Patents by Inventor Bernd Luhmann

Bernd Luhmann 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: 8357449
    Abstract: Self-adhesive tape comprising a laminate composed of at least two pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) layers A and B laminated directly to one another, one or both of the surfaces to be laminated to one another of the PSA layers A and B having been chemically and/or physically pretreated prior to lamination, and the shear strength tSA/B of the self-adhesive tape at 25° C., 40° C. and 70° C. under a weight load of 1000 g being at least 80% of the shear strength tSo of the PSA layer A and/or of the PSA layer B, where tSo represents the shear strength of the PSA layer having the lower shear strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: tesa SE
    Inventors: Ingo Neubert, Bernd Lühmann
  • Publication number: 20120308814
    Abstract: The invention relates to polyacrylate-based pressure-sensitive adhesives, containing at least one resin and at least one ortho, meta or para-cresol derivative, the aromatic ring thereof being substituted on at least two carbon atoms, wherein the substitutes are derivatives of thiols and/or thioethers. The invention further relates to adhesive tapes comprising at least one layer of said pressure-sensitive adhesive and to the use of said cresol derivatives as an antioxidant for polyacrylate pressure-sensitive adhesives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: TESA SE
    Inventors: Manfred Spies, Bernd Lühmann
  • Patent number: 8129470
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising a blend of at least two components, one of which comprises a block copolymer having at least the unit P(A1)-P(B1)-P(A1) and the second of which comprises a block copolymer having at least the unit P(B2)-P(A2)-P(B2); the blend forming an at least two-phase system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventors: Thilo Dollase, Marc Husemann, Bernd Luhmann
  • Publication number: 20110318579
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive transfer tape, taking the form of a carrierless adhesive tape with an adhesive layer comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive based on a poly(meth)acrylate copolymer with the following monomers: a1) acrylic acid and/or acrylic esters of the following formula: CH2?C(R1)(COOR2), where R1=H or CH3 and R2 is an alkyl chain with 1-30 C atoms, a2) olefinically unsaturated monomers with functional groups, with monomers of group a1) being present to an extent of at least 50% by weight, based on the total component (a), and with monomers of group a2) being present at 0%-30% by weight, based on the total component (a), and b) a photoinitiator with a fraction of 0%-5% by weight, based on the overall polymer mixture, the pressure-sensitive adhesive being crosslinked to differing extents on its top and bottom faces by actinic radiation, the crosslinking of the pressure-sensitive adhesive being such that on both its top face and its bottom face it has a PSTC-1
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: tesa SE
    Inventors: Marc Husemann, Daniel Klier, Bernd Luhmann
  • Publication number: 20110117290
    Abstract: Use of an organopolysiloxane/polyurea block copolymer according to formula (1), where R is a univalent hydrocarbon radical with 1 to 20 carbon atoms, optionally substituted by fluorine or chlorine, X is an alkylene radical with 1 to 20 carbon atoms in which methylene units that are not adjacent to one another can be replaced by —O— groups, or is an arylene radical en with 6 to 22 carbon atoms, A is an oxygen atom or an —NR?— amino group, R? is water or an alkyl radical with 1 to 10 carbon atoms, Y is a bivalent hydrocarbon radical with 1 to 20 carbon atoms, optionally substituted by fluorine or chlorine, B and B? are a reactive or non-reactive end group that is bonded covalently to the polymer, n is a number from 1 to 4000 and a is a number starting from at least 10, as a coating on a pre-treated plastic surface, the polar surface energy fraction thereof being at least twice that of the untreated plastic surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Nicole Behrens, Frank Virus, Bernhard Müssig, Bernd Lühmann
  • Publication number: 20110039970
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a pressure-sensitive adhesive based on at least one polymer, in the course of which said at least one polymer is crosslinked, the polymer having functional groups Y and having been admixed, further, with at least one kind of functionalized particles which have at least one nonpolymeric base unit, wherein the particles having a surface modification of the base unit, the surface modification of the particles having at least one kind of functional groups X, and the crosslinking of the polymer being brought about at least in part by a reaction of the functional groups X of the particles and the functional groups Y of the polymer, and further to pressure-sensitive adhesives based on at least one crosslinked polymer component, the crosslinking of the polymer component being brought about at least in part by incorporation of the functionalized particles, the particles having at least one nonpolymeric base unit and also a surface modification of this base unit, and the
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: tesa SE
    Inventors: Thilo DOLLASE, Aranzazu Escudero Vallejo, Bernd Lühmann
  • Publication number: 20100133244
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of and apparatus for marking or inscribing a workpiece (3) with high-energy radiation, more particularly with a laser beam (1), the workpiece (3) having a light-scattering surface (9) and the material of the workpiece (3) being transparent for the radiation wavelength, and a polymer matrix (7) being disposed on the workpiece (3) in such a way that the radiation passes through the workpiece (3) and its light-scattering surface (9) before impinging on the polymer matrix (7), characterized in that the light-scattering surface (9) of the workpiece (3) is wetted with a liquid or viscoelastic medium (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: TESA SE
    Inventors: Arne KOOPS, Sven REITER, Bernd Lühmann
  • Publication number: 20100059494
    Abstract: A heating element including a current conductor through which electric power is conducted and electricity converted into heat by a voltage drop across an ohmic resistor. The heating element is a planar or a strip-shaped structure and is provided with at least one support layer and an adhesive layer, while the current conductor is designed as an additional, current-conducting layer which is arranged between the support layer and the adhesive layer. The support layer, the current-conducting layer, and the adhesive layer are transparent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: TESA SE
    Inventors: Klaus Keite-Telgenbüscher, Bernd Lühmann, Alexander Prenzel
  • Publication number: 20100055435
    Abstract: Self-adhesive tape comprising a laminate composed of at least two pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) layers A and B laminated directly to one another, one or both of the surfaces to be laminated to one another of the PSA layers A and B having been chemically and/or physically pretreated prior to lamination, and the shear strength tSA/B of the self-adhesive tape at 25° C., 40° C. and 70° C. under a weight load of 1000 g being at least 80% of the shear strength tSo of the PSA layer A and/or of the PSA layer B, where tSo represents the shear strength of the PSA layer having the lower shear strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2007
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: TESA SE
    Inventors: Ingo Neubert, Bernd Luhmann
  • Patent number: 7459499
    Abstract: Pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising an acrylate block copolymer having at least two chemically distinguishable, covalently interlinked acrylate polymer blocks P in microphase-separated regions and each having a softening temperature of between ?125 and +20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventors: Marc Husemann, Thilo Dollase, Bernd Luhmann
  • Patent number: 7432326
    Abstract: The invention provides an acrylate-based pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising a polymer blend having (a) at least a first component Kc which comprises a first acrylate block copolymer having at least two chemically distinguishable, covalently interlinked acrylate polymer blocks P, the at least two polymer blocks P independently of one another each being a homopolymer block of a first monomer or a copolymer block of a second monomer and a comonomer, and the first monomer of the homopolymer block and the second monomer of the copolymer block can be identical or different from one another, and the at least two polymer blocks P being present under application conditions in microphase-separated regions and each having a softening temperature of between ?125 and +20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marc Husemann, Thilo Dollase, Bernd Lühmann
  • Publication number: 20080085405
    Abstract: Adhesive tape having a carrier which is composed of one or more carrier films, at least one side of the carrier bearing an adhesive applied at least partially, characterized in that at least one of the carrier films comprises at least one homopolymer, copolymer or terpolymer of propylene and in that there are carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in at least one of the carrier films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Alexander Prenzel, Bernd Luhmann, Bernhard Mussig
  • Patent number: 7264870
    Abstract: Adhesive tape for a bond which can be redetached by pulling, without residue or damage, having a foam backing coated on one or both sides with a self-adhesive composition, characterized in that a) on at least one of the two sides of the foam backing there is applied a self-adhesive composition whose ratio of tear strength to stripping force (peel force) at a peel angle of less than 10° to the bond surface is greater than 1.2:1, and b) the foam backing has a modulus of electricity of less than 16 MPa and a thickness of 200-600 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventors: Bernd Lühmann, Andreas Junghans
  • Patent number: 7175898
    Abstract: A single-sidedly or double-sidedly pressure-sensitively adhesive, elastic adhesive sheet comprising at least one layer of a pressure-sensitive adhesive, and having a maximum stretchability of more than 200% and a recovery of more than 60% after stretching to ? of its maximum elongation, said pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) being based on a chemically crosslinked polyurethane, wherein the starting materials for the chemically crosslinked polyurethane include at least one isocyanate-reactive substance having a functionality of more than 2.0, in an amount of at least 5% by weight, based on the weight of the polyurethane composition, where the molecular weight of at least one of the starting materials used to form the polyurethane is being greater than or equal to 1000, at least one difunctional polyisocyanates are being used to form the polyurethane, and the ratio of maximum tensile stress to stripping stress is of said elastic adhesive sheet being more than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Lühmann, Philippe Hesse, Sianty Sunarto, Uwe Schümann, Kirstin Weiland, Andreas Junghans
  • Patent number: 7160976
    Abstract: Pressure-sensitive adhesive based on polyurethane, characterized in that the polyurethane is composed of the following starting materials which are reacted with one another in the stated proportions: a) at least one aliphatic or alicyclic diisocyanate having in each case an asymmetrical molecular structure, b) a combination of at least one polypropylene glycol diol and at least one polypropylene glycol triol, the ratio of the number of hydroxyl groups in the diol component to the number of hydroxyl groups in the triol component being between 0.7 and 9.0, preferably between 1.5 and 2.5, additionally the ratio of the number of isocyanate groups to the total number of hydroxyl groups being between 0.9 and 1.1, preferably between 0.95 and 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Lühmann, Philippe Hesse, Sianty Sunarto, Uwe Schümann, Kirstin Weiland, Carsten Böhmer
  • Publication number: 20060257650
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a pressure-sensitive adhesive based on at least one polymer, in the course of which said at least one polymer is crosslinked, the polymer having functional groups Y and having been admixed, further, with at least one kind of functionalized particles which have at least one nonpolymeric base unit, wherein the particles having a surface modification of the base unit, the surface modification of the particles having at least one kind of functional groups X, and the crosslinking of the polymer being brought about at least in part by a reaction of the functional groups X of the particles and the functional groups Y of the polymer, and further to pressure-sensitive adhesives based on at least one crosslinked polymer component, the crosslinking of the polymer component being brought about at least in part by incorporation of the functionalized particles, the particles having at least one nonpolymeric base unit and also a surface modification of this base unit, and the
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thilo Dollase, Aranzazu Escudero Vallejo, Bernd Luhmann
  • Publication number: 20060235150
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising a blend of at least two components, one of which comprises a block copolymer having at least the unit P(A1)-P(B1)-P(A1) and the second of which comprises a block copolymer having at least the unit P(B2)-P(A2)-P(B2); the blend forming an at least two-phase system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Thilo Dollase, Marc Husemann, Bernd Luhmann
  • Patent number: 7121515
    Abstract: A redetachable self-adhesive device a) whose reverse face is bonded with a strip of a double-sidedly adhering adhesive sheet in such a way that one end of the adhesive sheet projects beyond the device as a grip tab, b) the adhesive sheet is such that the bond made with it is redetachable by stretching pulling on the grip tab of the strip in the direction of the bond plane, wherein c) on its reverse face (2) the device (1), in the region (3A, 3B) situated against the grip tab (6) of the adhesive sheet strip (5) or and also partly against the free adhesive composition, has an average roughness Ra of 0.4–25 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventors: Achim Franck, Andreas Junghans, Bernd Lühmann, Thorsten Krawinkel
  • Patent number: 7101615
    Abstract: Double-sided adhesive tape (fixer) which can be re-released without residue or destruction for hidden bonding on substrates that are to be bonded, with high peel strength, high shear strength and high tip-shear strength, characterized by a) an intermediate support which cleaves under the action of torsional forces, lever forces and/or peel forces, b) pressure-sensitive adhesive composition coated on both sides of the intermediate support, which composition can be released without residue or destruction by stretching in the direction of the bond plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Tesa AG
    Inventors: Bernd Lühmann, Andreas Junghans, Ulrich Otten
  • Patent number: 7091300
    Abstract: Polyurethane-based pressure-sensitive adhesive which attaches strongly to polar plastic surfaces, smooth metal surfaces and glass, but which has weak, if any, adhesion to paper, paperboard or skin and is easily detachable without damaging surfaces during its removal, and is reusable. The adhesive comprises a polyurethane formed by reacting an aliphatic or alicyclic polyisocyanate having a functionality of equal to or less than three with a combination of diol and triol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Lühmann, Philippe Hesse, Sianty Sunarto, Uwe Schümann, Kirstin Weiland, Carsten Böhmer