Patents by Inventor Thorsten Scharf

Thorsten Scharf 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: 20150162319
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a laminate, a first semiconductor chip at least partly embedded in the laminate, a second semiconductor chip mounted on a first main surface of the laminate, and a first electrical contact arranged on the first main surface of the laminate. The second semiconductor chip is electrically coupled to the first electrical contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Scharf, Petteri Palm, Angela Kessler
  • Publication number: 20150115475
    Abstract: A device includes a first semiconductor chip including a first face, wherein a first contact pad is arranged over the first face. The device further includes a second semiconductor chip including a first face, wherein a first contact pad is arranged over the first face, wherein the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip are arranged such that the first face of the first semiconductor chip faces in a first direction and the first face of the second semiconductor chip faces in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The first semiconductor chip is located laterally outside of an outline of the second semiconductor chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Petteri PALM, Thorsten SCHARF
  • Publication number: 20150083001
    Abstract: A twine retaining device for a baler includes a retaining disk, which can rotate about a shaft, and a retaining plate, which jointly delimit a retaining gap. The retaining gap is defined by a plurality of constrictions distributed along a twine strand extending through the retaining gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Thorsten Scharf, Daniel Moersch, Ulrich Hesselmann
  • Publication number: 20140208708
    Abstract: A combination of a towing vehicle and an agricultural harvesting machine drawn by the towing machine is provided. The harvesting machine includes at least one working assembly for conveying crop (G), for processing crop (G) or both. The harvesting machine also includes a working connection to the towing vehicle in order to be supplied with drive power by the towing vehicle in order to operate the at least one working assembly and a control device can be operated in a harvesting mode in order to specify a ground speed (v) for the combination depending on ascertained operating parameters of the harvesting machine and the towing vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: CLAAS KGAA MBH
    Inventors: Julien Waechter, Frédéric Chesnier, Thorsten Scharf
  • Publication number: 20140145319
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip having a first side and an opposite second side, and a chip contact pad disposed on the first side of the semiconductor chip. A dielectric liner is disposed over the semiconductor chip. The dielectric liner includes a plurality of openings over the chip contact pad. A interconnect contacts the semiconductor chip through the plurality of openings at the chip contact pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES DRESDEN GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Meinhold, Frank Daeche, Thorsten Scharf
  • Publication number: 20130341780
    Abstract: A chip arrangement is provided. The chip arrangement including: a chip including at least one electrically conductive contact; a passivation material formed over the at least one electrically conductive contact; an encapsulation material formed over the passivation material; one or more holes formed through the encapsulation material and the passivation material, wherein the passivation material at least partially surrounds the one or more holes; and electrically conductive material provided within the one or more holes, wherein the electrically conductive material is electrically connected to the at least one electrically conductive contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Scharf, Boris Plikat, Henrik Ewe, Anton Prueckl, Stefan Landau
  • Patent number: 8555780
    Abstract: A bale press includes a pressing channel in which a piston is displaceable for forming a bale from crop material supplied to the pressing channel. The bale press includes a yarn supply and a knotter device arranged at a side of the pressing channel. The knotter device has a first holder for releasably holding an end portion of a yarn, a yarn deflecting member and a knotter beak. The yarn extends between the first holder and the yarn supply across the deflecting member and a side of the bale facing away from the piston. The knotter beak ties a knot in a first stretch of the yarn extending between the first holder and the deflecting member. A second holder holds the yarn at the deflecting member in an initial phase of bale formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Usines Claas France S.A.S.
    Inventors: Thorsten Scharf, Ulrich Hesselmann
  • Patent number: 8399995
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a chip. The chip includes a single circuit element formed in a semiconductor substrate, a first metal layer on a first face of the semiconductor substrate, and a second metal layer on a second face of the semiconductor substrate opposite the first face. The first metal layer and the second metal layer are configured for accessing the single circuit element. A smaller of a first width of the first face of the semiconductor substrate and a second width of the first face of the semiconductor substrate perpendicular to the first width is less than or equal to a distance between an exposed face of the first metal layer parallel to the first face of the semiconductor substrate and an exposed face of the second metal layer parallel to the second face of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Scharf, Horst Theuss, Markus Leicht
  • Publication number: 20130055910
    Abstract: A bale press includes a pressing channel in which a piston is displaceable for forming a bale from crop material supplied to the pressing channel. The bale press includes a yarn supply and a knotter device arranged at a side of the pressing channel. The knotter device has a first holder for releasably holding an end portion of a yarn, a yarn deflecting member and a knotter beak. The yarn extends between the first holder and the yarn supply across the deflecting member and a side of the bale facing away from the piston. The knotter beak ties a knot in a first stretch of the yarn extending between the first holder and the deflecting member. A second holder holds the yarn at the deflecting member in an initial phase of bale formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Thorsten Scharf, Ulrich Hesselmann
  • Publication number: 20130014652
    Abstract: A method for operating a baler with a pressing chamber which serves for the pressing of a straw-like crop includes compacting the crop using an adjustable pressing pressure and binding the crop through a holding material. The pressing pressure is limited to a maximum value and controlled through a control circuit. A control circuit reference variable is a load variable of the holding material. The load variable is adjustable and is smaller than or equal to the maximum value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Thorsten SCHARF, Ulrich HESSELMANN, Cyrille ARNOULD, Julien WAECHTER
  • Patent number: 8177878
    Abstract: A bonding material including a meltable joining material and a plurality of heterostructures distributed throughout the meltable joining material, the heterostructures comprising at least a first material and a second material capable of conducting a self-sustaining exothermic reaction upon initiation by an external energy to generate heat sufficient to melt the meltable joining material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Alexander Heinrich, Thorsten Scharf, Edmund Riedl, Steffan Jordan
  • Publication number: 20110127314
    Abstract: A bonding material including a meltable joining material and a plurality of heterostructures distributed throughout the meltable joining material, the heterostructures comprising at least a first material and a second material capable of conducting a self-sustaining exothermic reaction upon initiation by an external energy to generate heat sufficient to melt the meltable joining material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Alexander Heinrich, Thorsten Scharf, Edmund Riedl, Steffan Jordan
  • Patent number: 7770744
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rope winding system (1) for winding and unwinding a steel rope (4) of a crane (7). A rope winding system (1) according to the present invention has a rope drum (6), onto which the steel rope (4) can be wound in a plurality of layers, and a magnetic system (7) which is configured to generate a magnetic field over a section of the steel rope (4) with its magnetic flux being deflected by a movement of the steel rope (4) in such a way that the steel rope (4) is braked. A crane (7) is also discloses which is equipped with such a rope winding system (1) for winding and unwinding a steel rope (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Terex Demag GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten Scharf, Ingo Noeske
  • Publication number: 20100181687
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a chip. The chip includes a single circuit element formed in a semiconductor substrate, a first metal layer on a first face of the semiconductor substrate, and a second metal layer on a second face of the semiconductor substrate opposite the first face. The first metal layer and the second metal layer are configured for accessing the single circuit element. A smaller of a first width of the first face of the semiconductor substrate and a second width of the first face of the semiconductor substrate perpendicular to the first width is less than or equal to a distance between an exposed face of the first metal layer parallel to the first face of the semiconductor substrate and an exposed face of the second metal layer parallel to the second face of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Scharf, Horst Theuss, Markus Leicht
  • Publication number: 20070228202
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rope winding system (1) for winding and unwinding a steel rope (4) of a crane (7). A rope winding system (1) according to the present invention has a rope drum (6), onto which the steel rope (4) can be wound in a plurality of layers, and a magnetic system (7) which is configured to generate a magnetic field over a section of the steel rope (4) with its magnetic flux being deflected by a movement of the steel rope (4) in such a way that the steel rope (4) is braked. A crane (7) is also discloses which is equipped with such a rope winding system (1) for winding and unwinding a steel rope (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Thorsten Scharf, Ingo Noeske