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).
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Publication number: 20250102729Abstract: Methods for producing a multicore fiber comprise a method step in which a component group is reshaped to form the multicore fiber or a pre-form for the multicore fiber, which comprises a hollow cylinder comprising a central bore and a hollow cylinder longitudinal axis, which hollow cylinder comprises a cladding glass region made of cladding glass and a plurality of core glass regions occupied by a core glass, wherein at least part of the central bore is occupied by a glass filling material. In order to provide a method for producing multicore fibers without central signal core, in which the risk of rejects during the completion of the hollow glass cladding cylinder is reduced, a marker element made of marker glass adjacent to the glass filling material is used, which extends along the longitudinal axis of the central bore.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2023Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Kay SCHUSTER, Michael LORENZ, Manuel ROSENBERGER, Michael HÜNERMANN, Tobias TIESS, Thomas KAYSER, Martin BÖTTCHER
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Patent number: 12240778Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: HERAEUS QUARZGLAS GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Manuel Rosenberger, Ralph Sattmann, Achim Hofmann, Michael Hünermann, Kay Schuster
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Publication number: 20250051222Abstract: A known method for producing a tubular quartz glass composite body in an outer deposition process comprises providing and rotating a substrate tube about an axis of rotation, depositing SiO2 particles on the outer jacket surface of the tube forming a composite consisting of the tube and a SiO2 soot body, and sintering the composite by heating to form the tubular quartz glass composite body, and using a holding device which is suitable for holding the composite body at least temporarily in the heating zone with the longitudinal axis of the substrate tube oriented vertically. To enable the production on this basis of a tubular composite body consisting of quartz glass with a particularly large inner diameter and with a wall with reduced scrap, it is proposed that a holding device is used which comprises a holding element which is produced in a holding region of the substrate tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2024Publication date: February 13, 2025Inventors: Walter LEHMANN, Klaus-Uwe BADEKE, Michael HÜNERMANN, Martin HENGSTERMANN
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Publication number: 20250051211Abstract: A method for producing a tubular quartz glass composite body in an outside deposition method comprising the following method steps: providing a substrate tube, rotating the substrate tube about a rotation axis, depositing SiO2 particles on the outer lateral surface of the substrate tube to form a composite consisting of the substrate tube and an SiO2 soot body, and sintering the composite by heating at a sintering temperature to form the tubular quartz glass composite body. A substrate tube is provided which consists at least partially of quartz glass of a first quartz glass quality, and that the soot body consist of quartz glass of a second quartz glass quality, wherein the first quartz glass quality has a material-specific viscosity at the sintering temperature that is higher than the material-specific viscosity of the second quartz glass quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2024Publication date: February 13, 2025Inventors: Walter LEHMANN, Klaus-Uwe BADEKE, Martin HENGSTERMANN, Steffen ZWARG, Michael HÜNERMANN
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Patent number: 12215048Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: HERAEUS QUARZGLAS GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Manuel Rosenberger, Michael Hünermann, Martin Trommer, Kay Schuster, Steffen Weimann
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Patent number: 12209045Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: HERAEUS QUARZGLAS GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Manuel Rosenberger, Enrico Ehrentraut, David Kostka, Martin Trommer, Steffen Weimann, Michael Hünermann, Kay Schuster
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Patent number: 12189177Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: HERAEUS QUARZGLAS GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Manuel Rosenberger, Martin Trommer, Steffen Weimann, Michael Hünermann, Kay Schuster
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Patent number: 12099234Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: HERAEUS QUARZGLAS GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Manuel Rosenberger, Michael Hünermann, Martin Trommer, Kay Schuster, Steffen Weimann
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Patent number: 11952302Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Stefan Ochs, Thomas Kayser, Martin Trommer, Andreas Langner, Sascha Pihan, Kay Schuster, Michael Hünermann
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Patent number: 11940648Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: HERAEUS QUARZGLAS GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Manuel Rosenberger, Michael Hünermann, Martin Trommer, Kay Schuster, Steffen Weimann
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Patent number: 11708290Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Matthias Otter, Walter Lehmann, Michael Hünermann, Nils Christian Nielsen, Nigel Robert Whippey, Boris Gromann, Abdoul-Gafar Kpebane, Matthias Söhn
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Patent number: 11512017Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Jacqueline Plass, Dörte Schönfeld, Clemens Schmitt, Alexander Laaz, Andreas Langner, Gerhard Schötz, Walter Lehmann, Michael Hünermann, Stefan Weidlich, Jürgen Schäfer
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Publication number: 20220363584Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2020Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Manuel Rosenberger, Enrico Ehrentraut, David Kostka, Martin Trommer, Steffen Weimann, Michael Hünermann, Kay Schuster
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Publication number: 20220357506Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2020Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Manuel Rosenberger, Martin Trommer, Steffen Weimann, Michael Hünermann, Kay Schuster
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Patent number: 11492285Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 16, 2016Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Matthias Otter, Walter Lehmann, Michael Hünermann, Nils Christian Nielsen, Mirko Wittrin, Markus Wilde
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Publication number: 20220291443Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2020Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Manuel Rosenberger, Michael Hünermann, Martin Trommer, Kay Schuster, Steffen Weimann
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Publication number: 20220267192Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Manuel Rosenberger, Martin Trommer, Steffen Weimann, Michael Hünermann, Kay Schuster, Yusuf Tansel
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Publication number: 20220267193Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Manuel Rosenberger, Michael Hünermann, Martin Trommer, Kay Schuster, Steffen Weimann
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Publication number: 20220242773Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Manuel Rosenberger, Michael Hünermann, Martin Trommer, Kay Schuster, Steffen Weimann, Oliver Ganz
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Publication number: 20220244453Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Manuel Rosenberger, Michael Hünermann, Martin Trommer, Kay Schuster, Steffen Weimann