Patents by Inventor Hans Jaeger
Hans Jaeger 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).
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Patent number: 8150083Abstract: A bone conduction device for enhancing the hearing of a recipient, comprising a sound input element configured to receive an acoustic sound signal and an electronics module configured generate an electrical signal representing the acoustic sound signal. The device further comprises a piezoelectric transducer comprising at least one piezoelectric element configured to deform along at least one axis in response to an application of the electrical signal thereto, the transducer configured to generate an transducer stroke based on the deformation, the stroke having a magnitude that exceeds the magnitude of the deformation, wherein the transducer stroke is utilized to generate a mechanical force for delivery to the recipient's skull.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2008Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: John Parker, Hans Jaeger, Christian M. Peclat
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Patent number: 8136942Abstract: A non-round fluid lens assembly includes a non-round rigid lens and a flexible membrane attached to the non-round rigid lens, such that a cavity is formed between the non-round rigid lens and the flexible membrane. A reservoir in fluid communication with the cavity allows a fluid to be transferred into and out of the cavity so as to change the optical power of the fluid lens assembly. In an embodiment, a front surface of the non-round rigid lens is aspheric. Additionally or alternatively, a thickness of the flexible membrane may be contoured so that it changes shape in a spheric manner when fluid is transferred between the cavity and the reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2009Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Adlens Beacon, Inc.Inventors: Amitava Gupta, Urban Schnell, Karim Haroud, Hans Jaeger
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Publication number: 20120041553Abstract: A fluid lens assembly including a front rigid lens, a semi-flexible membrane that is adapted to be expanded from a minimum inflation level to a maximum inflation level, and a fluid layer therebetween. The front lens of the fluid lens assembly is configured to have a negative optical power. In an embodiment, the fluid lens assembly may be configured to have an overall negative optical power when the membrane is expanded to the maximum inflation level. In an embodiment, the fluid lens assembly can be configured to have an overall negative optical power when the membrane is expanded between the minimum inflation level and the maximum inflation level.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2010Publication date: February 16, 2012Inventors: Amitava GUPTA, William Egan, Lisa Nibauer, Frank Stangota, Bruce Decker, Thomas M. McGuire, Urban Schnell, Karim Haroud, Hans Jaeger, Matthew Wallace Peterson, Daniel Senatore
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Publication number: 20110090455Abstract: Aspects of the present invention provide an ophthalmic lens comprising at least one regressive and at least one non-regressive rotationally symmetric optical design element. The regressive and non-regressive optical design elements can be combined so as to form a desired optical power profile for the lens while simultaneously exploiting the different relative orientation of the astigmatic vectors of the constituent regressive and non-regressive design elements, thereby resulting in reduced unwanted astigmatism. The regressive and non-regressive rotationally symmetric optical design elements can be positioned on different lens surfaces and in optical communication or can be collapsed onto the same lens surface. The regressive and non-regressive rotationally symmetric optical design elements can each contribute to the total add power of an ophthalmic lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2010Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicant: PixelOpticsInventors: Amitava Gupta, Ronald Blum, Stefan Troller, Hans Jaeger, Julien Sauvet, Urban Schnell
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Publication number: 20110085131Abstract: A non-round fluid lens assembly includes a non-round rigid lens and a flexible membrane attached to the non-round rigid lens, such that a cavity is formed between the non-round rigid lens and the flexible membrane. A reservoir in fluid communication with the cavity allows a fluid to be transferred into and out of the cavity so as to change the optical power of the fluid lens assembly. In an embodiment, a front surface of the non-round rigid lens is aspheric. Additionally or alternatively, a thickness of the flexible membrane may be contoured so that it changes shape in a spheric manner when fluid is transferred between the cavity and the reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2009Publication date: April 14, 2011Inventors: Amitava GUPTA, Urban Schnell, Karim Haroud, Hans Jaeger
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Publication number: 20110085243Abstract: An optical and mechanical design of a sealed, non-round fluid-filled lens capable of providing variation of optical power. The fluid lens includes at least three optical components: at least one mostly rigid optical disc, at least one mostly flexible optical membrane and a layer of a transparent fluid that is in communication via a fluid channel with a reservoir of excess fluid contained in a reservoir that can be accessed to augment the fluid volume inside the fluid lens to change the power of the fluid lens. The fluid lens is capable of providing correction of spherical and astigmatic errors, and utilizes contoured membranes to minimize image aberrations.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2010Publication date: April 14, 2011Inventors: Amitava Gupta, Urban Schnell, Karim Haroud, Hans Jaeger, Lisa Nibauer, Pascal Loser, William Egan
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Patent number: 7853537Abstract: A modular franking system including at least one module and a module sensor adapted to sense objects fed to the module. The module can include information on the distance between a position of the sensor and at least one edge of the module, and a location of at least one other module. The modular system can also include a communication system adapted to allow the module to sense objects being transported and communicate information concerning events such as velocity and distance to another module.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2007Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Neopost TechnologiesInventors: Christian Moy, Peter Stutz, Hans Jaeger
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Publication number: 20100016728Abstract: Apparatus includes a magnetostrictive actuator of a medical ultrasound transducer assembly. The actuator comprises a magnetostrictive alloy chosen from a list. A medical ultrasound handpiece includes an ultrasound transducer assembly adapted to attachingly receive an end effector. The transducer assembly includes a magnetostrictive actuator having a magnetostrictive alloy, and includes a first coil surrounding the actuator and adapted to excite the actuator to substantially a desired medical resonant frequency and substantially a desired medical amplitude. A medical ultrasound system includes a handpiece housing, a first medical ultrasound transducer assembly, and a first medical end effector attachable to the first transducer assembly. The first transducer assembly includes a magnetostrictive first actuator having a first magnetostrictive alloy.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2009Publication date: January 21, 2010Inventors: Timothy G. Dietz, Hans Jaeger
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Publication number: 20090245555Abstract: A bone conduction device for enhancing the hearing of a recipient, comprising a sound input element configured to receive an acoustic sound signal and an electronics module configured generate an electrical signal representing the acoustic sound signal. The device further comprises a piezoelectric transducer comprising at least one piezoelectric element configured to deform along at least one axis in response to an application of the electrical signal thereto, the transducer configured to generate an transducer stroke based on the deformation, the stroke having a magnitude that exceeds the magnitude of the deformation, wherein the transducer stroke is utilized to generate a mechanical force for delivery to the recipient's skull.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2008Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: COCHLEAR LIMITEDInventors: John L. Parker, Hans Jaeger, Christian M. Peclat
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Publication number: 20090247811Abstract: A piezoelectric transducer having a component therein for amplifying the deformation of the piezoelectric element so as to increase the available transducer stroke. This amplification of the piezoelectric element may be provided by a mechanical amplifier coupled to the piezoelectric element. The mechanical amplifier is configured to exert a preloading force on the piezoelectric element.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2008Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: COCHLEAR LIMITEDInventors: John L. Parker, Hans Jaeger, Christian M. Peclat
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Publication number: 20070244838Abstract: A modular franking system including at least one module and a module sensor adapted to sense objects fed to the module. The module can include information on the distance between a position of the sensor and at least one edge of the module, and a location of at least one other module. The modular system can also include a communication system adapted to allow the module to sense objects being transported and communicate information concerning events such as velocity and distance to another module.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2007Publication date: October 18, 2007Inventors: Christian Moy, Peter Stutz, Hans Jaeger
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Publication number: 20060016398Abstract: A pin assembly for lifting and supporting substrates according to the invention comprises a roller glide for a lift pin with rollers reducing the friction of the vertical pin movement, a ball bearing sole plate with elastic suspension for re-centering the sole plate after one coating cycle and a ball-bearing pin head that lowers the friction between the pin and the substrate and minimizes lateral forces that the substrate can apply on the pin.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2005Publication date: January 26, 2006Inventors: Laurent Dubost, Sylvain Hernandez, Hans Jaeger, Karine Landry, Bertrand Vinel, Eugene Zapodeanu, Jacques Schmitt, Redouane EL Bouchikhy
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Patent number: 6776406Abstract: A feeder/separator apparatus for separating and moving sheets from a stack of sheets is described. The feeder/separator includes an input area for positioning the stack of sheets; a first and second series of rollers for jointly feeding a sheet on the bottom of the stack into an area of the apparatus including a third and forth series of rollers and a first series of belts; a pre-separation brake adapted to act in a pivoting pattern only on the first series of belts to cause a first stage separation of the bottom sheet; a separation brake adapted to act in a linear pattern only on the fourth series of rollers to cause a second stage separation of the bottom sheet, the pre-separation and separation brakes permitting the bottom sheets to be separated from the stack; and a fifth series of rollers and a second series of belts both being adapted to feed the bottom sheets away from the feeder/separator apparatus in a sheet feed path.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2002Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems, Inc.Inventors: Hans Jaeger, Stefan Etter, Thomas Gasser
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Publication number: 20020178130Abstract: A modular franking system including at least one module and a module sensor adapted to sense objects fed to the module. The module can include information on the distance between a position of the sensor and at least one edge of the module, and a location of at least one other module. The modular system can also include a communication system adapted to allow the module to sense objects being transported and communicate information concerning events such as velocity and distance to another module.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2002Publication date: November 28, 2002Inventors: Christian Moy, Peter Stutz, Hans Jaeger
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Publication number: 20020140158Abstract: A feeder/separator apparatus for separating and moving sheets from a stack of sheets is described. The feeder/separator includes an input area for positioning the stack of sheets; a first and second series of rollers for jointly feeding a sheet on the bottom of the stack into an area of the apparatus including a third and forth series of rollers and a first series of belts; a pre-separation brake adapted to act in a pivoting pattern only on the first series of belts to cause a first stage separation of the bottom sheet; a separation brake adapted to act in a linear pattern only on the fourth series of rollers to cause a second stage separation of the bottom sheet, the pre-separation and separation brakes permitting the bottom sheets to be separated from the stack; and a fifth series of rollers and a second series of belts both being adapted to feed the bottom sheets away from the feeder/separator apparatus in a sheet feed path.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2002Publication date: October 3, 2002Inventors: Hans Jaeger, Stefan Etter, Thomas Gasser
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Patent number: 4024757Abstract: A testing machine for bevel gears and hyperboloidal gears comprising a machine bed upon which there are displaceably arranged two headstocks each having a work spindle, and a manually actuatable device for displacing at least one headstock. The testing machine can be used as a lapping machine by the addition of a first automatic device for displacing at least one headstock, by the addition of a second automatic device for displacing at least one work spindle in its axial direction and by disconnecting the manually actuatable headstock displacing device.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 1975Date of Patent: May 24, 1977Assignee: Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon-Buhrle AGInventors: Ulrich Raess, Hans Jaeger, Max Anderes
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Patent number: 3992937Abstract: An apparatus for lapping and testing two gears which are in meshing engagement with one another and axes of which enclose a random angle with one another wherein an auxiliary device is arranged at a lapping- and testing machine for gears, the axes of which enclose a right angle with respect to one another and which possesses two work spindles rotatably mounted in headstocks. This auxiliary device is fixed to one of both arrestable work spindles and possesses a third work spindle which is inclined at a predetermined angle relative to the other two work spindles.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 1976Date of Patent: November 23, 1976Assignee: Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon-Buhrle AGInventors: Hans Jaeger, Erich Kotthaus, Ulrich Raess