Patents by Inventor Thomas Moennig

Thomas Moennig 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).

  • Optical element housing or mounting connector
    Patent number: 6445515
    Abstract: An optical element housing or mounting connector (4), in particular for lens elements (13) in lens systems (12) for semi-conductor-lithography projection printing machines, is provided with electro-permanent magnets (1), the electro-permanent magnets being magnetized by the magnetic field of a coil (5) connected to an activating device (8) in such a way that the housings or mountings (4) are connected to one another by magnetic forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
    Inventor: Thomas Moennig
  • Optical element housing or mounting connector
    Publication number: 20010033435
    Abstract: An optical element housing or mounting connector (4), in particular for lens elements (13) in lens systems (12) for semiconductor-lithography projection printing machines, is provided with electro-permanent magnets (1), the electro-permanent magnets being magnetized by the magnetic field of a coil (5) connected to an activating device (8) in such a way that the housings or mountings (4) are connected to one another by magnetic forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Inventor: Thomas Moennig