Patents by Inventor Rody Koops

Rody Koops 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).

  • Actuator, lithographic apparatus, and actuator constructing method
    Patent number: 8830020
    Abstract: An actuator includes a coil; a cooling body configured to cool the coil; a quantity of heat transfer material fixedly arranged between the cooling body and the coil, and a mechanical attacher configured to attach the coil to the cooling body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Rody Koops, Petrus Mathijs Henricus Vosters, Franciscus Stadhouders
  • Coil, positioning device, actuator, and lithographic apparatus
    Patent number: 8680721
    Abstract: A positioning device includes a planar motor having a stator and a translator, one of the stator and the translator including a periodic magnet structure and another of the stator and the translator including at least one coil that is adapted to carry an electric current, wherein the coil includes a wound strip of sheet-like electrically conductive material, and wherein an edge of the coil is provided with a rounded profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Juraj Makarovic, Rody Koops, Tom Van Zutphen
  • ACTUATOR, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND ACTUATOR CONSTRUCTING METHOD
    Publication number: 20110063063
    Abstract: An actuator includes a coil; a cooling body configured to cool the coil; a quantity of heat transfer material fixedly arranged between the cooling body and the coil, and a mechanical attacher configured to attach the coil to the cooling body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Rody Koops, Petrus Mathijs Henricus Vosters, Franciscus Stadhouders
  • COIL, POSITIONING DEVICE, ACTUATOR, AND LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20100321664
    Abstract: A positioning device includes a planar motor having a stator and a translator, one of the stator and the translator including a periodic magnet structure and another of the stator and the translator including at least one coil that is adapted to carry an electric current, wherein the coil includes a wound strip of sheet-like electrically conductive material, and wherein an edge of the coil is provided with a rounded profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Juraj Makarovic, Rody Koops, Tom Van Zutphen