Patents by Inventor Steffen Kurt

Steffen Kurt 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).

  • Resonance scanner
    Patent number: 6975442
    Abstract: A resonance scanner, wherein a frame (3), a drive plate (4), a mirror (5) and torsion springs (6, 7) form an actuator part (1), said drive plate (4) being attached within the frame (3) by two first torsion springs (6) such that the drive plate (4) can oscillate about a common first axis of torsion (8) of both torsion springs (6), said mirror (5) being attached within the drive plate (4) by two second torsion springs (7) such that the mirror (5) can oscillate about a common second axis of torsion (9) of both torsion springs (7), and said first axis of torsion (8) and said second axis of torsion (9) being parallel to each other; wherein, further, only the frame (3) of the actuator part (1) is attached to side walls (10) of a box-shaped stator part (2), a drive means (stator electrodes 15 or coil 24) is arranged at a bottom (11) of the stator part (2) only in the region of the geometrical surface area of the drive plate (4) and said bottom (11) has a recess (13) in the region of the geometrical surface area of t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Jenoptik Ldt GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Gessner, Wolfram Doetzel, Christian Kaufmann, Jan Mehner, Ramon Hahn, Steffen Kurt
  • Resonance scanner
    Publication number: 20040130765
    Abstract: A resonance scanner, wherein a frame (3), a drive plate (4), a mirror (5) and torsion springs (6, 7) form an actuator part (1), said drive plate (4) being attached within the frame (3) by two first torsion springs (6) such that the drive plate (4) can oscillate about a common first axis of torsion (8) of both torsion springs (6), said mirror (5) being attached within the drive plate (4) by two second torsion springs (7) such that the mirror (5) can oscillate about a common second axis of torsion (9) of both torsion springs (7), and said first axis of torsion (8) and said second axis of torsion (9) being parallel to each other; wherein, further, only the frame (3) of the actuator part (1) is attached to side walls (10) of a box-shaped stator part (2), a drive means (stator electrodes 15 or coil 24) is arranged at a bottom (11) of the stator part (2) only in the region of the geometrical surface area of the drive plate (4) and said bottom (11) has a recess (13) in the region of the geometrical surface area of t
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Gessner, Wolfram Doetzel, Christian Kaufmann, Jan Mehner, Ramon Hahn, Steffen Kurt