Patents by Inventor Norman Schoenherr

Norman Schoenherr 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).

  • Method for producing optical components
    Patent number: 7373792
    Abstract: For producing large volume optical components of high optical quality from synthetic quartz glass blanks, the latter are heated in a component mold in a furnace with a protective gas atmosphere to a temperature 50° to 170° K above the softening point, this temperature being held for 20 to 90 minutes and, during this holding time, the quartz glass blank being pressed into the component mold. By these means, a gentle treatment of the quartz glass, a good yield, a decrease in the energy input and a complete filling up of the component mold are achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Andreas Menzel, Frank Elsmann, Norman Schoenherr
  • Method and apparatus for producing large-volume optical components of high optical quality from synthetic quartz glass blanks and optical components produced therewith
    Publication number: 20030061833
    Abstract: For producing large volume optical components of high optical quality from synthetic quartz glass blanks, the latter are heated in a component mold in a furnace with a protective gas atmosphere to a temperature 50° to 170° K above the softening point, this temperature being held for 20 to 90 minutes and, during this holding time, the quartz glass blank being pressed into the component mold. By these means, a gentle treatment of the quartz glass, a good yield, a decrease in the energy input and a complete filling up of the component mold are achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: Schott Glas
    Inventors: Andreas Menzel, Frank Elsmann, Norman Schoenherr