Patents by Inventor Marten Walther

Marten Walther 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).

  • Publication number: 20210238085
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coated glass substrate or glass ceramic substrate with resistant, multi-functional surface properties, including a combination of anti-microbial, anti-reflective and anti-fingerprint properties, or a combination of anti-microbial, anti-reflective and anti-fingerprint properties where the substrate is chemically pre-stressed, or a combination of anti-microbial and anti-reflective properties where the substrate is chemically pre-stressed. The coated glass substrate or glass ceramic substrate exhibits a unique combination of functions which are permanently present and do not exert a negative effect on each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Yigang Li, Guangjun Zhang, José Zimmer, Jochen Alkemper, Marta Krzyzak, Marten Walther
  • Patent number: 11079514
    Abstract: An optical element is provided that includes a substrate that is transparent in the visible spectral region and a multilayer anti-reflection coating on the substrate. The coating has alternating layers of layers having a first refractive index and of layers having a second, higher refractive index. The layers having the higher refractive index contain nitride or oxynitride and the layers having the first refractive index contain oxide of silicon and of at least one other element. The molar fraction of silicon in the layers having the first refractive index is predominant when compared to the molar fraction(s) of the other element or elements. The uppermost layer of the coating is a layer having the first refractive index. A layer of chain-form organofluoro molecules is disposed on the coating, wherein the molecules are bonded at the ends to the surface of the optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Dirk Apitz, Marten Walther, Christian Henn
  • Patent number: 10836140
    Abstract: A composite includes a component and a glass or glass ceramic material. The component has a first coefficient of expansion ?1 and the glass or the glass ceramic material has a second coefficient of expansion ?2. The glass or the glass ceramic material has a surface with a thickness and thickness differences (TTV) within the surface, and thickness fluctuations (LTV). The composite has a residual stress in the glass or the glass ceramic material (WARP), and a geometric and material-physical degree of compatibility KG?4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Matthias Jotz, Marten Walther, Florian Resch, Thomas Wiegel
  • Patent number: 10501363
    Abstract: A method for production of a photo-structurable glass element is provided. The method includes the steps of: fixing a blank of photo-structurable glass at a first end; heating of a deformation zone of the blank; and drawing the blank. The glass includes Si4+, a crystal-agonist, a crystal-antagonist, and a pair of nucleating agents. The crystal-agonist is selected from the group consisting of Na+, K+, Li+, and any combinations thereof. The crystal-antagonist is selected from the group consisting of Al3+, B3+, Zn2+, Sr2+, Sb3+, and any combinations thereof. The pair of nucleating agents include cerium and an agent selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, copper, and any combinations thereof. The crystal-agonist has a molar proportion cat.-% in relation to a molar proportion of Si4+ that is at least 0.3 and at most 0.85.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Carsten Renz, Marten Walther, Lothar Niessner, Martin Feichtinger, Bianca Schreder, Junming Xue, Sean Qian
  • Patent number: 10472273
    Abstract: A sensitized, photo-structurable glasses and methods for producing are provided. The glasses includes Si4+, one or more crystal-agonist, one or more crystal-antagonist, and one or more pair of nucleating agents. The glasses are sensitized in that the glass reacts more sensitive to irradiation with UV-light and can be crystallized easier and with higher aspect ratios than a non-sensitized glass with equal composition. Furthermore, the sensitized glasses of this invention have smaller crystal sizes after irradiation and tempering than a non-sensitized glass with equal composition. The invention also relates to a structured glass product. Such product can be obtained by submitting the crystallized glass product to a subsequent etching step. The structured product can be used in components or as component for the application fields micro-technology, micro-reaction-technology, electronic packaging, micro-fluidics, FED spacer, bio-technology, interposer, and/or three-dimensional structured antennae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Bianca Schreder, Marten Walther, Martin Feichtinger, Lothar Niessner, Carsten Renz, Sean Qian, Junming Xue
  • Publication number: 20190336392
    Abstract: A container is provided that includes a container body with an outer surface and an inner surface. The inner surface contains silicon oxide and the silicon oxide containing inner surface is at least partially modified with a fluorine containing compound. The fluorine containing compound is chemically bonded to the silicon oxide of the container body via at least one Si—O—Si bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Matthias Bicker, Inka Henze, Joerg Schuhmacher, Franziska Riethmueller, Robert Hormes, Christian Helbig, Marten Walther, Manfred Lohmeyer
  • Patent number: 10398626
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container comprising a container body having an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein the inner surface contains silicon oxide; and the silicon oxide containing inner surface is at least partially modified with a fluorine containing compound, wherein the fluorine containing compound is chemically bonded to the silicon oxide of the container body via at least one Si—O—Si bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Matthias Bicker, Inka Henze, Joerg Schuhmacher, Franziska Riethmueller, Robert Hormes, Christian Helbig, Marten Walther, Manfred Lohmeyer
  • Patent number: 10384422
    Abstract: A device, in particular for display units, includes a first transparent panel element and a second transparent panel element and a coating introduced between the first transparent panel element and the second transparent panel element. The coating is an IR-reflective coating which is applied onto the first and/or second element. The at least first transparent panel element and the at least second transparent panel element and the coating form a lamination. The space between the panels is filled with a filler material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Marten Walther, Stephan Reimann
  • Publication number: 20190113657
    Abstract: An optical element is provided that includes a substrate that is transparent in the visible spectral region and a multilayer anti-reflection coating on the substrate. The coating has alternating layers of layers having a first refractive index and of layers having a second, higher refractive index. The layers having the higher refractive index contain nitride or oxynitride and the layers having the first refractive index contain oxide of silicon and of at least one other element. The molar fraction of silicon in the layers having the first refractive index is predominant when compared to the molar fraction(s) of the other element or elements. The uppermost layer of the coating is a layer having the first refractive index. A layer of chain-form organofluoro molecules is disposed on the coating, wherein the molecules are bonded at the ends to the surface of the optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Dirk Apitz, Marten Walther, Christian Henn
  • Publication number: 20180370193
    Abstract: A composite includes a component and a glass or glass ceramic material. The component has a first coefficient of expansion ?1 and the glass or the glass ceramic material has a second coefficient of expansion ?2. The glass or the glass ceramic material has a surface with a thickness and thickness differences (TTV) within the surface, and thickness fluctuations (LTV). The composite has a residual stress in the glass or the glass ceramic material (WARP), and a geometric and material-physical degree of compatibility KG?4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Matthias Jotz, Marten Walther, Florian Resch, Thomas Wiegel
  • Publication number: 20180093918
    Abstract: A sensitized, photo-structurable glasses and methods for producing are provided. The glasses includes Si4+, one or more crystal-agonist, one or more crystal-antagonist, and one or more pair of nucleating agents. The glasses are sensitized in that the glass reacts more sensitive to irradiation with UV-light and can be crystallized easier and with higher aspect ratios than a non-sensitized glass with equal composition. Furthermore, the sensitized glasses of this invention have smaller crystal sizes after irradiation and tempering than a non-sensitized glass with equal composition. The invention also relates to a structured glass product. Such product can be obtained by submitting the crystallized glass product to a subsequent etching step. The structured product can be used in components or as component for the application fields micro-technology, micro-reaction-technology, electronic packaging, micro-fluidics, FED spacer, bio-technology, interposer, and/or three-dimensional structured antennae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Bianca Schreder, Marten Walther, Martin Feichtinger, Lothar Niessner, Carsten Renz, Sean Qian, Junming Xue
  • Patent number: 9914660
    Abstract: A sensitized, photo-structurable glasses and methods for producing are provided. The glasses includes Si4+, one or more crystal-agonist, one or more crystal-antagonist, and one or more pair of nucleating agents. The glasses are sensitized in that the glass reacts more sensitive to irradiation with UV-light and can be crystallized easier and with higher aspect ratios than a non-sensitized glass with equal composition. Furthermore, the sensitized glasses of this invention have smaller crystal sizes after irradiation and tempering than a non-sensitized glass with equal composition. The invention also relates to a structured glass product. Such product can be obtained by submitting the crystallized glass product to a subsequent etching step. The structured product can be used in components or as component for the application fields micro-technology, micro-reaction-technology, electronic packaging, micro-fluidics, FED spacer, bio-technology, interposer, and/or three-dimensional structured antennae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Bianca Schreder, Marten Walther, Martin Feichtinger, Lothar Niessner, Carsten Renz, Sean Qian, Junming Xue
  • Publication number: 20170233287
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coated glass substrate or glass ceramic substrate with resistant, multi-functional surface properties, including a combination of anti-microbial, anti-reflective and anti-fingerprint properties, or a combination of anti-microbial, anti-reflective and anti-fingerprint properties where the substrate is chemically pre-stressed, or a combination of anti-microbial and anti-reflective properties where the substrate is chemically pre-stressed. The coated glass substrate or glass ceramic substrate exhibits a unique combination of functions which are permanently present and do not exert a negative effect on each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Yigang Li, Guangjun Zhang, José Zimmer, Jochen Alkemper, Marta Krzyzak, Marten Walther
  • Publication number: 20170183255
    Abstract: A coated chemically strengthened flexible thin glass includes a coating of an adhesive layer in the form of a silicon mixed oxide layer, which contains or consists of a silicon oxide layer in combination with at least one oxide of aluminum, tin, magnesium, phosphorus, cerium, zirconium, titanium, cesium, barium, strontium, niobium, zinc, or boron, and magnesium fluoride, such as at least aluminum oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Marten Walther, Marta Krzyzak, Dirk Apitz, Jochen Alkemper
  • Publication number: 20170183257
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a coated, chemically prestressed glass substrate having anti-fingerprint properties. The method includes: applying at least one functional layer to a glass substrate; chemically prestressing the coated glass substrate by an ion exchange, where existing smaller alkali metal ions are exchanged for larger alkali metal ions, and are enriched in the glass substrate and the at least one functional layer; activating the surface of the at least one functional layer, where if more than one functional layer is present the surface of the outermost or uppermost layer is activated, the activating including one of several alternatives; and applying an amphiphobic coating to the at least one functional layer of the glass substrate, where, as a result of the activation process, the functional layer interacts with the amphiphobic coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Dirk Apitz, Marta Krzyzak, Marten Walther, Jochen Alkemper
  • Publication number: 20170015584
    Abstract: A thin glass sheet includes a first and a second surface side, wherein the thin glass sheet is asymmetrically structured in that the two surface sides differ from one another, wherein both surface sides are chemically strengthened and wherein respectively a depth of layer exists of the alkali ions that are introduced through chemical strengthening, whereby the depth of layer of the first surface side (DoL1) and the depth of layer of the second surface side (DoL2) are coordinated with each other in such a way that they are equal or are adapted on both surface sides, and that on both surface sides respectively a coating consisting of one or several layers is provided, wherein the coating on the first surface side differs from the coating on the second surface side in at least one property or characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Marta Krzyzak, Dirk Apitz, Matthias Brueckner, Thomas Joerdens, Marten Walther
  • Publication number: 20160340228
    Abstract: A sensitized, photo-structurable glasses and methods for producing are provided. The glasses includes Si4+, one or more crystal-agonist, one or more crystal-antagonist, and one or more pair of nucleating agents. The glasses are sensitized in that the glass reacts more sensitive to irradiation with UV-light and can be crystallized easier and with higher aspect ratios than a non-sensitized glass with equal composition. Furthermore, the sensitized glasses of this invention have smaller crystal sizes after irradiation and tempering than a non-sensitized glass with equal composition. The invention also relates to a structured glass product. Such product can be obtained by submitting the crystallized glass product to a subsequent etching step. The structured product can be used in components or as component for the application fields micro-technology, micro-reaction-technology, electronic packaging, micro-fluidics, FED spacer, bio-technology, interposer, and/or three-dimensional structured antennae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Bianca Schreder, Marten Walther, Martin Feichtinger, Lothar Niessner, Carsten Renz, Sean Qian, Junming Xue
  • Publication number: 20160340227
    Abstract: A method for production of a photo-structurable glass element is provided. The method includes the steps of: fixing a blank of photo-structurable glass at a first end; heating of a deformation zone of the blank; and drawing the blank. The glass includes Si4+, a crystal-agonist, a crystal-antagonist, and a pair of nucleating agents. The crystal-agonist is selected from the group consisting of Na+, K+, Li+, and any combinations thereof. The crystal-antagonist is selected from the group consisting of Al3+, B3+, Zn2+, Sr2+, Sb3+, and any combinations thereof. The pair of nucleating agents include cerium and an agent selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, copper, and any combinations thereof. The crystal-agonist has a molar proportion cat.-% in relation to a molar proportion of Si4+ that is at least 0.3 and at most 0.85.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Carsten Renz, Marten Walther, Lothar Niessner, Martin Feichtinger, Bianca Schreder, Junming Xue, Sean Qian
  • Publication number: 20160313603
    Abstract: An indicator or display unit device is provided that includes a first panel element, a second panel element, and an IR-reflecting coating and a filler material between the first and second panel elements. The panel elements, the IR-reflecting coating, and the filler material form a composite. An antireflection coating in the visible wavelength region is on an outer side of the first panel element or the outer side of the first and second panel elements. The filler material includes a first laminating film, a second laminating film, and an additional film. The IR-reflecting coating is on the additional film. The device has an IR solar reflectance that lies in the range of 45% to 95% in the wavelength region of 780 nm to 3000 nm and a reflectance Rvis that is less than or equal to 4% in the visible wavelength region of 400 nm to 780 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Marten WALTHER, Dirk APITZ
  • Publication number: 20150355380
    Abstract: An optical element is provided that includes a substrate that is transparent in the visible spectral region and a multilayer anti-reflection coating on the substrate. The coating has alternating layers of layers having a first refractive index and of layers having a second, higher refractive index. The layers having the higher refractive index contain nitride or oxynitride and the layers having the first refractive index contain oxide of silicon and of at least one other element. The molar fraction of silicon in the layers having the first refractive index is predominant when compared to the molar fraction(s) of the other element or elements. The uppermost layer of the coating is a layer having the first refractive index. A layer of chain-form organofluoro molecules is disposed on the coating, wherein the molecules are bonded at the ends to the surface of the optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Dirk Apitz, Marten Walther, Christian Henn