Patents by Inventor Rainer Labus

Rainer Labus 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).

  • Device and method for changing the stress-induced birefringence and/or the thickness of an optical component
    Patent number: 6937394
    Abstract: A device serves the purpose of changing the stress-induced birefringence and/or the thickness (d and D, respectively) of an optical component by elastic deformation caused by means of stress. The optical component is gripped on a circumference, arranged at least approximately perpendicular to the optical axis, at least approximately entirely by at least one clamping element. The at least one clamping element can be actuated by at least one actuator. In the case of a method for this purpose, compressive stress is applied to the optical component, the elastic deformation being varied via a variation in the compressive stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Semiconductor Manufacturing Technologies AG
    Inventor: Rainer Labus
  • Device and method for changing the stress-induced birefringence and/or the thickness of an optical component
    Publication number: 20020149848
    Abstract: A device serves the purpose of changing the stress-induced birefringence and/or the thickness (d and D, respectively) of an optical component by elastic deformation caused by means of stress. The optical component is gripped on a circumference, arranged at least approximately perpendicular to the optical axis, at least approximately entirely by at least one clamping element. The at least one clamping element can be actuated by at least one actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventor: Rainer Labus