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).
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Patent number: 10646972Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 22, 2014Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: ZS-Handling GmbHInventors: Michael Schilp, Josef Zimmermann, Adolf Zitzmann
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Patent number: 10056071Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 22, 2014Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: ZS-Handling GmbHInventors: Michael Schilp, Josef Zimmermann, Adolf Zitzmann
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Patent number: 9656368Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 11, 2015Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignees: Corning Precision Materials Co., Ltd., ZS-Handling GmbHInventors: Chan-Kyu Kim, Adolf Zitzmann, KiNam Kim, Josef Zimmermann, Michael Schilp
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Publication number: 20160260424Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: ZS-HANDLING GMBHInventors: MICHAEL SCHILP, JOSEF ZIMMERMANN, ADOLF ZITZMANN
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Publication number: 20160250728Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2014Publication date: September 1, 2016Applicant: ZS-HANDLING GMBHInventors: MICHAEL SCHILP, JOSEF ZIMMERMANN, ADOLF ZITZMANN
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Patent number: 9266686Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 23, 2014Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: ZIMMERMANN & SCHILP HANDHABUNGSTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Michael Schilp, Josef Zimmermann, Adolf Zitzmann
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Publication number: 20150321321Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicants: Corning Precision Materials Co., Ltd., ZS-Handling GmbHInventors: Chan-Kyu Kim, Adolf Zitzmann, KiNam Kim, Josef Zimmermann, Michael Schilp
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Publication number: 20150015013Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: Zimmermann & Schilp Handhabungstechnik GmbHInventors: Michael Schilp, JOSEF ZIMMERMANN, ADOLF ZITZMANN
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Patent number: 8836933Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 20, 2013Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Zimmermann & Schilp Handhabungstechnik GmbHInventors: Michael Schilp, Josef Zimmermann, Adolf Zitzmann
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Patent number: 8794877Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 9, 2008Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Zimmerman & Schilp Handhabungstechnik GmbHInventors: Michael Schilp, Josef Zimmermann, Adolf Zitzmann
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Patent number: 8734315Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 1, 2008Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Isotopen Technologien Munchen AGInventors: Michael Schilp, Nikula Tuomo, Oliver Buck
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Publication number: 20140041186Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2011Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: Zimmermann & Schilp Handhabungstechnik GmbHInventors: Michael Schilp, Adolf Zitzmann, Josef Zimmermann
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Publication number: 20130321796Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: Zimmermann & Schilp Handhabungstechnik GmbHInventors: Michael Schilp, Josef Zimmermann, Adolf Zitzmann
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Patent number: 8403906Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 4, 2006Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Isotopen Technologien Munchen AGInventors: Oliver Buck, Christoph Ehlers, Tuomo Nikula, Michael Schilp
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Patent number: 8372058Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 2, 2007Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Isotopen Technologien Munchen AGInventors: Michael Schilp, Oliver Buck
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Patent number: 8349391Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 30, 2006Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Actinium Pharmaceuticals Inc.Inventors: Mark Harfensteller, Ernst Huenges, Michael Schilp, Josue Manuel Moreno Bermudez
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Publication number: 20120327402Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2008Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: Zimmermann & Schilp Handhabungstechnik GmbHInventors: Michael Schilp, Josef Zimmermann, Adolf Zitzmann
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Publication number: 20120274011Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2010Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: ZIMMERMANN & SCHILP HANDHABUNGSTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Michael Schilp, Josef Zimmermann, Adolf Zitzmann
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Publication number: 20110311320Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2008Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicant: Zimmermann & Schilp Handhabungstechnik GMBHInventors: Michael Schilp, Josef Zimmermann, Adolf Zitzmann
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Patent number: 7870946Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 11, 2004Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Inventors: Josef Zimmermann, Adolf Zitzmann, Michael Schilp, Tobias Bolig