Patents by Inventor Franz Kummer

Franz Kummer 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: 20230279716
    Abstract: Spindle assembly for a spindle drive device (10) comprising a thrust tube (30) and a spindle nut (32), which is arranged on the thrust tube (30) in a rotationally fixed manner, wherein the spindle nut (32) can be brought into threaded engagement with a spindle (26) of the spindle drive device (10), and wherein an end stop for the spindle nut (32) is arranged on the spindle (26), wherein the end stop comprises a damping element (36) consisting of a resiliently formed and hollow-cylindrically shaped stamped part (60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Franz Kummer, Nicolas Lejeune
  • Patent number: 7285252
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing oxidic nanocrystals from metal organic compounds or volatile inorganic compounds comprises an apparatus which includes a first vaporizer which is connected to a first carrier gas stream to produce a first reactant gas stream, a second vaporizer is connected to a second carrier gas stream to produce a second reactant gas stream the first and second reactant gas streams are connected to a first feed line and flow heated reactor wherein the reactants are heated and reacted to provide oxidic nanocrystals which are unagglomerated having a mean particle size of up to 20 nanometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fuer Elektrische Gluehlampen mbH
    Inventors: Armin Konrad, Torsten Fries, Alfred Gahn, Franz Kummer
  • Patent number: 7261837
    Abstract: The invention proposes an arrangement of luminescent materials for excitation by means of a radiation source and involving the use of a luminescent material having a Ce-activated garnet structure A3B5O12, in which the first component A contains at least one element from the group consisting of Y, Lu, Sc, La, Gd, Sm and Tb and the second component B represents at least one of the elements Al, Ga and In, and a plurality of the luminescent materials are mixed together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Alexandra Debray, Günter Waitl, Franz Kummer, Franz Zwaschka, Andries Ellens
  • Patent number: 7132786
    Abstract: The invention proposes an arrangement of luminescent materials for excitation by means of a radiation source and involving the use of a luminescent material having a Ce-activated garnet structure A3B5O12, in which the first component A contains at least one element from the group consisting of Y, Lu, Se, La, Gd, Sm and Tb and the second component B represents at least one of the elements Al, Ga and In, and a plurality of the luminescent materials are mixed together. An associated wavelength-converting casting compound and an associated light-source arrangement are further proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Osram GmbH
    Inventors: Alexandra Debray, Günter Waitl, Franz Kummer, Franz Zwaschka, Andries Ellens
  • Patent number: 7115217
    Abstract: A phosphor for light sources, the emission from which lies in the short-wave optical spectral region, as a garnet structure A3B5O12. It is activated with Ce, the second component B representing at least one of the elements Al and Ga, and the first component A is terbium or terbium together with at least one of the elements Y, Gd, La and/or Lu. In a preferred embodiment, a phosphor having a garnet of structure (Tb1?x?yRExCEy)3(Al,Ga)5O12, where RE=Y, Gd, La and/or Lu; 0?x?0.5?y; 0<y<0.1 is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignees: Patent - Treuhand - Gesellschaft fuer Elektrische Gluehlampen mbH, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH & Co OHG
    Inventors: Franz Kummer, Franz Zwaschka, Andries Ellens, Alexandra Debray, Guenther Waitl
  • Publication number: 20060138388
    Abstract: A phosphor for light sources, the emission from which lies in the short-wave optical spectral region, as a garnet structure A3B5O12. It is activated with Ce, the second component B representing at least one of the elements Al and Ga, and the first component A is terbium or terbium together with at least one of the elements Y, Gd, La and/or Lu. In a preferred embodiment, a phosphor having a garnet of structure (Tb1-x-yRExCey)3(Al,Ga)5O12, where RE=Y, Gd, La and/or Lu; 0?x?0.5?y; 0<y<0.1 is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Franz Kummer, Franz Zwaschka, Andries Ellens, Alexandra Debray, Guenther Waitl
  • Publication number: 20060133063
    Abstract: The invention proposes an arrangement of luminescent materials for excitation by means of a radiation source and involving the use of a luminescent material having a Ce-activated garnet structure A3B5O12, in which the first component A contains at least one element from the group consisting of Y, Lu, S, La, Gd, Sm and Tb and the second component B represents at least one of the elements Al, Ga and In, and a plurality of the luminescent materials are mixed together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Alexandra Debray, Gunter Waitl, Franz Kummer, Franz Zwaschka, Andries Ellens
  • Patent number: 7063807
    Abstract: A phosphor for light sources, the emission from which lies in the short-wave optical spectral region, as a garnet structure A3B5O12. It is activated with Ce, the second component B representing at least one of the elements Al and Ga, and the first component A is terbium or terbium together with at least one of the elements Y, Gd, La and/or Lu. In a preferred embodiment, a phosphor having a garnet of structure (Tb1-x-yRExCey)3(Al,Ga)5O12, where RE=Y, Gd, La and/or Lu; 0?x?0.5-y; 0<y<0.1 is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignees: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fuer Elektrische Gluehlampen mbH, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Franz Kummer, Franz Zwaschka, Andries Ellens, Alexandra Debray, Guenther Waitl
  • Patent number: 6998771
    Abstract: The invention proposes an arrangement of luminescent materials for excitation by means of a radiation source and involving the use of a luminescent material having a Ce-activated garnet structure A3B5O12, in which the first component A contains at least one element from the group consisting of Y, Lu, Sc, La, Gd, Sm and Tb and the second component B represents at least one of the elements Al, Ga and In, and a plurality of the luminescent materials are mixed together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Osram GmbH
    Inventors: Alexandra Debray, Günter Waitl, Franz Kummer, Franz Zwaschka, Andries Ellens
  • Publication number: 20050145868
    Abstract: A phosphor for light sources, the emission from which lies in the short-wave optical spectral region, as a garnet structure A3B5O12. It is activated with Ce, the second component B representing at least one of the elements Al and Ga, and the first component A is terbium or terbium together with at least one of the elements Y, Gd, La and/or Lu. In a preferred embodiment, a phosphor having a garnet of structure (Tb1-x-yRExCey)3(Al,Ga)5O12, where RE=Y, Gd, La and/or Lu; 0?x?0.5-y; 0<y<0.1 is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Franz Kummer, Franz Zwaschka, Andries Ellens, Alexandra Debray, Guenther Waitl
  • Publication number: 20050029929
    Abstract: The invention proposes an arrangement of luminescent materials for excitation by means of a radiation source and involving the use of a luminescent material having a Ce-activated garnet structure A3B5O12, in which the first component A contains at least one element from the group consisting of Y, Lu, Se, La, Gd, Sm and Tb and the second component B represents at least one of the elements Al, Ga and In, and a plurality of the luminescent materials are mixed together. An associated wavelength-converting casting compound and an associated light-source arrangement are further proposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Alexandra Debray, Gunter Waitl, Franz Kummer, Franz Zwaschka, Andries Ellens
  • Publication number: 20040079956
    Abstract: A phosphor for light sources, the emission from which lies in the short-wave optical spectral region, as a garnet structure A3B5O12. It is activated with Ce, the second component B representing at least one of the elements Al and Ga, and the first component A containing terbium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Franz Kummer, Franz Zwaschka, Andries Ellens, Alexandra Debray, Guenther Waitl
  • Publication number: 20040052720
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing oxidic nanocrystals, the process comprising the following steps:
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Armin Konrad, Torsten Fries, Alfred Gahn, Franz Kummer
  • Patent number: 6702957
    Abstract: The present invention relates to oxidic nanocrystals and a process and apparatus for producing oxidic nanocrystals from metalorganic compounds or volatile inorganic compounds. In particular, the process is suitable for oxidic or oxysulfidic nanocrystals, particularly based on the elements Y, Gd, Mg, Ca, Ba and Al. The nanocrystals preferably have a mean initial particle size of 1 to 20 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fuer Elektrische Gluehlampen mbH
    Inventors: Armin Konrad, Torsten Fries, Alfred Gahn, Franz Kummer
  • Patent number: 6669866
    Abstract: A phosphor for light sources, the emission from which lies in the short-wave optical spectral region, as a garnet structure A3B5O12. It is activated with Ce, the second component B representing at least one of the elements Al and Ga, and the first component A is terbium or terbium together with at least one of the elements Y, Gd, La and/or Lu. In a preferred embodiment, a phosphor having a garnet of structure (Tb1−x−yRExCey)3(Al,Ga)5O12, where RE=Y, Gd, La and/or Lu; 0≦x≦0.5−y; 0<y<0.1 is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignees: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fuer Elektrische Gluehlampen mbH, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH & Co., OHG
    Inventors: Franz Kummer, Franz Zwaschka, Andries Ellens, Alexandra Debray, Guenther Waitl
  • Patent number: 6657379
    Abstract: An illumination unit having at least one LED as light source, the LED emitting primary radiation in the range from 300 to 485 nm, this radiation being partially or completely converted into longer-wave radiation by phosphors which are exposed to the primary radiation of the LED, in which unit the conversion takes place at least with the aid of a phosphor which emits yellow-orange with a peak emission wavelength at 540 to 620 nm and originates from the class of the Eu-activated sialons, the sialon corresponding to the formula Mp/2Si12−p−qAlp+qOqN16−q:Eu2+, where M=Ca individually or in combination with Mg or Sr, where q=0 to 2.5 and p=0 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fur Elektrische Gluehlampen mbH
    Inventors: Andries Ellens, Günter Huber, Franz Kummer
  • Publication number: 20030030368
    Abstract: An illumination unit having at least one LED as light source, the LED emitting primary radiation in the range from 300 to 485 nm, this radiation being partially or completely converted into longer-wave radiation by phosphors which are exposed to the primary radiation of the LED, in which unit the conversion takes place at least with the aid of a phosphor which emits yellow-orange with a peak emission wavelength at 540 to 620 nm and originates from the class of the Eu-activated sialons, the sialon corresponding to the formula Mp/2Si12−p−qAlp+qOqN16−q:Eu2+, where M=Ca individually or in combination with Mg or Sr, where q=0 to 2.5 and p=0 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fur Elektrische Gluehlampen mbH
    Inventors: Andries Ellens, Gunter Huber, Franz Kummer
  • Publication number: 20030006469
    Abstract: A white-emitting luminescence conversion LED uses a chlorosilicate phosphor which, in addition to Ca and Mg, contains a europium doping, and also a garnet phosphor of the rare earths, in particular Y and/or Tb. In this way, it is possible to achieve a high color rendering and a high constancy of the lighting properties under differing temperature conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: Andries Ellens, Frank Jermann, Franz Kummer, Michael Ostertag, Franz Zwaschka
  • Patent number: 6504179
    Abstract: A white-emitting luminescence conversion LED uses a chlorosilicate phosphor which, in addition to Ca and Mg, contains a europium doping, and also a garnet phosphor of the rare earths, in particular Y and/or Tb. In this way, it is possible to achieve a high color rendering and a high constancy of the lighting properties under differing temperature conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignees: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fur elektrische Gluhlampen mbH, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Andries Ellens, Frank Jermann, Franz Kummer, Michael Ostertag, Franz Zwaschka
  • Patent number: 6391273
    Abstract: The present invention relates to oxidic nanocrystals and a process and apparatus for producing oxidic nanocrystals from metalorganic compounds or volatile inorganic compounds. In particular, the process is suitable for oxidic or oxysulfidic nanocrystals, particularly based on the elements Y, Gd, Mg, Ca, Ba and Al. The nanocrystals preferably have a mean initial particle size of 1 to 20 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fuer Elektrische Gluehlampen mbH
    Inventors: Armin Konrad, Torsten Fries, Alfred Gahn, Franz Kummer