Patents by Inventor Bruno Streb

Bruno Streb 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).

  • Warp-knit fabric of noble metal-containing wires, and method for the production thereof
    Patent number: 6089051
    Abstract: Fine-mesh warp-knit fabrics of noble metal-containing wires with high specific surface areas, having good mechanical stability, are produced by warp-knitting noble metal-containing wires to form closed stitches, such that the warp-knit fabric has at least 14 stitches per inch, and such that in at least one of the knit weaves forming the warp-knit fabric, the noble metal-containing wires are laid down over at least three stitch spacings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: W.C. Heraeus GmbH
    Inventors: Marek Gorywoda, Michael Hormann, Gunter Lindenmayer, David Francis Lupton, Bruno Streb
  • Process for the manufacture of a gauze for a catalytic converter and a gauze for a catalytic converter manufactured according thereto
    Patent number: 5232891
    Abstract: Catalytic gauzes which have an enlarged surface can be manufactured from a wire made of 90Pt/10Rh, for example, by coating the wire with a base metal, thermally treating the wire under partial conversion of the 90Pt/10Rh into solid solutions with the base metal, dissolving the base metal and weaving a wire gauze. They are used for the oxidation of ammonia and the ammoxidation of methane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: W. C. Heraeus GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Hormann, Stefan Kotowski, David F. Lupton, Werner Reiss, Friedhold Scholz, Bruno Streb, Antje Viel
  • Light-weight mirror blank for astronomical purposes and method of making a supporting framework for such blanks
    Patent number: 4447130
    Abstract: A light-weight mirror for astronomical purposes is disclosed. The mirror consists of a mirror plate, a back plate and a supporting framework disposed between them and consisting of a plurality of rows of tubes. The rows of tubes are staggered one from the other. Each tube in a row has a line or strip of contact with two adjacently disposed tubes of the next row. The tubes are welded together along the contact line or strip. The thickness of the tube wall is reduced in the area of the contact line or strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1984
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzschmelze GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Christiansen, Karlheinz Rau, Anton Steinkohl, Bruno Streb