Patents by Inventor Frank Krause
Frank Krause 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).
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Publication number: 20220348733Abstract: The invention relates to polymer foam particles, both in expanded and partly expanded form, from a polymer matrix based on a blend comprising polybutylene terephthalate and polyethylene terephthalate, to a process for production thereof, and to the use of polyethylene terephthalate for broadening the processing window of polybutylene terephthalate-based polymer foam particles in processing to give mouldings.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: LANXESS Performance Materials GmbHInventors: Frank Krause, Matthias Bienmueller, Matthias Freitag
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Patent number: 11072248Abstract: A battery for a motor vehicle, with at least one battery module, which has a plurality of battery cells. The at least one battery module is arranged in a battery housing of the battery. The battery has a cooling device for cooling the battery cells by means of a cooling medium. The cooling device comprises at least one wall of the battery housing, with which the at least one battery module closely fits, and which is formed from a heat-conducting plastic at least in areas. The heat-conducting plastic restricts at least one duct for the cooling medium, with the duct being formed in at least one wall of the battery housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: AUDI AGInventors: Markus Thurmeier, Uwe Gerlinger, Boris Koch, Maik Schulte, Frank Krause, Lukas Schroeer
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Publication number: 20200122589Abstract: A battery for a motor vehicle, with at least one battery module, which has a plurality of battery cells. The at least one battery module is arranged in a battery housing of the battery. The battery has a cooling device for cooling the battery cells by means of a cooling medium. The cooling device comprises at least one wall of the battery housing, with which the at least one battery module closely fits, and which is formed from a heat-conducting plastic at least in areas. The heat-conducting plastic restricts at least one duct for the cooling medium, with the duct being formed in at least one wall of the battery housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2018Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: Markus THURMEIER, Uwe GERLINGER, Boris KOCH, Maik SCHULTE, Frank KRAUSE, Lukas SCHROEER
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Patent number: 8771574Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the bonding of a fiber-reinforced material to an injection-molding material. The invention further relates to an article produced according to the process. It is an object of the invention to improve the bond between a fiber-reinforced starting material and a material applied by injection. To achieve the object, a fiber-reinforced plastics material is heated locally, and further plastics material is applied by injection. This produces a particularly good coherent bond between the further plastics material and the fiber-reinforced plastics material. Ease of handling is also provided. The invention relates to a component produced according to the process and also to an apparatus for carrying out the process.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2007Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Lanxess Deutschland GmbHInventor: Frank Krause
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Publication number: 20100183848Abstract: A casing component, which comprises at least one force-input structure in the form of a metal sheet, by way of which the plastics casing component is fastened on an adjacent casing structure, where, after the molding-on of the plastic, the plastic of the casing component bilaterally covers, or has been laminated onto, at least ? of the force-input structure, and the force-input structure comprises at least one fastening device, in order to fasten the casing component on the casing structure by way of the force-input structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2009Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: LANXESS Deutschland GmbHInventor: Frank Krause
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Patent number: 7622177Abstract: A composite component comprising at least two parts that differ from one another in their respective coefficients of linear thermal expansion is disclosed. These parts are joined by at least one elastic connecting element having a height dimension and a thickness dimension and containing at least one shear element which is deformable in a shear-flexible manner. The height dimension relate to the thickness dimension in the range of 2 to 60. The inventive composite component is especially suitable for making glazing for automotive roofs.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2005Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AGInventor: Frank Krause
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Publication number: 20090029122Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the bonding of a fibre-reinforced material to an injection-moulding material. The invention further relates to an article produced according to the process. It is an object of the invention to improve the bond between a fibre-reinforced starting material and a material applied by injection. To achieve the object, a fibre-reinforced plastics material is heated locally, and further plastics material is applied by injection. This produces a particularly good coherent bond between the further plastics material and the fibre-reinforced plastics material. Ease of handling is also provided. The invention relates to a component produced according to the process and also to an apparatus for carrying out the process.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2007Publication date: January 29, 2009Applicant: LANXESS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventor: Frank Krause
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Publication number: 20080296164Abstract: The present invention relates to one-piece reinforcement elements consisting of an elongate shell-shaped basic body, the inner space of which has reinforcement ribs which are fixedly connected to the basic body, the reinforcement ribs consisting of plastic injection-molded on and their connection to the basic body taking place at discrete connection points via perforations in the basic body through which the plastic passes and extends over the surfaces of the perforations, and of a rigid structure reinforcement which is appended from the same plastic, by means of the same injection-molded operation, at at least one end of the basic body and which corresponds essentially to the form of the cross section of the hollow profile to be reinforced at this point of a body, an expandable adhesive material being applied over a portion of the surface of the rigid structure reinforcement and of the elongate shell-shaped basic body, the form of the rigid structure reinforcement and of the elongate basic body and also theType: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2008Publication date: December 4, 2008Applicant: LANXESS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Ulrich Dajek, Ralf Zimnol, Frank Krause, Boris Koch, Martin Klocke
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Patent number: 7225521Abstract: A method of connecting (fixedly joining/attaching) a shaped metal part and a shaped thermoplastics part together is disclosed. The method includes: (a) contacting a surface of the shaped metal part with a surface of the shaped thermoplastic part, thereby forming a contact region; and (b) melting a portion of the shaped thermoplastic part in the contact region by irradiating the shaped metal part with a laser (e.g., emitting a laser beam), thereby fixedly joining the shaped metal part and said shaped thermoplastic part together. Also disclosed is a plastic/metal composite article prepared by the method of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2004Date of Patent: June 5, 2007Assignee: LANXESS Deutschland GmbHInventors: Frank Krause, Detlev Joachimi
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Patent number: 7166669Abstract: Dark-colored thermoplastic molding compositions are disclosed. The compositions are suitable for making molded parts which in the wavelength region from 700 to 1200 nm are laser-transmitting, at least in spectral partial regions, and may be welded to laser-absorbing molded parts by means of laser transmissions welding.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2000Date of Patent: January 23, 2007Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Detlev Joachimi, Andreas Elschner, Manfred Botzen, Frank Krause, Herbert Magerstedt
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Publication number: 20060130827Abstract: A solar thermal collector comprising multiplicity of chords and webs is disclosed. The first, second and third horizontal chord of the solar thermal collector are connected to one another by webs positioned vertically to said horizontal chords. The first horizontal chord is transparent and the second horizontal chord, which is positioned between the first and third horizontal chords, absorbs thermal radiation and is perforated. The horizontal chords and said webs of the inventive solar thermal collector comprise thermoplastic materials. Producing the solar thermal collector including perforating the second horizontal chord by means of a laser beam is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2005Publication date: June 22, 2006Inventors: Gerhard Opelka, Frank Krause, Constantin Schwecke
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Publication number: 20060046039Abstract: A composite component comprising at least two parts that differ from one another in their respective coefficients of linear thermal expansion is disclosed. These parts are joined by at least one elastic connecting element having a height dimension and a thickness dimension and containing at least one shear element which is deformable in a shear-flexible manner. The height dimension relate to the thickness dimension in the range of 2 to 60. The inventive composite component is especially suitable for making glazing for automotive roofs.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2005Publication date: March 2, 2006Inventor: Frank Krause
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Patent number: 6964717Abstract: The present invention provides a process for joining plastics components by a combination of pressing and laser welding, wherein, at the joining points (1) of the components (3, 4), at least a first component (3) has a resilient and/or compressible sealing lip (5), wherein the sealing lip (5) is resiliently deformed by pressing the components (3, 4) together, while the external pressure is maintained, the laser beam is directed onto the joining point (1) and, by purposeful irradiation of the joining point (1), the components (3, 4) are joined together.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2003Date of Patent: November 15, 2005Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ulrich Grosser, Frank Krause
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Publication number: 20050217790Abstract: The present invention relates to natural-colored and pigmented thermoplastic molding compositions and molded parts fabricated therefrom that are laser-absorbing at least in partial spectral regions of the wavelength range from 700 to 1200 nm and that can be welded by laser beam welding and to molded parts that are transparent or translucent to laser light.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2005Publication date: October 6, 2005Inventors: Detlev Joachimi, Thomas Braig, Martin Dobler, Frank Krause, Frederik Thoma
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Patent number: 6916866Abstract: The present invention relates to natural-colored and pigmented thermoplastic molding compositions and molded parts fabricated therefrom that are laser-absorbing at least in partial spectral regions of the wavelength range from 700 to 1200 nm and that can be welded by laser beam welding and to molded parts that are transparent or translucent to laser light.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2002Date of Patent: July 12, 2005Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Detlev Joachimi, Thomas Braig, Martin Döbler, Frank Krause, Frederik Thoma
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Publication number: 20050074614Abstract: The invention relates to an absorbent insert for foodstuff packagings, the liquid-absorbing component of which is a superabsorbent polymer which, in a hitherto unrivaled fashion, persistently absorbs and retains large quantities of liquid even under high pressure load, protects the foodstuffs from bacterial decay, and prevents contamination of the packagingd goods by migrating soluble constituents of the polymer. This combination of properties of the superabsorbers used is expressed by the QSAP 0.3 quotient of retention according to the tea bag test+absorption against pressure (AAP) 0.3, divided by the amount of solubles (LA), which quotient is at least 20. Superabsorbers having such properties are obtained by using special combinations of crosslinkers. Furthermore, the invention relates to a process for producing said absorbent inserts and their use in foodstuff packagings, as ice substitute, and as leak-proofing means in transport packagings.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2003Publication date: April 7, 2005Applicant: Stockhausen GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Gerd Jonas, Helmut Klimmek, Frank Krause, Klaus Pfluger
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Publication number: 20050051313Abstract: A heat exchanger that includes a base member (1) and at least one plastic sheet (3 and/or 3?) thereover is described. More particularly, the heat exchanger includes: a base member (1) of thermoplastics material having a channel (7, 7?) in its upper (23) and/or lower (23) surfaces; and upper (3) and/or lower (3?) plastic sheets, having channels therein (8, 8?), superposed over the upper and/or lower surfaces of base member (1). The channels (7, 7?) of the base member (1) and the channels (8, 8?) of the plastic sheets (3, 3?) together define upper (6) and/or lower (6?) conduits in the heat exchanger. The upper and lower conduits (6 and 6?) in combination with an optional aperture (10) in the base member (1), may together form a continuous conduit (20). The heat exchanger also includes an inlet pipe (4) and an outlet pipe (9) which provide an inlet and an outlet for a heat transfer medium to pass through the upper and/or lower conduits (6, 6?).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2003Publication date: March 10, 2005Inventors: Ulrich Grosser, Frank Krause
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Publication number: 20050042456Abstract: A method of connecting (fixedly joining/attaching) a shaped metal part and a shaped thermoplastics part together is disclosed. The method includes: (a) contacting a surface of the shaped metal part with a surface of the shaped thermoplastic part, thereby forming a contact region; and (b) melting a portion of the shaped thermoplastic part in the contact region by irradiating the shaped metal part with a laser (e.g., emitting a laser beam), thereby fixedly joining the shaped metal part and said shaped thermoplastic part together. Also disclosed is a plastic/metal composite article prepared by the method of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2004Publication date: February 24, 2005Inventors: Frank Krause, Detlev Joachimi
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Publication number: 20040105949Abstract: A plastic-metal composite article that includes a first shaped metal part (1) and a second shaped metal part (2) that are joined in an overlap region (23) is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2003Publication date: June 3, 2004Inventor: Frank Krause
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Patent number: 6680017Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the continuous production of plastics/metal composite panels, in particular those having hollow chambered sections, from thermoplastic polymers (3) and continuous metal sheets (6, 7), consisting of at least one plastics melting control system (1), calibrators (4, 5), feeds for the metal sheets (10, 11) and a draw-off unit (9), with the feeds for the metal sheets (10, 11) being arranged respectively above and below the melting control system (1) and the calibrators (4, 5) being immediately adjacent to the feeds (10, 11) and the melting control system (1).Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 1996Date of Patent: January 20, 2004Assignee: Bayer AGInventors: Boris Koch, Hubert Goldbach, Frank Krause, Jürgen Röhner