Patents by Inventor Joerg Heitzig

Joerg Heitzig 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).

  • Method for the linear structuring of a coated substrate for the production of thin-film solar cell modules
    Patent number: 8774490
    Abstract: Method for the linear structuring of a coated substrate for producing thin-film solar cell modules in which tracks are introduced in an upper structure plane so as to be adapted to the path of existing tracks in a lower structure plane in that a structuring tool is controlled in y direction by means of a control quantity which is derived from image recordings of the existing tracks, and the substrate is moved back and forth under the structuring tool. The image recordings for acquiring existing tracks are carried out only during the forward passes. The generation of tracks takes place during the forward passes and backward passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: JENOPTIK Automatisierungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Joerg Heitzig, Sebastian Steinbach, Frank Seidel
  • Method for the Linear Structuring of a Coated Substrate for the Production of Thin-Film Solar Cell Modules
    Publication number: 20130034294
    Abstract: Method for the linear structuring of a coated substrate for producing thin-film solar cell modules in which tracks are introduced in an upper structure plane so as to be adapted to the path of existing tracks in a lower structure plane in that a structuring tool is controlled in y direction by means of a control quantity which is derived from image recordings of the existing tracks, and the substrate is moved back and forth under the structuring tool. The image recordings for acquiring existing tracks are carried out only during the forward passes. The generation of tracks takes place during the forward passes and backward passes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: Joerg Heitzig, Sebastian Steinbach, Frank Seidel