Patents by Inventor Gerd Harnisch

Gerd Harnisch 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: 10436985
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an optical waveguide (1), the surface of which is at least partly coated with a coating material. The coating material contained in a target (4) is removed using laser radiation (6) of a processing laser or converted into another aggregate state. The coating material is then deposited on the surface of the waveguide (1) and forms a coating thereon, said coating modifying the light guidance. It is the object of the present invention to provide an improved method for producing optical waveguides, in which guidance of undesired electromagnetic radiation and/or guidance of radiation in undesired areas of the waveguide is avoided. To this effect, the present invention proposes that the laser radiation (7) reflected from the target (4) or transmitted through the target heats-up the waveguide (1), said laser radiation (6) being polarized and impinging the target (4) at a specified angle (?) between 10° and 80° relative to the surface normal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Steffen Bohme, Thomas Schreiber, Gerd Harnisch
  • Publication number: 20140369640
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an optical waveguide (1), the surface of which is at least partly coated with a coating material. The coating material contained in a target (4) is removed using laser radiation (6) of a processing laser or converted into another aggregate state. The coating material is then deposited on the surface of the waveguide (1) and forms a coating thereon, said coating modifying the light guidance. It is the object of the present invention to provide an improved method for producing optical waveguides, in which guidance of undesired electromagnetic radiation and/or guidance of radiation in undesired areas of the waveguide is avoided. To this effect, the present invention proposes that the laser radiation (7) reflected from the target (4) or transmitted through the target heats-up the waveguide (1), said laser radiation (6) being polarized and impinging the target (4) at a specified angle (?) between 10° and 80° relative to the surface normal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewand Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Steffen Bohme, Thomas Schreiber, Gerd Harnisch
  • Patent number: 8529130
    Abstract: A proposed aerostatic bearing arrangement for moving a device on a base structure, particularly in a vacuum environment, has at least one aerostatic bearing element comprising a bearing body having a load-carrying zone and a suction area. An electrostatic preloading unit having at least one electrode is associated with the at least one aerostatic bearing element, and a voltage can be applied to the electrode in such a way that a force component is generated in direction of the surface normal of the bearing body of the aerostatic bearing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Vistec Electron Beam GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Schubert, Christian Jackel, Ulf-Carsten Kirschstein, Michael Boehm, René Bauer, Gerd Harnisch, Thomas Peschel, Stefan Risse, Christoph Schenk
  • Patent number: 8496221
    Abstract: A table system for vacuum application has a base plate and a moving table guided by aerostatic bearing units. The bearing units (10) are connected to supply lines and suction lines for supplying and extracting the gas required for the operation of the bearing units and are provided in each instance with a sealing system having at least one stage and comprising suction channel and sealing gap for sealing relative to the vacuum. The table system is characterized in that the aerostatic bearing units (10) are constructed at least partially as swivel joints, and a push rod (4) which is actuated by a drive (5) for guiding the moving table laterally is connected to the rotating part (21) of each swivel joint, and in that the push rods (4) are hollow and constitute a component part of the suction lines for extracting the operating gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Vistec Electron Beam GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Schubert, Christian Jackel, Ulf-Carsten Kirschstein, Michael Boehm, René Bauer, Gerd Harnisch, Thomas Peschel, Stefan Risse, Christoph Schenk
  • Patent number: 8267582
    Abstract: A table for vacuum application which is guided by aerostatic bearing elements, having a fixedly mounted supporting structure and a tabletop which is displaceable in x-direction and y-direction with respect to the fixedly mounted supporting structure by means of slides. The slides are provided with the aerostatic bearing elements for guiding, these aerostatic bearing elements being connected to feed lines for supplying the gas required for the operation of the gas bearings and suction lines for removing this gas. The suction lines comprise at least one variable-length line arrangement having a first pipe member and a second pipe member which penetrate one inside the other without contacting, at least one sealing gap being provided between the pipe members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Vistec Electron Beam GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Schubert, Christian Jackel, Ulf-Carsten Kirschstein, Michael Boehm, René Bauer, Gerd Harnisch, Thomas Peschel, Stefan Risse, Christoph Schenk
  • Patent number: 7896913
    Abstract: The invention relates to an anchoring system for heart valve prostheses which can be implanted by introduction via the aorta without any major surgical operation. With the heart valve prosthesis according to the invention it shall be achieved that this can be safely and quickly guided through the aorta toward the heart, and can be fixed there. With this, hook-shaped elements are secured to the commissures of the heart valve prosthesis the hooks of which are guided in an outward direction through the heart valve prosthesis material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: JenaValve Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Christoph Damm, Carsten Weber, Stefan Risse, Volker Guyenot, Matthias Mohaupt, Gerd Harnisch, Peggy Dorrer, Markus Ferrari, Klaus Lang, Hans-Reiner Figulla
  • Publication number: 20100122603
    Abstract: A table system for vacuum application has a base plate and a moving table guided by aerostatic bearing units. The bearing units (10) are connected to supply lines and suction lines for supplying and extracting the gas required for the operation of the bearing units and are provided in each instance with a sealing system having at least one stage and comprising suction channel and sealing gap for sealing relative to the vacuum. The table system is characterized in that the aerostatic bearing units (10) are constructed at least partially as swivel joints, and a push rod (4) which is actuated by a drive (5) for guiding the moving table laterally is connected to the rotating part (21) of each swivel joint, and in that the push rods (4) are hollow and constitute a component part of the suction lines for extracting the operating gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: VISTEC ELECTRON BEAM GMBH
    Inventors: Gerhard Schubert, Christian Jackel, Ulf-Carsten Kirschstein, Michael Boehm, René Bauer, Gerd Harnisch, Thomas Peschel, Stefan Risse, Christoph Schenk
  • Publication number: 20100061667
    Abstract: A proposed aerostatic bearing arrangement for moving a device on a base structure, particularly in a vacuum environment, has at least one aerostatic bearing element comprising a bearing body having a load-carrying zone and a suction area. An electrostatic preloading unit having at least one electrode is associated with the at least one aerostatic bearing element, and a voltage can be applied to the electrode in such a way that a force component is generated in direction of the surface normal of the bearing body of the aerostatic bearing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: VISTEC ELECTRON BEAM GMBH
    Inventors: Gerhard Schubert, Christian Jackel, Ulf-Carsten Kirschstein, Michael Boehm, René Bauer, Gerd Harnisch, Thomas Peschel, Stefan Risse, Christoph Schenk
  • Publication number: 20090255447
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a table for vacuum application which is guided by means of aerostatic bearing elements, having a fixedly mounted supporting structure and a tabletop which is displaceable in x-direction and y-direction with respect to the fixedly mounted supporting structure by means of slides. The slides are provided with the aerostatic bearing elements for guiding, these aerostatic bearing elements being connected to feed lines for supplying the gas required for the operation of the gas bearings and suction lines for removing this gas. The suction lines comprise at least one variable-length line arrangement having a first pipe member and a second pipe member which penetrate one inside the other without contacting, at least one sealing gap being provided between the pipe members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: VISTEC ELECTRON BEAM GMBH
    Inventors: Gerhard Schubert, Christian Jackel, Ulf-Carsten Kirschstein, Michael Boehm, Rene Bauer, Gerd Harnisch, Thomas Peschel, Stefan Risse, Christoph Schenk
  • Publication number: 20070005129
    Abstract: The invention relates to an anchoring system for heart valve prostheses which can be implanted by introduction via the aorta without any major surgical operation. With the heart valve prosthesis according to the invention it shall be achieved that this can be safely and quickly guided through the aorta toward the heart, and can be fixed there. With this, hook-shaped elements are secured to the commissures of the heart valve prosthesis the hooks of which are guided in an outward direction through the heart valve prosthesis material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Christoph Damm, Carsten Weber, Stefan Risse, Volker Guyenot, Matthias Mohaupt, Gerd Harnisch, Peggy Dorrer, Markus Ferrari, Klaus Lang, Hans-Reiner Figulia
  • Publication number: 20030149476
    Abstract: The invention relates to an anchoring system for heart valve prostheses which can be implanted by introduction via the aorta without any major surgical operation. With the heart valve prosthesis according to the invention it shall be achieved that this can be safely and quickly guided through the aorta toward the heart, and can be fixed there. With this, hook-shaped elements are secured to the commissures of the heart valve prosthesis the hooks of which are guided in an outward direction through the heart valve prosthesis material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Christoph Damm, Carsten Weber, Stefan Risse, Volker Guyenot, Matthias Mohaupt, Gerd Harnisch, Peggy Dorrer, Markus Ferrari, Klaus Lang, Hans-Reiner Figulla
  • Patent number: 6426860
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a device for holding a substrate in an exposure system. In the exposure system, the substrate is positioned on a table movable in the X and Y coordinates of an X, Y plane, and the exposure system provides a metering assembly between a table surface and the substrate to adjust the distance and to align the substrate in relation to an exposure optics, from where a corpuscular radiation is directed right-angled onto a substrate surface, corresponding to the Z coordinate. The device for holding the substrate includes two mounting plates aligned parallel to the X, Y plane, adjusted upon the table in a direction to the exposure optics and with different distances to the table surface, the first mounting plate of which being directly connected to the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Leica Microsystems Lithography GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Schubert, Ulf-Carsten Kirschstein, Stefan Risse, Gerd Harnisch, Gerhard Kalkowski, Volker Guyenot