Patents by Inventor Harald Hertlein
Harald Hertlein 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: 11936129Abstract: A ribbon cable connector is fixed at an end of a ribbon cable. The ribbon cable has a plurality of electrical conductors extending parallel and distanced to one another. The ribbon cable connector includes an insertion slot extending in a plugging direction and receiving the ribbon cable, a plurality of contact element receptacles extending parallel and distanced to one another, a plurality of structures in the insertion slot extending parallel to one another and aligned with the contact element receptacles, and a clamping device configured to clamp the ribbon cable in the insertion slot. An end of the insertion slot inside of the ribbon cable connector adjoins the contact element receptacles in the plugging direction. The structures are each separated from one another by a partition wall.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbHInventors: Harald Kraenzlein, Stefan Raab, Marina Hertlein
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Patent number: 11936038Abstract: An anode active material for lithium ion batteries includes one or more unaggregated silicon particles having a mass-based chlorine content of from 5 to 200 ppm and a volume-weighted particle size distribution having diameter percentiles d50 of from 0.5 ?m to 10.0 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Wacker Chemie AGInventors: Jürgen Pfeiffer, Eckhard Hanelt, Harald Hertlein, Karl Hesse, Robert Maurer
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Publication number: 20230286809Abstract: Silicon granulate is produced in a fluidized bed reactor having a fluidized bed region fluidized by a gas flow and heated by a heating apparatus. Seed particles and a feed gas including hydrogen and silane and/or halosilane is continuously supplied, and elemental silicon is deposited on the seed particles to form the silicon granulate, which is discharged as a continuous product stream from the reactor. The fluidized bed temperature affects the quality and formation of the product stream, which may be determined as the temperature of an offgas stream from the fluidized bend region. The temperature, as a responding variable may be determined and controlled by means of the mass and energy balance of a defined scheme.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2020Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: WACKER CHEMIE AGInventors: Michael GOTTANKA, Harald HERTLEIN, Benedikt KOENINGER
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Patent number: 11667533Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing polycrystalline silicon, comprising introducing a reaction gas containing hydrogen and silane and/or halogen silane into a reactor, wherein the reactor comprises at least one heated carrier body, on which elementary silicon has been deposited by means of pyrolysis, forming the polycrystalline silicon. In a continuous process, waste gas is led out of the reactor and hydrogen recovered from said waste gas is fed to the reactor again as circulating gas. The circulating gas has a nitrogen content of less than 1000 ppmv. The invention further relates to polycrystalline silicon having a nitrogen component of less than 2 ppba.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Wacker Chemie AGInventors: Harald Hertlein, Heinz Kraus
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Publication number: 20230129415Abstract: An anode active material for use within an anode of a lithium-ion battery along with a method or process for preparing the same. Where the anode active material includes one or more non-aggregated silicon particles having BET surface areas of 0.2 to 10.0 m2/g (determination according to DIN 66131 (with nitrogen), a chloride content of 220 to 5000 ppm and a volume-weighted particle size distribution having diameter percentiles d50 of 0.5 ?m to 10.0 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2020Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: Wacker Chemie AGInventors: Jürgen Pfeiffer, Harald Hertlein, Benedikt Köninger, Sebastian Liebischer
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Patent number: 11440803Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing polycrystalline silicon granulate in a fluidized bed reactor. The method comprises a fluidization of silicon seed particles by means of a fluidizing gas in a fluidized bed, which is heated by a heating device, wherein elemental silicon is deposited by pyrolysis on the silicon seed particles by the addition of a reaction gas containing hydrogen and silane and/or halosilane to form the polycrystalline silicon granulate. In a continuous process, waste gas is discharged from the fluidized bed reactor and hydrogen recovered from said waste to gas is again supplied to the fluidized bed reactor as a circulating gas. The circulating gas has a nitrogen content of less than 1000 ppmv. The invention further relates to polycrystalline silicon granulate having a nitrogen content of less than 2 ppba.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: WACKER CHEMIE AGInventors: Harald Hertlein, Dirk Weckesser
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Publication number: 20210376315Abstract: An anode active material for lithium ion batteries includes one or more unaggregated silicon particles having a mass-based chlorine content of from 5 to 200 ppm and a volume-weighted particle size distribution having diameter percentiles d50 of from 0.5 ?m to 10.0 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2018Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: Wacker Chemie AGInventors: Jürgen Pfeiffer, Eckhard Hanelt, Harald Hertlein, Karl Hesse, Robert Maurer
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Publication number: 20200231449Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing polycrystalline silicon, comprising introducing a reaction gas containing hydrogen and silane and/or halogen silane into a reactor, wherein the reactor comprises at least one heated carrier body, on which elementary silicon has been deposited by means of pyrolysis, forming the polycrystalline silicon. In a continuous process, waste gas is led out of the reactor and hydrogen recovered from said waste gas is fed to the reactor again as circulating gas. The circulating gas has a nitrogen content of less than 1000 ppmv. The invention further relates to polycrystalline silicon having a nitrogen component of less than 2 ppba.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2016Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Harald Hertlein, Heinz Kraus
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Publication number: 20200131043Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing polycrystalline silicon granulate in a fluidized bed reactor. The method comprises a fluidization of silicon seed particles by means of a fluidizing gas in a fluidized bed, which is heated by a heating device, wherein elemental silicon is deposited by pyrolysis on the silicon seed particles by the addition of a reaction gas containing hydrogen and silane and/or halosilane to form the polycrystalline silicon granulate. In a continuous process, waste gas is discharged from the fluidized bed reactor and hydrogen recovered from said waste to gas is again supplied to the fluidized bed reactor as a circulating gas. The circulating gas has a nitrogen content of less than 1000 ppmv. The invention further relates to polycrystalline silicon granulate having a nitrogen content of less than 2 ppba.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2016Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Harald Hertlein, Dirk Weckesser
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Patent number: 10544047Abstract: The rate of rod fallover in the production of polycrystalline silicon by the Siemens process is sharply reduced by cleaning the Siemens reactor base plate by at least a two-step procedure comprising suctioning the base plate in one step, and subsequently cleaning with liquid or solid cleaning medium in a second step, between each phase of rod removal and new support body installation.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2015Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: WACKER CHEMIE AGInventors: Friedrich Popp, Harald Hertlein
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Patent number: 10363534Abstract: Assembly of a fluidized bed reactor for the preparation of polycrystalline silicon granules by chemical vapor deposition of silicon onto seed particles and removal of polycrystalline silicon granules is facilitated without breakage and with gas tightness by a specific assembly sequence.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: WACKER CHEMIE AGInventors: Dirk Weckesser, Gerhard Forstpointner, Harald Hertlein
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Patent number: 10150675Abstract: The native oxide layer on silicon support rods in the Siemens polysilicon production process is removed by heating the rods to a temperature of 1100-1200° C. and contacting the rods with hydrogen at a system pressure of 1.1E5 to 6E6 Pa. Oxide is rapidly removed, reducing overall process time and increasing space time yield. The use of hydrogen, optionally purified from a polysilicon deposition and containing only traces of HCl reduces reactor corrosion and loss of silicon from the support rods.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2015Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: WACKER CHEMIE AGInventors: Harald Hertlein, Friedrich Popp
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Patent number: 9988277Abstract: Granular polysilicon is produced in a fluidized-bed reactor by fluidizing silicon particles by means of a gas flow in a fluidized bed heated to a temperature of 850-1100° C., adding a silicon-containing reaction gas by means of a nozzle and depositing of silicon on the silicon particles, wherein, in at least 56% of an axially symmetric region around a nozzle opening of the nozzle, the reaction gas concentration is greater than 75% of the maximum concentration of the reaction gas (10 to 50 mol %), the fluidized-bed temperature is greater than 95% of the fluidized-bed temperature outside the axially symmetric region (850-1100° C.) and the solids concentration is greater than 85% of the solids concentration at the edge of the fluidized bed (55 to 90% by volume).Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2014Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: WACKER CHEMIE AGInventors: Dirk Weckesser, Harald Hertlein
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Patent number: 9962745Abstract: Contamination of surfaces of polysilicon rods removed from a Siemens reactor in a polysilicon production facility is reduced by cleaning the production facility at least every other week with a cleaning liquid containing water, optionally also containing neutral surfactants.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2014Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: WACKER CHEMIE AGInventors: Harald Hertlein, Friedrich Popp
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Publication number: 20170320035Abstract: Assembly of a fluidized bed reactor for the preparation of polycrystalline silicon granules by chemical vapor deposition of silicon onto seed particles and removal of polycrystalline silicon granules is facilitated without breakage and with gas tightness by a specific assembly sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2015Publication date: November 9, 2017Applicant: Wacker Chemie AGInventors: Dirk WECKESSER, Gerhard FORSTPOINTNER, Harald HERTLEIN
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Publication number: 20170305748Abstract: The rate of rod fallover in the production of polycrystalline silicon by the Siemens process is sharply reduced by cleaning the Siemens reactor base plate by at least a two-step procedure comprising suctioning the base plate in one step, and subsequently cleaning with liquid or solid cleaning medium in a second step, between each phase of rod removal and new support body installation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2015Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: Wacker Chemie AGInventors: Friedrich POPP, Harald HERTLEIN
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Publication number: 20170001869Abstract: The native oxide layer on silicon support rods in the Siemens polysilicon production process is removed by heating the rods to a temperature of 1100-1200° C. and contacting the rods with hydrogen at a system pressure of 1.1E5 to 6E6 Pa. Oxide is rapidly removed, reducing overall process time and increasing space time yield. The use of hydrogen, optionally purified from a polysilicon deposition and containing only traces of HCl reduces reactor corrosion and loss of silicon from the support rods.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2015Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: Wacker Chemie AGInventors: Harald HERTLEIN, Friedrich POPP
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Publication number: 20160236940Abstract: Granular polysilicon is produced in a fluidized-bed reactor by fluidizing silicon particles by means of a gas flow in a fluidized bed heated to a temperature of 850-1100° C., adding a silicon-containing reaction gas by means of a nozzle and depositing of silicon on the silicon particles, wherein, in at least 56% of an axially symmetric region around a nozzle opening of the nozzle, the reaction gas concentration is greater than 75% of the maximum concentration of the reaction gas (10 to 50 mol %), the fluidized-bed temperature is greater than 95% of the fluidized-bed temperature outside the axially symmetric region (850-1100° C.) and the solids concentration is greater than 85% of the solids concentration at the edge of the fluidized bed (55 to 90% by volume).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2014Publication date: August 18, 2016Applicant: WACKER CHEMIE AGInventors: Dirk WECKESSER, Harald HERTLEIN
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Patent number: 9296616Abstract: Granular polycrystalline silicon includes a compact matrix including radiating acicular crystal aggregates of crystal size from 0.001-200 ?m. A process for producing granular polycrystalline silicon includes producing granular silicon in a fluidized bed reactor from a gas mixture containing TCS (20-29 mol %) and hydrogen at a fluidized bed temperature of 900-970° C., dividing the granular silicon in a screen system having at least one screen deck into at least two screen fractions, the smallest screen fraction being ground in a grinding system to give seed particles having a size of 100-1500 ?m and a mass-based median value from 400 to 900 ?m, and these seed particles being supplied to fluidized bed reactor, and a further screen fraction being supplied to a fluidized bed reactor, and being surface-treated with a gas mixture containing TCS (5.1-10 mol %) and hydrogen at a fluidized bed temperature of 870-990° C.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2013Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Wacker Chemie AGInventors: Harald Hertlein, Rainer Hauswirth, Dieter Weidhaus
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Publication number: 20160045940Abstract: Contamination of surfaces of polysilicon rods removed from a Siemens reactor in a polysilicon production facility is reduced by cleaning the production facility at least every other week with a cleaning liquid containing water, optionally also containing neutral surfactants.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2014Publication date: February 18, 2016Inventors: Harald HERTLEIN, Friedrich POPP