Patents by Inventor Thomas Fischer

Thomas Fischer 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: 9729021
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coil former (110) for a coil (100) of an electric machine (400). The coil former has a coil core (112) and a terminating wall (115) having a first edge (118) and a second edge (119). The first edge is arranged opposite the second edge, and the terminating wall is designed to retain a coil wire (120), which can be wound around the coil core, in a wound position. The terminating wall has a first retaining projection (130) and a second retaining projection (140), wherein the first retaining projection extends in an extension plane (117) of the terminating wall from the first edge in a first projection direction (131) along a first center axis (132) of the first retaining projection and the second retaining projection extends in the extension plane (117) of the terminating wall from the second edge in a second projection direction (141) along a second center axis (142) of the second retaining projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Juretko, Thomas Fischer
  • Publication number: 20170213796
    Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting a plurality of electronic chips singularized from a wafer, wherein the apparatus comprises an electromagnetic radiation source arranged and configured for illuminating at least part of a first main surface of the singularized wafer with electromagnetic radiation, and a detection unit configured for detecting electromagnetic radiation from a side facing a second main surface of the singularized wafer and opposing the first main surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventor: Thomas FISCHER
  • Patent number: 9668833
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an abutment (10, 100), comprising: a ceramic part (12, 112); and a metal adapter (14, 114) removably attachable to the ceramic part, wherein the metal adapter has a conical connection interface (16) for attachment to a dental implant (18). The present invention also relates to a method of attaching an abutment (10) to a dental implant (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Nobel Biocare Services AG
    Inventors: Thomas Fischer, Henrik Peterson, David Sollberger, Thomas Eriksson, Lars Jorneus, Adrian Haus, Mikael Brunell
  • Publication number: 20170147705
    Abstract: Based on received input, a vertex table of the database layer and a vertex key column in the vertex table can be identified. The vertex key column defines vertices of a graph representation. Also based on the received input, an edge table of the database layer, an edge key column in the edge table, a source column in the edge table, and a target column in the edge table can be identified. The source column and target column define relationships between vertices of the plurality of vertices. Within a graph workspace object, graph relationships linking the vertices defined by the vertex key column via edges defined by the source column and target column in the edge table can be assigned, and the graph workspace can be generated in a higher level programming layer based on the graph workspace object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Romans Kasperovics, Tobias Mindnich, Cornelia Kinder, Christoph Weyerhaeuser, Thomas Fischer
  • Publication number: 20170145975
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for determining the mass of fluid (2) discharged by an injector (13), the device comprising a housing (1) which is impermeable to fluid and which serves for storing fluid, said housing having an injector port (11) for the connection, in particular of an inlet (12), of the injector (13) and having a fluid port (8) for the infeed of fluid (2), wherein at least one pressure sensor (3) for pressure measurement is provided in the housing (1) in order, by way of an evaluation unit (17), to determine the mass of the fluid (2) in the housing (1) in a manner dependent on the determined pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Clemens Majer, Thomas Fischer, Iris Hartung
  • Publication number: 20170146345
    Abstract: A sensor for sensing a physical transmitter field dependent on a physical quantity to be measured, including: a sensor circuit for sensing the transmitter field and for outputting a sensor signal dependent on the transmitter field a circuit carrier having a first region in which at least a part of the sensor circuit is supported and a second region in which at least a first mechanical interface and a second mechanical interface for connecting the circuit carrier to a retainer are arranged, and a noise resistance element, which is arranged between the first region and the second region and which is designed to conduct structure-borne noise entering via the first mechanical interface to the second mechanical interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Thomas Fischer, Jakob Schillinger, Dietmar Huber, Stefan Günthner, Lothar Biebricher, Michael Schulmeister
  • Publication number: 20170141408
    Abstract: A separator for a fuel cell includes a base layer, a first metal carbide coating layer disposed at one or both sides of on the base layer; a metal coating layer disposed above the first metal carbide coating layer; and a second metal carbide coating layer disposed above the metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Kwang Hoon CHOI, Woong Pyo HONG, Jiyoun SEO, Bokyung KIM, Jungyeon PARK, In Woong LYO, Sanjay MATHUR, Yakup GÖNÜLLÜ, Andreas METTENBÖRGER, Thomas FISCHER
  • Publication number: 20170141409
    Abstract: A method for coating a separator for a fuel cell is provided that includes vaporizing a metal carbide precursor to obtain a precursor gas; introducing a metal carbide coating layer-forming gas including the precursor gas in a reaction chamber; and applying a voltage to the reaction chamber so that the precursor gas is changed into a plasma state, thereby forming a metal carbide coating layer on either surface or both surfaces of a substrate. In this case, the metal carbide precursor may include a compound having a substituted or non-substituted cyclopentadienyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Universitat Zu Koln
    Inventors: Bokyung Kim, Yoo Chang Yang, Suk Min Baeck, Chi Seung Lee, Kwang Hoon Choi, In Woong Lyo, Jiyoun Seo, Sanjay Mathur, Yakup Gonullu, Andreas Mettenboerger, Thomas Fischer
  • Publication number: 20170133253
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for use in processing a wafer are disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes providing a wafer on a receptacle, shining a light at an edge of the wafer and based on light that passed the edge of the wafer, processing the wafer on the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Fischer, Gerald Lackner, Walter Horst Leitgeb, Michael Lecher
  • Patent number: 9645163
    Abstract: A sensor having at least one sensor element (1), at least one signal processing element (2), and a housing (7) which has at least one fastening means. An electrical interface is provided for electrically connecting the sensor. The sensor has an electrically and mechanically connecting carrier means (4) on which the at least one sensor element (1) and the signal processing element (2) are arranged and are electrically connected to the carrier means. The carrier means (4) is also at least electrically connected to the electrical interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG
    Inventors: Thomas Fischer, Stefan Günthner, Dietmar Huber, Jakob Schillinger
  • Patent number: 9616451
    Abstract: The harmful effects of accumulating droplets of process liquid on the outer surface of a dispense nozzle are prevented by equipping an apparatus for process wafer-shaped articles with a blow-off block that blows the droplets off the nozzle outer surface before they can coalesce and drop in an uncontrolled manner onto the work piece. The nozzle preferably has a polished and tapered outer surface to aid in blowing off any accumulated droplets of process liquid from the outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: LAM RESEARCH AG
    Inventors: Mike Daniel Kollmann, Christian Thomas Fischer, Francisco Camargo
  • Patent number: 9597688
    Abstract: The invention relates to polymer substrates which are provided with fluorescence features and in which photochemical fluorescence features, i.e. fluorescent structures, are produced by UV irradiation. Thus, fluorophores can be produced in polymer substrates with a low inherent fluorescence by means of suitable UV radiation, which fluorophores display a marked and detectable emission upon being excited with light of a suitable wavelength. If such an irradiation is implemented in a structured manner, emission patterns can be produced in this way in polymer substrates, which emission patterns can be applied for example as recovery grids in fluorescence microscopy. A further application field relates to product authentication which is made possible by the polymer substrates according to the invention provided with fluorescence features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: ibidi GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Fischer, Joachim Stumpe, Valentin Kahl
  • Publication number: 20170076961
    Abstract: An arrangement is provided. The arrangement may include: a substrate having a front side and a back side, a die region within the substrate, a multi-purpose layer defining a back side of the die region, and an etch stop layer disposed over the multi-purpose layer between the multi-purpose layer and the back side of the substrate. The multi-purpose layer may be formed of an ohmic material, and the etch stop layer may be of a first conductivity type of a first doping concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Markus Zundel, Andre Schmenn, Damian Sojka, Isabella Goetz, Gudrun Stranzl, Sebastian Werner, Thomas Fischer, Carsten Ahrens, Edward Fuergut
  • Publication number: 20170064467
    Abstract: A hearing aid includes a hearing aid housing and an antenna device constructed to receive and/or transmit electromagnetic waves having a predetermined wavelength lambda. The antenna device has a frame incorporated in the hearing aid housing for holding assemblies of the hearing aid and the frame has an electrically conductive structure being an integral part of the frame. A method for producing a hearing aid includes patterning a surface of the frame, applying an electrically conductive layer to the surface of the frame and incorporating the frame into the hearing aid housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: THOMAS FISCHER, HANS ADEL, JOHANNES KUHN, JAN BAUER, MARIO SCHUEHLER, FRANK NAUMANN, OLIVER NIPP, DANIELA BECK
  • Patent number: 9571944
    Abstract: A hearing aid includes a hearing aid housing and an antenna device constructed to receive and/or transmit electromagnetic waves having a predetermined wavelength lambda. The antenna device has a frame incorporated in the hearing aid housing for holding assemblies of the hearing aid and the frame has an electrically conductive structure being an integral part of the frame. A method for producing a hearing aid includes patterning a surface of the frame, applying an electrically conductive layer to the surface of the frame and incorporating the frame into the hearing aid housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Fischer, Hans Adel, Johannes Kuhn, Jan Bauer, Mario Schuehler, Frank Naumann
  • Publication number: 20170033066
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a contact layer over a first major surface of a substrate. The substrate includes device regions separated by kerf regions. The contact layer is disposed in the kerf region and the device regions. A structured solder layer is formed over the device regions. The contact layer is exposed at the kerf region after forming the structured solder layer. The contact layer and the substrate in the kerf regions are diced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Evelyn Napetschnig, Ulrike Fastner, Alexander Heinrich, Thomas Fischer
  • Publication number: 20170034563
    Abstract: A method for programming a remote control for a device in which the device detects partially identifying metadata, filters the metadata and uses the metadata to search for matching code sets in a database. The code sets are presented in ordered sequence by probability weighting which is established depending on frequency of confirmation signal in response to the request using the filtered data, and as a function of the time difference between a current request and earlier matching requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: fm marketing gmbh
    Inventors: Thomas Fischer, Thomas Mirlacher
  • Publication number: 20170012034
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device may include providing a semiconductor workpiece including a device region at a first side of the semiconductor workpiece, wherein a mechanical stability of the semiconductor workpiece is insufficient to resist at least one back end process without damage, and depositing at least one conductive layer over a second side of the semiconductor workpiece opposite the first side of the semiconductor workpiece, wherein the at least one conductive layer increases the mechanical stability of the semiconductor workpiece to be sufficient to resist the at least one back end process without damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas FISCHER, Carsten AHRENS, Damian SOJKA, Andre SCHMENN
  • Publication number: 20170009505
    Abstract: A spring system that translates linear motion into rotary motion near or on the hinge line of a hinge assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Jack Adoline, Thomas Fischer, David Johnson, Joel McCoy
  • Patent number: D790613
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: APEX BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Fischer, Uwe Loch