Patents by Inventor Jens Ulrich Thomas

Jens Ulrich Thomas 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: 20240417244
    Abstract: An enclosure is shown, comprising at least a first substrate having an outer surface and a second substrate having an outer surface, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are arranged next to each other in such a way, that an inner surface of the first substrate is adjacent to an inner surface of the second substrate, wherein the second substrate is transparent at least in part and/or at least for a bandwidth of wavelengths, at least one laser weld zone containing an information pattern in the enclosure, wherein the at least one laser weld zone extends from within the first substrate to within the second substrate and permanently joins the first substrate to the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Jens Ulrich Thomas, Antti Määttänen, Petri Rokka
  • Patent number: 12076723
    Abstract: A glass container is provided that includes a tube, a circular bottom, and a longitudinal axis. A curved glass heel extends from an outer end the bottom to the first end of the tube. The outer surface has a topography defined by a function ?(x) that is an azimuthal average of a distance between a contact plane and the outer surface at any given position located on a circle having the centre and the radius |x|. The values ? for ?(x) are determined for a plurality of circles the radius of which increases stepwise by 500 ?m starting with a circle around the centre having a radius of 500 ?m. The values ? are determined in a range from x=?0.4×d2/2 to x=+0.4×d2/2, d2 having a size such that at least 4 values ? are determined and can be fitted with a curvature function h ^ ? ( x ) = - c × x 2 1 + 1 - c 2 × x 2 + h 0 .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Alexander Humbertjean, Tobias Wetzel, Robert Frost, Jens Ulrich Thomas, Frank-Thomas Lentes, Andreas Langsdorf, Doris Moseler, Günter Weidmann, Roman Huhn
  • Publication number: 20240239701
    Abstract: A component includes a glass or glass ceramic having a thickness and a plurality of predamages. Each predamage of the plurality of predamages has a longitudinal axis and passes continuously through the thickness of the glass or the glass ceramic. The component also includes a material compaction of the glass or glass ceramic that is at least 1% relative to an actual material density in a radius of 3 ?m about the longitudinal axis of each predamage so that the glass or the glass ceramic has a relative weight loss per predamage that is less than 10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Jens Ulrich THOMAS, Frank-Thomas LENTES, Andreas ORTNER, Jonas SCHATZ, Michael KLUGE
  • Publication number: 20240174550
    Abstract: A glass composition includes oxides which form non-volatile fluorides at a temperature of 150° C. and a pressure of 5 Pa or less and are present in an amount of less than 0.5 mol % in the glass composition, based on all oxides present in the glass composition. A working point of the glass composition is 1400° C. or less. The glass composition has a hydrolytic resistance characterized by a leachability of GeO2, P2O5 and/or B2O3 from the glass composition determined as concentrations in an eluate prepared according to ISO 719 of at least one of the following: less than 70 mg/l GeO2 in the eluate per 1 mol % GeO2 in the glass composition; less than 70 mg/l P2O5 in the eluate per 1 mol % P2O5 in the glass composition; or less than 300 mg/l B2O3 in the eluate per 1 mol % B2O3 in the glass composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Fotheringham, Azatuhi Ayrikyan, Thomas Pfeiffer, Simone Monika Ritter, Silke Wolff, Tobias Gotschke, Christoph Groß, Antje Klemm, Jens Ulrich Thomas, Martin Letz
  • Patent number: 11993511
    Abstract: A hermetically sealed package includes: a base substrate and a cover substrate which define at least part of the package, the base substrate and the cover substrate being hermetically sealed to one another by at least one laser bonding line, the at least one laser bonding line having a height perpendicular to its bonding plane, at least the cover substrate including a toughened layer at its surface, at least on a side opposite the at least one laser bonding line; and at least one functional area enclosed in the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Jens Ulrich Thomas, Thomas Zetterer, Antti Määttänen, Robert Hettler, Yutaka Onezawa
  • Patent number: 11975962
    Abstract: A hermetically sealed package includes: at least one cover substrate and a substrate arranged so as to adjoin the at least one cover substrate, which together define at least part of the package, the at least one cover substrate being in a thermally prestressed state and bonded to the substrate adjoining the at least one cover substrate in a hermetically sealing manner by at least one laser bonding line, the at least one cover substrate being made of a material which has a different characteristic value of a coefficient of thermal expansion than the adjoining substrate and a thermal prestress is established in the package; and at least one functional area enclosed in the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Jens Ulrich Thomas, Thomas Zetterer, Yutaka Onezawa, Antti Määttänen, Kurt Nattermann, Robert Hettler
  • Patent number: 11975998
    Abstract: A component of glass or glass ceramic having predamages arranged along at least one predetermined dividing line is provided. The dividing line has a row of predamages lying one behind the other. The predamages pass continuously through the glass or the glass ceramic with at least 90% of the predamages being cylindrically symmetrical. The glass or the glass ceramic has a material compaction of at least 1% relative to an actual material density in a radius of 3 ?m about a longitudinal axis of respective pre-damaged points. The relative weight loss per pre-damaged point is less than 10% and the component has a thickness of at least 3.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Jens Ulrich Thomas, Frank-Thomas Lentes, Andreas Ortner, Jonas Schatz, Michael Kluge
  • Publication number: 20240042555
    Abstract: A method for controlling an energy distribution introduced by at least one line focus of at least one laser beam in a substrate is performed by forming the line focus at least regionally in the substrate and influencing the laser beam with at least one phase mask to control the energy distribution in the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Andreas Ortner, David Sohr, Andreas Koglbauer, Jens Ulrich Thomas, Fabian Wagner, Oliver Sohr
  • Patent number: 11806716
    Abstract: A glass container is provided that includes a tube, a circular bottom, and a longitudinal axis. A curved glass heel extends from an outer end the bottom to the first end of the tube. The two-dimensional distance h(x,y) between a contact plane and the outer surface. The two-dimensional distance is measured in a direction parallel to the axis. The slope magnitude of the outer surface at the given position x,y is given by ?{square root over ((dh/dx)2+(dh/dy)2)}. The 75% quantile of values that have been determined for the term ?{square root over ((dh/dx)2+(dh/dy)2)}×d1/h(xy)delta for all given positions x,y within a circular area having a radius of 0.4×d2/2 and that correspond to the centre is less than 4100 ?m/mm. The adjacent positions x,y increase stepwise by 200 ?m, and h(x,y)delta=h(x,y)max?h(x,y)min, h(x,y)max is a maximum value for h(x,y) and h(x,y)min is a minimum value for h(x,y) being determined in that circular area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: SCHOTT PHARMA AG & CO. KGAA, SCHOTT PHARMA SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Robert Frost, Doris Moseler, Günter Weidmann, Roman Huhn, Jens Ulrich Thomas, Alexander Humbertjean, Frank-Thomas Lentes, Andreas Langsdorf
  • Publication number: 20230348323
    Abstract: A platelike glass element is provided that includes a first surface, a second surface opposite the first, and a hole that perforates the first surface. The hole extends in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, where the longitudinal direction is transverse to the first surface. The first surface has, at least partially around the hole, an elevation. The elevation has a feature selected from a group consisting of: a height of less than 5 ?m that at least partially around the hole, a height greater than 0.05 ?m, a height greater than 0.5 ?m, a height greater than 1 ?m, a height greater than 10 ?m, a height less than 20 ?m, a height less than 15 ?m, a height less than 12 ?m, and combinations thereof. The first surface has an average roughness value that is greater than 15 nm and less than 100 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Andreas Ortner, Fabian Wagner, Markus Heiss-Chouquet, Michael Drisch, Vanessa Glässer, Annika Hörberg, Ulrich Peuchert, Jens Ulrich Thomas, Ville Polojarvi, Antti Määttänen
  • Publication number: 20230348324
    Abstract: A platelike glass element is provided that includes a first surface, a second surface opposite the first, and a hole that perforates the first surface. The first surface has, at least partially around the hole, has a feature selected from a group consisting of: a height deviation with respect to the first surface that is greater than 0.005 ?m, is greater than 0.05 ?m, less than 0.1 ?m, less than 0.3 ?m, a less than 0.5 ?m, and combinations thereof. The first surface has an average roughness value that is less than 15 nm. The edge between the first surface and the hole that is free of elevations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Andreas Ortner, Fabian Wagner, Markus Heiss-Chouquet, Michael Drisch, Vanessa Glässer, Annika Hörberg, Ulrich Peuchert, Jens Ulrich Thomas, Ville Polojarvi, Antti Määttänen
  • Patent number: 11789284
    Abstract: An optical layered composite includes: a substrate having a front face, a back face, a thickness ds between the front face and the back face and a refractive index ns; and a coating applied to the front face. The coating comprises one or more coating layers. For at least one wavelength ?g in the range from 390 nm to 700 nm, the coating satisfies one of the following criterion: nc<ns; or nc>ns, and d c < k n c 2 - n s 2 · arctan ? n s 2 - 1 n c 2 - n s 2 ; nc is a mean refractive index of the coating layers, weighted by thickness; do is a total thickness of the coating; thicknesses are determined in a direction perpendicular to the front face; and k=?g/4?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Jens Ulrich Thomas, Thorsten Damm, Frank-Thomas Lentes, Kurt Nattermann
  • Publication number: 20230274991
    Abstract: A process for producing and/or checking an assembly of a substrate stack includes: planarly arranging at least one first substrate against a second substrate to form the substrate stack, the at least one first substrate and the second substrate being arranged directly against one another or on one another, so that at least one contact area is formed between the least one first substrate and the second substrate at which the at least one first substrate is in direct planar contact with the second substrate, the at least one first substrate including a transparent material; detecting a radiative reflection which comes about through irradiation of the substrate stack with a radiative input on the at least one contact area; and ascertaining a first bond quality index (Q1) of the contact area from the radiative reflection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicants: Schott AG, SCHOTT Primoceler Oy
    Inventors: Jens Ulrich Thomas, Antti Määttänen, Petri Rokka
  • Patent number: 11712754
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device and a method for laser-based separation of a transparent, brittle workpiece, comprising a laser that emits a laser beam having an intensity (IL) along an optical axis (P), and an optical device. The optical device has at least one one-piece double axicon. The double axicon has an entrance surface and the optical device has an exit surface. The entrance surface is such that in the double axicon, a ring beam is formed. The intensity (IL) in the double axicon is lower than the threshold intensity (IS) of the material of the double axicon. The exit surface is such that a line focus having a maximum intensity (Imax) and a length (LT) is generated in the direction of the laser beam behind the exit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Jens Ulrich Thomas, Frank-Thomas Lentes, Andreas Ortner
  • Publication number: 20230202903
    Abstract: A component of glass or glass ceramic having predamages arranged along at least one predetermined dividing line is provided. The dividing line has a row of predamages lying one behind the other. The predamages pass continuously through the glass or the glass ceramic with at least 90% of the predamages being cylindrically symmetrical. The glass or the glass ceramic has a material compaction of at least 1% relative to an actual material density in a radius of 3 ?m about a longitudinal axis of respective pre-damaged points. The relative weight loss per pre-damaged point is less than 10% and the component has a thickness of at least 3.5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Jens Ulrich THOMAS, Frank-Thomas LENTES, Andreas ORTNER, Jonas SCHATZ, Michael KLUGE
  • Publication number: 20230192527
    Abstract: A glass article has a refractive index nG?1.95 and an R-number in a range of from 0.900 to 1.050. The R-number is calculated according to the following formula: R = ( n G - 1 ) ? ( ln [ ? G 2 - ? min 2 ? G 2 - ? max 2 · ? max 2 ? min 2 ] 42 ? ln [ ? B 2 - ? min 2 ? B 2 - ? max 2 · ? R 2 - ? max 2 ? R 2 - ? min 2 ] + 1 2.8 ) . ?R=656 nm, ?G=587 nm and ?B=486 nm, ?min=33 nm, and nG is a refractive index of the glass article at a wavelength of 587 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Jens Ulrich Thomas, Frank-Thomas Lentes, Simone Monika Ritter, Benedikt Ziebarth
  • Publication number: 20230128755
    Abstract: A hermetically sealed package includes: at least one cover substrate which is sheet-like and includes a flat outer surface and a circumferential narrow side, the at least one cover substrate being formed as a transparent thin film substrate, the at least one cover substrate having a thickness of less than 200 ?m; a second substrate which is adjoined to the at least one cover substrate and in direct contact with the at least one cover substrate; at least one functional area enclosed by the hermetically sealed package, the at least one functional area being between the at least one cover substrate and the second substrate; and a laser bonding line which joins the at least one cover substrate and the second substrate directly and in a hermetically tight manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Antti Määttänen, Jens Ulrich Thomas
  • Patent number: 11613492
    Abstract: A component of glass or glass ceramic having predamages arranged along at least one predetermined dividing line is provided. The dividing line has a row of predamages lying one behind the other. The predamages pass continuously through the glass or the glass ceramic with at least 90% of the predamages being cylindrically symmetrical. The glass or the glass ceramic has a material compaction of at least 1% relative to an actual material density in a radius of 3 ?m about a longitudinal axis of respective pre-damaged points. The relative weight loss per pre-damaged point is less than 10% and the component has a thickness of at least 3.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Jens Ulrich Thomas, Frank-Thomas Lentes, Andreas Ortner, Jonas Schatz, Michael Kluge
  • Patent number: 11609363
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a layered optical composite, in particular for use in an augmented reality device. In particular, the disclosure relates to a layered optical composite and a process for its preparation, a device comprising the layered optical composite and a process for its preparation, and the use of a layered optical composite in an augmented reality device. The present disclosure relates to a layered optical composite comprising: a. a substrate having a front face and a back face, b. a coating comprising: i. a type T layer, and ii. a type C region comprising one or more type C layers; in which the substrate has: i. a thickness tG in the range from 0.2 to 1.2 mm; ii. a refractive index nG at a wavelength ? in the range from 1.6 to 2.4; and iii. an optical absorption coefficient KG at the wavelength ? of less than 10 cm?1; in which the type C layers individually and independently have: i. a thickness tC in the range from 9 to 250 nm; ii.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Kurt Nattermann, Jens Ulrich Thomas, Frank-Thomas Lentes, Thorsten Damm, Peter Naß
  • Publication number: 20220406672
    Abstract: A package for encapsulating a functional area against an environment includes a base substrate and a cover substrate, the base substrate together with the cover substrate defining at least part of the package or defining the package, and furthermore including the at least one functional area provided in the package, and a blocking way for reducing permeation between the environment and the functional area. The package may include at least one laser bonding line, and the substrates of the package can be hermetically joined to one another by the at least one laser bonding line, and the laser bonding line has a height (HL) perpendicular to its bonding plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Jens Ulrich Thomas, Thorsten Damm, Thomas Zetterer