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: 6986923
    Abstract: A pack for adhesive sheets which a) are detachable without residue or destruction by extensive stretching in the direction of their bond plane and b) have on one or both sides a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition based on an elastomer resin mixture, wherein c) the pack is UV-impermeable and d) comprises sheetlike liner materials for the regions of the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition that are to be bonded, and/or an outer packaging for the adhesive sheet, and/or an individual pack with transparent packaging elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Tesa AG
    Inventors: Andreas Junghans, Achim Franck, Bernd Lühmann, Andreas Wieck, Thorsten Krawinkel
  • Patent number: 6984428
    Abstract: Pressure sensitive adhesive strip which is detachable without destruction and without leaving a residue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thorsten Krawinkel, Kerstin Franck, Bernd Lühmann
  • Publication number: 20050256254
    Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive for single-sided or double-sided adhesive sheet strips which can be redetached without residue or destruction by extensive stretching in the plane of the bond, composed of a mixture comprising a block copolymer and a tackifier, characterized in that at least one compound which is swellable in H2O is incorporated into the mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Applicant: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Luhmann, Manfred Spies, Andreas Junghans, Thorsten Krawinkel, Christian Ring, Kerstin Franck
  • Publication number: 20050187346
    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: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marc Husemann, Thilo Dollase, Bernd Luhmann
  • Publication number: 20050154137
    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: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Applicant: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marc Husemann, Thilo Dollase, Bernd Luhmann
  • Patent number: 6887919
    Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive composed of a mixture comprising a) a styrene block copolymer having a star-shaped structure and a molecular weight Mw of more than 300,000 g/mol, or having elastomer blocks which contain more than 30% by weight of 1,2-linked diene in their block structure, or both, and which is crosslinkable by exposure to UV-light or electron beams, and b) one or more block copolymers composed of vinylaromatic blocks and elastomer blocks, the block polyvinylaromatic content being greater than 20%, and c) one or more tackifier resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Krawinkel, Bernd Lühmann, Renke Bargmann
  • Patent number: 6874740
    Abstract: An adhesive tape section having an adhesive region and designed as a polygon having a number of sides and the same number of grip tabs arranged around the adhesive region, or designed as a circle, the adhesive region occupying a central portion of said circle, and a grip tab occupying an outer portion of said circle. The adhesive tape section, when bonded to a substrate, forms a bond with the substrate, which bond is releasible from the substrate by pulling on at least on of said grip tabs in the plane of the bond to stretch the adhesive tape section in the plane of the bond thereby to release the adhesive tape section from the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jörn Leiber, Bernd Lühmann, Thomas Raadts, Ralf Schliephacke, Peter Kubasch, Jan Chal, Hansjürgen Linde, Uwe Neumann, Hans Hazes
  • Publication number: 20050042444
    Abstract: Self-adhesive protective sheet having improved paint compatibility, comprising a thermoplastic backing film and a self-adhesive layer of a butyl rubber, the isoprene content of the butyl rubber being up to 1.8% wt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Applicant: tesa AG
    Inventors: Nicolai Bohm, Jobst-Waldemar Klemp, Bernd Luhmann, Michael Portmann
  • Patent number: 6852377
    Abstract: Self-adhesive protective film for freshly painted automobiles, comprising a backing layer and a self-adhesive layer comprising a three-component mixture of vinyl acetate copolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventors: Nicolai Böhm, Jobst-Waldemar Klemp, Thorsten Krawinkel, Bernd Lühmann
  • Publication number: 20050027091
    Abstract: Polyurethane-based pressure-sensitive adhesive, characterized in that the polyurethane is composed of the following starting materials which are reacted catalytically with one another in the stated proportions: a) at least one aliphatic or alicyclic polyisocyanate having a functionality of in each case less than or equal to three, 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 less than 10, preferably between 0.2 and 5, additionally the ratio of the number of isocyanate groups to the total number of hydroxyl groups being between 0.8 and 1.15, preferably between 0.95 and 1.05, more preferably between 1.0 and 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Applicant: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Luhmann, Philippe Hesse, Sianty Sunarto, Uwe Schumann, Kirstin Weiland, Carsten Bohmer
  • Publication number: 20050019587
    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: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Applicant: tesa AG
    Inventors: Bernd Luhmann, Philippe Hesse, Sianty Sunarto, Uwe Schumann, Kirstin Weiland, Carsten Bohmer
  • Patent number: 6841241
    Abstract: Repeated use of an adhesive-film laminate for bonds which can be redetached without residue by pulling on the laminate in the direction of the bond plane, the laminate employed comprising a) an elastic support with a resilience of at least 50% b) coated on at least one side with a solvent or hot-melt pressure-sensitive acrylate adhesive or dispersion pressure-sensitive acrylate adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventors: Bernd Lühmann, Reinhard Storbeck, Christian Harder, Stephan Zöllner
  • Publication number: 20040265529
    Abstract: Single-sidedly or double-sidedly pressure-sensitively adhesive, elastic adhesive sheet which can be reused more than once and is preferably in the form of diecuts or cut shapes, intended for the redetachment of adhesive bonds without residue or damage, particularly on low-strength substrates such as paper, for example, by peeling and/or extensive stretching of the adhesive sheet,
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Luhmann, Philippe Hesse, Sianty Sunarto, Uwe Schumann, Kirstin Weiland, Andreas Junghans
  • Patent number: 6811869
    Abstract: A self-adhesive protective sheet for painted surfaces of vehicles, especially automobiles, wherein the backing of the protective sheet is a film coated on one side with an adhesive and whose adhesion to steel is between 0.1 and 2.0 N/cm, and following storage under alternating climatic conditions, the protective sheet can be removed without residue from painted surfaces at speeds of 20 m/min with a bond strength of from 2.3 to 3.6 N/cm, and the protective sheet can be detached without residue following storage under alternating climatic conditions at a temperature of up to at least 50° C., said adhesive comprising at least one polymer of at least two different &agr;-olefins, no monomer having a fraction of 75 mol % or more in the polymer, the polymer having a Mooney viscosity ML (1+4) 125° C. of at least 50, and the polymer likewise possibly including a diene as further comonomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventors: Bernd Lühmann, Nicolai Böhm, Ingolf Schütz, Herbert Sinnen, Ingo Neubert, Bernhard Müssig
  • Patent number: 6773779
    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 opposite the grip tab (6) of the adhesive sheet strip (5), is designed in such a way that it has a distance (V) from the grip tab (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventors: Achim Franck, Andreas Junghans, Bernd Lühmann, Thorsten Krawinkel
  • Publication number: 20040110882
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive mass for adhesive tapes that can be released by stretching them in the plane of adhesion. The adhesive mass comprises a) a block copolymer of the styrene block copolymer type, b) adhesive resins, and c) antioxidants. The inventive mass is further characterized by a content in d) a sterically hindered mono- or polynuclear phenol that contains a benzylthioether group in the ortho and/or para position to the phenol OH group, and/or e) a sterically hindered phenol that carries a phenyl acrylate group in the ortho and/or the para position to the phenolic OH group, and/or f) a sterically hindered lactone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Thorsten Krawinkel, Kerstin Franck, Bernd Luhmann
  • Patent number: 6737135
    Abstract: Redetachable, self-adhesive device having a plate, the sides and/or front side of which have fastening means, if appropriate, and the rear side of which has a strip of an adhesive film which is adhesive on both sides and is adhesively attached in such a way that one end of the adhesive film protrudes beyond the plate as a grip, the adhesive film being of such a kind that the adhesive bond achieved with it can be released again by pulling, stretching the strip, characterized in that the plate (1) has at its end, or on its rear side (2) at least in the region (3A, 3B) which bears against the grip (6) of the adhesive film strip (5), low stick and slip friction with respect to the adhesive film strip (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventors: Bernd Lühmann, Andreas Junghans
  • Patent number: 6723407
    Abstract: Strippable systems comprising at least one pressure sensitive adhesive based on at least one block copolymer, wherein said at least one block copolymer is based at least in part on (meth)acrylic acid derivatives, the block copolymers containing at least the unit P(A)-P(B)-P(A) composed of at least one polymer block P(B) and at least two polymer blocks P(A), where P(A) independently of one another represent homopolymer or copolymer blocks of monomers A, the polymer blocks P(A) each having a softening temperature in the range from +20° C. to +175° C., P(B) represents a homopolymer or copolymer block of monomers B, the polymer block P(B) having a softening temperature in the range from −100° C. to +10° C., and the polymer blocks P(A) and P(B) are not homogeneously miscible with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventors: Thilo Dollase, Marc Husemann, Bernd Lühmann
  • Patent number: 6680096
    Abstract: An adhesive film strip for an adhesive bond which can be separated again by pulling on the strip in the direction of the bond plane, the adhesive film strip comprising upper and lower surfaces; first and second ends, wherein the first end serves as a tab for pulling and the second end terminating in at least one point; and an adhesive region extending from the first end toward the second end, wherein the adhesive region comprises a first adhesive region adjacent to the tab, a second adhesive region adjacent to the first adhesive region, wherein the second adhesive region has a cross-sectional area that is sharply reduced relative to the cross-sectional area of the first adhesive region, and a third adhesive region adjacent to the second adhesive region extending and forming the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventors: Bernd Lühmann, Andreas Junghans, Achim Franck
  • Publication number: 20040005427
    Abstract: Redetachable, self-adhesive device having a plate, the sides and/or front side of which have fastening means, if appropriate, and the rear side of which has a strip of an adhesive film which is adhesive on both sides and is adhesively attached in such a way that one end of the adhesive film protrudes beyond the plate as a grip, the adhesive film being of such a kind that the adhesive bond achieved with it can be released again by pulling in the direction of the bonding plane, stretching the strip, characterized in that the rear side of the plate (1) has laterally alongside the adhesively attached adhesive film (5) spacers (3A, 3B), the height of which is less than the thickness of the adhesive film (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicant: tesa AG
    Inventors: Bernd Luhmann, Andreas Junghans, Thomas Raadts