Patents by Inventor Robert Germann

Robert Germann 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 and device for welding contacts to optical waveguides
    Patent number: 6897404
    Abstract: A method and device for welding pin contacts and socket contacts to an optical waveguide, the welding device has a contact loading station, a contact transport carriage, a laser welding device, and an electrical control unit. The contact loading station has a socket contact transfer device and a pin contact transfer device. The contact transport carriage has a pin contact holder and a socket contact holder. The contact transport carriage is displaceable between the contact loading station and the laser welding station. The electrical control unit controls the combination and number of socket contacts and pin contacts transferred from the socket contact transfer device to the socket contact holder and from the pin contact transfer device to the pin contact holder without having to re-tool the welding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Bauer, Robert Germann, Michael Gerst, Helmut Kreuzer, Gerd Stegmayer
  • Method and device for welding contacts to optical waveguides
    Publication number: 20040031777
    Abstract: A method and device for welding pin contacts and socket contacts to an optical waveguide, the welding device has a contact loading station, a contact transport carriage, a laser welding device, and an electrical control unit. The contact loading station has a socket contact transfer device and a pin contact transfer device. The contact transport carriage has a pin contact holder and a socket contact holder. The contact transport carriage is displaceable between the contact loading station and the laser welding station. The elecrical control unit controls the combination and number of socket-contacts and pin contacts transferred from the socket contact transfer device to the socket contact holder and from the pin contact transfer device to the pin contact holder without having to re-tool the welding device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventors: Lothar Bauer, Robert Germann, Michael Gerst, Helmut Kreuzer, Gerd Stegmayer