end on at least one side, which is separated from the surrounding structure by a gap, the deflectable bending transducer element being configured to be subjected to bending along a bending line and/or torsion along a torsion axis as a result of a force in order to be deflected as a result of the bending, the deflectable bending transducer element having at least one screen structure which projects vertically from one of the main directions of extension of the bending transducer element and is implemented to be flexible at least along the bending line and/or along the torsion axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Fabian STOPPEL, Malte Florian NIEKIEL, Bernhard WAGNER, Fabian LOFINK
  • Publication number: 20240048899
    Abstract: An MEMS sound transducer is provided, having: at least one actuator; a radiation structure coupled to the actuator and configured as a separate element; a structure surrounding the radiation structure, wherein the radiation structure is separated from the surrounding structure by one or more gaps; and at least one screen arranged along at least one of the one or more gaps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Malte Florian NIEKIEL, Fabian STOPPEL, Bernhard WAGNER, Fabian LOFINK
  • Publication number: 20230421947
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe MEMS sound transducers for generating sound, having an actuator, wherein the actuator is separated from a surrounding structure by one or more gaps and is configured to execute a relative movement between the actuator and the surrounding structure. Additionally, the MEMS sound transducer has the surrounding structure, wherein the actuator and the surrounding structure has a plurality of recesses and projections which are separated by one or more gaps, wherein the plurality of projections belonging to the actuator are arranged to interdigitate into the plurality of recesses belonging to the surrounding structure, and/or the plurality of projections belonging to the surrounding structure to interdigitate into the plurality of recesses belonging to the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Fabian STOPPEL, Malte Florian NIEKIEL, Bernhard WAGNER, Fabian LOFINK
  • Publication number: 20230319485
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe an MEMS sound transducer having an actuator and a structure surrounding the actuator, wherein the actuator is separated from the surrounding structure by one or several slits. Furthermore, the sound transducer includes at least one first diaphragm arranged on the actuator along at least one of the one or several slits; and at least one second diaphragm arranged on the surrounding structure along the slit of the one or several slits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Fabian STOPPEL, Fabian LOFINK, Malte Florian NIEKIEL, Bernhard WAGNER
  • Patent number: 11589169
    Abstract: A MEMS sound transducer includes a substrate, a membrane formed within the substrate, and a bending actuator applied onto the membrane. The membrane includes at least one integrated permanent magnet and is electrodynamically controllable. The bending actuator can be piezoelectrically controlled separately from the membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Malte Florian Niekiel, Fabian Stoppel, Thomas Lisec
  • Patent number: 11350217
    Abstract: A micromechanical sound transducer according to a first aspect includes a first bending transducer with a free end and a second bending transducer with a free end, the two bending transducers being arranged in a mutual plane, wherein the free end of the first bending transducer is separated from the free end of the second bending transducer via a slit. The second bending transducer is excited in-phase with the vertical vibration of the first bending transducer. A micromechanical sound transducer according to a second aspect includes a first bending transducer that is excited to vibrate vertically and a diaphragm element extending vertically to the first bending transducer, the diaphragm element being separated from a free end of the first bending transducer via a slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Fabian Stoppel, Bernhard Wagner, Shanshan Gu-Stoppel
  • Publication number: 20200178000
    Abstract: A MEMS sound transducer includes a substrate, a membrane formed within the substrate, and a bending actuator applied onto the membrane. The membrane includes at least one integrated permanent magnet and is electrodynamically controllable. The bending actuator can be piezoelectrically controlled separately from the membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Malte Florian NIEKIEL, Fabian STOPPEL, Thomas LISEC
  • Publication number: 20200100033
    Abstract: A micromechanical sound transducer according to a first aspect includes a first bending transducer with a free end and a second bending transducer with a free end, the two bending transducers being arranged in a mutual plane, wherein the free end of the first bending transducer is separated from the free end of the second bending transducer via a slit. The second bending transducer is excited in-phase with the vertical vibration of the first bending transducer. A micromechanical sound transducer according to a second aspect includes a first bending transducer that is excited to vibrate vertically and a diaphragm element extending vertically to the first bending transducer, the diaphragm element being separated from a free end of the first bending transducer via a slit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Fabian STOPPEL, Bernhard WAGNER, Shanshan GU-STOPPEL
  • Patent number: 10373790
    Abstract: A micro-electro-mechanical system includes a deflectable actuator plate and an abutment area. An integral piezoelectric functional layer of the deflectable actuator plate is configured across an area APS of the actuator plate. The deflectable actuator plate is configured to effect a hollow warp in at least a controlled or non-controlled state, wherein the abutment area is disposed facing a hollow side of the deflectable actuator plate defined by the hollow warp. The deflectable actuator plate is configured to provide, in the state in which the same effects the hollow warp, mechanical contact between the deflectable actuator plate and the abutment area. In the other state, the deflectable actuator plate is disposed spaced apart from the abutment area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Fraunhofe-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Lisec, Fabian Stoppel
  • Patent number: 10349182
    Abstract: A MEMS includes a diaphragm, a stroke structure coupled to the diaphragm, and at least two piezoelectric actuators coupled to a plurality of mutually spaced-apart contact points of the stroke structure via a plurality of mutually spaced-apart connecting elements, the at least two piezoelectric actuators being configured to cause a stroke movement of the stroke structure so as to deflect the diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Fabian Stoppel, Bernhard Wagner
  • Publication number: 20170325030
    Abstract: A MEMS includes a diaphragm, a stroke structure coupled to the diaphragm, and at least two piezoelectric actuators coupled to a plurality of mutually spaced-apart contact points of the stroke structure via a plurality of mutually spaced-apart connecting elements, the at least two piezoelectric actuators being configured to cause a stroke movement of the stroke structure so as to deflect the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Fabian STOPPEL, Bernhard WAGNER
  • Publication number: 20160351366
    Abstract: A micro-electro-mechanical system includes a deflectable actuator plate and an abutment area. An integral piezoelectric functional layer of the deflectable actuator plate is configured across an area APS of the actuator plate. The deflectable actuator plate is configured to effect a hollow warp in at least a controlled or non-controlled state, wherein the abutment area is disposed facing a hollow side of the deflectable actuator plate defined by the hollow warp. The deflectable actuator plate is configured to provide, in the state in which the same effects the hollow warp, mechanical contact between the deflectable actuator plate and the abutment area. In the other state, the deflectable actuator plate is disposed spaced apart from the abutment area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas LISEC, Fabian STOPPEL