Patents by Inventor Ruediger Schaefer

Ruediger Schaefer 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: 10447063
    Abstract: An electronic device, including at least one electronic component that can be used as an electrically and wirelessly chargeable terminal or as a transmitting device for such a terminal. The electronic device has a plastic surface that enables electromagnetic interaction between the electronic component and an external electronic component in the frequency range of 110 to 205 kHz. The plastic surface has a coating having a metallic appearance, wherein the coating includes at least one layer that looks metallic and at least one semiconductor material or at least one dielectric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, PFÄFFIKON
    Inventor: Ruediger Schaefer
  • Patent number: 9994952
    Abstract: A component, the surface of which is at least partially covered with a coating, wherein the coating comprises a PVD coating arranged between a first paint layer and a second paint layer and the first paint layer forms a base coat layer on the surface and the second paint layer forms a top coat layer having a top coat thickness on the PVD coating, wherein at least the top coat layer was produced with UV-curable paint. Proceeding from the interface of the PVD coating in a region smaller than the top coat thickness, the top coat layer has a lower degree of cross-linking induced by UV light than in the part of the top coat layer connected to said region. The invention relates in particular to a method for producing such a component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfäffikon
    Inventors: Ruediger Schaefer, Martin Kaspar
  • Publication number: 20180123377
    Abstract: An electronic device, including at least one electronic component that can be used as an electrically and wirelessly chargeable terminal or as a transmitting device for such a terminal. The electronic device has a plastic surface that enables electromagnetic interaction between the electronic component and an external electronic component in the frequency range of 110 to 205 kHz. The plastic surface has a coating having a metallic appearance, wherein the coating includes at least one layer that looks metallic and at least one semiconductor material or at least one dielectric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventor: Ruediger Schaefer
  • Patent number: 9476116
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a plastic component with a coating system, wherein the coating system comprises a basecoat of paint which has been applied to the surface of the plastic and on which a coating applied by means of vapor phase deposition is provided, for its part covered by a top coat of paint, characterized in that the coating applied by vapor phase deposition comprises multiple layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, PFAFFIKON
    Inventors: Antal Keckes, Thomas Hermann, Peter Schuler, Ruediger Schaefer, Sascha Bauer
  • Publication number: 20150147588
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a plastic component with a coating system, wherein the coating system comprises a basecoat of paint which has been applied to the surface of the plastic and on which a coating applied by means of vapor phase deposition is provided, for its part covered by a top coat of paint, characterized in that the coating applied by vapor phase deposition comprises multiple layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Oerlikon Trading AG, Trubbach
    Inventors: Antal Keckes, Thomas Hermann, Peter Schuler, Ruediger Schaefer, Sascha Bauer