Patents by Inventor Herbert Nahring

Herbert Nahring 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).

  • Transport device for substrates to be coated in a vacuum coating system
    Patent number: 5556477
    Abstract: A substrate carrier plate (17, 17a) designed to hold at least one substrate is removably attached to a support element (19, 19a) of a base (2). The carrier plate is held to the support element (19, 19a) at least at one point by a centering pin (22, 23; 22a, 23a), which projects from the plate of the support element (19) and fits into a hole (24, 25) in the substrate carrier plate (17), and at least at one other point by a clamping device (18, 18a). The clamping device (18, 18a) is held on a control part (11) on the base (2) in such a way that it can be moved by the displacement of an actuating arm (21) between a clamping position and a release position, and it is also provided with a tensioning roller (14), which is supported on a ramp (15, 15a) on the substrate carrier plate (17). The substrate carrier plate (17) has an opening (20, 20a) to allow the passage of the tensioning roller (14), the tensioning roller (14, 14a) being located behind this opening when in its release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: Leybold Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Herbert Nahring, Hans Wolf, Jurgen Mulderer