Patents by Inventor Vincent Kuhn

Vincent Kuhn 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: 11362475
    Abstract: Impingement cooling devices for a laser disk include a carrier plate on the front side of which the laser disk can be secured, and a supporting structure, on the front side of which the rear side of the carrier plate is secured. The supporting structure has a plurality of cooling liquid feed lines from which the cooling liquid emerges in the direction of the rear side of the carrier plate and a plurality of cooling liquid return lines. The feed and return lines run parallel to one another in the longitudinal direction of the supporting structure, and the supporting structure includes a plurality of cutouts or the rear side of the carrier plate that are open toward the supporting structure, and the cooling liquid feed lines lead into and the cooling liquid return lines lead away from the plurality of cutouts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: TRUMPF LASER GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Killi, Vincent Kuhn
  • Publication number: 20200350738
    Abstract: Impingement cooling devices for a laser disk include a carrier plate on the front side of which the laser disk can be secured, and a supporting structure, on the front side of which the rear side of the carrier plate is secured. The supporting structure has a plurality of cooling liquid feed lines from which the cooling liquid emerges in the direction of the rear side of the carrier plate and a plurality of cooling liquid return lines. The feed and return lines run parallel to one another in the longitudinal direction of the supporting structure, and the supporting structure includes a plurality of cutouts or the rear side of the carrier plate that are open toward the supporting structure, and the cooling liquid feed lines lead into and the cooling liquid return lines lead away from the plurality of cutouts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander Killi, Vincent Kuhn
  • Patent number: 10727639
    Abstract: Impingement cooling devices for a laser disk include a carrier plate on the front side of which the laser disk can be secured, and a supporting structure, on the front side of which the rear side of the carrier plate is secured. The supporting structure has a plurality of cooling liquid feed lines from which the cooling liquid emerges in the direction of the rear side of the carrier plate and a plurality of cooling liquid return lines. The feed and return lines run parallel to one another in the longitudinal direction of the supporting structure, and the supporting structure includes a plurality of cutouts or the rear side of the carrier plate that are open toward the supporting structure, and the cooling liquid feed lines lead into and the cooling liquid return lines lead away from the plurality of cutouts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: TRUMPF LASER GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Killi, Vincent Kuhn
  • Patent number: 10630038
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to laser disk mounting systems and methods. The laser disk mounting systems comprise a disk module with a round disk-shaped heat sink having a front side, a rear side, and an edge surface connecting the front side and the rear side, and a laser disk arranged on the front side of the heat sink, and a radial mounting device with an opening for receiving the disk module, wherein the disk module is mounted in the radial mounting device such that a force action is applied in radial direction on the edge surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: TRUMPF LASER GMBH
    Inventors: Sven-Silvius Schad, Alexander Killi, Vincent Kuhn, Markus Graf
  • Publication number: 20190036291
    Abstract: Impingement cooling devices for a laser disk include a carrier plate on the front side of which the laser disk can be secured, and a supporting structure, on the front side of which the rear side of the carrier plate is secured. The supporting structure has a plurality of cooling liquid feed lines from which the cooling liquid emerges in the direction of the rear side of the carrier plate and a plurality of cooling liquid return lines. The feed and return lines run parallel to one another in the longitudinal direction of the supporting structure, and the supporting structure includes a plurality of cutouts or the rear side of the carrier plate that are open toward the supporting structure, and the cooling liquid feed lines lead into and the cooling liquid return lines lead away from the plurality of cutouts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander Killi, Vincent Kuhn
  • Publication number: 20180191121
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to laser disk mounting systems and methods. The laser disk mounting systems comprise a disk module with a round disk-shaped heat sink having a front side, a rear side, and an edge surface connecting the front side and the rear side, and a laser disk arranged on the front side of the heat sink, and a radial mounting device with an opening for receiving the disk module, wherein the disk module is mounted in the radial mounting device such that a force action is applied in radial direction on the edge surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Sven-Silvius Schad, Alexander Killi, Vincent Kuhn, Markus Graf
  • Patent number: 9337614
    Abstract: A laser disk module includes a lasing element including an active gain medium, the lasing element including opposite top and bottom end surfaces, and a heat transfer element adjacent the bottom end surface, the heat transfer element including a ceramic material that defines a plurality of cooling structures. The heat transfer element is configured to transfer heat generated in the lasing element to a coolant in contact with the heat transfer element in the plurality of cooling structures during operation of the laser disk module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: TRUMPF LASER GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Killi, Klaus Wallmeroth, Thilo Vethake, Vincent Kuhn
  • Publication number: 20160118766
    Abstract: A laser disk module includes a lasing element including an active gain medium, the lasing element including opposite top and bottom end surfaces, and a heat transfer element adjacent the bottom end surface, the heat transfer element including a ceramic material that defines a plurality of cooling structures. The heat transfer element is configured to transfer heat generated in the lasing element to a coolant in contact with the heat transfer element in the plurality of cooling structures during operation of the laser disk module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Alexander Killi, Klaus Wallmeroth, Thilo Vethake, Vincent Kuhn
  • Patent number: 9147991
    Abstract: A laser system includes a laser-active solid and a heat sink. The heat sink is thermally coupled with the laser-active solid. The laser-active solid and the heat sink are joined together by at least one of direct bonding or laser welded with one another via at least one weld location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: TRUMPF LASER GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Stolzenburg, Vincent Kuhn
  • Publication number: 20140376581
    Abstract: A laser system includes a laser-active solid and a heat sink. The heat sink is thermally coupled with the laser-active solid. The laser-active solid and the heat sink are joined together by at least one of direct bonding or laser welded with one another via at least one weld location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Christian Stolzenburg, Vincent Kuhn