Patents by Inventor Fredik Althoff

Fredik Althoff 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: 6917140
    Abstract: This invention relates to a device for micropositioning of an object (4), e.g. for use in a microscope. The device comprises an acceleration unit (1) and an intermediate part (3), connecting said acceleration unit (1) with said object (4). The position of the object relative to the acceleration unit (1) is variable at high acceleration or retardation of said acceleration unit (1), owing to mechanical inertia of the object (4). Further, the intermediate part (3) has a first end (3?), being attached to said acceleration unit (1), and a second end (3?), being provided with an essentially circumferential contact surface (3a), and the object (4) is provided with clamping elements (4?). These clamping elements (4?) are adapted to clamp around said contact surface (3a) of said intermediate part (3) in order to hold the object (4) in relation to the intermediate part (3) merely by the clamping force and the frictional force exerted by said clamping elements (4?) upon said contact surface (3a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Nanofactory Instruments AB
    Inventors: HÃ¥kan Olin, Fredik Althoff, Krister Svensson