Patents by Inventor Katrin Buechner

Katrin Buechner 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).

  • Apparatus and method for the photothermal quality control of grain size and layer adhesion of a component
    Patent number: 10921272
    Abstract: Method (18, 19, 20, 21) for the quality control of a component (4, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, i, j, k), wherein the component (4, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, i, j, k) is heated (19) by an energy source (5, 5c, 5d), the intensity of which is periodically modulated (18) at at least one frequency ?, and wherein the amplitude A and/or the phase ? of a heat wave (81) which is modulated at the same frequency ? and is emitted by the component (4, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, i, j, k) is/are recorded (20), wherein the particle sized of the material, from which the component (4, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, i, j, k) is constructed, and/or the adhesion properties F of a functional layer (42) applied to the component (4, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, i, j, k) are evaluated (21) from the amplitude A and/or from the phase ?. Apparatus (100) for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Volker Kroeber, Jochen Straehle, Katrin Buechner
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE PHOTOTHERMAL QUALITY CONTROL OF GRAIN SIZE AND LAYER ADHESION OF A COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20180149607
    Abstract: Method (18, 19, 20, 21) for the quality control of a component (4, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, i, j, k), wherein the component (4, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, i, j, k) is heated (19) by an energy source (5, 5c, 5d), the intensity of which is periodically modulated (18) at at least one frequency 107 , and wherein the amplitude A and/or the phase ? of a heat wave (81) which is modulated at the same frequency ? and is emitted by the component (4, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, i, j, k) is/are recorded (20), wherein the particle sized of the material, from which the component (4, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, i, j, k) is constructed, and/or the adhesion properties F of a functional layer (42) applied to the component (4, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, i, j, k) are evaluated (21) from the amplitude A and/or from the phase ?. Apparatus (100) for carrying out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Volker Kroeber, Jochen Straehle, Katrin Buechner