Patents by Inventor Mike Schwarz
Mike Schwarz 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: 11952263Abstract: A micromechanical sensor device and manufacturing method. The micromechanical sensor device is provided with a cap substrate, which has a first front side and a first back side, and which has a through-opening as a media entry region; and with a sensor substrate, which has a second front side and a second back side, and which has, on the second front side, a sensor region that is embedded in an island-like region suspended on the remaining sensor substrate. The island-like region is mechanically decoupled from the remaining sensor substrate by a lateral stress-relief trench and by a cavity situated in the sensor substrate, underneath the island-like region. The first back side is bonded to the second front side so that the through opening is situated above the sensor region. The sensor region is covered by a gel, which fills the through-opening and the stress-relief trench at least partially.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Mike Schwarz, Pascal Gieschke, Valentina Kramer-Sinzinger
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Patent number: 11608264Abstract: A method for manufacturing a substrate including a region, which is mechanically decoupled from a support and has at least one component situated on the region; at least one recess being introduced on a front side of the substrate; an etching pattern being prepared on a back side of the substrate and etched anisotropically in such a manner, that vertical channels are produced on the back side of the substrate; and subsequently, a cavity being introduced at the back side of the substrate; the at least one recess on the front side of the substrate being connected to the cavity on the back side of the substrate; and in at least one region between the front side of the substrate and the cavity, at least two recesses or at least two segments of a recess being interconnected by at least one channel.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Arne Dannenberg, Mike Schwarz, Thomas Friedrich
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Patent number: 11486782Abstract: A micromechanical device that includes a carrier substrate; a sensor device that is situated on the carrier substrate and spaced apart from a surface section of the carrier substrate with the aid of spring elements in such a way that the sensor device is oscillatable relative to the surface section; and at least one stopper element, situated on the sensor device and/or on the surface section of the carrier substrate, which limits a deflection of the sensor device in the direction of the surface section.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2018Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Friedjof Heuck, Mike Schwarz, Thomas Friedrich, Volkmar Senz
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Patent number: 11326969Abstract: A micromechanical sensor includes a substrate having a cavity; a flexible diaphragm spanning the cavity; and a lever element that spans the diaphragm and has a first and second end section on opposite sides of a center section. A first joint element is between the first end section and the substrate and a second joint element is between the center section and the diaphragm. The lever element can be pivoted due to a deflection of the diaphragm. Two capacitive sensors are provided, each having two electrodes, one electrode of each sensor being mounted at one of the end sections of the lever element, and the other being mounted on the substrate. The electrodes are disposed so that distances between the electrodes of different sensors are influenced oppositely when the lever element is pivoted. Also, an actuator is provided for applying an actuating force between the lever element and the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2017Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Stefan Zehringer, Andreas Duell, Arne Dannenberg, Helmut Grutzeck, Jochen Franz, Mike Schwarz, Soeren Zimmermann, Stephan Oppl
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Publication number: 20220081281Abstract: A micromechanical sensor device and manufacturing method. The micromechanical sensor device is provided with a cap substrate, which has a first front side and a first back side, and which has a through-opening as a media entry region; and with a sensor substrate, which has a second front side and a second back side, and which has, on the second front side, a sensor region that is embedded in an island-like region suspended on the remaining sensor substrate. The island-like region is mechanically decoupled from the remaining sensor substrate by a lateral stress-relief trench and by a cavity situated in the sensor substrate, underneath the island-like region. The first back side is bonded to the second front side so that the through opening is situated above the sensor region. The sensor region is covered by a gel, which fills the through-opening and the stress-relief trench at least partially.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Mike Schwarz, Pascal Gieschke, Valentina Kramer-Sinzinger
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Publication number: 20220009769Abstract: The invention relates to a MEMS sensor, including a deflectably situated functional layer, a conversion device for converting a deflection of the functional layer into an electrical signal, the conversion device including at least one electrical element, the at least one electrical element being at least partially electrically connected to a first area, and the first area being at least partially electrically connected to a second area, and the first and second areas and/or the first area and the at least one electrical element being electrically operable in a reverse direction and a forward direction, and a control unit, the control unit being designed to at least partially operate the at least one electrical element and the first area and/or the first area and the second area in the forward direction to provide thermal energy.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2020Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Arne Dannenberg, Mike Schwarz
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Patent number: 11060937Abstract: A micromechanical pressure sensor, having—a pressure sensor core including a sensor diaphragm and a cavity developed above the sensor diaphragm; and—a pressure sensor frame; and—a spring element for the mechanical connection of the pressure sensor core to the pressure sensor frame being developed in such a way that a mechanical robustness is maximized and a coupling of stress from the pressure sensor frame into the sensor pressure core is minimized.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Ferenc Lukacs, Arne Dannenberg, Friedjof Heuck, Helmut Grutzeck, Mike Schwarz, Robert Maul, Tamas Dögei, Thomas Friedrich, Volkmar Senz
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Publication number: 20210131897Abstract: A micromechanical device that includes a carrier substrate; a sensor device that is situated on the carrier substrate and spaced apart from a surface section of the carrier substrate with the aid of spring elements in such a way that the sensor device is oscillatable relative to the surface section; and at least one stopper element, situated on the sensor device and/or on the surface section of the carrier substrate, which limits a deflection of the sensor device in the direction of the surface section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2018Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Friedjof Heuck, Mike Schwarz, Thomas Friedrich, Volkmar Senz
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Publication number: 20210130168Abstract: A method for manufacturing a substrate including a region, which is mechanically decoupled from a support and has at least one component situated on the region; at least one recess being introduced on a front side of the substrate; an etching pattern being prepared on a back side of the substrate and etched anisotropically in such a manner, that vertical channels are produced on the back side of the substrate; and subsequently, a cavity being introduced at the back side of the substrate; the at least one recess on the front side of the substrate being connected to the cavity on the back side of the substrate; and in at least one region between the front side of the substrate and the cavity, at least two recesses or at least two segments of a recess being interconnected by at least one channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Arne Dannenberg, Mike Schwarz, Thomas Friedrich
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Patent number: 10914675Abstract: A sensor apparatus having a sensor unit. The sensor unit including pixel assemblages on a substrate upper side of a substrate located on a lower side of the sensor unit; a cap, on the substrate upper side, which covers the pixel assemblages, a cavity being formed between the substrate upper side and the cap; a plurality of filters that are transparent to wavelength regions that differ from one another, exactly one pixel assemblage being associated with each filter; and the filters being on the cap so that the infrared radiation propagated through an absorption gap of the sensor apparatus and the upper side of the sensor unit is detectable, through the respective filter, by the pixel assemblage associated with the respective filter; and a coating made of a light-absorbing and/or light-reflecting material being configured at least locally on a part of the cap which is not covered by the filters.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Mike Schwarz, Thomas Friedrich, Timon Brueckner
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Publication number: 20200399116Abstract: A MEMS element is provided. The MEMS element includes: a substrate; a first passivation layer arranged on the substrate; a metal layer arranged on the first passivation layer; a second passivation layer arranged on the metal layer and on the first passivation layer; and a punch element, an electrically conductive diffusion-blocking layer being arranged on the punch element and on the second passivation layer, a first bonding element being arranged on the punch element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Friedjof Heuck, Jochen Tomaschko, Peter Schmollngruber, Thomas Friedrich, Volkmar Senz, Mike Schwarz
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Patent number: 10775253Abstract: A method for manufacturing a micromechanical component having a disengaged pressure sensor device includes: configuring an electrically conductive sacrificial element in or on a first outer surface of a first substrate; applying a second substrate on or upon the outer surface of the first substrate over the sacrificial element; configuring a pressure sensor device by anodic etching of the second substrate; configuring in the second substrate at least one trench that extends to the sacrificial element; and at least partly removing the sacrificial element in order to disengage the pressure sensor device.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Heiko Stahl, Arne Dannenberg, Daniel Haug, Daniel Kaercher, Michaela Mitschke, Mike Schwarz, Timo Lindemann
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Publication number: 20200225108Abstract: A method for manufacturing a micromechanical component having a disengaged pressure sensor device includes: configuring an electrically conductive sacrificial element in or on a first outer surface of a first substrate; applying a second substrate on or upon the outer surface of the first substrate over the sacrificial element; configuring a pressure sensor device by anodic etching of the second substrate; configuring in the second substrate at least one trench that extends to the sacrificial element; and at least partly removing the sacrificial element in order to disengage the pressure sensor device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2017Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Heiko Stahl, Arne Dannenberg, Daniel Haug, Daniel Kaercher, Michaela Mitschke, Mike Schwarz, Timo Lindemann
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Publication number: 20200088598Abstract: A micromechanical sensor includes a substrate having a cavity; a flexible diaphragm that spans the cavity; and a lever element that spans the diaphragm and has a first and a second end section, the end sections lying on opposite sides of a center section. A first joint element is fitted between the first end section and the substrate and a second joint element is fitted between the center section and the diaphragm, so that the lever element is able to be pivoted due to a deflection of the diaphragm. In addition, two capacitive sensors are provided, each having two electrodes, one electrode of each sensor being mounted at one of the end sections of the lever element, and the other being mounted on the substrate. The electrodes of the sensors are disposed in such a way that distances between the electrodes of different sensors are influenced oppositely when the lever element is pivoted. Moreover, the sensor includes an actuator for applying an actuating force between the lever element and the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2017Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Stefan Zehringer, Andreas Duell, Arne Dannenberg, Helmut Grutzeck, Jochen Franz, Mike Schwarz, Soeren Zimmermann, Stephan Oppl
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Publication number: 20190376864Abstract: A micromechanical pressure sensor, having —a pressure sensor core including a sensor diaphragm and a cavity developed above the sensor diaphragm; and —a pressure sensor frame; and —a spring element for the mechanical connection of the pressure sensor core to the pressure sensor frame being developed in such a way that a mechanical robustness is maximized and a coupling of stress from the pressure sensor frame into the sensor pressure core is minimized.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2018Publication date: December 12, 2019Inventors: Ferenc Lukacs, Arne Dannenberg, Friedjof Heuck, Helmut Grutzeck, Mike Schwarz, Robert Maul, Tamas Dögei, Thomas Friedrich, Volkmar Senz
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Patent number: 10442681Abstract: A micromechanical system including a sensitive element, the system including a first area in which the sensitive element is situated, and a second area which at least partially surrounds the first area. Furthermore, the system includes a holding element having an elastic property, which joins the first area to the second area, and a joining material, with the aid of which the second area may be joined to a substrate. A spacing area is provided between the first area and the second area. The joining material extends into the spacing area so that a possible movement of the first area caused by the elastic property of the holding element is limited.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Daniel Haug, Hans-Peter Baer, Mike Schwarz, Volkmar Senz
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Publication number: 20180250287Abstract: An abuse deterrent opioid formulation for rectal use. The formulation contains a therapeutically effective amount of the opioid buprenorphine or salts and homologs thereof; and either a gel with a diminishing agent or a suppository base with a diminishing agent into which the opioid buprenorphine is mixed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: A. Mike Schwarz, Daniel R. Kimbell, Charles William Stark
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Publication number: 20180237290Abstract: A micromechanical system including a sensitive element, the system including a first area in which the sensitive element is situated, and a second area which at least partially surrounds the first area. Furthermore, the system includes a holding element having an elastic property, which joins the first area to the second area, and a joining material, with the aid of which the second area may be joined to a substrate. A spacing area is provided between the first area and the second area. The joining material extends into the spacing area so that a possible movement of the first area caused by the elastic property of the holding element is limited.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Daniel Haug, Hans-Peter Baer, Mike Schwarz, Volkmar Senz
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Publication number: 20180188157Abstract: A sensor apparatus having a sensor unit. The sensor unit including pixel assemblages on a substrate upper side of a substrate located on a lower side of the sensor unit; a cap, on the substrate upper side, which covers the pixel assemblages, a cavity being formed between the substrate upper side and the cap; a plurality of filters that are transparent to wavelength regions that differ from one another, exactly one pixel assemblage being associated with each filter; and the filters being on the cap so that the infrared radiation propagated through an absorption gap of the sensor apparatus and the upper side of the sensor unit is detectable, through the respective filter, by the pixel assemblage associated with the respective filter; and a coating made of a light-absorbing and/or light-reflecting material being configured at least locally on a part of the cap which is not covered by the filters.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Mike Schwarz, Thomas Friedrich, Timon Brueckner
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Publication number: 20110153164Abstract: A method for activating at least one safety device that has a first step of acquiring at least two features from at least one signal of a crash sensor system in order to form a feature vector from the features acquired. In a second method step, the formed feature vector is subsequently classified with the aid of a classifier based on the statistical learning theory in order to classify the feature vector in one of at least three possible feature classes. As a third method step, the safety devices are activated in accordance with an activation instruction for the feature class in which the feature vector was classified.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Inventors: Marcus Hiemer, Mike Schwarz