Patents by Inventor Nikolai Zeller

Nikolai Zeller 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).

  • Air bearing with variable air delivery
    Patent number: 10683894
    Abstract: An air bearing for movably bearing at least two elements includes a bearing main body with a first air outflow channel and a second air outflow channel. The first air outflow channel is supplied with air via at least one first air delivery device. The second air outflow channel is supplied with air via at least one second air delivery device. A sensor detects at least one of a bearing stroke, a bearing pressure, and a bearing throughflow, and a controller adjusts the supply of the air to at least one of the first air outflow channel and the second air outflow channel in accordance with the at least one of the bearing stroke, the bearing pressure, and the bearing throughflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Malte Langmack, Steffen Strauss, Wolfgang Strauss, Raphael Koch, Christof Poglitsch, Holger Hofmann, Nikolai Zeller
  • AIR BEARING WITH VARIABLE AIR DELIVERY
    Publication number: 20180283451
    Abstract: An air bearing for movably bearing at least two elements includes a bearing main body with a first air outflow channel and a second air outflow channel. The first air outflow channel is supplied with air via at least one first air delivery device. The second air outflow channel is supplied with air via at least one second air delivery device. A sensor detects at least one of a bearing stroke, a bearing pressure, and a bearing throughflow, and a controller adjusts the supply of the air to at least one of the first air outflow channel and the second air outflow channel in accordance with the at least one of the bearing stroke, the bearing pressure, and the bearing throughflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Malte Langmack, Steffen Strauss, Wolfgang Strauss, Raphael Koch, Christof Poglitsch, Holger Hofmann, Nikolai Zeller