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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6699425 | Device and method for transferring microstructures A device and a method for transferring microstructures from a tool to a substrate which is to be structured. The device and method are intended to align the tool and the substrate in a mutually controlled manner. The device contains supports for the tool ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6621839 | Method for contacting a high-power diode laser bar and a high-power diode laser bar-contact arrangement of electrical contacts with minor thermal function A method is disclosed for joining an electrical contact of minor thermal function to a high-power diode laser bar, comprises the step of joining the contact and the HDB by a joining material containing an adhesive. A high-power diode laser bar-contact arr... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6560045 | Elastic lens holder Elastic lens holder with a lens mount and a lens, an annular groove being constructed on the circumferential surface of the lens, and there being present at the lens mount elastic segments whose free ends engage radially under pretension in the annular gr... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6535533 | Mounting substrate and heat sink for high-power diode laser bars Mounting substrate and heat sink for high-power diode laser bars, the mounting substrate permitting mounting of the high-power diode laser bars by hard-soldering on the basis of a matching expansion to the semiconductor material. The mounting substrate is... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6419439 | Indexer for magazine shelves of a magazine and wafer-shaped objects contained therein An indexer for magazine shelves of a magazine and wafer-shaped objects contained therein has the object of ensuring accurate access in any desired and predeterminable magazine plane, also for magazines which are provided with an opening on only one removi... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6337873 | Optical arrangement for balancing the beam of one or more high power diode lasers arranged one above another An optical arrangement is provided for balancing the beam of one or more high-power diode lasers (HP-DL) arranged one above another. The beam, which is known to diverge very differently in the direction of the pn junction and perpendicular to the pn junction o... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6324897 | Partial-pressure sensor A partial pressure sensor is disclosed which is suitable for determining the partial pressure of a gas or vapor in a thermally uncontrolled gas atmosphere over a large measurement range and with high measuring accuracy.... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6279730 | Arrangement for the movement of production goods along a production line An arrangement for conveying material to be conveyed along a conveying plane, in particular for freight-loading systems in freight compartments, preferably of aircraft is disclosed. The arrangement provides that driving material to be conveyed along a con... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6266358 | Diode-pumped solid-state laser with an exchangeable pumping module The invention relates to a diode-pumped solid-state laser (DSSL) comprises a pumping light source having a diode stack. The inventive laser also comprises a laser rod and a pumping cavity, whereby the pumping light source accommodated in a separate housin... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6224090 | Airbag cover An airbag cover in a dashboard, a steering wheel hub cover, or door panel with at least one predetermined breaking line whose shape is substantially determined by a line-shaped weakened portion. The line-shaped weakened portion is a perforation line exten... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6147356 | Arrangement for the detection of disk-shaped objects in a cassette An arrangement for the detection of disk-shaped objects in a cassette preferably for detecting the presence and the position of semiconductor wafers in a cassette is disclosed. Reliable detection of disk-shaped objects in cassettes is provided regardless ... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6137565 | Bragg grating temperature/strain fiber sensor having combination interferometer/spectrometer output arrangement An arrangement for simultaneous optical determination of temperature and strain fluctuations in an optical fiber for precisely determining the changes in environmental influences and/or fiber loads is disclosed. The arrangement performs two different meas... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6078384 | Process and arrangement for the evaluation of laser doppler signals Processes and arrangements for the evaluation of laser Doppler signals, especially in laser Doppler anemometers (LDA) or vibrometers, are disclosed. The object of these processes and arrangements is to find a simple possibility for evaluating laser Dopple... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6058129 | Laser with different emission directions A laser comprises an active element and two resonators wherein each resonator further comprises a highly reflective resonator element and an output coupling element which reflects the radiation of the active element in itself. The active element amplifies... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6033175 | Docking mechanism for aligning, coupling and securing a movable cart to a stationary workstation A device that aligns and couples a movable object to a destination includes fixed and movable coupling elements that interengage with one another. The fixed coupling elements are provided in a fixed location at the destination and the movable coupling ele... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5992404 | Process and device for clearing out joints in masonry A process and a device for clearing out joints in masonry is disclosed. The clearing out is effected by producing a groove by high-pressure water jets that are so oriented and guided relative to one another and relative to the desired groove. Further, a g... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5993189 | Apparatus for molding microsystem structures The apparatus and process to compensate for variations in thickness of molding tools and of moldable materials used in an embossing process to be carried out under a vacuum, while ensuring high dimensional stability, and to ensure different molding depths... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5967740 | Device for the transport of objects to a destination A device for transporting objects to a destination has the aim of providing an economical and simplified design of a technical solution for transferring containers in an ergonomic manner such that the operating processes are substantially facilitated. A t... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5920584 | High-power diode laser and method for mounting the same A high-power diode laser and a method for mounting same are described. Predetermined breaking locations in the laser bar are provided which, during cooling after the laser bar has been soldered to a heat sink having a smaller thermal expansion coefficient... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5882572 | Method for producing a line-shaped weakening by means of lasers A method is described for producing a line-shaped weakening in a flat material by one-sided local removal of the flat material by controllable pulsed laser radiation. The occurring line-shaped weakening is not visible on the surface of the flat material t... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5877898 | Arrangement for combining and shaping the radiation of a plurality of laser diode lines 0587788986 The arrangement for combining and shaping the radiation of a plurality of laser diode lines, comprising at least two laser diode lines whose radiation has a cross section in the emission plane (x-y plane) whose longitudinal axis is a multiple o... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5814116 | Arrangement for generating a purified, low-turbulence air flow for supplying local clean rooms An arrangement for generating a purified, low-turbulence air flow for supplying local clean rooms is aimed to reduce the constructional depth of an air processing installation and, in addition, to extensively prevent the transmission of vibrations from th... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5807062 | Arrangement for handling wafer-shaped objects An arrangement for handling wafer-shaped objects is to ensure a high degree of positioning accuracy with increased productivity, freely selectable transport paths, and low mechanical expenditure under SMIF conditions. The arrangement has at least one inde... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5664679 | Transport container for wafer-shaped objects A transport container for wafer-shaped objects to keep particles away from and remove them from the interior of the transport container when opening the latter, in particular also those particles located in the door gaps, without restricting handling. Cle... | 09/09/1997 |