Patents by Inventor Thomas Gottwald

Thomas Gottwald 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: 9138227
    Abstract: An endoscope-like implanting instrument includes an endoscope cap having a holding and withdrawing mechanism for a tissue clip adapted to be slipped onto an expanding sleeve of the endoscope cap. The endoscope cap has a front groove opening at the front edge of the sleeve. A withdrawing thread radially crosses the front groove at an axial front cap portion. The instrument further includes a tissue grasping mechanism being shiftably inserted into the working channel for manually grasping and drawing the tissue inside the endoscope cap. A clamping mechanism is integrally arranged inside the endoscope cap in axial extension to the working channel, holding a capsule-like device and connected with the tissue clip via a thread, band or string such that the capsule-like device will be automatically detached by the grasping mechanism when being manually actuated for tissue grasping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Ovesco Endoscopy AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Schostek, Stefan Zamida, Thomas Gottwald, Marc O. Schurr
  • Patent number: 8811019
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising an electrically conductive core layer with a first layer composed of electrically conductive material, the first layer being applied on both sides and with at least one electronic component arranged in a cutout of the first layer, wherein the first layer is covered in each case with an electrically insulating, thermally conductive layer and a further layer composed of electrically conductive material is provided in each case on the thermally conductive layer, the further layer being coated in each case with a covering layer composed of electrically conductive material, and furthermore having plated-through boles composed of the material of the covering layer, which extend through the electrically insulating, thermally conductive layer covering the electronic component and the further layer composed of electrically and thermally conductive material for the purpose of making contact with the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Schweizer Electronic AG
    Inventors: Thomas Gottwald, Christian Rossle
  • Patent number: 8784436
    Abstract: A proctological instrument is disclosed comprising an instrument handle to which at its proximal end a bending-resistant tubular shaft is mounted at the distal end of which a cap is fixed or formed to which a tissue clip adapted to be withdrawn from the cap by means of a releasing or withdrawing device is attached in a preferably spring-elastic manner. In accordance with the invention, the tubular shaft is offset at its distal end portion in an area directly ahead of the cap and/or the cap itself is offset at a predetermined fixed angle so that the withdrawing direction for the clip defined by the cap is aligned at the angle with respect to the tubular shaft axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Ovesco Endoscopy AG
    Inventors: Chi-Nghia Ho, Gunnar Anhoeck, Franziska Baur, Marc O. Schurr, Ruediger Prosst, Thomas Gottwald
  • Publication number: 20140145565
    Abstract: An electronic assembly group comprising a printed circuit board structure in a multilayer configuration that has at least two electrically conductive layers. The electronic assembly group also comprises an additional passive component that is connected to the two electrically conductive layers, each of which has at least one segment that extends beyond the multilayer structure to form connection regions, the passive component making contact directly at the connection regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas GOTTWALD, Christian ROSSLE
  • Publication number: 20130329370
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising an electrically conductive core layer with a first layer composed of electrically conductive material, the first layer being applied on both sides and with at least one electronic component arranged in a cutout of the first layer, wherein the first layer is covered in each case with an electrically insulating, thermally conductive layer and a further layer composed of electrically conductive material is provided in each case on the thermally conductive layer, the further layer being coated in each case with a covering layer composed of electrically conductive material, and furthermore having plated-through boles composed of the material of the covering layer, which extend through the electrically insulating, thermally conductive layer covering the electronic component and the further layer composed of electrically and thermally conductive material for the purpose of making contact with the electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Schweizer Electronic AG
    Inventors: Thomas Gottwald, Christian Rossle
  • Publication number: 20130199829
    Abstract: A printed circuit board multilayer construction comprising a layer stack composed of plurality of electrically insulating and/or conductive layers arranged one above another and a cavity in the interior of the layer stack, which extends laterally only in a partial region of the areal extent of the layer stack, is exposed to a pressure surrounding the printed circuit board multilayer construction through an opening provided in the layer stack and is sealed relative to ingress of liquid. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method suitable for producing a printed circuit board multilayer construction of this type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Schweizer Electronic AG
    Inventor: Thomas Gottwald
  • Publication number: 20120320549
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a conductor structural element, comprising providing a rigid substrate, electrodepositing a copper coating on the rigid substrate, applying a conductor pattern structure to the copper coating, then possibly mounting components, laminating the substrate with at least one electrically insulating layer, detaching the rigid substrate, at least partially removing the remaining copper coating of the rigid substrate in such a way that the conductor pattern structure is exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Schweizer Electronic AG
    Inventors: Thomas Gottwald, Alexander Neumann
  • Patent number: 8072768
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer printed circuit board structure comprising a stack of plurality of electrically insulating and/or electroconductive layers and at least one passive or active electrical component arranged inside the stack of layers, the component extending laterally only in part of the surface extension of the stack of layers. The invention also relates to a passive or active electrical component mounted on the stack, to an associated wiring, and to a corresponding production method. According to the invention, the insert is embedded between two electrically insulating liquid resin layers or prepreg layers extending over the entire surface and covering the insert on both sides, the insert being surrounded by a resin material that is liquefied by compression or lamination of the structure. The invention structure can be used in printed circuit board technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Schweizer Electronic AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Ockenfuss, Thomas Gottwald
  • Publication number: 20110208210
    Abstract: A resection device comprising a cup-shaped cap for a shaft-type inserting means is disclosed which is fixed at the distal end of the shaft-type inserting means or is formed at the same and includes an expanding sleeve portion to which a spring-biased tissue clip is attached which can be withdrawn by means of a releasing or withdrawing device over the distal front edge of the cap. In accordance with the invention, inside the expanding sleeve portion a cutting device is arranged which is held at the inner wall of the expanding sleeve portion at a predetermined axial distance from the distal front edge of the cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: Ovesco Endoscopy AG
    Inventors: Franziska Baur, Chi-Nghia Ho, Marc O. Schurr, Gunnar Anhoeck, Thomas Gottwald
  • Publication number: 20110152888
    Abstract: A proctological instrument is disclosed comprising an instrument handle to which at its proximal end a bending-resistant tubular shaft is mounted at the distal end of which a cap is fixed or formed to which a tissue clip adapted to be withdrawn from the cap by means of a releasing or withdrawing device is attached in a preferably spring-elastic manner. In accordance with the invention, the tubular shaft is offset at its distal end portion in an area directly ahead of the cap and/or the cap itself is offset at a predetermined fixed angle so that the withdrawing direction for the clip defined by the cap is aligned at the angle with respect to the tubular shaft axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Ovesco Endoscopy AG
    Inventors: Chi-Nghia HO, Gunnar Anhoeck, Franziska Baur, Marc O. Schurr, Ruediger Prosst, Thomas Gottwald
  • Publication number: 20110083082
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for fractional download of content pages in a data network including one or more servers and client devices. A single page layout is identified for a content page to be downloaded from a server to a client device in the data network. The single page layout defines a geometrical arrangement of content reservation areas for presenting respective content elements from the entire content page. For example, the single page layout can include hierarchically arranged containers. An active portion is identified in the single page layout, where the active portion corresponds to a display area for displaying the content page on a display unit of the client device. Content elements are provided to the client device for the content reservation areas in the active portion of the single page layout without providing content elements for content reservation areas that are outside of the active portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas Gottwald, Andreas Buchwald
  • Publication number: 20090041994
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer printed circuit board structure comprising a stack of plurality of electrically insulating and/or electroconductive layers and at least one passive or active electrical component arranged inside the stack of layers, the component extending laterally only in part of the surface extension of the stack of layers. The invention also relates to a passive or active electrical component mounted on the stack, to an associated wiring, and to a corresponding production method. According to the invention, the insert is embedded between two electrically insulating liquid resin layers or prepreg layers extending over the entire surface and covering the insert on both sides, the insert being surrounded by a resin material that is liquefied by compression or lamination of the structure. The invention structure can be used in printed circuit board technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2006
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Ulrich Ockenfuss, Thomas Gottwald
  • Patent number: 6180009
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for fractionating organic circuit board manufacture process solutions by means of at least one very fine filtration step. In the process of the present invention, the dissolved substances present in the process solutions are separated, for example by ultrafiltration, from the organic process solvent, e.g., ethyidiglycol, to permit their respective reuse. The process of the present invention advantageously provides for considerable savings in terms of costs of material and energy and also for a considerable reduction in or even complete avoidance of waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Vantico Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Gottwald