Patents by Inventor Thorsten Krause

Thorsten Krause 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).

  • Publication number: 20250076342
    Abstract: An apparatus for repairing a test-contact arrangement includes: a movable arm at whose end effector at least one heat-conductive receptacle is formed, at which a heat-absorption surface is formed; a control device configured for controlling a movement of the arm; a heating device configured for heating the heat-absorption surface; and a temperature measuring device configured for measuring a radiation temperature of a solder material of the solder connection. The receptacle is configured for receiving at least one heat-conductive blade element, and the control device is configured for moving the blade element via a movement of the arm in relation to the test-contact arrangement to sever the at least one solder connection so that at least one solder bridge to be repaired is removable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Thorsten Krause, Christopher Schulz, Andreas Meinecke
  • Publication number: 20250038468
    Abstract: A package comprises at least two contacts for microtechnology, the contacts each having a contact surface, the contacts being connected to at least one support structure and the contacts being spaced apart from each other and disposed in such a manner that the contact surfaces are disposed in one plane and are oriented in the same direction. The support structure is made of a connective material being separable and/or destroyable by a laser. Furthermore, a method for handling such a package and a tool for implementing such a method are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Matthias Fettke, Andrej Kolbasow, Thorsten Krause
  • Publication number: 20240359272
    Abstract: A bonding head for holding a substrate to be soldered includes a laser source, a vacuum source, a main body and a holding nozzle. A laser duct extends through the main body to a laser exit. The vacuum source creates a vacuum in the laser duct. The laser source directs the laser beam through the laser duct towards the laser exit. The holding nozzle is connected to the main body. A nozzle duct extends through the holding nozzle from a nozzle entry to a nozzle exit. The nozzle entry is adjacent to the laser exit. The holding nozzle is configured to hold the substrate at the nozzle exit when the vacuum source creates the vacuum in the laser duct. The laser beam passes through the nozzle duct and is directed towards the substrate. The holding nozzle is configured to hold the substrate over a mounting face of a second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Matthias Fettke, Andrej Kolbasow, Thorsten Krause, Svetlana Milz
  • Patent number: 12117070
    Abstract: A torque-transmitting device has a first input side, a second input side, an output side, a hydrodynamic converter, a lockup clutch, a first torque-transmitting path which runs between a splitting point and a merging point, and a second torque-transmitting path which is configured so as to be parallel with respect to the first torque-transmitting path. The hydrodynamic converter is arranged in the first torque-transmitting path and the lockup clutch is arranged in the second torque-transmitting path. The hydrodynamic converter has a pump wheel and a turbine wheel which is hydrodynamically connectable to the pump wheel. The splitting point is connected to the first input side for conjoint rotation. The pump wheel and a first clutch input side of the lock-up clutch are each connected to the splitting point for conjoint rotation. A second input side is connected downstream of the merging point in a torque flow of a first torque from the first input side to the output side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Benjamin Vögtle, Thorsten Krause
  • Publication number: 20240337677
    Abstract: A device for handling a test contact in which the device includes a contact head provided with a test contact receptacle at its contact end, the test contact receptacle having a positioning unit having at least two, preferably three, positioning surfaces for coming into positioning contact with a test contact and for positioning the test contact relative to the contact end of the contact head. The at least one positioning surface of the positioning unit being formed as a base contact surface and at least one more positioning surface of the positioning unit being formed as an edge contact surface. Furthermore, a manufacturing system is also provided for manufacturing a test contact arrangement for testing semiconductor components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Thorsten Krause, Andreas Meinecke, Christopher Schulz, Wladimir Motorin
  • Patent number: 12048972
    Abstract: A method for repairing a test contact arrangement in which a test contact which is disposed on a test contact carrier by means of solder material and is incorrectly positioned is gripped at a body edge by means of a gripping tool in a gripping contact phase, an absorption surface which is realized on an outer surface of the gripping tool is treated with laser radiation during the gripping contact phase, and the gripping tool performs a movement on at least one axis when the temperature is at the softening point of the solder material, in such a manner that the incorrect position is corrected by means of the movement to bring the test contact into a desired position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: PAC TECH—PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventor: Thorsten Krause
  • Patent number: 12018730
    Abstract: A torque transmitting device for a drivetrain for transmitting a drive torque to an output element. The device having: an electric motor with a conversion unit, which comprises a stator and a rotor that is rotatable relative to the stator, for converting electrical energy into mechanical energy; and a torsional vibration damper with a damper mass received on a damper mass support such that the damper mass can be deflected to a limited extent against the action of a restoring force, the damper mass being arranged so as to overlap radially with the conversion unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Benjamin Vögtle, Stephan Maienschein, Peter Wahl, Daniel Echle, David Schnädelbach, Thorsten Krause
  • Publication number: 20240117859
    Abstract: A torque transmitting device for a drivetrain for transmitting a drive torque to an output element. The device having: an electric motor with a conversion unit, which comprises a stator and a rotor that is rotatable relative to the stator, for converting electrical energy into mechanical energy; and a torsional vibration damper with a damper mass received on a damper mass support such that the damper mass can be deflected to a limited extent against the action of a restoring force, the damper mass being arranged so as to overlap radially with the conversion unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Benjamin Vögtle, Stephan Maienschein, Peter Wahl, Daniel Echle, David Schnädelbach, Thorsten Krause
  • Publication number: 20240116354
    Abstract: A torque transmitting device for a drive train for transmitting an input torque provided by at least one drive element to an output element. The device including: an electric motor having a stator and a rotor which can be rotated relative to said stator for providing a further drive torque; a separating clutch arranged operatively between the first drive element and the electric motor; and at least one centrifugal pendulum which is arranged operatively between the separating clutch and the output element and has at least two pendulum masses which are accommodated so as to be deflectable to a limited extent along a pendulum path and so as to be peripherally adjacent to one another on at least one pendulum mass carrier that can be rotated about an axis of rotation, wherein the peripherally adjacent pendulum masses are coupled to one another via coupling means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Benjamin Vögtle, Thorsten Krause, Stephan Maienschein, Peter Wahl
  • Publication number: 20240110286
    Abstract: The invention relates to a depositing station comprising a basin arrangement (11) having a basin (13) forming a processing chamber (12) and serving to receive a solution of a metal, in particular nickel, zinc, palladium, gold or the like, dissolved in a liquid, for a, preferably electroless, deposition on an object receivable in the processing chamber, in particular on a terminal face of a wafer receivable in the processing chamber, the basin having at least one inlet (17) for introducing the solution into the basin, the basin having a perforation (18) which forms at least part of the inlet of the basin and which is configured to homogeneously introduce the solution into the processing chamber. Furthermore, the invention relates to a device for producing contact metallizations on terminal faces of wafers, comprising at least one depositing station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Thorsten Krause, Siavash Hosseinpour Tabrizi
  • Patent number: 11739821
    Abstract: A torque transmission apparatus for transmitting a torque between a first drive element and an output element, including a torque converter, having a torque converter input, which is rotatable about a rotation axis (A) and is coupled to the first drive element, and a torque converter output, which can be connected to the output element. A separating clutch arranged outside of the torque converter and effectively between the first drive element and the torque converter, having a clutch input and a clutch output, which can be connected thereto by the action of a clutch actuating apparatus. The clutch actuating apparatus having a pressure means chamber and a pressure means channel (K4) supplying said pressure means chamber with pressure means, and the separating clutch being dry-operated and the pressure means channel (K4) extending through the torque converter at least in portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Hügel, Thorsten Krause
  • Publication number: 20230038320
    Abstract: The invention relates to a marker body (10) for marking breast tissue for radiotherapy. The marker body (10) has an at least partly tube-like body (12) which is made from a soft elastic material and carries multiple radio-opaque marker elements (18). The at least partly tube-like body (12) is designed so that it offers hardly any resistance to an external, deforming force, but returns to its original shape in the absence of external forces. The at least partly tube-like body (12) has two free longitudinal ends (14, 16) which can be detachably interconnected or are interconnected, resulting in a tubular ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: SOMATEX MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Thorsten KRAUSE, Nils DREWES, Sophie MELZER
  • Publication number: 20220397186
    Abstract: A torque-transmitting device has a first input side, a second input side, an output side, a hydrodynamic converter, a lockup clutch, a first torque-transmitting path which runs between a splitting point and a merging point, and a second torque-transmitting path which is configured so as to be parallel with respect to the first torque-transmitting path. The hydrodynamic converter is arranged in the first torque-transmitting path and the lockup clutch is arranged in the second torque-transmitting path. The hydrodynamic converter has a pump wheel and a turbine wheel which is hydrodynamically connectable to the pump wheel. The splitting point is connected to the first input side for conjoint rotation. The pump wheel and a first clutch input side of the lock-up clutch are each connected to the splitting point for conjoint rotation. A second input side is connected downstream of the merging point in a torque flow of a first torque from the first input side to the output side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Benjamin Vögtle, Thorsten Krause
  • Patent number: 11519377
    Abstract: A method actively dampens a start-up resonance of a torsional damper when starting an internal combustion engine. The torsional damper (4) is fixed between an internal combustion engine (1) and a secondary side (5) of a torsional elasticity, and the internal combustion engine (1) is started using a starter generator (3) arranged on a side of the internal combustion engine (1) counter to the torsional elasticity. A counter excitation is applied to a torque generated by the starter generator (3) when the internal combustion engine (1) is started, which counter excitation is modulated on the basis of a parameter of the internal combustion engine (1) which changes when the internal combustion engine (1) is being started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thorsten Krause, Kai Schenck, Bertrand Pennec
  • Patent number: 11519479
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a centrifugal pendulum (1) as well as a centrifugal pendulum (1) which is manufactured using said method and which comprises pendulum components (13, 14) made of sheet metal, i.e. a pendulum mass support (2) that is arranged about an axis of rotation (d), and pendulum masses (3) that are distributed about the circumference. In order to reduce tool costs and the cost per item, at least one punched blank (9) comprising at least two pendulum components (13, 14) is manufactured, whereupon the pendulum components (13, 14) are separated from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thorsten Krause, Lothar Moser, Hubert Friedmann, Christian Hügel
  • Patent number: 11499602
    Abstract: A torque transmitting device that can be rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation includes a series damper having a first damper unit, a second damper unit and a coupling unit. The first damper unit has a damper output side and the second damper unit has a damper input side. The coupling unit is arranged between the damper output side of the first damper unit and the damper input side of the second damper unit. The coupling unit has a first coupling part and a second coupling part, wherein the first coupling part and the second coupling part are arranged axially offset in relation to one another. The first coupling part connects the damper output side of the first damper unit to the second coupling part. The second coupling part connects the first coupling part to the damper input side of the second damper unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Toros Güllük, Thorsten Krause, Stephan Maienschein
  • Publication number: 20220221038
    Abstract: A torque transmission apparatus for transmitting a torque between a first drive element and an output element, including a torque converter, having a torque converter input, which is rotatable about a rotation axis (A) and is coupled to the first drive element, and a torque converter output, which can be connected to the output element. A separating clutch arranged outside of the torque converter and effectively between the first drive element and the torque converter, having a clutch input and a clutch output, which can be connected thereto by the action of a clutch actuating apparatus The clutch actuating apparatus having a pressure means chamber and a pressure means channel (K4) supplying said pressure means chamber with pressure means, and the separating clutch being dry-operated and the pressure means channel (K4) extending through the torque converter at least in portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Hügel, Thorsten Krause
  • Publication number: 20220099061
    Abstract: A method actively dampens a start-up resonance of a torsional damper when starting an internal combustion engine. The torsional damper (4) is fixed between an internal combustion engine (1) and a secondary side (5) of a torsional elasticity, and the internal combustion engine (1) is started using a starter generator (3) arranged on a side of the internal combustion engine (1) counter to the torsional elasticity. A counter excitation is applied to a torque generated by the starter generator (3) when the internal combustion engine (1) is started, which counter excitation is modulated on the basis of a parameter of the internal combustion engine (1) which changes when the internal combustion engine (1) is being started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thorsten Krause, Kai Schenck, Bertrand Pennec
  • Patent number: RE48949
    Abstract: The invention relates to a force transmission device for power transmission between an input and an output, comprising at least an input and an output, and a vibration damping device disposed in a cavity that can be filled at least partially with an operating medium, in particular oil, the vibration damping device coupled with a rotational speed adaptive absorber, wherein the rotational speed adaptive absorber is tuned as a function of an oil influence to an effective order qeff, which is greater by an order shift value qF than an order q of an exciting vibration of a drive system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thorsten Krause, Dominique Engelmann
  • Patent number: RE49270
    Abstract: A force transmission device, in particular or power transmission between a drive engine and an output, comprising a damper assembly with at least two dampers, which can be connected in series, and a rotational speed adaptive absorber, wherein the rotational speed adaptive tuned mass damper is disposed between the dampers at least in one force flow direction through the force transmission device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Mario Degler, Thorsten Krause, Kai Schenck, Markus Werner, Dominique Engelmann