| FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. Patent applications |
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| 20120118873 | HEATER, IN PARTICULAR HIGH-TEMPERATURE HEATER, AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention relates to a method for producing a heater, in particular a high-temperature heater and also a high-temperature heater, for example for domestic heating appliances, in which a layer that produces heat when a current flows through is provided on a carrier material ( | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120097240 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A solar cell, including a silicon substrate ( | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120069428 | SINGLE-MODE PROPAGATION IN MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS - The invention relates to an optical fiber as an optical waveguide for the single-mode operation. The present invention proposes a fiber having a microstructure, by which the propagation of modes of a higher order are selectively suppressed in the optical waveguide. At the same time, the propagation of transversal modes of a higher order is dampened more strongly than the propagation of the fundamental modes of the optical waveguide. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120040099 | SOL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DELAFOSSITE MIXED OXIDE LAYER STRUCTURE ON A SUBSTRATE AND ALSO A SUBSTRATE COATED WITH A MIXED OXIDE - The present invention relates to a sedimentation-stable sol which, in addition to a copper(II) salt, also comprises at least one further metallic salt, an additive which is contained ensuring that the metallic salts contained in the sol remain dissolved or in dispersion. Furthermore, the sol is suitable in the method according to the invention for producing a metallic mixed oxide layer on a substrate, the metallic mixed oxide layer having a delafossite structure. Likewise, a substrate which has a metallic mixed oxide layer with a delafossite structure and also possibilities of use thereof are indicated according to the invention. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20110318490 | METHOD FOR DEPOSITING A COATING - A coating apparatus and method for depositing a coating that contains at least one first element on a substrate by an activated vapor deposition, wherein the substrate is introduced into a gas atmosphere that contains at least the first element, and the gas atmosphere is activated by a heated activation element, wherein the first element is selected from among silicon, germanium, carbon, boron, or nitrogen, and the material of the activation element contains at least one metal and at least one second element, wherein the second element is selected from among silicon, boron, germanium, carbon, and/or nitrogen and is different from the first element. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110308333 | SAMPLE CHAMBER ADAPTER, IN PARTICULAR FOR THE CRYOCONSERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES - An adapter device includes a receptacle including at least one receiving element that detachably secures a sample chamber for cryoconservation of a biological sample, and a coupling device that connects the receptacle to a base section which can be secured in a cooling device, wherein the receiving element is 1) immobile in a holding state at a cryoconservation temperature and secures the sample chamber and 2) at least one of deformable and movable in a release state at a temperature above the cryoconservation temperature so that the sample chamber is detachable from the adapter device or can be inserted into the adapter device. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110306875 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY METHOD - The present invention relates to an optical coherence tomography system having an interferometer, in particular a Michelson interferometer, having a reference arm (R) for variable adjustment of an optical reference path length and having a measuring arm (M) in which an object (sample P) to be scanned can be disposed and/or is disposed in a sample volume (PV), | 12-15-2011 |
| 20100300731 | FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT BOARD MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A method for producing a flexible circuit board material having a polymer substrate and a copper layer. The method includes depositing a layer of titanium oxide to be between the polymer substrate and the copper layer. The layer of titanium oxide and the copper layer are deposited using vacuum methods. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100267194 | METHOD FOR APPLYING ELECTRICAL CONTACTS ON SEMICONDUCTING SUBSTRATES, SEMICONDUCTING SUBSTRATE AND USE OF THE METHOD - An electrical contact is applied on a semiconducting substrate, such as a solar cell. A layer of metallic powder is applied on the substrate. A laser beam is the guided over the substrate for local sintering and/or melting of the metallic powder. The non-sintered or non-melted metallic powder is then removed from the substrate. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100218826 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SILICON SOLAR CELL WITH A BACK-ETCHED EMITTER AS WELL AS A CORRESPONDING SOLAR CELL - A method is presented for producing a silicon solar cell with a back-etched emitter preferably with a selective emitter and a corresponding solar cell. According to one aspect, the method comprises the following method steps: producing a two-dimensionally extending emitter at an emitter surface of a solar cell substrate; applying an etching barrier onto first partial zones of the emitter surface; etching the emitter surface in second partial zones of the emitter surface not covered by the etching barrier; removing the etching barrier; and producing metal contacts at the first partial zones. During the method, especially during the etching of the emitter surface in the second partial zones, a porous silicon layer is advantageously produced, which is then oxidised. This oxidised porous silicon layer can subsequently be etched away together with any phosphorus glass that may be present. The method makes use of conventional screen-printing and etching technologies and is thus compatible with current industrial production plants. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100213166 | Process and Device for The Precision-Processing Of Substrates by Means of a Laser Coupled Into a Liquid Stream, And Use of Same - The invention relates to a method for precision processing of substrates in which a liquid jet which is directed towards a substrate surface and contains a processing reagent is guided over the regions of the substrate to be processed, a laser beam being coupled into the liquid jet. Likewise, a device which is suitable for implementation of the method is described. The method is used for different process steps in the production of solar cells. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100173167 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING THIN LAYERS AND CORRESPONDING LAYER - The invention relates to a coating method comprising the following steps
| 07-08-2010 |
| 20100167382 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE FORMATION OF BIOLOGICAL CELL MATERIAL - A manipulation tool is disclosed for producing cell material having multiple biological cells, which have a predefined geometrical arrangement. The tool includes a tool body, whose surface at least partially contacts the cell material, and a setting device for adjusting the tool body by a continuous expansion, so that geometrical properties of the surface change and an interior of the tool body is enlarged. The setting device is adapted to expand the tool body at an advance velocity in a range from 0.1 μm/h to 1 mm/h. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100144079 | METHOD FOR THE PRECISION PROCESSING OF SUBSTRATES - The invention relates to a method for the precision processing of substrates, in particular for the microstructuring of thin layers, local dopant introduction and also local application of a metal nucleation layer in which a liquid-assisted laser, i.e. laser irradiation of a substrate which is covered in the regions to be processed by a suitable reactive liquid, is implemented. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100140111 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR ELECTRICALLY CONTACTING AN OBJECT SURROUNDED BY A MEMBRANE, USING AN ELECTRODE - Method and arrangement for making electrical contact with a membrane-enveloped object using an electrode | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100129312 | INFANT FORMULA CONTAINING AN AROMA COMPOSITION FOR USE AS FRAGRANCE - The invention relates to a nutraceutical composition such as infant formula or infant food comprising a) a defined aroma composition; b) a methodology for developing, maintaining certain aroma constituents in the infant formula and an aroma or fragrance composition to be used to increase the acceptance of a person or an object by the baby or new born. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100120360 | METHOD OF AND RADIO NETWORK FOR TRANSMITTING LAYERED DATA TO MULTIPLE RECEIVING STATIONS - A radio network with at least one sending station, at least one relay station and at least a first and a second receiving station transmits data organized in at least a first and a second layer, where at least the first layer is routed via a first path from the base station to the relay station to a first receiving station and at least the second layer is routed to the second receiving station via a different second path. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100062529 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE DEPOSITION OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL IN A TARGET SUBSTRATE - Disclosed is a deposition apparatus ( | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100054603 | DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DETECTING CHARACTERS IN AN IMAGE - A device for detecting characters in an image includes a Hough transformer implemented to identify, as identified elements of writing, circular arcs or elliptical arcs in the image or in a preprocessed version of the image. The device further includes a character description generator implemented to obtain, on the basis of the identified circular arcs or elliptical arcs, a character description which describes locations of the identified circular arcs or elliptical arcs. In addition, the device includes a database comparator implemented to compare the character description with a plurality of comparative character descriptions which have character codes associated with them, so as to provide, as a result of the comparison, a character code of a detected character. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100033829 | Device for Homogenizing Radiation by Means of Irregular Microlens Arrays - A device for the homogenization of radiation, preferably light, using chirped microlens arrays (cMLA) from the established regular microlens arrays (rMLA), chirped microlens arrays are an arrangement of non-identical lenses in one array. Non-identical means that the lens parameters of the lenses of the array, such as e.g. the radius of curvature, the free diameter, vertex position, and others, can vary from lens to lens or cell to cell. The parameters of each lens or cell can be determined by functions (analytically, numerically), the functions preferably being dependent upon the position of the cell or the lens in the array. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20090316113 | MAPPING OPTICAL IMAGES ONTO AN IMAGE SENSOR BY MEANS OF A FIBER OPTIC FACE PLATE OR A FIBER OPTIC TAPER - A capturing apparatus includes an optical input, a fiber optic face plate arranged at the optical input, an image sensor, and optics for mapping a real image at an optical output of the fiber optic face plate onto the image sensor in a predetermined scale. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090220781 | Composite System, Associated Use And Method For The Oxygen-Free Packaging Of Items Susceptible to Oxidation - The invention relates to a thin-film composite system which has at least one substrate film and at least one thin film. The catalyst thereby catalyses the reduction of oxygen, as a result of which oxygen which is detrimental to oxidation-susceptible packaging items is consumed. The composite system according to the invention is used also in the form of bag films, cover films or partially applied individual films for oxygen-susceptible packaging items. A method for oxygen-free packaging of oxidation-susceptible packaging items is likewise provided. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090183943 | COMPONENT FOR SOUND ABSORPTION AND AIR CONDITIONING - The invention relates to a component for sound absorption and air conditioning ( | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090148880 | METHOD AND DEVICES FOR TREATING INDIVIDUAL BIOLOGICAL CELLS - The invention relates to a method for treating a biological cell ( | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090123779 | Hard-Material-Coated Bodies and Method for Their Production - The invention relates to hard-coated bodies with a single- or multi-layer system containing at least one Ti | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090036348 | Use of Novel HNF4a Target Genes and Their Gene Products - Dysfunction of HNF4α may lead to disease and an identification of genes targeted by this factor provides insights into mechanisms of disease. In accordance with the invention thirteen new HNF4α target genes were found (C20orf13, KIAA0774, EPS15R, PLCB1, UGTREL1, RSK4, PAK5, FMR2, NEB, NFYC, KCNQ4, PRPF3, TRPC1). These genes were identified by means of molecular biological and molecular genetic methods. The genes code for various biological functions (metabolism, regulation of cell cycle and signal transduction, differentiation, ion channels, mRNA processing, see table A) and are thus important for the therapy of metabolic disorders, diabetic diseases and tumor growth. In the present invention, additionally eleven new HNF4α target genes are described. It was shown that HNF4α and TPRC1 are regulated in animal models of diabetes. Thus, TPRC1 is a candidate gene for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy. The discovery of the above described target genes of HNF4α and their function comprises an enormous potential for the treatment of metabolic discuses including diabetes and diabetic caused diseases and tumor growth. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090029470 | PROCESS AND CULTURING UNIT FOR CULTURING BIOLOGICAL CELLS - A targeted cultivation phase adjustment is provided in a process for the cultivation of cells in which biological cells are cultivated on at least one boundary surface between different, non-solid cultivation phases so that pre-determined cultivation conditions are given. A cultivation apparatus ( | 01-29-2009 |
