Patents by Inventor Johannes N. J. M. Van den Reek

Johannes N. J. M. Van den Reek 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).

  • Interconnecting a glass or ceramic element and a metal element
    Patent number: 4782209
    Abstract: A method of interconnecting a first element 1 and a second element 4 by means of laser welding, the first element 1 consisting at least partly of glass or ceramics and the second element 4 consisting at least partly of metal, the bond between both elements being formed by the glass or ceramic part of the first element 1 and the metal part of the second element 4, characterized in that a metal auxiliary element 3 is bonded to the glass or ceramic part of the first element 1 by means of a solid-state bond 2, after which, substantially without heating, the metal part of the second element 4 is welded to the metal auxiliary element 3 by means of a laser beam 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1988
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Johan F. J. M. Caers, Joseph A. Meertens, Johannes N. J. M. Van den Reek