Patents by Inventor Jan van Aalst

Jan van Aalst 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: 20220388897
    Abstract: A method of production of glass reaction vessels includes irradiating a laser beam of a wavelength for which a first glass plate is transparent onto the surface of the first glass plate. The first hiss plate is etched. Etching of the first glass plate is terminated when the recesses extend, over only a portion of the thickness of the first glass plate and therefore the recesses have a bottom formed in the first glass plate as a single piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Robin Krüger, Malte Schulz-Ruhtenberg, Jan Van Aalst, Moritz Woller
  • Publication number: 20220388896
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing reaction vessels from glass and to the glass reaction vessels obtainable by this method. The method comprises the following steps: 1. irradiating the surface of a first glass sheet by means of a laser beam of a wavelength for which the first glass sheet is permeable, 2. etching the first glass sheet to form recesses that extend over the complete thickness of the first glass sheet, and 3. connecting a second sheet with a surface of the first glass plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Robin Krüger, Malte Schulz-Ruhtenberg, Jan Van Aalst, Moritz Woller
  • Publication number: 20220288626
    Abstract: A device for depositing liquid droplets onto a carrier includes a droplet generator and a holding device for the carrier, and a detector arranged to detect a signal for each liquid section or droplet, and a transport device for moving the holding device relative to the droplet generator and preferably a memory connected to the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Robin A. Krüger, Jan van Aalst, Moritz Woller
  • Patent number: 9414499
    Abstract: A method for partial detachment of a defined area of a conductive layer using a laser beam includes forming a conductor track with a defined path from the conductive layer on the substrate, the path defining main axes. The area is segmented into zones. A linear recess is provided along a respective perimeter of each of the zones. Each of the zones has a strip shape such that the recesses extend along paths that are substantially straight lines not parallel to either of the main axes. One of the zones to be removed is heated using laser radiation until adhesion of the conductive layer to the substrate is substantially reduced and the zone to be removed is detached in a surface-wide manner from the substrate under external influences. Laser-beam parameters are set such that only the conductive layer is removed without affecting an underlying substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: LPKF LASER & ELECTRONICS AG
    Inventors: Jan van Aalst, Drago Kovacic, Bostjan Podobnik
  • Publication number: 20150251272
    Abstract: A device for the position control of a laser machining beam relative to topographical structural markers in surfaces of workpieces, includes a control mechanism, a laser beam feed mechanism for providing a laser machining beam, and a laser beam positioning mechanism, and an optical recognition mechanism for the structural markers with an illumination mechanism for producing a parallel beam bundle, which illuminates the surface with the structural markers to be recognized in a scanning field, and a camera detecting the scanning field for recording the beam bundle, which is reflected by the surface and changed by the structural markers, wherein the camera image can be evaluated by the control mechanism to recognize the position of the structural markers and for the corresponding position control of the laser machining beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Manuel Sieben, Andreas Bönke, Jan Van Aalst
  • Patent number: 9021691
    Abstract: A method for introducing electrical insulations in a printed circuit board includes selectively introducing groove-shaped recesses between different regions of an electrically conductive layer on a substrate along a machining path using a thermal energy input such that end portions of each of the recesses or different ones of the recesses are joined to one another. The end portions are introduced parallel to one another without overlap such that a strip-shaped region of the conductive layer is initially retained between the end portions so as to insulate the different regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: LPKF Laser & Electronics AG
    Inventor: Jan van Aalst
  • Publication number: 20130055566
    Abstract: A method for introducing electrical insulations in a printed circuit board includes selectively introducing groove-shaped recesses between different regions of an electrically conductive layer on a substrate along a machining path using a thermal energy input such that end portions of each of the recesses or different ones of the recesses are joined to one another. The end portions are introduced parallel to one another without overlap such that a strip-shaped region of the conductive layer is initially retained between the end portions so as to insulate the different regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: LPKF LASER & ELECTRONICS AG
    Inventor: Jan Van Aalst
  • Publication number: 20130048618
    Abstract: A method for partial detachment of a defined area of a conductive layer using a laser beam includes forming a conductor track with a defined path from the conductive layer on the substrate, the path defining main axes. The area is segmented into zones. A linear recess is provided along a respective perimeter of each of the zones. Each of the zones has a strip shape such that the recesses extend along paths that are substantially straight lines not parallel to either of the main axes. One of the zones to be removed is heated using laser radiation until adhesion of the conductive layer to the substrate is substantially reduced and the zone to be removed is detached in a surface-wide manner from the substrate under external influences. Laser-beam parameters are set such that only the conductive layer is removed without affecting an underlying substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: LPKF LASER & ELECTRONICS AG
    Inventors: Jan van Aalst, Drago Kovacic, Bostjan Podobnik