Patents by Inventor Michael Schilp

Michael Schilp 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: 10646972
    Abstract: A device for treating or acting on workpiece surfaces by means of an actuator, such as a cutting or engraving laser or a nozzle for applying oils, paints, adhesives, dyes, or etchants is disclosed. An ultrasonic levitation force field is generated by means of a sonotrode, which is coupled to the actuator into a working unit, such that the movably suspended working unit is supported on the workpiece surface in a hovering manner. The ultrasonic levitation force field allows a highly precise positioning of the working unit relative to the workpiece surface so as to allow a precise treatment or machining of the workpiece surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: ZS-Handling GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schilp, Josef Zimmermann, Adolf Zitzmann
  • Patent number: 10056071
    Abstract: A device for inspecting a workpiece surface includes a sensor, a sonotrode having a sound-emitting surface and rigidly connected to the sensor to form a sensor unit, and a movable positioning device coupled with the sensor unit to position the sensor unit in a position opposite to the workpiece surface. The positioning device includes a force-applying member to urge the sensor unit in a direction of the workpiece or strip material surface by applying a predefined urging force or using gravity as the urging force. The sound-emitting surface of the sonotrode generates ultrasonic oscillations to produce an ultrasonic levitation force field in the presence of a gaseous medium between the workpiece surface and the sound-emitting surface to thereby generate a counterforce in opposition to the urging force so that the sensor unit is held hovering at a distance to the workpiece or strip surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: ZS-Handling GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schilp, Josef Zimmermann, Adolf Zitzmann
  • Patent number: 9656368
    Abstract: A device for gripping a substrate without contact with which the substrate can be more securely transported. In the device, a housing cap has an air inlet in the upper surface and a lower opening, the lower opening communicating with the air inlet such that air introduced through the air inlet exits through the lower opening. A contour of the lower opening in its vertical cross section is convexly rounded such that the introduced air is guided along a horizontal undersurface of the housing cap. A nozzle is disposed in an inner hollow space of the housing cap, and has an inclined surface such that the width of the nozzle gradually decreases in the direction from the undersurface of the nozzle to the upper surface of the nozzle adjacent to the air inlet. The undersurface of the nozzle is at a predetermined distance from the inner surface of the housing cap. An ultrasonic shaker applies ultrasonic vibration to the housing cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignees: Corning Precision Materials Co., Ltd., ZS-Handling GmbH
    Inventors: Chan-Kyu Kim, Adolf Zitzmann, KiNam Kim, Josef Zimmermann, Michael Schilp
  • Publication number: 20160260424
    Abstract: A device for inspecting a workpiece surface includes a sensor, a sonotrode having a sound-emitting surface and rigidly connected to the sensor to form a sensor unit, and a movable positioning device coupled with the sensor unit to position the sensor unit in a position opposite to the workpiece surface. The positioning device includes a force-applying member to urge the sensor unit in a direction of the workpiece or strip material surface by applying a predefined urging force or using gravity as the urging force. The sound-emitting surface of the sonotrode generates ultrasonic oscillations to produce an ultrasonic levitation force field in the presence of a gaseous medium between the workpiece surface and the sound-emitting surface to thereby generate a counterforce in opposition to the urging force so that the sensor unit is held hovering at a distance to the workpiece or strip surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: ZS-HANDLING GMBH
    Inventors: MICHAEL SCHILP, JOSEF ZIMMERMANN, ADOLF ZITZMANN
  • Publication number: 20160250728
    Abstract: A device for treating or acting on workpiece surfaces by means of an actuator, such as a cutting or engraving laser or a nozzle for applying oils, paints, adhesives, dyes, or etchants is disclosed. An ultrasonic levitation force field is generated by means of a sonotrode, which is coupled to the actuator into a working unit, such that the movably suspended working unit is supported on the workpiece surface in a hovering manner. The ultrasonic levitation force field allows a highly precise positioning of the working unit relative to the workpiece surface so as to allow a precise treatment or machining of the workpiece surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: ZS-HANDLING GMBH
    Inventors: MICHAEL SCHILP, JOSEF ZIMMERMANN, ADOLF ZITZMANN
  • Patent number: 9266686
    Abstract: A vacuum gripper for gripping a work-piece includes a flat or curved gripper plate having at least one suction port. A work-piece suction throttling zone is formed around the suction port. The gripper plate has at least one recess provided at a side facing the work-piece and arranged beyond the work-piece suction throttling zone (6) formed around the suction port. At least one vent hole is formed within each of the recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: ZIMMERMANN & SCHILP HANDHABUNGSTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Schilp, Josef Zimmermann, Adolf Zitzmann
  • Publication number: 20150321321
    Abstract: A device for gripping a substrate without contact with which the substrate can be more securely transported. In the device, a housing cap has an air inlet in the upper surface and a lower opening, the lower opening communicating with the air inlet such that air introduced through the air inlet exits through the lower opening. A contour of the lower opening in its vertical cross section is convexly rounded such that the introduced air is guided along a horizontal undersurface of the housing cap. A nozzle is disposed in an inner hollow space of the housing cap, and has an inclined surface such that the width of the nozzle gradually decreases in the direction from the undersurface of the nozzle to the upper surface of the nozzle adjacent to the air inlet. The undersurface of the nozzle is at a predetermined distance from the inner surface of the housing cap. An ultrasonic shaker applies ultrasonic vibration to the housing cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicants: Corning Precision Materials Co., Ltd., ZS-Handling GmbH
    Inventors: Chan-Kyu Kim, Adolf Zitzmann, KiNam Kim, Josef Zimmermann, Michael Schilp
  • Publication number: 20150015013
    Abstract: A vacuum gripper for gripping a work-piece includes a flat or curved gripper plate having at least one suction port. A work-piece suction throttling zone is formed around the suction port. The gripper plate has at least one recess provided at a side facing the work-piece and arranged beyond the work-piece suction throttling zone (6) formed around the suction port. At least one vent hole is formed within each of the recesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: Zimmermann & Schilp Handhabungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schilp, JOSEF ZIMMERMANN, ADOLF ZITZMANN
  • Patent number: 8836933
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for inspecting contact-sensitive planar materials or workpieces, e.g. wafers for the semiconductor industry, solar cells, glasses, FPD substrates, or biologically active substrates for biosensors, as well as materials having contact-sensitive curved surfaces. Said inspection device comprises a support element (1) for supporting a material (3) on the top face of the support element (1), at least one oscillator which is connected to the support element (1) and the oscillation frequency and amplitude of which are selected in such a way as to keep the material (3) hovering on the support element (1), and at least one optical sensor (4). The support element is made of a light-permeable material, and the optical sensor (4) is arranged below the support element (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Zimmermann & Schilp Handhabungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schilp, Josef Zimmermann, Adolf Zitzmann
  • Patent number: 8794877
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for transporting and holding of touch-sensitive structural elements or materials, the device comprising the following features: At least an oscillatory plate-like take-up 2 for receiving the object to be transported or held, on which at least an oscillation generator 3 is fixed, and at least two supporting members 4, wherein the oscillation generator 3 is arranged on the plate-like take-up 2 at a predetermined position thereof to set the plate-like take-up into flexural vibrations, and the supporting members 4 are arranged at positions where the amplitude of the flexural vibration is lower than the maximum amplitude by at least 50%, and the oscillation generator 3 is operated with a frequency setting the plate-like take-up 2 into vibrations so that the structural elements or the material are (is) levitating in a contact-free way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Zimmerman & Schilp Handhabungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schilp, Josef Zimmermann, Adolf Zitzmann
  • Patent number: 8734315
    Abstract: An apparatus for filling a medical instrument with a radioactive substance, said apparatus including a housing designed to receive a syringe and at least part of a medical instrument and to shield against radioactive radiation, further including a means to take up a receptacle for a radioactive substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Isotopen Technologien Munchen AG
    Inventors: Michael Schilp, Nikula Tuomo, Oliver Buck
  • Publication number: 20140041186
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for loading and unloading a cassette which is used, for example, in plasma coating processes, wherein the following method steps are carried out: a. providing a cassette (1) which can be assembled and disassembled using a disassembly and assembly robot, b. automatic disassembling of the cassette such that the bottoms (2) of the cassette are separated from one another, c. transferring and associating the bottoms (2) to at least one automatic feeding apparatus which populates the bottoms (2) with workpieces to be processed, d. mounting the populated bottoms (2) to the cassette (1), e. transferring the cassette (1) to the process site where the process should be executed, f. executing the process, g. transferring the cassette (1) to the disassembly and assembly robot or to a further disassembly and assembly robot, h. disassembling the cassette in such a way that the bottoms (2) of the cassette are separated from one another, and i.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Zimmermann & Schilp Handhabungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schilp, Adolf Zitzmann, Josef Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20130321796
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for inspecting contact-sensitive planar materials or workpieces, e.g. wafers for the semiconductor industry, solar cells, glasses, FPD substrates, or biologically active substrates for biosensors, as well as materials having contact-sensitive curved surfaces. Said inspection device comprises a support element (1) for supporting a material (3) on the top face of the support element (1), at least one oscillator which is connected to the support element (1) and the oscillation frequency and amplitude of which are selected in such a way as to keep the material (3) hovering on the support element (1), and at least one optical sensor (4). The support element is made of a light-permeable material, and the optical sensor (4) is arranged below the support element (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Zimmermann & Schilp Handhabungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schilp, Josef Zimmermann, Adolf Zitzmann
  • Patent number: 8403906
    Abstract: A therapy module for providing a diagnostic or therapeutic substance combination, including at least two containers adapted to be interconnected for taking up at least one substance, and means or part of a means for supplying a quantity of the at least one substance from one of the containers into another container of the therapy module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Isotopen Technologien Munchen AG
    Inventors: Oliver Buck, Christoph Ehlers, Tuomo Nikula, Michael Schilp
  • Patent number: 8372058
    Abstract: A connector for enclosed, drip-free, and safe transfer of fluids, comprising an opening and a closure means adapted to close the opening and to establish a tight joint with another connector for transferring fluid between the connectors, further comprising a tube section arranged inside the connector and adapted to be advanced through the opening and out of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Isotopen Technologien Munchen AG
    Inventors: Michael Schilp, Oliver Buck
  • Patent number: 8349391
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for producing a radium target for the production of radionuclides by means of accelerated protons, whereby at least one radium containing material out of an aqueous-organic solution or suspension of such a material is applied by means of a dispersing device on a surface in such a way that the dispersing device and the surface are moving relatively towards each other and that the solvent is removed substantially spontaneously. Further, the invention refers to a radium target that is created in such a way that it may exhibit an activity of up to 1.5 curie. The radium targets according to the present invention serve for the production of the radionuclide 225Ac, which may be used in nuclear medicine in the treatment of cancer, particularly in form of its daughter nuclide 213Bi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Actinium Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Harfensteller, Ernst Huenges, Michael Schilp, Josue Manuel Moreno Bermudez
  • Publication number: 20120327402
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for inspecting contact-sensitive planar materials or workpieces, e.g. wafers for the semiconductor industry, solar cells, glasses, FPD substrates, or biologically active substrates for biosensors, as well as materials having contact-sensitive curved surfaces. Said inspection device comprises a support element (1) for supporting a material (3) on the top face of the support element (1), at least one oscillator which is connected to the support element (1) and the oscillation frequency and amplitude of which are selected in such a way as to keep the material (3) hovering on the support element (1), and at least one optical sensor (4). The support element is made of a light-permeable material, and the optical sensor (4) is arranged below the support element (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Zimmermann & Schilp Handhabungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schilp, Josef Zimmermann, Adolf Zitzmann
  • Publication number: 20120274011
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum gripper and in particular to a vacuum gripper for gently gripping work-pieces having sensitive surfaces, such as solar cells, wafers, or panels for flat screens, and for gripping heavy glass plates or plates made of other material having a very smooth surface that are stacked on top of each other and should be removed from above, wherein the vacuum gripper has the following characteristics: a straight or curved gripper plate (2), at least one suction opening (3; 3a), which is provided in the gripper plate (2), wherein a workpiece throttle surface (6) is formed around the suction opening (3), at least one recess (4), which is provided in the side of the gripper plate (2) facing the workpiece, outside of the workpiece throttle surface (6) relative to the suction opening (3), and at least one ventilation hole (5), which is provided within each recess (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: ZIMMERMANN & SCHILP HANDHABUNGSTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Schilp, Josef Zimmermann, Adolf Zitzmann
  • Publication number: 20110311320
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for transporting and holding of touch-sensitive structural elements or materials, the device comprising the following features: At least an oscillatory plate-like take-up 2 for receiving the object to be transported or held, on which at least an oscillation generator 3 is fixed, and at least two supporting members 4, wherein the oscillation generator 3 is arranged on the plate-like take-up 2 at a predetermined position thereof to set the plate-like take-up into flexural vibrations, and the supporting members 4 are arranged at positions where the amplitude of the flexural vibration is lower than the maximum amplitude by at least 50%, and the oscillation generator 3 is operated with a frequency setting the plate-like take-up 2 into vibrations so that the structural elements or the material are (is) levitating in a contact-free way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: Zimmermann & Schilp Handhabungstechnik GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Schilp, Josef Zimmermann, Adolf Zitzmann
  • Patent number: 7870946
    Abstract: A device for generating a floating state of an object by sound waves includes a rigid support structure having a top surface for absorbing forces generated by the gravitation or acceleration of the levitating object and perpendicularly acting on the top surface. A thin oscillatory element is arranged in parallel to the top surface. Further provided is a vibration generator for making the thin oscillatory element vibrating and levitating above the top surface so that the object is levitating above the thin oscillatory element without contacting it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Inventors: Josef Zimmermann, Adolf Zitzmann, Michael Schilp, Tobias Bolig