Patents by Inventor THORSTEN DAMM

THORSTEN DAMM 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: 11906700
    Abstract: A substrate is provided with an abrasion resistance antireflection coating. The coated substrate includes a multilayer antireflection coating on at least one side. The coating has layers with different refractive indices, wherein higher refractive index layers alternate with lower refractive index layers. The layers having a lower refractive index are formed of silicon oxide with a proportion of aluminum, with a ratio of the amounts of aluminum to silicon is greater than 0.05, preferably greater than 0.08, but with the amount of silicon predominant relative to the amount of aluminum. The layers having a higher refractive index include a silicide, an oxide, or a nitride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Christian Henn, Thorsten Damm
  • Patent number: 11873244
    Abstract: Glare-free glass articles and methods for producing are provided. The glass article includes a surface with an area having a roughness RMS from 10 nm to 1000 nm, a distinctness of image DOI from 30 to 70, a gloss value of less than 40 at a viewing angle of 60°, and a haze value, determined in transmission, of less than 3%. The area also has a ratio of mean height of peaks above core surface (Spk) to mean depth of valleys below core surface (Svk) that is equal to 1±0.1 within a measured surface area of more than 0.1 mm2 and less than 3 mm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Andreas Hahn, Yakup Gönüllü, Eveline Rudigier-Voigt, Thorsten Damm
  • Publication number: 20240010552
    Abstract: A coating for a glass substrate is a multilayer coating including at least one silicon layer. The at least one silicon layer has a carbon content gradient over its layer thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Yakup Gönüllü, Thorsten Schneider, Nikolaus Schultz, Thorsten Damm
  • Patent number: 11789284
    Abstract: An optical layered composite includes: a substrate having a front face, a back face, a thickness ds between the front face and the back face and a refractive index ns; and a coating applied to the front face. The coating comprises one or more coating layers. For at least one wavelength ?g in the range from 390 nm to 700 nm, the coating satisfies one of the following criterion: nc<ns; or nc>ns, and d c < k n c 2 - n s 2 · arctan ? n s 2 - 1 n c 2 - n s 2 ; nc is a mean refractive index of the coating layers, weighted by thickness; do is a total thickness of the coating; thicknesses are determined in a direction perpendicular to the front face; and k=?g/4?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Jens Ulrich Thomas, Thorsten Damm, Frank-Thomas Lentes, Kurt Nattermann
  • Patent number: 11609363
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a layered optical composite, in particular for use in an augmented reality device. In particular, the disclosure relates to a layered optical composite and a process for its preparation, a device comprising the layered optical composite and a process for its preparation, and the use of a layered optical composite in an augmented reality device. The present disclosure relates to a layered optical composite comprising: a. a substrate having a front face and a back face, b. a coating comprising: i. a type T layer, and ii. a type C region comprising one or more type C layers; in which the substrate has: i. a thickness tG in the range from 0.2 to 1.2 mm; ii. a refractive index nG at a wavelength ? in the range from 1.6 to 2.4; and iii. an optical absorption coefficient KG at the wavelength ? of less than 10 cm?1; in which the type C layers individually and independently have: i. a thickness tC in the range from 9 to 250 nm; ii.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Kurt Nattermann, Jens Ulrich Thomas, Frank-Thomas Lentes, Thorsten Damm, Peter Naß
  • Publication number: 20220406672
    Abstract: A package for encapsulating a functional area against an environment includes a base substrate and a cover substrate, the base substrate together with the cover substrate defining at least part of the package or defining the package, and furthermore including the at least one functional area provided in the package, and a blocking way for reducing permeation between the environment and the functional area. The package may include at least one laser bonding line, and the substrates of the package can be hermetically joined to one another by the at least one laser bonding line, and the laser bonding line has a height (HL) perpendicular to its bonding plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Jens Ulrich Thomas, Thorsten Damm, Thomas Zetterer
  • Patent number: 11441757
    Abstract: Light conversion devices and lighting devices having such conversion devices are provided. The conversion device includes a light conversion element having a front side and a coating arrangement. The front side is configured to be illuminated with primary light and to emit secondary light having another wavelength or a wavelength range. The coating arrangement is on the front side and has at least one coating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Frank Gindele, Edgar Pawlowski, Christian Rakobrandt, Christoph Stangl, Thorsten Damm
  • Publication number: 20220177362
    Abstract: At least one composite workpiece includes: a substrate body including at least one first surface and at least one second surface, the at least one first surface of the substrate body being shaped convexly at least in areas and the at least one second surface of the substrate body being shaped concavely at least in areas, and the at least one composite workpiece has a bow with an absolute value of between 0.1 ?m and 50 ?m due to the curved shape of the at least one first surface and the at least one second surface; and at least one first coating, at least the at least one first surface of the substrate body being coated at least in areas with the first coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Damm, Clemens Ottermann, Jens Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20220082840
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass article with low optical loss. The present invention also relates to the use of the glass article, in particular as optical waveguide, for example as light guide plate, in particular in augmented reality devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Peter Naß, Hubertus Russert, Thorsten Damm, Volker Plapper, Antoine Carré, Jens Ulrich Thomas
  • Publication number: 20220066072
    Abstract: A transparent wear-resistant, in particular scratch and/or impact-resistant, element is provided. The element includes a substrate, a layer system on a first surface of the substrate, and a reflectance at a second surface of the substrate of 2% in a visible spectral range of wavelengths from 380 nm to 780 nm. The glass or glass ceramic substrate is transparent in the visible spectral range. The layer system has two successive layers deposited on the first surface, where the two successive layers are each made of inorganic compounds. The two successive layers include a first layer with a first refractive index (n1) and a second layer with a second refractive index (n2), where the second refractive index (n2) is a value of at least 1.60. The first refractive index (n1) is greater than the second refractive index (n2) and a difference of the first and second refractive indices (n1?n2) is at least 0.05.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Damm, Christian Henn
  • Publication number: 20210300816
    Abstract: Glare-free glass articles and methods for producing are provided. The glass article includes a surface with an area having a roughness RMS from 10 nm to 1000 nm, a distinctness of image DOI from 30 to 70, a gloss value of less than 40 at a viewing angle of 60°, and a haze value, determined in transmission, of less than 3%. The area also has a ratio of mean height of peaks above core surface (Spk) to mean depth of valleys below core surface (Svk) that is equal to 1±0.1 within a measured surface area of more than 0.1 mm2 and less than 3 mm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Andreas Hahn, Yakup Gönüllü, Eveline Rudigier-Voigt, Thorsten Damm
  • Publication number: 20210271001
    Abstract: A substrate is provided with an abrasion resistance antireflection coating. The coated substrate includes a multilayer antireflection coating on at least one side. The coating has layers with different refractive indices, wherein higher refractive index layers alternate with lower refractive index layers. The layers having a lower refractive index are formed of silicon oxide with a proportion of aluminum, with a ratio of the amounts of aluminum to silicon is greater than 0.05, preferably greater than 0.08, but with the amount of silicon predominant relative to the amount of aluminum. The layers having a higher refractive index include a silicide, an oxide, or a nitride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Christian HENN, Thorsten DAMM
  • Patent number: 11097979
    Abstract: A cover panel for a fitout article or article of equipment for a kitchen or laboratory is provided. The cover panel includes a glass or glass ceramic substrate and a coating on one side of the substrate. The substrate and the coating together have a light transmittance of 1% to 70%. The coating has a colour locus in the CIELAB colour space within the range of coordinates L* of 20 to 65, a* of ?6 to 6 and b* of ?6 to 6. The colour locus of the D65 standard illuminant light, after passing through the substrate and the coating, is within a white region W1 determined in the chromaticity diagram CIExyY-2° by the following coordinates: White region W1 x Y 0.27 0.21 0.22 0.25 0.32 0.37 0.45 0.45 0.47 0.34 0.36 0.29.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Christian Henn, Thorsten Damm, Franziska Back, Yvonne Menke-Berg
  • Patent number: 11029450
    Abstract: A substrate is provided with an abrasion resistance antireflection coating. The coated substrate includes a multilayer antireflection coating on at least one side. The coating has layers with different refractive indices, wherein higher refractive index layers alternate with lower refractive index layers. The layers having a lower refractive index are formed of silicon oxide with a proportion of aluminum, with a ratio of the amounts of aluminum to silicon is greater than 0.05, preferably greater than 0.08, but with the amount of silicon predominant relative to the amount of aluminum. The layers having a higher refractive index include a silicide, an oxide, or a nitride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Christian Henn, Thorsten Damm
  • Publication number: 20210149090
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a layered optical composite, in particular for use in an augmented reality device. In particular, the disclosure relates to a layered optical composite and a process for its preparation, a device comprising the layered optical composite and a process for its preparation, and the use of a layered optical composite in an augmented reality device. The present disclosure relates to a layered optical composite comprising: a. a substrate having a front face and a back face, b. a coating comprising: i. a type T layer, and ii. a type C region comprising one or more type C layers; in which the substrate has: i. a thickness tG in the range from 0.2 to 1.2 mm; ii. a refractive index nG at a wavelength ? in the range from 1.6 to 2.4; and iii. an optical absorption coefficient KG at the wavelength ? of less than 10 cm?1; in which the type C layers individually and independently have: i. a thickness tC in the range from 9 to 250 nm; ii.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Kurt Nattermann, Jens Ulrich Thomas, Frank-Thomas Lentes, Thorsten Damm, Peter Naß
  • Publication number: 20210054988
    Abstract: Light conversion devices and lighting devices having such conversion devices are provided. The conversion device includes a light conversion element having a front side and a coating arrangement. The front side is configured to be illuminated with primary light and to emit secondary light having another wavelength or a wavelength range. The coating arrangement is on the front side and has at least one coating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Frank Gindele, Edgar Pawlowski, Christian Rakobrandt, Christoph Stangl, Thorsten Damm
  • Patent number: 10781133
    Abstract: A scratch-resistant amorphous and transparent AlSiN cover layer on a glass or glass ceramic substrate is provided. The cover layer has a low surface roughness and has sliding properties with respect to pots and other items. The cover layer is transparent in the visible light range and also largely transparent in the infrared range and has good chemical resistance to salted water burn-in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Damm, Christian Henn
  • Patent number: 10673025
    Abstract: An electrical storage system is provided that has a thickness of less than 2 mm, where the system includes at least one sheet-type discrete element, the sheet-type discrete element exhibiting high resistance to an attack of alkali metals or alkali metal ions, in particular lithium, wherein the sheet-type discrete element has a low content of TiO2, the TiO2 content preferably being less than 2 wt %, preferably less than 0.5 wt %, and preferably free of TiO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Miriam Kunze, Ulrich Peuchert, Nikolaus Schultz, Thorsten Damm, Clemens Ottermann
  • Patent number: 10566584
    Abstract: An electrical storage system is provided that has a thickness of less than 2 mm and includes comprises at least one sheet-like discrete element. At least one surface of the at least one sheet-like discrete element is designed to be chemically reactive to a reduced degree, inert, and/or permeable to a reduced degree, and/or impermeable with respect to materials coming into contact with the surface. Also provided are a sheet-like discrete element and to the production and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Damm, Ulrich Peuchert, Nikolaus Schultz, Miriam Kunze, Clemens Ottermann
  • Publication number: 20200041804
    Abstract: An optical layered composite includes: a substrate having a front face, a back face, a thickness ds between the front face and the back face and a refractive index ns; and a coating applied to the front face. The coating comprises one or more coating layers. For at least one wavelength ?g in the range from 390 nm to 700 nm, the coating satisfies one of the following criterion: nc<ns; or nc>ns, and d c < k n c 2 - n s 2 · arctan ? n s 2 - 1 n c 2 - n s 2 ; nc is a mean refractive index of the coating layers, weighted by thickness; do is a total thickness of the coating; thicknesses are determined in a direction perpendicular to the front face; and k=?g/4?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Jens Ulrich Thomas, Thorsten Damm, Frank-Thomas Lentes, Kurt Nattermann