Patents by Inventor Franz Rinner

Franz Rinner 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: 20190131208
    Abstract: A multi-layer carrier system and a method for producing a multi-layer carrier system are disclosed. In an embodiment a multi-layer carrier system includes at least one multi-layer ceramic substrate and at least one matrix module of heat-producing semiconductor components, wherein the semiconductor components are arranged on the multi-layer ceramic substrate, and wherein the matrix module is electrically conductively connected to a driver circuit by way of the multi-layer ceramic substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Thomas Feichtinger, Franz Rinner, Günter Pudmich, Werner Rollett, Michael Weilguni
  • Patent number: 10276306
    Abstract: A method of producing a fully active multilayer element including producing a fully active stack, and optionally sintering of the fully active stack or a green precursor thereof; applying outer electrodes onto sides A? and C? of the fully active stack and contacting of the uncoated inner electrodes so that the two outer electrodes electrically connect to the uncoated inner electrode layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Franz Rinner, Dieter Somitsch
  • Publication number: 20190115156
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a capacitor assembly (1) which comprises at least one ceramic multilayer capacitor (2) comprising ceramic layers (4) and first and second electrodes (5a, 5b) arranged therebetween, and a base (3). The base (3) comprises a substrate (9) and conductor tracks (10a, 10b), wherein the conductor tracks (10a, 10b) lead from a top side (11) of the substrate (9) said top side facing toward the multilayer capacitor (2), to an underside (12) of the substrate (9), said underside facing away from the multilayer capacitor (2). The multilayer capacitor (2) is mechanically secured on the base (3). The first electrodes (5a) and the second electrodes (5c) are electrically contacted with the conductor tracks (10a, 10b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Juergen Konrad, Markus Koini, Franz Rinner
  • Publication number: 20190067552
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a component (1) for generating active haptic feedback, comprising a main body (2) having first and second internal electrodes (3, 4) stacked one above another in a stacking direction (S), wherein a respective piezoelectric layer (9) is arranged between the internal electrodes (3, 4), wherein the component (1) is configured to identify a force exerted on the component (1), wherein the component (1) is configured to generate active haptic feedback if a force exerted on the component (1) is identified, and wherein the haptic feedback is generated by virtue of an electrical voltage being applied between the first and second internal electrodes (3, 4), said electrical voltage resulting in a change in length of the main body (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventor: Franz RINNER
  • Patent number: 10217927
    Abstract: A method can be used for producing a fully active stack. A stack has the sides A, B, C and D running along the stacking direction. The method includes combining and temporarily making contact with the internal electrodes that make contact with the respective side on one of the sides B or D, such that the internal electrodes that make contact with the respective side can be electrically driven selectively. The electrically driven internal electrodes are electrochemically coated on the sides A and C. The stack is singulated to form a fully active stack with the electrochemically coated internal electrodes on the sides A? and C?. A method for producing a multilayer component comprising the fully active stack and a fully active multilayer component producible according to the method are furthermore proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Dieter Somitsch, Franz Rinner
  • Publication number: 20190053366
    Abstract: A device for generating an atmospheric-pressure plasma is disclosed. In an embodiment the device includes a piezoelectric transformer comprising an input region and an output region, wherein the input region is designed to convert an applied alternating voltage into a mechanical oscillation, wherein the output region is designed to convert a mechanical oscillation into a voltage, and wherein the output region adjoins the input region in a longitudinal direction, a contact element fastened to the piezoelectric transformer, the contact element being designed to apply the alternating voltage to the input region and a holder, wherein the contact element is connected to the holder by a form-fit connection, in such a manner that a movement of the piezoelectric transformer in the longitudinal direction, relative to the holder, is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Pavol Kudela, Franz Rinner, Markus Puff
  • Patent number: 10204722
    Abstract: An electronic component and a method for producing an electrical component are disclosed. In an embodiment, the electronic component includes a functional body having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the second surface faces away from the first surface, and a contact electrically linked to the first surface, the contact having an edge region and a central region, wherein the functional body has a first electrical resistance between the first surface and the second surface in a first functional body portion, which overlaps the edge region of the contact as viewed in a plan view of the electronic component, that is greater than a second electrical resistance between the first surface and the second surface in a second functional body portion, which overlaps the central region of the contact as viewed in a plan view of the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Franz Rinner, Yongli Wang
  • Patent number: 10164167
    Abstract: A method for producing an electric component (19) is specified, wherein in a step A) a body (1) having at least one cavity (7, 8) is provided. In a step B), the cavity (7, 8) is at least partly filled with a liquid insulation material (13) by means of capillary forces. Furthermore, an electric component (19) is specified wherein a cavity (7, 8) is at least partly filled with an insulation material (13). The insulation material (13) is introduced into the cavity (7, 8) by means of capillary forces. Furthermore, an electric component (19) is specified wherein a cavity (7, 8) is at least partly filled with an organic insulation material (13) and wherein the cavity is at least partly covered by a fired external contacting (17, 18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Franz Rinner, Dieter Somitsch
  • Publication number: 20180368244
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating an atmospheric pressure plasma is disclosed. In an embodiment an apparatus includes a first support element and a piezoelectric transformer supported by the first support element, wherein the piezoelectric transformer is supported at a position at which an oscillation node is formed when the piezoelectric transformer is operated at an operating frequency that is lower than its parallel resonant frequency, and wherein the piezoelectric transformer is configured to generate a non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Franz Rinner, Pavol Kudela, Markus Puff
  • Publication number: 20180331277
    Abstract: A piezoelectric transformer is disclosed In an embodiment a piezoelectric transformer includes a cylindrical base body with an input region and an output region, wherein a cylinder axis of the base body extends in a longitudinal direction, wherein the input region is configured to convert an AC voltage into a mechanical vibration, wherein the output region is configured to convert a mechanical vibration into an electrical voltage, wherein the output region includes a single piezoelectric layer polarized in the longitudinal direction, wherein, in the input region, a first piezoelectric layer, on which a first internal electrode is arranged, and a second piezoelectric layer, on which a second internal electrode is arranged, are wound onto one another, and wherein the first piezoelectric layer and the second piezoelectric layer are polarized in a radial direction which is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Bernhard Döllgast, Franz Rinner, Pavol Kudela
  • Publication number: 20180301253
    Abstract: An NTC ceramic part, an electronic component for inrush current limiting, and a method for manufacturing an electronic component are disclosed. In an embodiment, an NTC ceramic part for use in an electronic component for inrush current limiting is disclosed, wherein the NTC ceramic part has an electrical resistance in the m? range at a temperature of 25° C. and/or at room temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Hermann Grünbichler, Manfred Schweinzger, Franz Rinner
  • Publication number: 20180287043
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piezoelectric transformer having a piezoelectric element (1) of the length L, wherein an input voltage Uin can be applied on an input side (2) for being transformed into an output voltage Uout on the output side (3) according to a transformation ratio Uout/Uin=Ku. The piezoelectric element (1) comprises multiple plies (4a, 4b, 4c) of inner electrodes, which are arranged in multiple different layers (S1, S2, S3). Each ply (4a, 4b, 4c) of inner electrodes extends along at least one predetermined sub-section of a predetermined length, wherein sub-sections of plies (4a, 4c) of a first group of layers (S1, S3) and sub-sections of plies (4b) of a second group of layers (S2) have different dimensions, so that the piezoelectric transformer satisfies the following condition: Cin?N2Cout, wherein Cin indicates the input capacitance, Cout indicates the output capacitance, and N indicates the transformation ratio of the ideal transformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Michael WEILGUNI, Franz RINNER
  • Patent number: 10090454
    Abstract: A method for producing an electric contact-connection of a multilayer component is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a main body of the multilayer component having internal electrode layers, applying an electrically conductive material and applying a photosensitive material on the electrically conductive material. The method further includes structuring the electrically conductive material via the photosensitive material such that the internal electrode layers alternatingly are covered and uncovered by the electrically conductive material and applying an insulating material after structuring the electrically conductive material such that the internal electrode layers are alternatingly covered by the electrically conductive material and by the insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Dieter Somitsch, Franz Rinner, Martin Galler, Johann Ramler, Reinhard Gabl, Sebastian Brunner
  • Publication number: 20180278026
    Abstract: A surge protection component with a main body which has at least one inner electrode arranged between two ceramic layers, wherein the at least one inner electrode is set back from at least one lateral face of the main body, wherein a gas-filled cavity is provided between the at least one inner electrode and the at least one lateral face, and wherein an outer electrode is respectively arranged on two mutually opposite lateral faces of the main body. According to a further aspect, the present invention relates to a method for producing a surge protection component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Franz RINNER
  • Publication number: 20180247768
    Abstract: The invention specifies an electrical component (1) which has a plurality of partial bodies (2), a base (3) on which the partial bodies (2) are arranged, and at least one connection contact (4, 5) for electrically connecting the partial bodies (2) to a carrier (13). The invention further specifies a method for producing an electrical component (1) having one or more partial bodies (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Markus Koini, Jürgen Konrad, Franz Rinner, Markus Puff, Monika Stadlober, Georg Kügerl, Thomas Wippel
  • Patent number: 9972426
    Abstract: An electronic component is disclosed. In an embodiment, the electronic component includes a plurality of functional layers arranged one on top of the other forming a stack, first inner electrodes, and second inner electrodes, each of the first and second inner electrodes arranged between two adjacent functional layers. The electronic component further includes a first outer contact electrically connected to the first inner electrodes and a second outer contact electrically connected to the second inner electrodes, wherein the functional layers are selected such that the first and second outer contacts are electrically conductively connected to one another via the functional layers both in a basic state and in a hot state of the electronic component, wherein a temperature of the hot state is higher than a temperature of the basic state, and wherein the electronic component is an NTC component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Franz Rinner, Christoph Auer, Manfred Schweinzger
  • Publication number: 20180070436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a carrier (2) with a passive cooling function for a semiconductor component (3), having a main body (6) with a top side (7) and a bottom side (8) and at least one electrical component (13, 13a, 13b) that is embedded in the main body (6), wherein the carrier (2) has a first thermal via (14), which extends from the top side (7) of the main body (6) to the at least one electrical component (13, 13a, 13b), wherein the carrier (2) has a second thermal via (15), which extends from the at least one electrical component (13, 13a, 13b) to the bottom side (8) of the main body (6), and wherein the at least one embedded electrical component (13, 13a, 13b) is electrically contacted by the first and the second thermal via (14, 15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas FEICHTINGER, Oliver DERNOVSEK, Franz RINNER, Christian VOCKENBERGER
  • Publication number: 20180047507
    Abstract: An electrical connection contact (5) for a ceramic component (2) is specified. The connection contact (5) comprises a first material (M1) and a second material (M2) arranged thereon, wherein the first material (M1) has a high electrical conductivity and the second material (M2) has a low coefficient of thermal expansion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Markus Koini, Christoph Auer, Jürgen Konrad, Franz Rinner, Markus Puff, Monika Stadlober, Thomas Wippel
  • Patent number: 9873952
    Abstract: A method of producing a ceramic component includes a) providing a main body having internal electrodes, outer edges of which are located on at least one first outer surface of the main body, b) contacting the first outer surface of the main body with a composition including an electrophoretically mobile insulating material and electrophoretically depositing the insulating material on outer edges of the internal electrodes on the first outer surface of the main body, and c) producing an insulating layer from the insulating material on the outer edges of the internal electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: EPOS AG
    Inventors: Franz Rinner, Christoph Auer, Christian Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 9825215
    Abstract: A piezoelectric actuator of a multilayer design includes outer electrodes that are fastened by means of a bonding layer applied by thermal spraying. For example, the outer electrodes are formed as a woven wire fabric. Furthermore, a method for fastening an outer electrode in a piezoelectric actuator is specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Franz Rinner, Dieter Somitsch, Jan-Thorsten Reszat, Reinhard Gabl, Martin Galler, Christoph Auer, Georg Kuegerl