Patents by Inventor Anke Schuler

Anke Schuler 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: 20240024819
    Abstract: Disclosed is a catalytic device for the removal of nitrogen oxides and ammonia from the exhaust gas of lean-burn combustion engines, comprising an upstream SCR catalyst comprising a carrier substrate, and a first washcoat comprising a first SCR catalytically active composition SCRfirst and optionally at least one first binder, wherein the first washcoat is applied to the carrier substrate; and a downstream ASC catalyst comprising a carrier substrate, and a bottom layer comprising a third washcoat comprising an oxidation catalyst and optionally at least one third binder, said bottom layer being applied directly onto the carrier substrate, and a top layer comprising a second washcoat comprising a second SCR catalytically active composition SCRsecond and optionally at least one second binder and, said top layer being applied onto the bottom layer; wherein the upstream SCR catalyst and the downstream ASC catalyst are present on a single carrier substrate or on two different carrier substrates, and the first and t
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Massimo Colombo, Michael Seyler, Anke Schuler, Michelle Bendrich
  • Patent number: 10989089
    Abstract: The invention relates to a particle filter, which comprises a wall flow filter and SCR-active material, wherein the wall flow filter comprises ducts which extend in parallel between the first and the second end of the wall flow filter and which are alternately closed in a gas-tight manner either at the first or the second end and which are separated by porous walls, the pores of which have inner surfaces, and the SCR-active material is located in the form of a coating on the inner surfaces of the pores of the porous walls, characterized in that the coating has a gradient, such that the side of the coating facing the exhaust gas has a higher selectivity in the SCR reaction than the side of the coating that faces the inner surfaces of the pores. The SCR-active material is preferably a small-pore zeolite, which has a maximum ring size of eight tetrahedral atoms and is exchanged with copper and/or iron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Anke Schuler, Katja Adelmann, Franz Dornhaus, Michael Schiffer, Stephan Eckhoff
  • Patent number: 10961886
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a particle filter which comprises a wall-flow filter and SCR-catalytically active material, wherein the wall-flow filter comprises ducts which extend in parallel between a first and a second end of the wall-flow filter and which are alternately closed off in gas-type fashion either at the first or at the second end and which are separated by porous walls, and wherein the SCR-active material comprises a zeolite which is exchanged with copper and/or iron and which is situated in the form of a coating in the porous walls of the wall-flow filter, characterized in that the SCR-catalytically active coating comprises palladium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Anke Schuler, Franz Dornhaus
  • Patent number: 10898889
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a SCR catalyst comprising a carrier substrate of the length L, which is a flow-through substrate, and a coating A which comprises a small pore zeolite, copper and palladium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Kenneth Sherwood Price, Anke Schuler, Michael Seyler, Frank-Walter Schütze, Marcus Pfeifer
  • Publication number: 20200406191
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an SCR-active material, comprising a small-pore zeolite, aluminum oxide and copper, characterized in that it contains 5 to 25 wt-% of aluminum oxide in relation to the entire material and that the copper is present on the aluminum oxide in a first concentration and on the small-pore zeolite in a second concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Seyler, Michael Lennartz, Frank-Walter Schuetze, Benjamin Barth, Anke Schuler, Frank Welsch, Stephan Eckhoff
  • Patent number: 10799831
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an SCR-active material, comprising a small-pore zeolite, aluminum oxide and copper, characterized in that it contains 5 to 25 wt-% of aluminum oxide in relation to the entire material and that the copper is present on the aluminum oxide in a first concentration and on the small-pore zeolite in a second concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Seyler, Michael Lennartz, Frank-Walter Schuetze, Benjamin Barth, Anke Schuler, Frank Welsch, Stephan Eckhoff
  • Publication number: 20190368399
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a particle filter which comprises a wall-flow filter and SCR-catalytically active material, wherein the wall-flow filter comprises ducts which extend in parallel between a first and a second end of the wall-flow filter and which are alternately closed off in gas-type fashion either at the first or at the second end and which are separated by porous walls, and wherein the SCR-active material comprises a zeolite which is exchanged with copper and/or iron and which is situated in the form of a coating in the porous walls of the wall-flow filter, characterized in that the SCR-catalytically active coating comprises palladium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Anke Schuler, Franz Dornhaus
  • Publication number: 20190226372
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a SCR catalyst comprising a carrier substrate of the length L, which is a flow-through substrate, and a coating A which comprises a small pore zeolite, copper and palladium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Kenneth Sherwood PRICE, Anke SCHULER, Michael SEYLER, Frank-Walter SCHÜTZE, Marcus PFEIFER
  • Publication number: 20190203625
    Abstract: The invention relates to a particle filter, which comprises a wall flow filter and SCR-active material, wherein the wall flow filter comprises ducts which extend in parallel between the first and the second end of the wall flow filter and which are alternately closed in a gas-tight manner either at the first or the second end and which are separated by porous walls, the pores of which have inner surfaces, and the SCR-active material is located in the form of a coating on the inner surfaces of the pores of the porous walls, characterized in that the coating has a gradient, such that the side of the coating facing the exhaust gas has a higher selectivity in the SCR reaction than the side of the coating that faces the inner surfaces of the pores. The SCR-active material is preferably a small-pore zeolite, which has a maximum ring size of eight tetrahedral atoms and is exchanged with copper and/or iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Anke Schuler, Katja Adelmann, Franz Dornhaus, Michael Schiffer, Stephan Eckhoff
  • Publication number: 20190184338
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an SCR-active material, comprising a small-pore zeolite, aluminum oxide and copper, characterized in that it contains 5 to 25 wt-% of aluminum oxide in relation to the entire material and that the copper is present on the aluminum oxide in a first concentration and on the small-pore zeolite in a second concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Seyler, Michael Lennartz, Frank-Walter Schuetze, Benjamin Barth, Anke Schuler, Frank Welsch, Stephan Eckhoff
  • Publication number: 20190105650
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst, which comprises a catalyst substrate of the length L and two SCR-catalytically active materials A and B, wherein the SCR-catalytically active material A contains a zeolite of the levyne structure type, which contains ion-exchanged iron and/or copper, and the SCR-catalytically active material B contains a zeolite of the chabazite structure type, which contains ion-exchanged iron and/or copper, wherein (i) the SCR-catalytically active materials A and B are in the form of two material zones A and B, wherein material zone A extends from the first end of the catalyst substrate at least over part of the length L and material zone B extends from the second end of the catalyst substrate at least over part of the length L, or wherein (ii) the catalyst substrate is formed by the SCR-catalytically active material A or B and a matrix component and the SCR-catalytically active material B or A extends at least over part of the length L of the catalyst substrate in the form of a material
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Frank WELSCH, Stephan ECKHOFF, Michael SEYLER, Anke SCHULER
  • Publication number: 20190060885
    Abstract: The invention relates to a particle filter, which comprises a wall flow filter and two SCR-catalytically active materials A and B which are different from each other, wherein the SCR-catalytically active material A contains a zeolite of the chabazite structure type, which contains ion-exchanged iron and/or copper, and the SCR-catalytically active material B contains a zeolite of the levyne structure type, which contains ion-exchanged iron and/or copper, wherein (i) the SCR-catalytically active materials A and B are in the form of two material zones A and B, wherein material zone A extends from the first end of the wall flow filter at least over part of the length L and material zone B extends from the second end of the wall flow filter at least over part of the length L, or wherein (ii) the wall flow filter is formed by the SCR-catalytically active material A or B and a matrix component and the SCR-catalytically active material B or A extends at least over part of the length L of the wall flow filter in the f
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Frank WELSCH, Stephan ECKHOFF, Michael SEYLER, Anke SCHULER
  • Patent number: 9662638
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nitrogen oxide storage catalyst composed of at least two catalytically active coatings on a support body, wherein a lower coating A contains cerium oxide, and platinum and/or palladium, but no alkaline earth metal compound, and an upper coating B which is disposed above coating A contains an alkaline earth metal compound, a basic mixed magnesium-aluminum oxide, and platinum and palladium, and to a method for converting NOx in exhaust gases of motor vehicles which are operated with lean-burn engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ruediger Hoyer, Anke Schuler, Elena Mueller, Thomas Utschig, Gerald Jeske
  • Patent number: 9527036
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst system for treatment of diesel exhaust gas, comprising, in flow direction of the exhaust gas, a nitrogen oxide storage catalyst containing a nitrogen oxide storage component and noble metal and a diesel particulate filter containing noble metal selected from the group of platinum, palladium, and platinum and palladium, characterized in that the noble metal loading of the nitrogen oxide storage catalyst is 100 to 180 g/ft3 (3.53 to 6.36 g/L) and the noble metal loading of the diesel particulate filter is 5 to 35 g/ft3 (0.18 to 1.24 g/L).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Schiffer, Ulrich Goebel, Franz Dornhaus, Anke Schuler, Ruediger Hoyer, Marcus Pfeifer, Gerald Jeske
  • Patent number: 9433899
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for removing carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from the exhaust gas of lean-burn internal combustion engines, said exhaust gas being passed over a catalyst which contains platinum supported on one or more refractory supporting materials, pure cerium oxide, and optionally an additional noble metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium and rhodium, wherein the pure cerium oxide is in close contact with the noble metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ruediger Hoyer, Anke Schuler, Stefan Franoschek, Thomas R. Pauly, Gerald Jeske
  • Patent number: 9346026
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus for mixing gaseous mixture components. The present invention likewise relates to a correspondingly applied method and to the use of an apparatus according to the invention for mixing components of the exhaust gas of internal combustion engines with a reducing agent and to a correspondingly designed reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Yvonne Demel, Roland Kramarek, Anke Schuler
  • Publication number: 20160051930
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for removing carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from the exhaust gas of lean-burn internal combustion engines, said exhaust gas being passed over a catalyst which contains platinum supported on one or more refractory supporting materials, pure cerium oxide, and optionally an additional noble metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium and rhodium, wherein the pure cerium oxide is in close contact with the noble metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Ruediger HOYER, Anke SCHULER, Stefan FRANOSCHEK, Thomas R. PAULY, Gerald JESKE
  • Publication number: 20150352495
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nitrogen oxide storage catalyst composed of at least two catalytically active washcoat layers on a support body, wherein a lower washcoat layer A contains cerium oxide, an alkaline earth metal compound and/or an alkali metal compound, and also platinum, and an upper washcoat layer B disposed atop the washcoat layer A, containing cerium oxide, and also platinum and palladium, and no alkaline earth metal compound, and a method for converting NOx in the exhaust gases of motor vehicles which are operated with lean-burn engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ruediger HOYER, Anke SCHULER, Thomas UTSCHIG, Elena MUELLER
  • Publication number: 20150336085
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nitrogen oxide storage catalyst composed of at least two catalytically active coatings on a support body, wherein a lower coating A contains cerium oxide, and platinum and/or palladium, but no alkaline earth metal compound, and an upper coating B which is disposed above coating A contains an alkaline earth metal compound, a basic mixed magnesium-aluminum oxide, and platinum and palladium, and to a method for converting NOx in exhaust gases of motor vehicles which are operated with lean-burn engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ruediger HOYER, Anke SCHULER, Elena MUELLER, Thomas UTSCHIG, Gerald JESKE
  • Publication number: 20150273394
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst system for treatment of diesel exhaust gas, comprising, in flow direction of the exhaust gas, a nitrogen oxide storage catalyst containing a nitrogen oxide storage component and noble metal and a diesel particulate filter containing noble metal selected from the group of platinum, palladium, and platinum and palladium, characterized in that the noble metal loading of the nitrogen oxide storage catalyst is 100 to 180 g/ft3 (153 to 6.36 g/L) and the noble metal loading of the diesel particulate filter is 5 to 35 g/ft3 (0.18 to 1.24 g/L.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Schiffer, Ulrich Goebel, Franz Dornhaus, Anke Schuler, Ruediger Hoyer, Marcus Pfeifer, Gerald Jeske