Patents by Inventor Steffen SOMMER

Steffen SOMMER 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).

  • Publication number: 20220412414
    Abstract: A disc brake for a utility vehicle includes brake caliper which straddles a brake disc, two brake pads each arranged in a pad channel of a vehicle-side brake carrier. The brake pads are retained in the disk brake under prestress by a pad retaining spring and a pad retaining clip on the brake caliper which spans a opening of the brake caliper. The disc brake further includes a restoring device configured to bias the brake pads away from one another after having been displaced during brake actuation. The restoring device includes sprung spreader elements that engage the opposite brake pads. The sprung spreader elements preferably include V-shaped spreader elements which are supported in the connection region of their respective spring arms on the pad retaining clip, and retained via their ends on the opposing brake pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Bjoern MEISSNER, Steffen SOMMER, Martin PLEINTINGER, Stefan WETTERER, Michael PESCHEL
  • Patent number: 11380814
    Abstract: A dicing method for separating a wafer comprising a plurality of solar cells stack along at least one parting line, at least having the steps of: providing the wafer with a top, a bottom, an adhesive layer which is integrally bonded with the top and a cover glass layer which is integrally bonded with the adhesive layer, wherein the wafer includes a plurality of solar cell stacks, each having a germanium substrate layer forming the bottom of the wafer, a germanium sub-cell and at least two III-V sub-cells; creating a separating trench along the parting line by means of laser ablation, which extends from a bottom of the wafer through the wafer and the adhesive layer at least up to a top of the cover glass layer; and dividing the cover glass layer along the separating trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH
    Inventors: Steffen Sommer, Wolfgang Koestler, Alexander Frey
  • Patent number: 11227969
    Abstract: A marking method for applying a unique identification to each individual solar cell stack of a semiconductor wafer, at least comprising the steps: Providing a semiconductor wafer having an upper side and an underside, which comprises a Ge substrate forming the underside; and generating an identification with a unique topography by means of laser ablation, using a first laser, on a surface area of the underside of each solar cell stack of the semiconductor wafer, the surface area being formed in each case by the Ge substrate or by an insulating layer covering the Ge substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Koestler, Steffen Sommer, Alexander Frey
  • Publication number: 20210066533
    Abstract: A dicing method for separating a wafer comprising a plurality of solar cells stack along at least one parting line, at least having the steps of: providing the wafer with a top, a bottom, an adhesive layer which is integrally bonded with the top and a cover glass layer which is integrally bonded with the adhesive layer, wherein the wafer includes a plurality of solar cell stacks, each having a germanium substrate layer forming the bottom of the wafer, a germanium sub-cell and at least two III-V sub-cells; creating a separating trench along the parting line by means of laser ablation, which extends from a bottom of the wafer through the wafer and the adhesive layer at least up to a top of the cover glass layer; and dividing the cover glass layer along the separating trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH
    Inventors: Steffen SOMMER, Wolfgang KOESTLER, Alexander FREY
  • Publication number: 20210066536
    Abstract: A marking method for applying a unique identification to each individual solar cell stack of a semiconductor wafer, at least comprising the steps: Providing a semiconductor wafer having an upper side and an underside, which comprises a Ge substrate forming the underside; and generating an identification with a unique topography by means of laser ablation, using a first laser, on a surface area of the underside of each solar cell stack of the semiconductor wafer, the surface area being formed in each case by the Ge substrate or by an insulating layer covering the Ge substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang KOESTLER, Steffen SOMMER, Alexander FREY