Patents by Inventor Martin Rueffer

Martin Rueffer 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: 9343337
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for coating a substrate using CVD, in particular for coating with diamond or silicon, wherein a neat conductor array composed of a plurality of elongated heat conductors (2) is provided in a housing (9), said heat conductors extending between a first (1) and a second electrode (6), wherein the heat conductors are held individually tensioned by a weight (4) attached to one end thereof. To increase the life of the neat conductors (2), the invention proposes that the weight (4) or the heat conductor (2) be guided at the second electrode (6), forming an electrical loop contact, in such a way that a vector of the weight force (G) produced by the weight (4) makes an angle (?) of no more than 45° with a direction of the longitudinal extension of the heat conductor (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignees: DIACCON GMBH, CEMECON AG
    Inventors: Martin Rueffer, Stefan Rosiwal, Christian Bareiss, Walter Reichert, Oliver Lemmer, Marc Perle
  • Patent number: 9127350
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for coating a substrate (14) using CVD, in particular for coating with diamond or silicon, wherein a heat conductor array comprising a plurality of elongated heat conductors (2) is provided in a housing (10), said heat conductors extending between a first (1) and a second electrode (8), wherein the heat conductors (2) are held individually tensioned by a tensioning device attached to one end thereof. For the purposes of improving the life of the heat conductors (2), the invention proposes that the tensioning device comprises a tilt arm (5) having a tensioning weight (G), the heat conductor (2) being attached to the first end (E1) of said tilt arm, and the second end thereof substantially being mounted pivotably about a horizontal axis (H).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignees: DIACCON GMBH, CEMECON AG
    Inventors: Martin Rueffer, Stefan Rosiwal, Christian Bareiss, Walter Reichert, Oliver Lemmer, Marc Perle
  • Publication number: 20110287194
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for coating a substrate using CVD, in particular for coating with diamond or silicon, wherein a neat conductor array composed of a plurality of elongated heat conductors (2) is provided in a housing (9), said heat conductors extending between a first (1) and a second electrode (6), wherein the heat conductors are held individually tensioned by a weight (4) attached to one end thereof. To increase the life of the neat conductors (2), the invention proposes that the weight (4) or the heat conductor (2) be guided at the second electrode (6), forming an electrical loop contact, in such a way that a vector of the weight force (G) produced by the weight (4) makes an angle (?) of no more than 45° with a direction of the longitudinal extension of the heat conductor (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicants: CEMECON AG, DIACCON GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Rueffer, Stefan Rosiwal, Christian Bareiss, Walter Reichert, Oliver Lemmer, Marc Perle
  • Publication number: 20110287192
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for coating a substrate (14) using CVD, in particular for coating with diamond or silicon, wherein a heat conductor array comprising a plurality of elongated heat conductors (2) is provided in a housing (10), said heat conductors extending between a first (1) and a second electrode (8), wherein the heat conductors (2) are held individually tensioned by a tensioning device attached to one end thereof. For the purposes of improving the life of the heat conductors (2), the invention proposes that the tensioning device comprises a tilt arm (5) having a tensioning weight (G), the heat conductor (2) being attached to the first end (E1) of said tilt arm, and the second end thereof substantially being mounted pivotably about a horizontal axis (H).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicants: CEMECON AG, DIACCON GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Rueffer, Stefan Rosiwal, Christian Bareiss, Walter Reichert, Oliver Lemmer, Marc Perle
  • Publication number: 20090324810
    Abstract: The invention is related to the method for production of diamond electrode with improved stability for use in electrochemical reaction. The method concerns to the production of diamond electrodes where the diamond layer is composed of small sized grain, avoiding the delamination problems found in conventional diamond electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Roberto Massahiro Serikawa, Kenichi Sasaki, Martin Rueffer, Michael Foreta
  • Publication number: 20080160271
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrode comprising a substrate (F) having at least at one of its sides a coating made of an electroconductive diamond, the coating comprising at least one first diamond layer (B, D) having a first average grain diameter and at least one second diamond layer (C, E) having a second average grain diameter, the first average grain diameter being bigger than the second average grain diameter, and the second diamond layer (C, E) overlying the first diamond layer (B, D).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Martin Rueffer, Michael Foreta