Patents by Inventor Gunnar Wille

Gunnar Wille 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: 20230382722
    Abstract: A method for encapsulating an MEMS structure in a stack structure includes providing a functional wafer structure including at least partly the MEMS structure. The method includes arranging the functional wafer structure and a glass wafer in the stack structure and along a stacking direction and is performed such that a cavity, in which at least part of the MEMS structure is arranged, is closed on one side along the stacking direction by the glass wafer and such that a spacing structure is arranged between the part of the MEMS structure and the glass wafer in the stack structure to provide a spacing between the part of the MEMS structure and the glass wafer along the stacking direction, such that the spacing structure encloses part of the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Frank SENGER, Shanshan GU-STOPPEL, Erdem YARAR, Gunnar WILLE
  • Publication number: 20230359022
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a deflection device (100, 200, 300, 400) for use in a scanner. The deflection device (100, 200, 300, 400) includes a substrate (102, 202), a mirror (106, 206, 304, 404) and actuator means (110). The mirror (106, 206, 304, 404) arranged in a recess (104, 204, 306, 406) in the substrate (102, 202) by connector means (108) in such a way that it can rotate about at least two axes in an oscillatory manner. The actuator means (110) causes the mirror (106, 206, 304, 404) to oscillate. The actuator means (110) are arranged in one or more trenches (112A-D) in the substrate (102, 202) surrounding the recess (104, 204, 306, 406), in such a way that a change of shape of the actuator means (110) will cause a movement in the substrate (102, 202), thereby inducing oscillatory movement of the mirror (106, 206, 304, 404).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Frank Senger, Ulrich Hofmann, Stephan Marauska, Christian Janicke, Thomas Von Wantoch, Joerg Albers, Gunnar Wille, Yong Cao