Patents by Inventor Manfred Bucher

Manfred Bucher 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).

  • Patent number: 10186445
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a chuck system for handling a wafer that comprises a first and a second main surface. The chuck system includes a chuck configured to hold the wafer at the second main surface facing the chuck and a release device. The chuck system further includes an actuator configured to lift the release device away from the chuck. The release device is configured such that the release device mechanically engages with the wafer at an edge portion of the second main surface of the wafer when being lifted, thereby releasing the wafer from the chuck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Mathias Male, Christian Maier, Philemon Schweizer, Manfred Bucher, Thomas Steiner
  • Publication number: 20160322250
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a chuck system for handling a wafer that comprises a first and a second main surface. The chuck system includes a chuck configured to hold the wafer at the second main surface facing the chuck and a release device. The chuck system further includes an actuator configured to lift the release device away from the chuck. The release device is configured such that the release device mechanically engages with the wafer at an edge portion of the second main surface of the wafer when being lifted, thereby releasing the wafer from the chuck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Mathias Male, Christian Maier, Philemon Schweizer, Manfred Bucher, Thomas Steiner
  • Patent number: 9410249
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a chuck system for handling a wafer that comprises a first and a second main surface. The chuck system includes a chuck configured to hold the wafer at the second main surface facing the chuck and a release device. The chuck system further includes an actuator configured to lift the release device away from the chuck. The release device is configured such that the release device mechanically engages with the wafer at an edge portion of the second main surface of the wafer when being lifted, thereby releasing the wafer from the chuck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Mathias Male, Christian Maier, Philemon Schweizer, Manfred Bucher, Thomas Steiner
  • Publication number: 20150332951
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a chuck system for handling a wafer that comprises a first and a second main surface. The chuck system includes a chuck configured to hold the wafer at the second main surface facing the chuck and a release device. The chuck system further includes an actuator configured to lift the release device away from the chuck. The release device is configured such that the release device mechanically engages with the wafer at an edge portion of the second main surface of the wafer when being lifted, thereby releasing the wafer from the chuck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Mathias Male, Christian Maier, Philemon Schweizer, Manfred Bucher, Thomas Steiner
  • Patent number: 7856170
    Abstract: A heatable housing and a device such as a cooking appliance including a heatable housing for producing steam includes at least one wall that delimits an interior space, which is enclosed by the housing at least in areas and which serves to hold a liquid to be vaporized. The wall has at least one hollow for accommodating at least one heating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Rational AG
    Inventors: Stefan Rusche, Thomas Schreiner, Thomas Garner, Manfred Bucher, Paul Linseisen, Bruno Maas, Peter Kohlstrung
  • Publication number: 20080193110
    Abstract: A heatable housing and a device such as a cooking appliance including a heatable housing for producing steam includes at least one wall that delimits an interior space, which is enclosed by the housing at least in areas and which serves to hold a liquid to be vaporized. The wall has at least one hollow for accommodating at least one heating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Stefan Rusche, Thomas Schreiner, Thomas Garner, Manfred Bucher, Paul Linseisen, Bruno Maas, Peter Kohlstrung
  • Publication number: 20050287253
    Abstract: A method of adjusting at least one parameter of gas-operated cooking equipment as a function of the site and/or of the height of the site of the cooking equipment includes determining the geodetic height at the site during an initialization step by determining at least one physical parameter or a difference of two physical parameters and adjusting the heat output of at least one combustion system of the cooking equipment. The determined physical parameter may be air pressure, density, the mean ambient temperature, the humidity in the air and/or the boiling point of water and the physical parameter or the difference of the two physical parameters may be determined by starting up at least one functional group of the cooking equipment. The adjustment of the heat output of the combustion system of the cooking equipment may be performed by adjusting the air/fuel mixture in the region of an ignition device of the combustion system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Applicant: RATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Manfred Bucher, Manfred Lichtenstern, Reiner Otminghaus, Thomas Schreiner, Stefan Rusche