Patents by Inventor Bernhard Lettmann

Bernhard Lettmann 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: 6903145
    Abstract: A process for preparing a multicomponent system curable thermally and with actinic radiation (dual cure), where (A) at least one component comprising at least one constituent (A1) containing per molecule at least two isocyanate-reactive functional groups, and (B) one component containing one polyisocyanate (B1), are mixed with one another, which comprises mixing component (A) and/or component (B), shortly before their mixing, with one further liquid component (C) comprising (C1) one constituent which is curable with actinic radiation and contains per molecule at least two functional groups which contain bond which can be activated with actinic radiation, and/or (C2) one constituent which is curable thermally and with actinic radiation and contains per molecule at least one functional group which contains at least one bond which can be activated with actinic radiation, and containing per molecule at least one isocyanate-reactive functional group or containing at least one isocyanate group, and subsequently mi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Egbert Nienhaus, Bernhard Lettmann
  • Publication number: 20040097611
    Abstract: A process for preparing a multicomponent system curable thermally and with actinic radiation (dual cure), where
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Egbert Nienhaus, Bernhard Lettmann
  • Publication number: 20040076758
    Abstract: The use of aqueous, physically curable, pseudoplastic or thixotropic, polyurethane-based coating materials as adhesion primers for coatings, and a process for coating uncoated plastics surfaces and old coatings by applying at least one coating material to the uncoated plastics surfaces or the old coatings and curing the resulting coating film(s), which comprises applying an aqueous, physically curable, pseudoplastic or thixotropic, polyurethane-based adhesion primer to the uncoated plastics surfaces or the old coatings and overcoating it with at least one further coating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Bernhard Lettmann, Andreas Dopp, Michael Grabbe, Henrik Ravn
  • Publication number: 20040063846
    Abstract: An aqueous multicomponent coating material comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Bernhard Lettmann, Andreas Jansen, Christella Pudelski
  • Publication number: 20040058083
    Abstract: An integrated coating material system for producing multicoat color and/or effect coating systems on primed and unprimed substrates, comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Bernhard Lettmann, Egbert Nienhaus
  • Publication number: 20040039103
    Abstract: A multicomponent system curable thermally and with actinic radiation (dual cure), comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Egbert Nienhaus, Bernhard Lettmann
  • Publication number: 20030181590
    Abstract: A nonaqueous coating material curable thermally or thermally and with actinic radiation, comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Bernhard Lettmann, Harald Borgholte, Marion Fischer
  • Publication number: 20030171449
    Abstract: A solvent-containing multicomponent system curable thermally and with actinic radiation (dual cure) and comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Egbert Nienhaus, Bernhard Lettmann
  • Patent number: 6583214
    Abstract: An aqueous coating material curable thermally and/or with actinic radiation, comprising A) at least one ionically and/or nonionically stabilized polyurethane which is saturated, unsaturated and/or grafted with olefinically unsaturated compounds and is based on bis(4-isocyanatocyclohexyl)methane with a trans/trans content of up to 30% by weight, based on the diisocyanate, as binder and B) at least one crosslinking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Karl Haeberle, Heinz-Peter Rink, Bernhard Lettmann
  • Patent number: 6403701
    Abstract: A mixer system, for preparing two-component water-dilutable coating agents, includes a plurality of substantially water-free base colors and a pigment-free aqueous component. One or more of the base colors can be mixed together with a suitable amount of the aqueous component to match a preexisting coating color on a substrate to be repaired. Each of the base colors includes a pigment, an organic solvent and a first binder. The pigment-free aqueous component includes water and a second binder. The second binder is a polymer made from a mixture which includes a monomer component, an initiator, and an aqueous dispersion of a polyurethane resin. Cured coatings which are prepared from compositions using the disclosed mixer system exhibit improved condensation resistance, as compared with previously known coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Reusmann, Bernhard Lettmann, Egon Wegner
  • Patent number: 6162506
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous coating material. The aqueous coating material comprises 5-95% by weight (based on the overall binder content) of a binder component a) and 5-95% by weight (based on the overall binder content) of a binder component b). The binder component a) is obtainable by free-radical polymerization of an aqueous dispersion of a polyurethane resin with ethylenically unsaturated monomers and in the presence of a water-insoluble initiator. The binder component b) is obtainable by polymerizing ethylenically unsaturated monomers in an organic solvent or in a mixture of organic solvents and in the presence of a polyurethane resin and converting the resulting binder component b) into an aqueous dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Lettmann, Hermann Bruggemann, Michael Hartung
  • Patent number: 6025031
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating composition consisting of at least three components (I), (II) and (III), component (I) containing as binder (A) at least one acrylate copolymer (A1) which is dispersed or dissolved in organic, optionally water-dilutable solvent and/or one polyester resin (A2) which is dispersed or dissolved in organic, optionally water-dilutable solvent and/or one polyurethane resin (A3) which is dispersed or dissolved in organic, optionally water-dilutable solvent and/or optionally a further binder (A4),component (II) contains at least one nonblocked polyisocyanate as crosslinking agent, andcomponent (III) contains as constituent essential to the invention an aqueous dispersion, prepared in a single- or multistage method, of a hydrophilicized polymer resin HP based on a hydrophobic polymer resin HP' and also, if desired, contains components (A1) and/or (A2) and/or (A3) and/or (A4) in aqueous dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Lettmann, Heinz-Peter Rink, Bernd Mayer, Egbert Nienhaus, Sunitha Grandhee
  • Patent number: 5840372
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of two-coat finishes, in which a pigmented aqueous basecoat is applied, the basecoat obtained is coated over with a clearcoat, and basecoat and clearcoat are baked together. The process according to the invention is distinguished in that the aqueous basecoat contains a polyacrylate resin which has been prepared using furfuryl acrylate and/or furfuryl methacrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: BASF Lacke+Farben, AG
    Inventors: Heinz Peter Rink, Bernhard Lettmann, Achim Gast
  • Patent number: 5503939
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of two-coat finishes, in which a pigmented aqueous basecoat is applied, the basecoat obtained is coated over with a clearcoat, and basecoat and clearcoat are baked together. The process according to the invention is distinguished in that the aqueous basecoat contains an emulsion polymer which has been prepared in the presence of a reaction product (A), the reaction product (A) being obtained by reacting(i) a butadiene homo- or copolymer,(ii) at least one fatty acid of a drying oil or at least one drying oil or a mixture of at least one fatty acid of a drying oil and at least one drying oil, and(iii) maleic anhydridein a mass ratio of (i):(ii):(iii)=1.0:0.1 to 0.6:0.1 to 0.6 and, after adding a basic aqueous solution, converting the reaction product to an aqueous dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: BASF Lacke + Farben, AG
    Inventors: Heinz P. Rink, Susanne Piontek, Bernhard Lettmann, Stefan Wieditz, Birgit Peitz, Achim Gast