Patents by Inventor Ralf Petrus Francis NOIJEN

Ralf Petrus Francis NOIJEN 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).

  • Optical station for exchanging optical elements
    Patent number: 11322374
    Abstract: An optical station for a laser processing device including a plurality of holders for holding respective optical elements; a rotatable magazine having a plurality of accommodation spaces for accommodating the plurality of holders; a positioning device having a holder clamp for clamping and positioning a selected one of the optical elements. a magazine actuator for rotating the magazine; linear shifting means for shifting the magazine in a direction parallel to the optical axis, wherein the magazine is shifted towards the positioning device such that the positioning device lifts the holder from its accommodation space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: ASM TECHNOLOGY SINGAPORE PTE LTD
    Inventors: Job Vianen, Ralf Petrus Francis Noijen, Gerrit Arie Van Ooik, Marius Van Der Does
  • OPTICAL STATION FOR EXCHANGING OPTICAL ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20170062247
    Abstract: An optical station for a laser processing device including a plurality of holders for holding respective optical elements; a rotatable magazine having a plurality of accommodation spaces for accommodating the plurality of holders; a positioning device having a holder clamp for clamping and positioning a selected one of the optical elements. a magazine actuator for rotating the magazine; linear shifting means for shifting the magazine in a direction parallel to the optical axis, wherein the magazine is shifted towards the positioning device such that the positioning device lifts the holder from its accommodation space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Job VIANEN, Ralf Petrus Francis NOIJEN, Gerrit Arie VAN OOIK, Marius VAN DER DOES