Patents by Inventor Rainer Matthias

Rainer Matthias 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).

  • Patent number: 9651746
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device and a method for assembling an optoelectronic device are provided which obviate the need for providing additional structural elements only for aligning purposes, thus reducing the costs and effort for manufacturing the optoelectronic device. An optoelectronic substrate is mounted on a mounting surface of a mounting substrate; a coupling region of the optoelectronic device faces a reflection element. A fiber endpiece is arranged at a mounting distance from the mounting surface, the mounting distance being larger than a distance of the coupling region from the mounting surface. The mounting surface is exposed and free of any further substrates, layers or structures for mechanically connecting or contacting the optical fiber. A fiber portion which is arranged at a distance from the fiber endpiece contacts a glue droplet arranged on or above the mounting surface of the mounting substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: CCS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Rainer Matthias Kossat
  • Publication number: 20160011385
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device and a method for assembling an optoelectronic device are provided which obviate the need for providing additional structural elements only for aligning purposes, thus reducing the costs and effort for manufacturing the optoelectronic device. An optoelectronic substrate is mounted on a mounting surface of a mounting substrate; a coupling region of the optoelectronic device faces a reflection element. A fiber endpiece is arranged at a mounting distance from the mounting surface, the mounting distance being larger than a distance of the coupling region from the mounting surface. The mounting surface is exposed and free of any further substrates, layers or structures for mechanically connecting or contacting the optical fiber. A fiber portion which is arranged at a distance from the fiber endpiece contacts a glue droplet arranged on or above the mounting surface of the mounting substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventor: Rainer Matthias Kossat
  • Publication number: 20160011386
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device and a method for assembling an optoelectronic device are provided which allow coupling of an optical fiber with less constructional complexity of the design of the optoelectronic device, thus reducing the effort for manufacturing the components of the optoelectronic device. To this end, an optoelectronic substrate is mounted on a mounting surface of a mounting substrate on edge, i.e. edgewise on one of its sidewalls; a coupling surface of the optoelectronic device being oriented transverse to the mounting surface and thus directly facing the axial direction of the fiber endpiece of an optical fiber. A fiber portion arranged at a distance from the fiber endpiece contacts a glue droplet arranged on or above the mounting surface of the mounting substrate. The optoelectronic device and the assembling method obviate the need for providing any further substrate pieces or substrate-like structural elements only for aligning purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventor: Rainer Matthias Kossat
  • Publication number: 20150331212
    Abstract: A method for forming optoelectronic modules connectable to optical fibers is provided which comprises forming a compound substrate comprising a substrate having a two-dimensional array of optoelectronic devices and further comprising a cover layer having a two-dimensional array of fiber end-piece mounting structures. The cover layer is arranged in an aligned position in relation to the substrate, thereby bringing all fiber end-piece mounting structures in alignment to all optoelectronic devices simultaneously. The compound substrate is singulated into pieces, thereby forming a plurality of optoelectronic modules each comprising at least one optoelectronic device covered by an aligned fiber end-piece mounting block connectable to end-pieces of at least one optical fiber in a position automatically self-aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Karsten Contag, Rainer Matthias Kossat
  • Patent number: 8676021
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing an optical waveguide includes a stripper, a cleaner, a cleaver, a sensor, and an actuator assembly. The stripper is adapted to remove an outer coating of a part of an optical waveguide. The cleaner is adapted to clean the part of the optical waveguide and includes a means for cleaning the part of the optical waveguide. The cleaver is adapted to cleave the optical waveguide. The sensor is configured for determining a feature of the optical waveguide. The actuator assembly is configured to move the optical waveguide with respect to at least one of the stripper, the cleaner, and the cleaver. Further, the actuator assembly includes a means for moving the optical waveguide and a means for clamping the optical waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: CCS Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Heidler, Rainer Matthias Kossat
  • Publication number: 20130346907
    Abstract: A method may include generating a desktop including a plurality of objects organized in accordance with at least one of a theme and a structure; generating a toolbar configured for presentation with the desktop; and generating, based on the multi-level zoom, a second view representative of the at least one of the plurality of objects and a third view representative of the at least one of the plurality of objects, the second view providing more content of the at least one of the plurality of objects when compared to the first view, and the third view providing more content of the at least one of the plurality of objects when compared to the second view, the first, second, and third views maintaining the same context within the toolbar, when presented with respect to the toolbar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Udo Arend, Johan Christiaan Peters, Vera Legisa, Rainer Matthias
  • Patent number: 8503850
    Abstract: A hybrid optical fiber connector tool is capable of cleaving an optical fiber inserted into the connector tool. The connector tool includes an inner housing, an outer housing that is rotatable with respect to the inner housing, and an optical fiber cutting component. The connector tool is useful for connecting and cutting optical fiber in the field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Claudio Mazzali, Rainer Matthias Kossat, Heinz Kronawitter
  • Patent number: 8491201
    Abstract: An apparatus for splicing of optical waveguide sections is in the form of a handheld splicer. The splicer comprises a preprocessing unit, which may comprise a plurality of processing devices for carrying out removal, cleaning and cutting steps. The optical waveguide sections are clamped in a holding apparatus and are prepared in the preprocessing unit. The holding apparatuses are inserted with the prepared optical waveguide sections into a splicing unit, where they are spliced. The spliced optical waveguide sections can be fed by means of a transfer station to a shrinking oven for shrinking a shrink sleeve on. The preprocessing unit, the splicing unit and the shrinking oven can be controlled by means of one hand of an operator, while the splicer is held with the other hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: CCS Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Rainer Matthias Kossat, Bert Zamzow
  • Publication number: 20130173486
    Abstract: A collaboration cloud system generates a business task and identifies participants of the business task, a process of the business task, communications among participants, and documents and objects associated with the business task. A collaborative display for the business task is generated for the participants to collaborate on the business task. The collaborative display identifies the participants of the business task, the process of the business task, the communications among participants, and the documents and objects associated with the business task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Johan Christiaan Peters, Vera Legisa, Udo Arend, Sabine Finke, Rainer Matthias
  • Publication number: 20130129294
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing an optical waveguide includes a stripper, a cleaner, a cleaver, a sensor, and an actuator assembly. The stripper is adapted to remove an outer coating of a part of an optical waveguide. The cleaner is adapted to clean the part of the optical waveguide and includes a means for cleaning the part of the optical waveguide. The cleaver is adapted to cleave the optical waveguide. The sensor is configured for determining a feature of the optical waveguide. The actuator assembly is configured to move the optical waveguide with respect to at least one of the stripper, the cleaner, and the cleaver. Further, the actuator assembly includes a means for moving the optical waveguide and a means for clamping the optical waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Christian Heidler, Rainer Matthias Kossat
  • Patent number: 8371761
    Abstract: A multipart end-piece adaptor that holds a fiber for stripping, cleaning and splicing that converts into a protective housing for the spliced fiber includes a first adaptor part having a guide sleeve and a second adaptor part that cooperates with the first adaptor part, the second adaptor part having a stripping apparatus. The second adaptor part can be a consumable that, once actuated and removed to strip the fiber, cut the fiber and clean the fiber in one action may be discarded. A further adaptor part engages two first adaptor parts with a guide opening for a coated optical fiber to form a protective housing around the spliced optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: CCS Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Heidler, Rainer Matthias Kossat
  • Publication number: 20120057837
    Abstract: A multipart end-piece adaptor that holds a fiber for stripping, cleaning and splicing that converts into a protective housing for the spliced fiber includes a first adaptor part having a guide sleeve and a second adaptor part that cooperates with the first adaptor part, the second adaptor part having a stripping apparatus. The second adaptor part can be a consumable that, once actuated and removed to strip the fiber, cut the fiber and clean the fiber in one action may be discarded. A further adaptor part engages two first adaptor parts with a guide opening for a coated optical fiber to form a protective housing around the spliced optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Christian Heidler, Rainer Matthias Kossat
  • Publication number: 20120033930
    Abstract: A hybrid optical fiber connector tool is capable of cleaving an optical fiber inserted into the connector tool. The connector tool includes an inner housing, an outer housing that is rotatable with respect to the inner housing, and an optical fiber cutting component. The connector tool is useful for connecting and cutting optical fiber in the field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Claudio Mazzali, Rainer Matthias Kossat, Heinz Kronawitter
  • Patent number: 8068713
    Abstract: A hybrid optical fiber connector tool is capable of cleaving an optical fiber inserted into the connector tool. The connector tool includes an inner housing, an outer housing that is rotatable with respect to the inner housing, and an optical fiber cutting component. The connector tool is useful for connecting and cutting optical fiber in the field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Claudio Mazzali, Rainer Matthias Kossat, Heinz Kronawitter
  • Publication number: 20100284663
    Abstract: A hybrid optical fiber connector tool is capable of cleaving an optical fiber inserted into the connector tool. The connector tool includes an inner housing, an outer housing that is rotatable with respect to the inner housing, and an optical fiber cutting component. The connector tool is useful for connecting and cutting optical fiber in the field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Claudio Mazzali, Rainer Matthias Kossat, Heinz Kronawitter
  • Publication number: 20100269323
    Abstract: An apparatus for splicing of optical waveguide sections is in the form of a handheld splicer. The splicer comprises a preprocessing unit, which may comprise a plurality of processing devices for carrying out removal, cleaning and cutting steps. The optical waveguide sections are clamped in a holding apparatus and are prepared in the preprocessing unit. The holding apparatuses are inserted with the prepared optical waveguide sections into a splicing unit, where they are spliced. The spliced optical waveguide sections can be fed by means of a transfer station to a shrinking oven for shrinking a shrink sleeve on. The preprocessing unit, the splicing unit and the shrinking oven can be controlled by means of one hand of an operator, while the splicer is held with the other hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Rainer Matthias Kossat, Bert Zamzow
  • Patent number: 7753597
    Abstract: An apparatus for splicing of optical waveguide sections is in the form of a handheld splicer. The splicer comprises a preprocessing unit, which may comprise a plurality of processing devices for carrying out removal, cleaning and cutting steps. The optical waveguide sections are clamped in a holding apparatus and are prepared in the preprocessing unit. The holding apparatuses are inserted with the prepared optical waveguide sections into a splicing unit, where they are spliced. The spliced optical waveguide sections can be fed by means of a transfer station to a shrinking oven for shrinking a shrink sleeve on. The preprocessing unit, the splicing unit and the shrinking oven can be controlled by means of one hand of an operator, while the splicer is held with the other hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Corning Cable Systems LLC
    Inventors: Rainer Matthias Kossat, Bert Zamzow
  • Patent number: 7690850
    Abstract: An apparatus for splicing optical waveguides has a memory circuit in which data items which identify a state of the apparatus for splicing the optical waveguides are stored. The memory circuit is used to store data items which identify a state of the optical waveguides to be spliced. Stored data items indicate conditions of the environment in which a splice process has been carried out. The apparatus can be used to record a plurality of data items which can be evaluated for analysis of a splice process, in particular for an analysis of a fault which has occurred during the splice process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: CCS Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Rainer Matthias Kossat, Christian Heidler
  • Publication number: 20090238524
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for thermal connection of at least two optical fibers having a first positioning unit associated with the first optical fibers and a second positioning unit associated with the second optical fibers. The positioning units move ends of the first and of the second optical fibers relative to one another to a position which allows thermal connection. The apparatus also has a heat source with a first component and a second component which are arranged along an axis. An observation device is used to determine the distance of the end of at least one of the at least two optical fibers from the axis. The observation device is coupled to a control apparatus that adjusts at least one control parameter for the heat source as a function of the determined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Rainer Matthias Kossat, Christian Heidler
  • Publication number: 20090208174
    Abstract: An apparatus for splicing optical fibers is arranged on a supporting plate in the form of a printed circuit board. The apparatus comprises a first optical fiber guide, which is arranged on a spring plate to displace a first optical fiber in the longitudinal direction, and a second optical fiber guide, which is arranged on a further spring plate to displace a second optical fiber in the longitudinal direction. The spring plates are arranged on a respectively bendable lever arm. The optical fibers which have been inserted in the optical fiber guides can be displaced in a lateral direction by bending the lever arms. The precision required for alignment of the optical fibers can be provided by stepping down the forces acting on the bending apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Rainer Matthias Kossat, Christian Heidler, Bert Zamzow