Patents by Inventor Marion Ottlinger

Marion Ottlinger 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: 11104114
    Abstract: A multi-layered structural element and a method for producing a multi-layered structural element are disclosed. In an embodiment dielectric green sheets, at least one ply containing an auxiliary material which contains at least one copper oxide and layers containing electrode material are provided and arranged alternately one above another. These materials are debindered and sintered. The copper oxide is reduced to form the copper metal and the at least one ply is degraded during debindering and sintering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Marion Ottlinger, Marlene Fritz
  • Patent number: 10784435
    Abstract: Methods for producing ceramic multi-layer components and multi-layer components made by such methods. A method includes the following steps: providing green layers for the ceramic multi-layer components, stacking the green layers into a stack and subsequently pressing the stack into a block, singulating the block into partial blocks each having a longitudinal direction, thermally treating the partial blocks and subsequently machining surfaces of the partial blocks. Recesses are produced on the surfaces of the partial blocks during the machining, and the partial blocks are singulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: TDK ELECTRONICS AG
    Inventors: Marion Ottlinger, Peter Windisch, Robert Krumphals, Manfred Reinisch, Martin Galler, Georg Kügerl
  • Patent number: 10686120
    Abstract: A method can be used for producing ceramic multilayer components. The method includes providing green layers for the ceramic multilayer components, stacking the green layers into a stack, and subsequently compressing the stack to form a block. Furthermore, the method includes isolating the block into partial blocks that each have a longitudinal direction, thermally treating the partial blocks, subsequently mechanically machining surfaces of the partial blocks, and providing the partial blocks with outer electrodes and isolating the partial blocks in each case transversely to the longitudinal direction into individual ceramic multilayer components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Marion Ottlinger, Robert Krumphals, Alexander Glazunov
  • Patent number: 10686121
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing piezoelectric multi-layered components (2), which comprises the following steps: applying an electrode material (5) to green sheets (3) containing a piezoelectric material, applying a layer of a first auxiliary material (9) to at least one green sheet (3) containing the piezoelectric material, forming a stack (1), in which the green sheets (3), to which electrode material (5) is applied, are arranged one on top of another, wherein at least one ply of the green sheet (3), to which the layer of the first auxiliary material (9) is applied, is arranged in the stack (1), sintering the stack (1), wherein the layer of the first auxiliary material (9) is thinned, and firing the stack (1), wherein the stack (1) is singulated along the at least one ply into at least two multi-layered components (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Marion Ottlinger, Peter Windisch
  • Patent number: 10608161
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing multilayer components, and a multilayer component are disclosed. The method includes manufacturing a body comprising electrically conductive layers and dielectric layers which are stacked one above the other, wherein the body comprises at least one cavity and at least partially filling the cavity with an insulation material using capillary forces. The method further includes after partially filling the cavity, singulating the body into at least two base bodies and applying a passivation layer to surfaces of the singulated base bodies, wherein the passivation layer comprises a material which is different from the insulation material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Marion Ottlinger, Ivan Jagust
  • Patent number: 10381543
    Abstract: A multi-layer component (1) is specified, comprising a main body (2) with an external contact (3) arranged thereon, a further contact (5) for electrically contacting the multi-layer component (1), and a connecting element (4) for connecting the external contact (3) and the further contact (5), wherein the connecting element (4) is embodied in such a way that a decoupling of mechanical stresses that occur in the further contact (5) from the external contact (3) is brought about.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Martin Galler, Harald Kastl, Siegfried Fellner, Axel Pecina, Marion Ottlinger, Peter Gerletz, Robert Krumphals, Wolfgang Athenstaedt, Ivan Jagust, Zdravko Mijocevic, Zeljko Maric
  • Patent number: 10374141
    Abstract: Provision is made of a method for producing a piezoelectric multilayer component (1), in which piezoelectric green sheets, at least one ply (21) containing an auxiliary material having a first and a second component and layers (20) containing electrode material are arranged one above another alternately and sintered, wherein, during the sintering, the first and second components of the auxiliary material chemically react, and the at least one ply (21) containing the auxiliary material is degraded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Döllgast, Wolfgang Athenstaedt, Marion Ottlinger, Marlene Fritz
  • Patent number: 10074794
    Abstract: A multilayer component includes a main body and an external contact. The external contact has a connection element and a contact layer. The contact layer electrically conductively connects the main body to the connection element. A connection between the main body and the connection element is produced by sintering of the contact layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Martin Galler, Marion Ottlinger
  • Publication number: 20180026174
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing multilayer components, and a multilayer component are disclosed. The method includes manufacturing a body comprising electrically conductive layers and dielectric layers which are stacked one above the other, wherein the body comprises at least one cavity and at least partially filling the cavity with an insulation material using capillary forces. The method further includes after partially filling the cavity, singulating the body into at least two base bodies and applying a passivation layer to surfaces of the singulated base bodies, wherein the passivation layer comprises a material which is different from the insulation material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Marion Ottlinger, Ivan Jagust
  • Publication number: 20180006209
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing piezoelectric multi-layered components (2), which comprises the following steps: applying an electrode material (5) to green sheets (3) containing a piezoelectric material, applying a layer of a first auxiliary material (9) to at least one green sheet (3) containing the piezoelectric material, forming a stack (1), in which the green sheets (3), to which electrode material (5) is applied, are arranged one on top of another, wherein at least one ply of the green sheet (3), to which the layer of the first auxiliary material (9) is applied, is arranged in the stack (1), sintering the stack (1), wherein the layer of the first auxiliary material (9) is thinned, and firing the stack (1), wherein the stack (1) is singulated along the at least one ply into at least two multi-layered components (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Marion OTTLINGER, Peter WINDISCH
  • Patent number: 9728706
    Abstract: A method for producing a ceramic multilayer element is disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes forming a plurality of multilayer segments in a green state, wherein each multilayer segment is formed by pressing together a plurality of ceramic layers in the green state and pressing together the multilayer segments in the green state to form a multilayer element that is in the green state. The method further includes sintering the multilayer element that is in the green state to form a ceramic multilayer element that includes the ceramic layers and electrode layers arranged one on top of another, wherein at least one or more of a temperature at which the multilayer segments are pressed together, a pressing force applied during the pressing of the multilayer segments, and/or a duration of the pressing of the multilayer segments are adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Georg Kuegerl, Wolfgang Bauer, Manfred Reinisch, Franz Aldrian, Marion Ottlinger
  • Publication number: 20170222120
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method for producing ceramic multi-layer components (100), comprising the following steps: providing green layers (5) for the ceramic multi-layer components (100), stacking the green layers (5) into a stack and subsequently pressing the stack into a block (1), singulating the block (1) into partial blocks (3) each having a longitudinal direction (X), thermally treating the partial blocks (3) and subsequently machining surfaces of the partial blocks (3), wherein recesses (11) are produced on the surfaces of the partial blocks (3) during the machining, and singulating the partial blocks (3). The application further relates to a multi-layer component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Marion Ottlinger, Peter Windisch, Robert Krumphals, Manfred Reinisch, Martin Galler, Georg Kügerl
  • Patent number: 9613773
    Abstract: An electrical component includes at least one external contact having a first metallization and a second metallization. The metallizations are fired and the second metallization only partly covers the first metallization. Furthermore, an electrical component includes at least one frame-shaped metallization. Furthermore, an electrical component includes a first and second metallization that have a different wettability with solder material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Marion Ottlinger, Robert Krumphals, Andreas Stani
  • Publication number: 20160204339
    Abstract: A method can be used for producing ceramic multilayer components. The method includes providing green layers for the ceramic multilayer components, stacking the green layers into a stack, and subsequently compressing the stack to form a block. Furthermore, the method includes isolating the block into partial blocks that each have a longitudinal direction, thermally treating the partial blocks, subsequently mechanically machining surfaces of the partial blocks, and providing the partial blocks with outer electrodes and isolating the partial blocks in each case transversely to the longitudinal direction into individual ceramic multilayer components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Marion Ottlinger, Robert Krumphals, Alexander Glazunov
  • Publication number: 20160190424
    Abstract: A multilayer component includes a main body and an external contact. The external contact has a connection element and a contact layer. The contact layer electrically conductively connects the main body to the connection element. A connection between the main body and the connection element is produced by sintering of the contact layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Martin Galler, Marion Ottlinger
  • Publication number: 20160141484
    Abstract: A multi-layer component (1) is specified, comprising a main body (2) with an external contact (3) arranged thereon, a further contact (5) for electrically contacting the multi-layer component (1), and a connecting element (4) for connecting the external contact (3) and the further contact (5), wherein the connecting element (4) is embodied in such a way that a decoupling of mechanical stresses that occur in the further contact (5) from the external contact (3) is brought about.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Martin GALLER, Harald KASTL, Siegfried FELLNER, Axel PECINA, Marion OTTLINGER, Peter GERLETZ, Robert KRUMPHALS, Wolfgang ATHENSTAEDT, Ivan JAGUST, Zdravko MIJOCEVIC, Zeljko MARIC
  • Patent number: 9186870
    Abstract: Methods for producing a multilayer ceramic component with alternating ceramic layers and internal electrode layers include producing the ceramic layers using a ceramic mass. The methods also include producing the internal electrode layers using a metal paste that contains a portion of a chemically active additive; wherein the chemically active additive reacts chemically with at least one environmental component other than a metal portion of the metal paste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Heinz Florian, Marion Ottlinger, Peter Sedlmaier
  • Publication number: 20150255237
    Abstract: An electrical component includes at least one external contact having a first metallization and a second metallization. The metallizations are fired and the second metallization only partly covers the first metallization. Furthermore, an electrical component includes at least one frame-shaped metallization. Furthermore, an electrical component includes a first and second metallization that have a different wettability with solder material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Marion Ottlinger, Robert Krumphals, Andreas Stani
  • Publication number: 20150132589
    Abstract: A multi-layered structural element and a method for producing a multi-layered structural element are disclosed. In an embodiment dielectric green sheets, at least one ply containing an auxiliary material which contains at least one copper oxide and layers containing electrode material are provided and arranged alternately one above another. These materials are debindered and sintered. The copper oxide is reduced to form the copper metal and the at least one ply is degraded during debindering and sintering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Marlene Fritz, Marion Ottlinger
  • Publication number: 20140292161
    Abstract: Provision is made of a method for producing a piezoelectric multilayer component (1), in which piezoelectric green sheets, at least one ply (21) containing an auxiliary material having a first and a second component and layers (20) containing electrode material are arranged one above another alternately and sintered, wherein, during the sintering, the first and second components of the auxiliary material chemically react, and the at least one ply (21) containing the auxiliary material is degraded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Döllgast, Wolfgang Athenstaedt, Marion Ottlinger, Marlene Fritz