Patents by Inventor Christoph Hengst

Christoph Hengst 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: 11161100
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a catalyst as a passive nitrogen oxide adsorber, which has a carrier substrate, a zeolite, palladium, and platinum, wherein the palladium is provided in a quantity of 0.01 to 10 wt. %, based on the sum of the weights of zeolite, platinum, and palladium and calculated as a palladium metal, and platinum in a quantity of 0.1 to 10 wt. %, based on the weight of the palladium and calculated as a platinum metal. The invention also relates to the use of said catalyst in connection with a SCR catalyst in an exhaust gas system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Hengst, Michael Lennartz, Frank-Walter Schuetze
  • Patent number: 11141717
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst which comprises a carrier substrate, palladium, and a zeolite, the largest channels of which are formed by 10 tetradrically coordinated atoms; to the use of said catalyst as a passive nitrogen oxide adsorber, an exhaust gas system which contains said catalyst and an SCR catalyst, and to a method for purifying the exhaust gas of motor vehicles using said exhaust gas system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Hengst, Frank-Walter Schuetze, Michael Lennartz
  • Patent number: 11052378
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a diesel oxidizing catalytic converter which comprises a supporting body with a length L which extends between a first end surface a and a second end surface b, and catalytically active material zones A and B of different composition which are arranged on the supporting body, wherein —material zone A comprises palladium or platinum and palladium in a weight ratio Pt:Pd of <1 and, starting from the end surface a, extends to from 20% to 80% of the length L, and —material zone B comprises platinum and palladium in a weight ratio Pt:Pd of <10 and extends to from 80% to 100% of the length L, and wherein material zone B is arranged above material zone A and the weight ratio Pt:Pd in relation to the material zones A and B is from 1.5 to 3.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Hengst, Christoph Reith, Michael Schiffer
  • Publication number: 20210162382
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst which comprises a carrier substrate, palladium, and a zeolite, the largest channels of which are formed by 10 tetradrically coordinated atoms; to the use of said catalyst as a passive nitrogen oxide adsorber, an exhaust gas system which contains said catalyst and an SCR catalyst, and to a method for purifying the exhaust gas of motor vehicles using said exhaust gas system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christoph HENGST, Frank-Walter SCHUETZE, Michael LENNARTZ
  • Patent number: 10968802
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preventing an SCR catalyst from being contaminated with platinum group metal in an emission control system comprising, upstream of the SCR catalyst, a catalyst that contains platinum group metal, characterized in that a material zone containing a mixture of aluminum oxide and cerium oxide is located upstream of the SCR catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Hengst, Marco Lopez
  • Publication number: 20200378286
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst, comprising a carrier substrate of the length (L) which extends between two carrier substrate ends (a and b) and has two coating zones (A and B), wherein the coating zone (A) comprises a zeolite and palladium and, proceeding from the carrier substrate end (a), extends on a part of the length (L), the coating zone (B) comprises the same components as coating zone (A) and platinum and, proceeding from the carrier substrate end (b), extends on a part of the length (L), wherein L=LA+LB, wherein LA denotes the length of the coating zone (A) and LB denotes the length of the coating zone (B). The invention also relates to an exhaust system containing said catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christoph HENGST, Gordon KEITL, Michael LENNARTZ
  • Patent number: 10801384
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a diesel oxidation catalyst, which comprises a carrier body having a length L extending between a first end face a and a second end face b and a catalytically active material zone A arranged on the carrier body, wherein the material zone A contains palladium and platinum on a manganese-containing carrier oxide, wherein the carrier oxide consists of a carrier oxide component A and a carrier oxide component B and the carrier oxide component B consists of manganese and/or a manganese compound and is present in an amount of 5 to 15 wt. %, calculated as MnO2 and based on the total weight of the manganese-containing carrier oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Hengst, Naohiro Kato
  • Patent number: 10767528
    Abstract: The invention relates to a diesel oxidation catalyst which has a support body with a length L extending between a first end face a and a second end face b and catalytically active material zones A, B, and C arranged on the support body, wherein—material zone A contains palladium or platinum and palladium in a weight ratio of Pt:Pd of ?1 and an alkaline earth metal and extends over 20 to 80% of the length L starting from the end face a, material zone B contains ceroxide, is free of platinum, and extends over 20 to 80% of the length L starting from the end face b, material zone C contains platinum or platinum and palladium in a weight ratio of Pt:Pd of ?5, and neither material zone A nor material zone C is arranged over material zone B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Hengst, Franz Dornhaus, Michael Schiffer
  • Publication number: 20200263585
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising a carrier substrate of the length L, a passive nitrogen oxide adsorber and means to control the temperature of the carrier substrate, as well as a process for cleaning of an exhaust gas emitted from a lean burn engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Davion Onuga CLARK, Christoph HENGST
  • Publication number: 20200246784
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a catalyst as a passive nitrogen oxide adsorber, which has a carrier substrate, a zeolite, palladium, and platinum, wherein the palladium is provided in a quantity of 0.01 to 10 wt. %, based on the sum of the weights of zeolite, platinum, and palladium and calculated as a palladium metal, and platinum in a quantity of 0.1 to 10 wt. %, based on the weight of the palladium and calculated as a platinum metal. The invention also relates to the use of said catalyst in connection with a SCR catalyst in an exhaust gas system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christoph HENGST, Michael LENNARTZ, Frank-Walter SCHUETZE
  • Patent number: 10711674
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising a carrier substrate of the length L, a passive nitrogen oxide adsorber and means to control the temperature of the carrier substrate, as well as a process for cleaning of an exhaust gas emitted from a lean burn engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Davion Onuga Clark, Christoph Hengst
  • Publication number: 20200032690
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preventing an SCR catalyst from being contaminated with platinum group metal in an emission control system comprising, upstream of the SCR catalyst, a catalyst that contains platinum group metal, characterized in that a material zone containing a mixture of aluminum oxide and cerium oxide is located upstream of the SCR catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christoph HENGST, Marco LOPEZ
  • Publication number: 20200025051
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a diesel oxidation catalyst, which comprises a carrier body having a length L extending between a first end face a and a second end face b and a catalytically active material zone A arranged on the carrier body, wherein the material zone A contains palladium and platinum on a manganese-containing carrier oxide, wherein the carrier oxide consists of a carrier oxide component A and a carrier oxide component B and the carrier oxide component B consists of manganese and/or a manganese compound and is present in an amount of 5 to 15 wt. %, calculated as MnO2 and based on the total weight of the manganese-containing carrier oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christoph HENGST, Naohiro KATO
  • Publication number: 20190314791
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a diesel oxidizing catalytic converter which comprises a supporting body with a length L which extends between a first end surface a and a second end surface b, and catalytically active material zones A and B of different composition which are arranged on the supporting body, wherein —material zone A comprises palladium or platinum and palladium in a weight ratio Pt:Pd of <1 and, starting from the end surface a, extends to from 20% to 80% of the length L, and —material zone B comprises platinum and palladium in a weight ratio Pt:Pd of <10 and extends to from 80% to 100% of the length L, and wherein material zone B is arranged above material zone A and the weight ratio Pt:Pd in relation to the material zones A and B is from 1.5 to 3.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christoph HENGST, Christoph REITH, Michael SCHIFFER
  • Publication number: 20190162095
    Abstract: The invention relates to a diesel oxidation catalyst which has a support body with a length L extending between a first end face a and a second end face b and catalytically active material zones A, B, and C arranged on the support body, wherein—material zone A contains palladium or platinum and palladium in a weight ratio of Pt:Pd of ?1 and an alkaline earth metal and extends over 20 to 80% of the length L starting from the end face a, material zone B contains ceroxide, is free of platinum, and extends over 20 to 80% of the length L starting from the end face b, material zone C contains platinum or platinum and palladium in a weight ratio of Pt:Pd of ?5, and neither material zone A nor material zone C is arranged over material zone B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christoph HENGST, Franz DORNHAUS, Michael SCHIFFER
  • Publication number: 20190120109
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising a carrier substrate of the length L, a passive nitrogen oxide adsorber and means to control the temperature of the carrier substrate, as well as a process for cleaning of an exhaust gas emitted from a lean burn engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Davion Onuga CLARK, Christoph HENGST
  • Patent number: 10213767
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst that comprises a carrier body with a length L, which extends between a first end face ‘a’ and a second end face ‘b’, and differently composed, catalytically-active material zones A, B, and C arranged on the carrier body, wherein material zone A contains platinum or platinum and palladium with a weight ratio Pt:Pd of ?1 and, starting from end face ‘a’ or starting from end face ‘b’, extends along 70 to 100% of the length L, and material zone B contains palladium or platinum and palladium and, starting from end face ‘b’, extends along a portion of the length L, and material zone C contains SCR-active material and, starting from end face ‘a’, extends along a portion of the length L, wherein material zone C is arranged above material zone A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Reith, Birgit Friedrich, Christoph Hengst
  • Publication number: 20180221855
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst that comprises a carrier body with a length L, which extends between a first end face ‘a’ and a second end face ‘b’, and differently composed. catalytically-active material zones A, B, and C arranged on the carrier body, wherein material zone A contains platinum or platinum and palladium with a weight ratio Pt:Pd of >1 and, starting from end face ‘a’ or starting from end face ‘b’, extends along 70 to 100% of the length L, and material zone B contains palladium or platinum and palladium and, starting from end face ‘b’, extends along a portion of the length L, and material zone C contains SCR-active material and, starting from end face ‘a’, extends along a portion of the length L, wherein material zone C is arranged above material zone A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Reith, Birgit Friedrich, Christoph Hengst
  • Patent number: 9492787
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preventing the contamination by platinum of an SCR catalyst in an exhaust-gas treatment system, said system comprising an oxidation catalyst containing platinum on the inflow side of the SCR catalyst. The outflow side of the oxidation catalyst comprises a material zone which removes traces of platinum contained in the exhaust-gas stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: UNICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Frank-Walter Schuetze, Marcus Pfeifer, Michael Schiffer, Martin Symalla, Christoph Hengst
  • Publication number: 20160279610
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a zoned diesel oxidation catalyst, wherein the first catalytically active zone and the second catalytically active zone have equal thermal masses, the first catalytically active zone and the second catalytically active zone each contain platinum and palladium as catalytically active constituents, the weight ratio of platinum to palladium in the first catalytically active zone and the second catalytically active zone is the same in each case or is greater in the first catalytically active zone than in the second catalytically active zone, and the total concentration of platinum and palladium in the first catalytically active zone is greater than in the second catalytically active zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin SYMALLA, Frank-Walter SCHUETZE, Michael SCHIFFER, Christoph HENGST, Katja ADELMANN, Gerald JESKE