Patents by Inventor Dirk EIERHOFF

Dirk EIERHOFF 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).

  • Publication number: 20200140713
    Abstract: Described herein are an aqueous pigment paste including at least one color pigment (a) and at least one polymer (b) which is preparable by successive radical emulsion polymerization of three monomer mixtures (A), (B) and (C) of olefinically unsaturated monomers in water, an aqueous basecoat material which is preparable by admixing the pigment paste to at least one aqueous binder-containing component suitable for preparing the basecoat material, a method for producing a multicoat paint system using this basecoat material, and use of the polymer (b) for dispersing color pigments within an aqueous pigment paste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Dirk Eierhoff, Joerg Schwarz, Stephan Schwarte, Cathrin Corten
  • Publication number: 20200102462
    Abstract: Described herein are an aqueous effect pigment paste including at least one effect pigment (a) and at least one polymer (b) which is preparable by successive radical emulsion polymerization of three monomer mixtures (A), (B) and (C) of olefinically unsaturated monomers in water, an aqueous basecoat material which is preparable by admixing the effect pigment paste to at least one aqueous binder-containing component suitable for preparing the basecoat material, a method for producing a multicoat paint system using this basecoat material, and use of the polymer (b) for dispersing effect pigments within an aqueous effect pigment paste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick Wilm, Dirk Eierhoff, Juergen Bauer, Carola Ulrike Jahn
  • Patent number: 10577505
    Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous dispersions comprising multistage-prepared polymers, and also to coating material compositions comprising them, preparable by multistage polymerization of olefinically unsaturated monomers, using an emulsifier and a water-soluble initiator, under conditions of starved feed polymerization, and using particular monomer mixtures in the individual stages. The invention also relates to a pigmented aqueous basecoat material comprising the aqueous dispersion of the invention, to the use of the aqueous dispersion of the invention in aqueous basecoat materials for improving adhesion, to a process for producing a multicoat paint system on a substrate, and to a multicoat paint system produced in accordance with the stated process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Cathrin Corten, Dirk Eierhoff, Britta Schnieders, Nicole Freitag, Heinz-Ulrich Grumpe, Elisabeth Wessling, Joerg Schwarz, Mechthild Vienenkoetter, Patrick Wilm
  • Publication number: 20200010721
    Abstract: Provided herein is a mixer system for producing refinish compositions, more particularly for the sector of automotive finishing, including at least mutually different components (1), (2), and (3), namely component (1) as base varnish, component (2) as tinting base, and component (3) as rheology module, with at least one of components (1) to (3) including at least one aqueous dispersion including at least one polymer prepared by multistage emulsion polymerization, and at least one of components (1) to (3) including at least one aliphatic monoalcohol having 5 carbon atoms and/or at least one aliphatic monoalcohol having 6 carbon atoms. Further provided herein is an aqueous refinish composition that is produced by the mixing of components (1) to (3), and a method for producing aqueous refinish compositions. Further provided herein is a use of the mixer system for producing aqueous refinish compositions for automotive refinishing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Cathrin Corten, Dirk Eierhoff, Britta Schnieders, Nicole Freitag, Josef Rademacher, Michael Grabbe
  • Publication number: 20190241765
    Abstract: Aqueous dispersions including multistage-prepared polymers of mixtures of olefinically unsaturated compounds are disclosed. The aqueous dispersions include at least one polyurethane containing olefinically unsaturated groups. Production and use of the aqueous dispersions, particularly in the field of automotive finishing, is disclosed. The disclosure further relates to an aqueous basecoat material including the multistage-prepared polymers, and also to a method for producing a multicoat paint system using the aqueous basecoat material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Cathrin Corten, Dirk Eierhoff, Wilma Nimz, Nicole Freitag, Heinz-Ulrich Grumpe, Mechthild Vienenkoetter
  • Publication number: 20190085116
    Abstract: Described herein are aqueous dispersions including multistage-prepared polymers of olefinically unsaturated compounds and to the preparation and use thereof, in particular in the field of automobile coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Cathrin Corten, Dirk Eierhoff, Britta Schnieders, Nicole Freitag, Heinz-Ulrich Grumpe, Mechthild Vienenkoetter, Ralf Nickolaus
  • Patent number: 10233340
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous coating composition comprising at least one binder (A) comprising at least one polymeric resin (A1), at least one pigment (B), and an aqueous dispersion of at least one thickener (C), where (C) is obtainable by a method comprising at least the steps (1), (2), (3), and (4), namely preparing a dispersion or solution of at least one polyurethane as a polymeric resin (C2) in at least one organic solvent (step (1)), preparing a mixture of the dispersion or solution obtained by step (1) and of a melt or solution of at least one polyamide as at least one polymeric resin (C1) having an acid number in a range from 1 to 200 mg of KOH per g of (C1) (step (2)), adding water to the mixture obtained by step (2) (step (3)), and removing the organic solvent from the mixture obtained by step (3), to give the aqueous dispersion of (C) (step (4)), to the use thereof for at least partly coating an optionally coated substrate with a basecoat film, to a coating method of this kind, and t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Cathrin Corten, Dirk Eierhoff, Ursula Heimeier, Klaus-Juergen Kanngiesser
  • Publication number: 20190062588
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method for producing a multicoat paint system on a metallic substrate by producing a basecoat or a plurality of directly successive basecoats directly on a metallic substrate coated with a cured electrocoat system, producing a clearcoat directly on the one or the topmost of the plurality of basecoats, and subsequently jointly curing the one or the plurality of basecoats and the clearcoat, wherein at least one basecoat material used for producing the basecoats includes at least one aqueous dispersion which includes a polymer whose preparation includes successive radical emulsion polymerization of three mixtures of olefinically unsaturated monomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Cathrin Corten, Dirk Eierhoff, Patrick Wilm, Britta Schnieders, Nicole Freitag, Heinz-Ulrich Grumpe, Joerg Schwarz
  • Patent number: 10160871
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous coating composition comprising at least one mixture (M) of at least one polymeric resin (P1) and at least one polymeric resin (P2), different therefrom, where (P1) is a polyamide and (P2) is a polyester which is at least obtainable by reaction of at least one polymerized aliphatic C12-C24-monocarboxylic acid with at least one diol and/or polyol, at least one binder (A) comprising at least one polymeric resin (A1), which is different from the polymeric resins (P1) and (P2), at least one pigment (B), where the polyamide used as polymeric resin (P1) has an acid number <10 mg of KOH per g of polyamide and the mixture (M) is obtainable by dispersing of the polymeric resin (P1) in water or an aqueous medium in the presence of the polymeric resin (P2), to a method for at least partly coating a substrate with a basecoat film by means of the aqueous coating composition, and to a use of the mixture (M) as a rheological assistant in aqueous coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Cathrin Corten, Dirk Eierhoff, Patrick Wilm, Joerg Schwarz, Susanne Katharina Fechtner
  • Patent number: 10160872
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion (P) comprising at least one polymeric resin (P1) and at least one polymeric resin (P2) different therefrom, where the polymeric resin (P1) is a polyamide and the polymeric resin (P2) is a polyester which is at least obtainable by reaction of at least one polymerized aliphatic C12-C24 monocarboxylic acid with at least one diol and/or polyol, (P) being obtainable by dispersing of (P1) in water or an aqueous medium in the presence of (P2), and where (P1) has an acid number <10 mg of KOH per g of polyamide, and (P) contains at most 25 wt %, based on the total weight of (P), of one or more organic solvents, and also to an aqueous coating composition comprising (P), at least one binder (A) comprising at least one polymeric resin (A1), which is different from the polymeric resins (P1) and (P2), and at least one pigment (B) for at least partly coating a substrate with a basecoat film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Cathrin Corten, Dirk Eierhoff, Patrick Wilm, Joerg Schwarz, Stefanie Boshe-Plois, Susanne Katharina Fechtner, Ralf Nickolaus
  • Publication number: 20180312716
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersion (PD) having polyurethane-polyurea particles, present in the dispersion, having an average particle size of 40 to 2000 nm, and having a gel fraction of at least 50%, obtainable by (I) preparing a composition (Z) comprising, based in each case on the total amount of the composition (Z), (Z.1) 15 to 65 wt % of at least one intermediate containing isocyanate groups and having blocked primary amino groups, its preparation comprising the reaction (Z.1.1) of at least one polyurethane prepolymer containing isocyanate groups and comprising anionic groups and/or groups which can be converted into anionic groups, with (Z.1.2) at least one polyamine comprising at least two blocked primary amino groups and at least one free secondary amino group, by addition reaction of isocyanate groups from (Z.1.1) with free secondary amino groups from (Z.1.2), (Z.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Hardy REUTER, Matthias BLOHM, Bernhard STEINMETZ, Peggy JANKOWSKI, Dirk EIERHOFF, Thomas ZIHANG
  • Publication number: 20180265711
    Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous dispersions comprising multistage-prepared polymers, and also to coating material compositions comprising them, preparable by multistage polymerization of olefinically unsaturated monomers, using an emulsifier and a water-soluble initiator, under conditions of starved feed polymerization, and using particular monomer mixtures in the individual stages. The invention also relates to a pigmented aqueous basecoat material comprising the aqueous dispersion of the invention, to the use of the aqueous dispersion of the invention in aqueous basecoat materials for improving adhesion, to a process for producing a multicoat paint system on a substrate, and to a multicoat paint system produced in accordance with the stated process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Cathrin CORTEN, Dirk EIERHOFF, Britta SCHNIEDERS, Nicole FREITAG, Heinz-Ulrich GRUMPE, Elisabeth WESSLING, Joerg SCHWARZ, Mechthild VIENENKOETTER, Patrick WILM
  • Publication number: 20180002476
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersion (PD) having polyurethane-polyurea particles, present in the dispersion, having an average particle size of 40 to 2000 nm, and having a gel fraction of at least 50%, the polyurethane-polyurea particles comprising, in each case in reacted form, (Z.1.1) at least one polyurethane prepolymer containing isocyanate groups and comprising anionic groups and/or groups which can be converted into anionic groups, and (Z.1.2) at least one polyamine comprising two primary amino groups and one or two secondary amino groups, and the dispersion (PD) consisting to an extent of at least 90 wt % of the polyurethane-polyurea particles and water. The present invention also relates to basecoat materials comprising the dispersion (PD), and to multicoat paint systems produced using the basecoat materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Hardy REUTER, Matthias BLOHM, Thomas ZIHANG, Bernhard STEINMETZ, Peggy JANKOWSKI, Dirk EIERHOFF
  • Publication number: 20170275478
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous coating composition comprising at least one binder (A) comprising at least one polymeric resin (A1), at least one pigment (B), and an aqueous dispersion of at least one thickener (C), where (C) is obtainable by a method comprising at least the steps (1), (2), (3), and (4), namely preparing a dispersion or solution of at least one polyurethane as a polymeric resin (C2) in at least one organic solvent (step (1)), preparing a mixture of the dispersion or solution obtained by step (1) and of a melt or solution of at least one polyamide as at least one polymeric resin (C1) having an acid number in a range from 1 to 200 mg of KOH per g of (C1) (step (2)), adding water to the mixture obtained by step (2) (step (3)), and removing the organic solvent from the mixture obtained by step (3), to give the aqueous dispersion of (C) (step (4)), to the use thereof for at least partly coating an optionally coated substrate with a basecoat film, to a coating method of this kind, and t
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Cathrin CORTEN, Dirk EIERHOFF, Ursula HEIMEIER, Klaus-Juergen KANNGIESSER
  • Publication number: 20170267875
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous coating composition comprising at least one mixture (M) of at least one polymeric resin (P1) and at least one polymeric resin (P2), different therefrom, where (P1) is a polyamide and (P2) is a polyester which is at least obtainable by reaction of at least one polymerized aliphatic C12-C24-monocarboxylic acid with at least one diol and/or polyol, at least one binder (A) comprising at least one polymeric resin (A1), which is different from the polymeric resins (P1) and (P2), at least one pigment (B), where the polyamide used as polymeric resin (P1) has an acid number <10 mg of KOH per g of polyamide and the mixture (M) is obtainable by dispersing of the polymeric resin (P1) in water or an aqueous medium in the presence of the polymeric resin (P2), to a method for at least partly coating a substrate with a basecoat film by means of the aqueous coating composition, and to a use of the mixture (M) as a rheological assistant in aqueous coating compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Cathrin CORTEN, Dirk EIERHOFF, Patrick WILM, Joerg SCHWARZ, Susanne Katharina FECHTNER
  • Publication number: 20170267876
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion (P) comprising at least one polymeric resin (P1) and at least one polymeric resin (P2) different therefrom, where the polymeric resin (P1) is a polyamide and the polymeric resin (P2) is a polyester which is at least obtainable by reaction of at least one polymerized aliphatic C12-C24 monocarboxylic acid with at least one diol and/or polyol, (P) being obtainable by dispersing of (P1) in water or an aqueous medium in the presence of (P2), and where (P1) has an acid number <10 mg of KOH per g of polyamide, and (P) contains at most 25 wt %, based on the total weight of (P), of one or more organic solvents, and also to an aqueous coating composition comprising (P), at least one binder (A) comprising at least one polymeric resin (A1), which is different from the polymeric resins (P1) and (P2), and at least one pigment (B) for at least partly coating a substrate with a basecoat film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Cathrin CORTEN, Dirk EIERHOFF, Patrick WILM, Joerg SCHWARZ, Stefanie BOSHE-PLOIS, Susanne Katharina FECHTNER, Ralf NICKOLAUS