Patents by Inventor Andreas Lang

Andreas Lang 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: 20200353508
    Abstract: The invention relates to a screening element for screening and transporting grit material, for applying to a sanding device of a sanding apparatus for a vehicle. The screening element includes a plate element provided with a shaft-coupling mechanism, at least one through-opening, and at least one lug. The shaft-coupling mechanism is designed to couple the screening element to a shaft device of a rotary feeder of the sanding device. The through-opening is arranged in the plate element and is designed to guide grit material through the plate element. The lug extends transversely in relation to a main surface of the plate element, away from the plate element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Georg KRISMANIC, Andreas LANG, Albert MISSLIWETZ
  • Patent number: 10626773
    Abstract: A mix box for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, the mix box being used to incorporate additives into an exhaust gas flow and including at least one inlet tube, at least one outlet tube and a housing for accommodating the inlet tube and the outlet tube, wherein: the housing delimits a volume of the mix box in relation to the surroundings; the inlet tube has an inflow section located inside the housing, which inflow section is provided with at least one inflow opening for introducing the exhaust gas into the housing; the outlet tube has a metering device designed as an injection nozzle at the end of the outlet tube and has an outflow section located inside the housing, which outflow section has a length (La) and is provided with at least one outflow opening for discharging the exhaust gas from the housing; a flow zone is provided between the inlet tube and the outlet tube and the flow zone, over at least 30% of its length (La), is free of flow guiding elements which deflect the flow in a circu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Gehrlein, Frank Terres, Andreas Lang, Gert Müller
  • Patent number: 10604062
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a headlight, a first position sensor for outputting first position information, a second position sensor for outputting second position information, and an actuating system which is configured to adjust a light distribution generated by the headlight as a function of the first and second position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Lang, Thomas Hagenreiner
  • Publication number: 20200010819
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel cellulase, the use of the novel cellulase in various applications such as detergent compositions and a composition comprising the novel cellulase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Claudia JAKOB, Timothy O'CONNELL, Helge JOCHENS, Frank WALLRAPP, Michael HOESL, Andreas KOHL, Thomas EISELE, Jonathan BEST, Andrew Thomas COOK, Panagiotis KOTSAKIS, Dietmar Andreas LANG, Neil James PARRY, Ilaria SAMBI
  • Patent number: 10526517
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ready-to-use hot melt adhesive containing at least 95% of one or more polyolefin copolymer waxes, which have been prepared by means of metallocene catalysts, characterised in that the polyolefin copolymer wax consists of propylene and one or more further monomers selected from ethylene and branched or unbranched 1-alkenes having 4 to 20 C-atoms and the content of structural units derived from propylene in the copolymer waxes amounts to 80 to 99.9% by weight, and the hot melt adhesive has a surface tension of the melt, measured at a temperature of 170° C., of at most 23 mN/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Timo Herrlich, Christian Steib, Hans-Friedrich Herrmann, Andreas Lang
  • Patent number: 10435039
    Abstract: A sanding system for a rail vehicle includes a housing of a cellular wheel sluice having an inlet located at the top and an outlet located at the bottom, a pivotably mounted cellular wheel having a plurality of cells, and a motor that is coupled with the cellular wheel. The sanding system further includes a container connected to the inlet of the cellular wheel sluice for receiving brake sand, or a feed line connected to the inlet of the cellular wheel sluice for transporting brake sand, and a discharge line connected to the outlet of the cellular wheel sluice for transporting brake sand. The motor for driving the cellular wheel is thereby arranged above the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Georg Krismanic, Andreas Lang, Albert Schneider
  • Publication number: 20190276713
    Abstract: The invention relates to contact adhesive compounds containing 5 to 50 wt % copolymers of propylene having ethylene and/or having olefins, selected from the group of 1-olefins having 4 to 20 C atoms, wherein the copolymers have been produced with the aid of metallocene catalysts and are characterized by a) a flow point, measured in accordance with ASTM D97, of <50° C., b) a viscosity at 170° C. in the range from 20 to 3000 mPa·s, measured with a rotary viscometer to DIN 53019, c) a density in the range from 0.84 to 0.90 g/cm3, measured at 23° C. in accordance with ISO 1183, d) a glass transition temperature of <?35° C., measured in accordance with the DSC method according to DIN EN ISO 11357-2:2014.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: CLARIANT PLASTICS & COATINGS LTD
    Inventors: Christian STEIB, Erik HAUCK, Gerd HOHNER, Andreas LANG, Manuel BROEHMER
  • Patent number: 10400197
    Abstract: Compositions comprising lipases and biosurfactants, especially psychrophilic lipases and biosurfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: CONOPCO INC.
    Inventors: Simone Antonio De Rose, Dietmar Andreas Lang, Jennifer Ann Littlechild-Bond, Halina Rose Novak, Sukriti Singh
  • Publication number: 20190225846
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ready-to-use hot melt adhesive containing at least 95% of one or more polyolefin copolymer waxes, which have been prepared by means of metallocene catalysts, characterised in that the polyolefin copolymer wax consists of propylene and one or more further monomers selected from ethylene and branched or unbranched 1-alkenes having 4 to 20 C-atoms and the content of structural units derived from propylene in the copolymer waxes amounts to 80 to 99.9% by weight, and the hot melt adhesive has a surface tension of the melt, measured at a temperature of 170° C., of at most 23 mN/m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Timo HERRLICH, Christian STEIB, Hans-Friedrich HERRMANN, Andreas LANG
  • Patent number: 10287467
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ready-to-use hot melt adhesive containing at least 95% of one or more polyolefin copolymer waxes, which have been prepared by means of metallocene catalysts, characterized in that the polyolefin copolymer wax consists of propylene and one or more further monomers selected from ethylene and branched or unbranched 1-alkenes having 4 to 20 C-atoms and the content of structural units derived from propylene in the copolymer waxes amounts to 80 to 99.9% by weight, and the hot melt adhesive has a surface tension of the melt, measured at a temperature of 170 DEG C., of at most 23 mN/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Timo Herrlich, Christian Steib, Hans-Friedrich Herrmann, Andreas Lang
  • Patent number: 10208645
    Abstract: A mixing chamber for mixing an additive in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, having a single-part or multi-part housing which has an entry opening for exhaust gas having a flow cross-section and having a central entry axis, and which has, arranged downstream of the entry opening, an exit opening for exhaust gas having a flow cross-section and having a central exit axis. A flow-guiding element is arranged within the housing between the two openings, wherein the flow-guiding element is tubular and forms at least one channel having a channel axis, said channel having an inlet and having an outlet, via which the entire exhaust gas stream is guided, in a flow direction parallel to the channel axis, to the outlet having an outlet cross-section, and the flow direction deviates relative to the central exit axis by an angle a of between 20° and 80°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Gehrlein, Frank Terres, Andreas Lang
  • Publication number: 20190032535
    Abstract: A mixing chamber for mixing an additive in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine includes a housing, a flow-guiding element and a downstream substrate. The flow-guiding element is arranged within the housing between an inlet opening and an outlet opening. The flow-guiding element is tubular and forms a channel including a channel wall, one inlet and one outlet, via which all of the exhaust gas is guided through the channel to the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Joachim GEHRLEIN, Frank TERRES, Andreas LANG
  • Publication number: 20190016996
    Abstract: A liquid detergency composition comprising a protease and a lipase, wherein the lipase comprises a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence which has at least 90 percent sequence identity with the wild-type lipase derived from Humicola lanuginosa strain DSM 4109 and, compared to said wild-type lipase, comprises a substitution of an electrically neutral or negatively charged amino acid within 15 A of E1 or Q249 with a positively charged amino acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Simone Antonio DE ROSE, Andrew DOWD, Dietmar Andreas LANG, Jennifer Ann LITTLECHILD-BOND, Halina Rose NOVAK, Neil James PARRY, Sukriti SINGH
  • Patent number: 10072550
    Abstract: A mixer for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine for mixing additives into an exhaust gas flow, with at least one inlet pipe having a pipe axis, with at least one outlet pipe having a pipe axis and with a housing for receiving the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe, wherein the outlet pipe has an inner part which is arranged within the housing and is provided with at least one outflow opening for the purpose of conducting the exhaust gas out of the housing, wherein the housing has a first housing part with a first housing edge and at least one second housing part with a second housing edge, wherein the two housing parts are at least partially connected via the housing edge, and in that the inlet pipe has an inner part which is arranged within the housing and is provided with at least one inlet opening for the purpose of introducing the exhaust gas into the housing, wherein a) the respective housing edge as at least two formations, each having a center axis, and/or b) the respective housing part has
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Gehrlein, Frank Terres, Andreas Lang, Gert Müller
  • Publication number: 20180245023
    Abstract: A liquid detergency composition comprising: protease and non-protease enzyme wherein at least part of either the protease or the non-protease enzyme is cross-linked enzyme aggregate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Simone Antonio De Rose, Andrew DOWD, Dietmar Andreas LANG, Jennifer Ann LITTLECHILD-BOND, Halina Rose NOVAK, Neil James PARRY, Sukriti SINGH
  • Publication number: 20180245024
    Abstract: Compositions comprising lipases and biosurfactants, especially psychrophilic lipases and biosurfactants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Simone Antonio DE ROSE, Dietmar Andreas LANG, Jennifer Ann LITTLECHILD-BOND, Halina Rose NOVAK, Sukriti SINGH
  • Publication number: 20180237729
    Abstract: Laundry compositions comprising lipases from Psychromonas ingrahamii. Uses of such compositions in methods of laundry, especially at low temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Simone Antonio DE ROSE, Dietmar Andreas LANG, Jennifer Ann LITTLECHILD-BOND, Halina Rose NOVAK, Sukriti SINGH
  • Publication number: 20180127522
    Abstract: A polyethylene homopolymer having improved grindability, prepared with a metallocene catalyst system and is characterized by a melt viscosity of 5 to <60 mPa·s at 140° C. and a ram penetration hardness ranging from 210 to 500 bar, as measured according to DGF M-III 9e, and to use thereof as a component in toners, hot-melt adhesives or pigment master batches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: CLARIANT PLASTICS & COATINGS LTD
    Inventors: Andreas LANG, Hans-Friedrich HERRMANN, Gerd HOHNER, Sebastijan BACH, Rainer FELL
  • Patent number: 9957870
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas mixing pipe for admixing additive into an exhaust-gas stream of a combustion engine. The housing wall has multiple rows, arranged over a circumference U, of openings through which gas can flow into the interior of the pipe, wherein the at least one opening of a row forms in each case one stage M characterized according to its size by the average opening cross section Q of the openings, wherein the sum of all the opening cross sections Q of all the openings of all the rows of the exhaust-gas mixing pipe is equal to SQ. In that context, at least one first-order stage M1, is provided, wherein stage M1 has openings having an average opening cross section Q1. At least one second-order stage M2, is provided, with openings having an average opening cross section Q2, where Q2>=f Q1, where 5<=f<=25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Bertram Stelzer, Joachim Gehrlein, Andreas Lang, Michael Wolf, Christoph Burg
  • Publication number: 20180030874
    Abstract: A mix box for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, the mix box being used to incorporate additives into an exhaust gas flow and including at least one inlet tube, at least one outlet tube and a housing for accommodating the inlet tube and the outlet tube, wherein: the housing delimits a volume of the mix box in relation to the surroundings; the inlet tube has an inflow section located inside the housing, which inflow section is provided with at least one inflow opening for introducing the exhaust gas into the housing; the outlet tube has a metering device designed as an injection nozzle at the end of the outlet tube and has an outflow section located inside the housing, which outflow section has a length (La) and is provided with at least one outflow opening for discharging the exhaust gas from the housing; a flow zone is provided between the inlet tube and the outlet tube and the flow zone, over at least 30% of its length (La), is free of flow guiding elements which deflect the flow in a circu
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Joachim GEHRLEIN, Frank TERRES, Andreas LANG, Gert MÜLLER