Patents by Inventor Michael Hünermann

Michael Hünermann 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: 12099234
    Abstract: Methods are known for producing an anti-resonant hollow-core fiber which has a hollow core extending along a fiber longitudinal axis and an inner jacket region that surrounds the hollow core, said jacket region comprising multiple anti-resonant elements. The known methods have the steps of: providing a cladding tube that has a cladding tube inner bore and a cladding tube longitudinal axis along which a cladding tube wall extends that is delimited by an interior and an exterior; providing a number of tubular anti-resonant element preforms; arranging the anti-resonant element preforms at target positions of the interior of the cladding tube wall, thereby forming a primary preform which has a hollow core region and an inner jacket region; and elongating the primary preform in order to form the hollow-core fiber or further processing the primary preform in order to form a secondary preform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: HERAEUS QUARZGLAS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Manuel Rosenberger, Michael Hünermann, Martin Trommer, Kay Schuster, Steffen Weimann
  • Patent number: 11952302
    Abstract: A process for the production of a fluorinated quartz glass including the steps of generating SiO2 particles in a synthesis burner; depositing the resulting SiO2 particles into a body; and vitrifying the resulting body, wherein a fluorinating agent having a boiling point greater than or equal to ?10° C. is supplied to the synthesis burner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Ochs, Thomas Kayser, Martin Trommer, Andreas Langner, Sascha Pihan, Kay Schuster, Michael Hünermann
  • Patent number: 11940648
    Abstract: Methods are known for producing an anti-resonant hollow-core fiber which has a hollow core extending along a fiber longitudinal axis and an inner jacket region that surrounds the hollow core, said jacket region comprising multiple anti-resonant elements. The known methods have the steps of: providing a cladding tube that has a cladding tube inner bore and a cladding tube longitudinal axis along which a cladding tube wall extends that is delimited by an interior and an exterior; providing a number of tubular anti-resonant element preforms; arranging the anti-resonant element preforms at target positions of the interior of the cladding tube wall, thereby forming a primary preform which has a hollow core region and an inner jacket region; further processing the primary preform in order to form a secondary preform, including an elongation process; and drawing the secondary preform in order to form the hollow-core fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HERAEUS QUARZGLAS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Manuel Rosenberger, Michael Hünermann, Martin Trommer, Kay Schuster, Steffen Weimann
  • Patent number: 11708290
    Abstract: One aspect relates to a process for the preparation of a quartz glass body, including providing a silicon dioxide granulate, wherein the silicon dioxide granulate was made from pyrogenic silicon dioxide powder and the silicon dioxide granulate has a BET surface area in a range from 20 to 40 m2/g, making a glass melt out of silicon dioxide granulate in an oven and making a quartz glass body out of at least part of the glass melt. The oven has at least a first and a further chamber connected to one another via a passage. The temperature in the first chamber is lower than the temperature in the further chambers. On aspect relates to a quartz glass body which is obtainable by this process. One aspect relates to a light guide, an illuminant and a formed body, which are each obtainable by further processing of the quartz glass body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Otter, Walter Lehmann, Michael Hünermann, Nils Christian Nielsen, Nigel Robert Whippey, Boris Gromann, Abdoul-Gafar Kpebane, Matthias Söhn
  • Publication number: 20230063663
    Abstract: A method for homogenizing glass includes the method: providing a cylindrical blank composed of the glass having a cylindrical outer surface that extends along a longitudinal axis of the blank between a first end face and a second end face, forming a shear zone in the blank by softening a longitudinal section of the blank and subjecting it to a thermal-mechanical intermixing treatment, and displacing the shear zone along the longitudinal axis of the blank. The displacement of the shear zone along the longitudinal axis of the blank is superimposed by a simultaneous oscillating motion of the shear zone along the longitudinal axis of the blank. The first end of the blank is rotated at a first rotational speed and the second end of the blank is rotated at a second rotational speed. An oscillating motion of the shear zone is generated by periodically varying the first and/or second rotational speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Thomas, Jan Vydra, Martin Trommer, Michael Huenermann, Andreas Langner, Walter Lehmann, Stefan Hengster, Klaus Becker
  • Patent number: 11512017
    Abstract: In known methods for producing a glass component, a void-containing intermediate product containing doped or non-doped SiO2 is inserted into a sheath tube composed of glass, which has a longitudinal axis and an inner bore, and is thermally treated therein. In order to subject the intermediate product to a thermal and/or reactive treatment that is reproducible and uniform in its effect from this starting point, it is proposed in one embodiment that into the sheath tube's inner bore a first gas-permeable gas diffuser is inserted which is displaceable along the sheath tube's longitudinal axis and is pressed against the intermediate product during the thermal treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jacqueline Plass, Dörte Schönfeld, Clemens Schmitt, Alexander Laaz, Andreas Langner, Gerhard Schötz, Walter Lehmann, Michael Hünermann, Stefan Weidlich, Jürgen Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20220363584
    Abstract: Methods are known for producing an anti-resonant hollow-core fiber which has a hollow core extending along a fiber longitudinal axis and an inner jacket region that surrounds the hollow core, said jacket region comprising multiple anti-resonant elements. The known methods have the steps of: providing a cladding tube that has a cladding tube inner bore and a cladding tube longitudinal axis along which a cladding tube wall extends that is delimited by an interior and an exterior; providing a number of tubular anti-resonant element preforms; arranging the anti-resonant element preforms at target positions of the interior of the cladding tube wall, thereby forming a primary preform which has a hollow core region and an inner jacket region; and elongating the primary preform in order to form the hollow-core fiber or further processing the primary preform in order to form a secondary preform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Manuel Rosenberger, Enrico Ehrentraut, David Kostka, Martin Trommer, Steffen Weimann, Michael Hünermann, Kay Schuster
  • Publication number: 20220357506
    Abstract: Methods are known for producing an anti-resonant hollow-core fiber which has a hollow core extending along a fiber longitudinal axis and an inner jacket region that surrounds the hollow core, said jacket region comprising multiple anti-resonant elements. The known methods have the steps of: providing a cladding tube that has a cladding tube inner bore and a cladding tube longitudinal axis along which a cladding tube wall extends that is delimited by an interior and an exterior; providing a number of tubular anti-resonant element preforms; arranging the anti-resonant element preforms at target positions of the interior of the cladding tube wall, thereby forming a primary preform which has a hollow core region and an inner jacket region; and further processing the primary preform in order to form a secondary preform, including a process of elongating the primary preform in order to directly form the hollow-core fiber or to form the secondary preform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Manuel Rosenberger, Martin Trommer, Steffen Weimann, Michael Hünermann, Kay Schuster
  • Patent number: 11492285
    Abstract: One aspect relates to a process for the preparation of a quartz glass body including, providing a silicon dioxide granulate obtainable from a silicon dioxide powder, wherein the silicon dioxide granulate has a larger particle size than the silicon dioxide powder, making a 5 glass melt out of silicon dioxide granulate and making a quartz glass body out of at least part of the glass melt. The melting crucible has at least one inlet and at least one outlet. A least part of the glass melt is removed via the melting crucible outlet. One aspect further relates to a quartz glass body which is obtainable by this process. One aspect further relates to a light guide, an illuminant and a formed body, which are each obtainable by further processing 10 of the quartz glass body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Otter, Walter Lehmann, Michael Hünermann, Nils Christian Nielsen, Mirko Wittrin, Markus Wilde
  • Patent number: 11485671
    Abstract: A method for homogenizing glass includes the method: providing a cylindrical blank composed of the glass having a cylindrical outer surface that extends along a longitudinal axis of the blank between a first end face and a second end face, forming a shear zone in the blank by softening a longitudinal section of the blank and subjecting it to a thermal-mechanical intermixing treatment, and displacing the shear zone along the longitudinal axis of the blank. To enable a radial mixing within the shear zone in addition to the tangential mixing with the lowest possible time and energy input, starting from this method, cylindrical sections of the blank are adjacent to the shear zone on both sides, the first cylindrical section having a first central axis and the second cylindrical section having a second central axis, the first central axis and the second central axis being temporarily non-coaxial with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Thomas, Jan Vydra, Martin Trommer, Michael Huenermann, Andreas Langner, Walter Lehmann, Stefan Hengster, Klaus Becker
  • Patent number: 11459262
    Abstract: A known method for homogenizing glass includes the following steps: providing a cylindrical blank composed of the glass, having a cylindrical outer surface which extends between a first end face and a second end face, forming a shear zone in the blank by softening a longitudinal section of the blank and subjecting it to a thermal-mechanical intermixing treatment, and moving the shear zone along the longitudinal axis of the blank. To reduce the risk of cracks and fractures during homogenizing, it is proposed that a thermal radiation dissipator is used that at least partially surrounds the shear zone, the lateral dimension of which in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the blank is greater than the shear zone and smaller than the length of the blank, the thermal radiation dissipator being moved synchronously with the shear zone along the longitudinal axis of the blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Thomas, Jan Vydra, Martin Trommer, Michael Huenermann, Andreas Langner, Walter Lehmann, Stefan Hengster, Klaus Becker
  • Publication number: 20220291443
    Abstract: Methods are known for producing an anti-resonant hollow-core fiber which has a hollow core extending along a fiber longitudinal axis and an inner jacket region that surrounds the hollow core, said jacket region comprising multiple anti-resonant elements. The known methods have the steps of: providing a cladding tube that has a cladding tube inner bore and a cladding tube longitudinal axis along which a cladding tube wall extends that is delimited by an interior and an exterior; providing a number of tubular anti-resonant element preforms; arranging the anti-resonant element preforms at target positions of the interior of the cladding tube wall, thereby forming a primary preform which has a hollow core region and an inner jacket region; and elongating the primary preform in order to form the hollow-core fiber or further processing the primary preform in order to form a secondary preform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Manuel Rosenberger, Michael Hünermann, Martin Trommer, Kay Schuster, Steffen Weimann
  • Publication number: 20220267193
    Abstract: Methods are known for producing an anti-resonant hollow-core fiber which has a hollow core extending along a fiber longitudinal axis and an inner jacket region that surrounds the hollow core, said jacket region comprising multiple anti-resonant elements. The known methods have the steps of: providing a cladding tube that has a cladding tube inner bore and a cladding tube longitudinal axis along which a cladding tube wall extends that is delimited by an interior and an exterior; providing a number of tubular anti-resonant element preforms; arranging the anti-resonant element preforms at target positions of the interior of the cladding tube wall, thereby forming a primary preform which has a hollow core region and an inner jacket region; and elongating the primary preform in order to form the hollow-core fiber or further processing the primary preform in order to form a secondary preform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Manuel Rosenberger, Michael Hünermann, Martin Trommer, Kay Schuster, Steffen Weimann
  • Publication number: 20220267192
    Abstract: Methods are known for producing an anti-resonant hollow-core fiber which has a hollow core extending along a fiber longitudinal axis and an inner jacket region that surrounds the hollow core, said jacket region comprising multiple anti-resonant elements. The known methods have the steps of: providing a cladding tube that has a cladding tube inner bore and a cladding tube longitudinal axis along which a cladding tube wall extends that is delimited by an interior and an exterior; providing a number of tubular anti-resonant element preforms; arranging the anti-resonant element preforms at target positions of the interior of the cladding tube wall, thereby forming a primary preform which has a hollow core region and an inner jacket region; and elongating the primary preform in order to form the hollow-core fiber or further processing the primary preform in order to form a secondary preform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Manuel Rosenberger, Martin Trommer, Steffen Weimann, Michael Hünermann, Kay Schuster, Yusuf Tansel
  • Publication number: 20220242773
    Abstract: Methods are known for producing an anti-resonant hollow-core fiber which has a hollow core extending along a fiber longitudinal axis and an inner jacket region that surrounds the hollow core, said jacket region comprising multiple anti-resonant elements. The known methods have the steps of: providing a cladding tube that has a cladding tube inner bore and a cladding tube longitudinal axis along which a cladding tube wall extends that is delimited by an interior and an exterior; providing a number of tubular anti-resonant element preforms; arranging the anti-resonant element preforms at target positions of the interior of the cladding tube wall, thereby forming a primary preform which has a hollow core region and an inner jacket region; and elongating the primary preform in order to form the hollow-core fiber or further processing the primary preform in order to form a secondary preform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Manuel Rosenberger, Michael Hünermann, Martin Trommer, Kay Schuster, Steffen Weimann, Oliver Ganz
  • Publication number: 20220244453
    Abstract: Methods are known for producing an anti-resonant hollow-core fiber which has a hollow core extending along a fiber longitudinal axis and an inner jacket region that surrounds the hollow core, said jacket region comprising multiple anti-resonant elements. The known methods have the steps of: providing a cladding tube that has a cladding tube inner bore and a cladding tube longitudinal axis along which a cladding tube wall extends that is delimited by an interior and an exterior; providing a number of tubular anti-resonant element preforms; arranging the anti-resonant element preforms at target positions of the interior of the cladding tube wall, thereby forming a primary preform which has a hollow core region and an inner jacket region; further processing the primary preform in order to form a secondary preform, including an elongation process; and drawing the secondary preform in order to form the hollow-core fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Manuel Rosenberger, Michael Hünermann, Martin Trommer, Kay Schuster, Steffen Weimann
  • Publication number: 20220234936
    Abstract: Methods are known for producing an anti-resonant hollow-core fiber which has a hollow core extending along a fiber longitudinal axis and an inner jacket region that surrounds the hollow core, said jacket region comprising multiple anti-resonant elements. The known methods have the steps of: providing a cladding tube that has a cladding tube inner bore and a cladding tube longitudinal axis along which a cladding tube wall extends that is delimited by an interior and an exterior; providing a number of tubular anti-resonant element preforms; arranging the anti-resonant element preforms at target positions of the interior of the cladding tube wall, thereby forming a primary preform which has a hollow core region and an inner jacket region; and elongating the primary preform in order to form the hollow-core fiber or further processing the primary preform in order to form a secondary preform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Manuel Rosenberger, Ralph Sattmann, Achim Hofmann, Michael Hünermann, Kay Schuster
  • Patent number: 11299417
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a quartz glass body comprising the process steps i.) Providing a silicon dioxide granulate, ii.) Making a glass melt from the silicon dioxide granulate in a melting crucible, and iii.) Making a quartz glass body from at least a part of the glass melt, wherein the melting crucible is comprised in an oven and is made of at least one material comprising tungsten or molybdenum or a combination thereof. The invention further relates to a quartz glass body which can be obtained by this process. Further, the invention relates to a light guide, an illuminant and a formed body, each of which can be obtained by processing the quartz glass body further.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Otter, Walter Lehmann, Michael Hünermann, Nils Christian Nielsen, Nigel Robert Whippey, Boris Gromann, Abdoul-Gafar Kpebane
  • Publication number: 20220041488
    Abstract: A process for the production of a fluorinated quartz glass including the steps of generating SiO2 particles in a synthesis burner; depositing the resulting SiO2 particles into a body; and vitrifying the resulting body, wherein a fluorinating agent having a boiling point greater than or equal to ?10° C. is supplied to the synthesis burner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan OCHS, Thomas KAYSER, Martin TROMMER, Andreas LANGNER, Sascha PIHAN, Kay SCHUSTER, Michael Hünermann
  • Patent number: 11236002
    Abstract: One aspect relates to a process for the preparation of a quartz glass body. The process includes providing a silicon dioxide granulate from a pyrogenically produced silicon dioxide powder, making a glass melt out of silicon dioxide granulate, and making a quartz glass body out of at least part of the glass melt. The size of the quartz glass body is reduced to obtain a quartz glass grain. The quartz glass body is processed to make a preform and an opaque quartz glass body is made from the preform. One aspect further relates to an opaque quartz glass body which is obtainable by this process. One aspect further relates to a reactor and an arrangement, which are each obtainable by further processing of the opaque quartz glass body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Otter, Michael Hünermann, Nils Christian Nielsen, Frank Wessely, Andreas Schreiber, Björn Roos, Gerrit Scheich