Patents by Inventor Stefan Munch

Stefan Munch 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: 11204277
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a spectrometer arrangement for analyzing optical radiation from a light source comprising an echelle grating for dispersion of the radiation entering the spectrometer arrangement in a main dispersion direction, a dispersion element for dispersing the radiation in a cross-dispersion direction, the main dispersion direction and the cross-dispersion direction having a predeterminable angle to each other, and a detector unit for acquiring a first spectrum of a first part of the radiation comprising a first predeterminable wavelength range. According to the present disclosure, the spectrometer arrangement comprises a first optical element, which is arranged or configured in such a way that a second spectrum of a second part of the radiation comprising a second predeterminable wavelength range differing from the first can be acquired by means of the detector unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Analytik Jena GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Münch, Michael Okruss, Marco Braun
  • Publication number: 20200370957
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a spectrometer arrangement for analyzing optical radiation from a light source comprising an echelle grating for dispersion of the radiation entering the spectrometer arrangement in a main dispersion direction, a dispersion element for dispersing the radiation in a cross-dispersion direction, the main dispersion direction and the cross-dispersion direction having a predeterminable angle to each other, and a detector unit for acquiring a first spectrum of a first part of the radiation comprising a first predeterminable wavelength range. According to the present disclosure, the spectrometer arrangement comprises a first optical element, which is arranged or configured in such a way that a second spectrum of a second part of the radiation comprising a second predeterminable wavelength range differing from the first can be acquired by means of the detector unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan Münch, Michael Okruss, Marco Braun
  • Patent number: 10746598
    Abstract: The present disclosure resides in a spectrometer arrangement including a first dispersing element for spectral separation of radiation in a main dispersion direction, and a second dispersing element for spectral separation of radiation in a cross-dispersion direction, which is at an angle to the main dispersion direction, so that a two-dimensional spectrum is producible. The spectrometer arrangement also includes a collimating optics, which directs collimated radiation to the first and/or second dispersing element, a camera optics, which images a two-dimensional spectrum in an image plane, a two-dimensional detector for detecting the two-dimensional spectrum in the image plane, and an off-axis section of a rotationally symmetric, refractive element, which is arranged between the camera optics and the detector. The present disclosure resides likewise in an optical module comprising such a spectrometer arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Analytik Jena AG
    Inventors: Stefan Münch, Michael Okruss
  • Patent number: 10718666
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a spectrometer arrangement including an entrance-slit group including a slit wheel and a slit mask for introducing radiation into and for limiting the optical field of the spectrometer arrangement, a first dispersive element for spectrally decomposing the radiation in a main dispersion direction, and a second dispersive element for spectrally decomposing the radiation in a transverse dispersion direction that forms an angle with the main dispersion direction to yield a two-dimensional spectrum. The slit wheel is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation and has a falcate opening having a width that changes depending on the angle. The slit mask includes an opening that is longer than a largest width of the falcate opening such that radiation radiates through the falcate opening of the slit wheel and the opening of the slit mask. The present disclosure further includes a corresponding method and an optical component group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Analytik Jena AG
    Inventors: Stefan Münch, Michael Okruss
  • Publication number: 20190368933
    Abstract: The present disclosure resides in a spectrometer arrangement including a first dispersing element for spectral separation of radiation in a main dispersion direction, and a second dispersing element for spectral separation of radiation in a cross-dispersion direction, which is at an angle to the main dispersion direction, so that a two-dimensional spectrum is producible. The spectrometer arrangement also includes a collimating optics, which directs collimated radiation to the first and/or second dispersing element, a camera optics, which images a two-dimensional spectrum in an image plane, a two-dimensional detector for detecting the two-dimensional spectrum in the image plane, and an off-axis section of a rotationally symmetric, refractive element, which is arranged between the camera optics and the detector. The present disclosure resides likewise in an optical module comprising such a spectrometer arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Stefan Münch, Michael Okruss
  • Patent number: 10488254
    Abstract: A spectrometer arrangement with two-dimensional spectrum, comprising a first dispersing element for spectral separation of radiation in a main dispersion direction, an imaging optics for imaging the radiation entering into the spectrometer arrangement through an entrance slit in an image plane for producing a two-dimensional spectrum, and a detector array with a two-dimensional arrangement of a plurality of detector elements in the image plane, wherein a reflector, a refractor, and/or a lens array are arranged in the beam path at a location where the dispersed, monochromatic beams are separated from one another, and the reflector, the refractor, and/or the lens array have a surface in the form of a freeform surface, such that area occupied by selected images of the entrance slit in the case of different wavelengths in the image plane is optimized over a selected spectral region of the two-dimensional spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Analytik Jena AG
    Inventors: Stefan Münch, Michael Okruss
  • Publication number: 20190186992
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a spectrometer arrangement including an entrance-slit group including a slit wheel and a slit mask for introducing radiation into and for limiting the optical field of the spectrometer arrangement, a first dispersive element for spectrally decomposing the radiation in a main dispersion direction, and a second dispersive element for spectrally decomposing the radiation in a transverse dispersion direction that forms an angle with the main dispersion direction to yield a two-dimensional spectrum. The slit wheel is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation and has a falcate opening having a width that changes depending on the angle. The slit mask includes an opening that is longer than a largest width of the falcate opening such that radiation radiates through the falcate opening of the slit wheel and the opening of the slit mask. The present disclosure further includes a corresponding method and an optical component group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Stefan Münch, Michael Okruss
  • Publication number: 20190025121
    Abstract: A spectrometer arrangement with two-dimensional spectrum, comprising a first dispersing element for spectral separation of radiation in a main dispersion direction, an imaging optics for imaging the radiation entering into the spectrometer arrangement through an entrance slit in an image plane for producing a two-dimensional spectrum, and a detector array with a two-dimensional arrangement of a plurality of detector elements in the image plane, wherein a reflector, a refractor, and/or a lens array are arranged in the beam path at a location where the dispersed, monochromatic beams are separated from one another, and the reflector, the refractor, and/or the lens array have a surface in the form of a freeform surface, such that area occupied by selected images of the entrance slit in the case of different wavelengths in the image plane is optimized over a selected spectral region of the two-dimensional spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Stefan MÜNCH, Michael OKRUSS
  • Patent number: 8034189
    Abstract: Described and claimed are apparatuses and systems for surface cleaning comprising a pump and an applicator connected to the pump through which one or more cleaning agents can be applied to the surface at an operating pressure that is about 600 PSI or less and an operating flow rate that is about 1 gal/min or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Nalco Company
    Inventor: Stefan Münch
  • Publication number: 20090283113
    Abstract: Described and claimed are apparatuses and systems for surface cleaning comprising a pump and an applicator connected to the pump through which one or more cleaning agents can be applied to the surface at an operating pressure that is about 600 PSI or less and an operating flow rate that is about 1 gal/min or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventor: Stefan Münch
  • Patent number: 7507299
    Abstract: Described and claimed are apparatuses and systems for surface cleaning comprising a pump and an applicator connected to the pump through which one or more cleaning agents can be applied to the surface at an operating pressure that is about 600 PSI or less and an operating flow rate that is about 1 gal/min or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Nalco Company
    Inventors: John Wadsworth, Stefan Münch
  • Publication number: 20050244315
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device for producing a water treatment solution from a solid chemical block for distribution into a water system selected from the group comprising an institutional water system and an industrial water system. The device includes a housing to contain the solid chemical block. A fluid, preferably water at ambient temperature, is introduced into the housing to dissolve the block and form a liquid solution that may then be dispensed into either an institutional water system or an industrial water system. A method of dispensing the liquid solution with the device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Greaves, Bruce Bedford, Stefan Munch, William Stankiewicz, James Copeland
  • Patent number: 6945261
    Abstract: Described and claimed are apparatuses and systems for surface cleaning comprising a pump and an applicator connected to the pump through which one or more cleaning agents can be applied to the surface at an operating pressure that is about 600 PSI or less and an operating flow rate that is about 1 gal/min or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Nalco Company
    Inventors: John Wadsworth, Stefan Münch
  • Publication number: 20050194024
    Abstract: Described and claimed are apparatuses and systems for surface cleaning comprising a pump and an applicator connected to the pump through which one or more cleaning agents can be applied to the surface at an operating pressure that is about 600 PSI or less and an operating flow rate that is about 1 gal/min or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: John Wadsworth, Stefan Munch
  • Publication number: 20050051197
    Abstract: Described and claimed are apparatuses and systems for surface cleaning comprising a pump and an applicator connected to the pump through which one or more cleaning agents can be applied to the surface at an operating pressure that is about 600 PSI or less and an operating flow rate that is about 1 gal/min or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: John Wadsworth, Stefan Munch