Patents by Inventor Patrick J. M. Houben

Patrick J. M. Houben 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 making an electronic product with flexible substrate
    Patent number: 10104784
    Abstract: A method for making an electronic product. The method includes processing a flexible substrate (e.g., a web) with the use of a tensioner having a vacuum plate and an indexer that intermittently moves the flexible substrate for processing. While a designated location of the flexible substrate is stopped at a processing location, a process is performed on the designated location. Wherein while the designated location is stopped at the processing location, the vacuum plate of the tensioner moves in an opposite direction of the transport direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Jozep Petrus Wilhelmus Stokkermans, Thomas Markus Kampschreur, Theodorus Ter Steeg, Patrick J. M. Houben
  • System and method for processing a flexible substrate
    Patent number: 9994407
    Abstract: A processing system and a method for processing a flexible substrate (e.g., a web) use a tensioner with a vacuum plate that can be moved along a transport direction of the flexible substrate with an indexer that intermittently moves the flexible substrate for processing. The tensioner and the indexer are controlled so that a relative speed between the indexer and the vacuum plate of the tensioner is maintained above a predefined threshold under all working conditions, even when the flexible substrate is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Jozef P. W. Stokkermans, Tom Kampschreur, Theodorus ter Steeg, Patrick J. M. Houben
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20170129731
    Abstract: A processing system and a method for processing a flexible substrate (e.g., a web) use a tensioner with a vacuum plate that can be moved along a transport direction of the flexible substrate with an indexer that intermittently moves the flexible substrate for processing. The tensioner and the indexer are controlled so that a relative speed between the indexer and the vacuum plate of the tensioner is maintained above a predefined threshold under all working conditions, even when the flexible substrate is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Jozef P. W. Stokkermans, Tom Kampschreur, Theodorus ter Steeg, Patrick J. M. Houben
  • METHOD FOR MAKING AN ELECTRONIC PRODUCT WITH FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20170135224
    Abstract: A method for making an electronic product. The method includes processing a flexible substrate (e.g., a web) with the use of a tensioner having a vacuum plate and an indexer that intermittently moves the flexible substrate for processing. While a designated location of the flexible substrate is stopped at a processing location, a process is performed on the designated location. Wherein while the designated location is stopped at the processing location, the vacuum plate of the tensioner moves in an opposite direction of the transport direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: JOZEP PETRUS WILHELM STOKKERMANS, THOMAS MARKUS KAMPSCHREUR, THEODORUS TER STEEG, PATRICK J.M. HOUBEN