Patents by Inventor Oleg Heczko

Oleg Heczko 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).

  • Construction element made of a ferromagnetic shape memory material and use thereof
    Patent number: 8786276
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of materials science and relates to a component, which can be used, for example, for microcomponents, microsensors and microactuators. The object of the present invention is to disclose a component in which a clearly greater relative length change occurs. The object is attained through a component of a ferromagnetic shape memory material, produced by a method in which at least one sacrificial layer is applied onto a single-crystalline or biaxially textured substrate, onto which sacrificial layer an epitaxial or textured layer of a ferromagnetic shape memory material with a layer thickness of ?50 ?m is applied, subsequently the sacrificial layer is removed at least partially, and during or after the layer application a structuring at least of the ferromagnetic shape memory material is realized such that an aspect ratio is achieved in which at least one length is greater by at least a factor of 3 than the thickness of the layer or the shortest dimension of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Leibniz-Institut fuer Festkoerper-und Werkstoffforschung Dresden E.V.
    Inventors: Sebastian Faehler, Michael Thomas, Oleg Heczko, Joerg Buschbeck, Jeffrey McCord
  • CONSTRUCTION ELEMENT MADE OF A FERROMAGNETIC SHAPE MEMORY MATERIAL AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20110163745
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of materials science and relates to a component, which can be used, for example, for microcomponents, microsensors and microactuators. The object of the present invention is to disclose a component in which a clearly greater relative length change occurs. The object is attained through a component of a ferromagnetic shape memory material, produced by a method in which at least one sacrificial layer is applied onto a single-crystalline or biaxially textured substrate, onto which sacrificial layer an epitaxial or textured layer of a ferromagnetic shape memory material with a layer thickness of ?50 ?m is applied, subsequently the sacrificial layer is removed at least partially, and during or after the layer application a structuring at least of the ferromagnetic shape memory material is realized such that an aspect ratio is achieved in which at least one length is greater by at least a factor of 3 than the thickness of the layer or the shortest dimension of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Sebastian Faehler, Michael Thomas, Oleg Heczko, Joerg Buschbeck, Jeffrey Mc Cord