Patents by Inventor Thomas Bernert

Thomas Bernert 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: 11967444
    Abstract: In an embodiment a sensor element includes at least one carrier layer having a top side and an underside and at least one functional layer, wherein the functional layer is arranged at the top side of the carrier layer and includes a material having a temperature-dependent electrical resistance, wherein the sensor element is configured to be integrated as a discrete component directly into an electrical system, and wherein the sensor element is configured to measure a temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TDK Electronics AG
    Inventors: Jan Ihle, Thomas Bernert, Gerald Kloiber
  • Publication number: 20240096525
    Abstract: In an embodiment a sensor element includes at least one carrier layer having a top side and an underside, at least one functional layer arranged at the top side of the carrier layer and comprising a material having a temperature-dependent electrical resistance and at least one top electrode configured for electrically contacting the functional layer from a top side of the functional layer, wherein the top electrode is arranged directly on the functional layer, wherein the top electrode forms the top side of the sensor element, and wherein the sensor element is configured to be integrated as a discrete component directly into an electrical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Jan Ihle, Thomas Bernert, Gerald Kloiber
  • Publication number: 20220392674
    Abstract: An electrical component includes a base body having a contact surface on which a contact element is fastened by a solidified molten material, wherein the material is formed by a molten region of the contact element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Stendel, Jan Ihle, Gerald Kloiber, Thomas Bernert
  • Patent number: 11450457
    Abstract: In a method for fastening a contact element (5, 6) in an electrical component (1), a contact element (5, 6) is arranged on a contact surface (3, 4) of a base body (2) of the component (1) and a laser beam (18) is directed onto a region (16, 17) of the contact element (5, 6) in such a way that the base body (2) is not located in the beam direction (24) of the laser beam (18). The contact element (5, 6) is partially melted by the laser beam (18), so that the molten material (7, 8) wets the contact surface (3, 4) and produces fastening of the contact element (5, 6) on the contact surface (3, 4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: TDK Electronics AG
    Inventors: Thomas Stendel, Jan Ihle, Gerald Kloiber, Thomas Bernert
  • Publication number: 20220293305
    Abstract: In an embodiment a sensor element includes at least one carrier layer having a top side and an underside and at least one functional layer, wherein the functional layer is arranged at the top side of the carrier layer and includes a material having a temperature-dependent electrical resistance, wherein the sensor element is configured to be integrated as a discrete component directly into an electrical system, and wherein the sensor element is configured to measure a temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Jan Ihle, Thomas Bernert, Gerald Kloiber
  • Publication number: 20220287187
    Abstract: In an embodiment a component includes at least one carrier layer, the carrier layer having a top side and a bottom side and at least one functional layer arranged on the top side of the carrier layer, the functional layer including a material having a specific electrical characteristic, wherein the component is configured for direct integration into an electrical system as a discrete component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Jan Ihle, Thomas Bernert, Stefan Endler, Michael Krenn, Stephan Bigl, Markus Puff, Sebastian Redolfi
  • Publication number: 20220238260
    Abstract: An NTC thin film thermistor that includes at least a first thin film electrode, at least an NTC thin film, and at least a second thin film electrode. A further aspect relates to a method for producing an NTC thin film thermistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Stendel, Jan Ihle, Christl Lisa Mead, Thomas Bernert, Sebastian Redolfi, Marko Vrabelj
  • Publication number: 20210125757
    Abstract: In a method for fastening a contact element (5, 6) in an electrical component (1), a contact element (5, 6) is arranged on a contact surface (3, 4) of a base body (2) of the component (1) and a laser beam (18) is directed onto a region (16, 17) of the contact element (5, 6) in such a way that the base body (2) is not located in the beam direction (24) of the laser beam (18). The contact element (5, 6) is partially melted by the laser beam (18), so that the molten material (7, 8) wets the contact surface (3, 4) and produces fastening of the contact element (5, 6) on the contact surface (3, 4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas STENDEL, Jan IHLE, Gerald KLOIBER, Thomas BERNERT
  • Patent number: 9252771
    Abstract: The invention relates to a layer structure comprising at least one switch (4) illuminated by an ACPEL arrangement (2), to the method for producing and shaping said layer structure, and the use thereof for forming display and control elements and for forming housing elements for mobile or stationary electronic equipment or small or large household appliances or for forming keyboard systems without movable components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: T+ink, Inc.
    Inventors: Rainer Kunz, Thomas Bernert, Wilfried Hedderich
  • Patent number: 8779650
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an electromechanical, for example piezoelectric, transducer in which a first polymer layer comprising cutouts is applied to a first continuous polymer layer by means of a printing and/or coating method, a cover is applied to the first polymer layer comprising cutouts in such a way that the cutouts of the first polymer layer comprising cutouts are closed off with the formation of cavities, and the cover is connected to the first polymer layer comprising cutouts. The invention also relates to electromechanical transducers produced by the method according to the invention, and the use of said electromechanical transducers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Werner Jenninger, Joachim Wagner, Wolfgang Fischer, Jörg Büchner, Thomas Bernert, Andreas Nübler
  • Publication number: 20130313968
    Abstract: The present invention relates to formulations for the production of an electroluminescent element, comprising a substrate, an at least partly transparent front electrode, at least one pigment layer, optionally a dielectric layer, a back electrode and busbars for contacting the electrodes, optionally a covering layer or a laminate, and a process for the production of an electroluminescent element, preferably by screen minting. The formulations for the production of the pigment and dielectric layer contain as binders isocyanate-reactive components and blocked isocyanates and/or blocked di- and/or polyisocyanates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Wagner, Sebastian Dörr, Thomas Bernert
  • Publication number: 20130241688
    Abstract: The invention relates to a layer structure comprising at least one switch (4) illuminated by an ACPEL arrangement (2), to the method for producing and shaping said layer structure, and the use thereof for forming display and control elements and for forming housing elements for mobile or stationary electronic equipment or small or large household appliances or for forming keyboard systems without movable components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: INK-LOGIX, LLC
    Inventors: Rainer Kunz, Thomas Bernert, Wilfried Hedderich
  • Publication number: 20120126663
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an electromechanical, for example piezoelectric, transducer, comprising the steps of: A) applying a monolayer of spacer elements (3) onto a first polymer layer (1), the spacer elements (3) having essentially the same height (h), B) applying a second polymer layer (2) onto the spacer elements (3) of the monolayer so that there is at least one cavity (4) between the first polymer layer (1) and the second polymer layer (2), and C) fixing the spacer elements (3) between the first (1) and second (2) polymer layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Werner Jenninger, Joachim Wagner, Carsten Benecke, Thomas Bernert
  • Publication number: 20120068572
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an electromechanical, for example piezoelectric, transducer in which a first polymer layer comprising cutouts is applied to a first continuous polymer layer by means of a printing and/or coating method, a cover is applied to the first polymer layer comprising cutouts in such a way that the cutouts of the first polymer layer comprising cutouts are closed off with the formation of cavities, and the cover is connected to the first polymer layer comprising cutouts. The invention also relates to electromechanical transducers produced by the method according to the invention, and the use of said electromechanical transducers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Werner Jenninger, Joachim Wagner, Wolfgang Fischer, Jörg Büchner, Thomas Bernert, Andreas Nübler
  • Publication number: 20110217530
    Abstract: The invention relates to a conversion film for a light-emitting element, said film containing a conversion pigment. The invention further relates to a method for producing the conversion film, to the use thereof and to a light-emitting element equipped with said conversion film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2009
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: Andrea Maier-Richter, Eckard Foltin, Thomas Bernert, Wilfried Hedderich, Thomas Wagner