Patents by Inventor Volker Strubel

Volker Strubel 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: 6668450
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of an MID device. Proceeding from a conductor track sheet, which comprises a support sheet as well as conductor tracks arranged thereon, a plastic body is injection-molded onto this conductor track sheet. The conductor tracks have a surface having numerous microscopically small projections and depressions and are designed so as to thereby produce a positively locking connection between the conductor tracks and the plastic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing S.A.
    Inventors: Hans-Otto Haller, Volker Strubel, Gunter Beitinger
  • Patent number: 6572954
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electromechanical component which is configured as a sandwich-type structure. In the interior of said structure, a support layer consisting of foamed plastic is arranged. Said support layer is placed between covering layers which consist of compact materials. All layers are produced from hardly inflammable plastic material, for example LCP or PEI plastics so that it is not necessary to add any flame-retardant additives. The component can be configured in the shape of a slab but it can also have a more complex three-dimensional structure and can optionally be provided with mechanical functional elements. Accordingly to an aspect of the invention, the support layer of the component can consist of silicone. The composition of the inventive component provides a means for simplifying recycling a product at the end of its lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing, S.A.
    Inventors: Hans-Otto Haller, Volker Strubel