Patents by Inventor Hans Ulrich Meier

Hans Ulrich Meier 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: 9458318
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel solvent-free, monomer-depleted polyisocyanate mixtures, and to the use thereof for producing light-resistant and weather-resistant polyurethane bodies with high optical refraction and low optical dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Dorota Greszta-Franz, Hans-Josef Laas, Reinhard Halpaap, Dieter Mager, Hans-Ulrich Meier-Westhues
  • Publication number: 20130158146
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel solvent-free, monomer-depleted polyisocyanate mixtures, and to the use thereof for producing light-resistant and weather-resistant polyurethane bodies with high optical refraction and low optical dispersion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Dorota Greszta-Franz, Hans-Josef Laas, Reinhard Halpaap, Dieter Mager, Hans-Ulrich Meier-Westhues
  • Publication number: 20130158145
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of solvent-free low-monomer polyisocyanates based on araliphatic diisocyanates for the production of light- and weather-resistant polyurethane bodies having a high light refraction and low dispersion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Josef Laas, Dorota Greszta-Franz, Reinhard Halpaap, Dieter Mager, Hans-Ulrich Meier-Westhues
  • Publication number: 20130116357
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of solvent-free modified polyisocyanate mixtures on the basis of araliphatic diisocyanates for producing light- and weather-resistant polyurethane bodies having light refraction and low dispersion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Josef Laas, Dorota Greszta-Franz, Reinhard Halpaap, Dieter Mager, Hans-Ulrich Meier-Westhues
  • Publication number: 20100112524
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a functional prosthesis as a provision for a jaw region, allowing for the procedural steps of taking a dental impression of the jaw region to be provided with the functional prosthesis, producing a preliminary structure and possibly testing the preliminary structure in an articulator, and producing the functional prosthesis on the basis of the possibly re-worked preliminary structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventor: Hans-Ulrich Meier
  • Publication number: 20090215954
    Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous polyurethane dispersions comprising diphenylmethane 2,2?-diisocyanate as a synthesis component, to a process for preparing them and to use as coating compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Rolf Gertzmann, Rolf Roschu, Hans-Ulrich Meier-Westhues, Christoph Irle
  • Publication number: 20080171832
    Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous polyurethane dispersions comprising diphenyl-methane 2,2?-diisocyanate as a synthesis component, to a process for preparing them and to use as coating compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: Rolf Gertzmann, Rolf Roschu, Hans-Ulrich Meier-Westhues, Christoph Irle
  • Publication number: 20070219296
    Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous dispersions comprising nitrocellulose-polyurethane-polyurea particles, to a process for preparing them and to their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: Rainer Trinks, Thorsten Rische, Thomas Feller, Steffen Hofacker, Harald Blum, Hans-Ulrich Meier-Westhues
  • Patent number: 6987158
    Abstract: Polyaddition compounds containing uretdione groups prepared by reacting uretdione polyisocyanates formed from diisocyanates having exclusively secondary- and/or tertiary-attached isocyanate groups with a molar fraction of isocyanurate structures, based on the sum of uretdione groups and isocyanurate groups, of not more than 10%, with compounds reactive towards isocyanates. The polyaddition compounds can be use as a starting component in the preparation of polyurethane plastics, in particular as crosslinkers for heat-crosslinkable powder coating materials. The compounds may be used as starting components in the preparation of moldings and shaped parts, and as starting components in the preparation of coating materials and coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Josef Laas, Reinhard Halpaap, Peter Thometzek, Michael Grahl, Hans-Ulrich Meier-Westhues
  • Publication number: 20040110918
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing uretdione group-containing polyaddition products, which are solid below 40° C. and liquid above 125° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Hans-Josef Laas, Oswald Wilmes, Hans-Ulrich Meier-Westhues, Martin Ullrich, Konrad Fischer, Ulrich Freudenberg
  • Patent number: 6713556
    Abstract: The invention relates to particular mixtures of polyisocyanates which are blocked with 3,5-dimethylpyrazole, and to the use thereof as crosslinking component in single-component stoving lacquers, especially automotive clear lacquers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Eberhard König, Reinhard Halpaap, Thomas Klimmasch, Hans-Ulrich Meier-Westhues, Harald Mertes, Joachim Schüll, Bernd Steinhilber
  • Publication number: 20040059082
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel polyaddition compounds containing uretdione groups, to a process for preparing them and to their use as a starting component in the preparation of polyurethane plastics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Hans-Josef Laas, Reinhard Halpaap, Peter Thometzek, Michael Grahl, Hans-Ulrich Meier-Westhues
  • Publication number: 20030171488
    Abstract: The invention relates to particular mixtures of polyisocyanates which are blocked with 3,5-dimethylpyrazole, and to the use thereof as crosslinking component in single-component stoving lacquers, especially automotive clear lacquers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Eberhard Knig, Reinhard Halpaap, Thomas Klimmasch, Hans-Ulrich Meier-Westhues, Harald Mertes, Joachim Schll, Bernd Steinhilber
  • Patent number: 6559264
    Abstract: The present invention relates to blocked polyisocyanate crosslinking agents, to the production thereof and to the use thereof in single-component stoving lacquers, particularly OEM clear lacquers (original equipment material, initial lacquer coating).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Eberhard König, Hans-Ulrich Meier-Westhues, Thomas Klimmasch
  • Patent number: 6329020
    Abstract: Described are a method for the preparation of a multilayer coating and a coating material from an aqueous dispersion of a polymer with a particle diameter of the polymeric phase of 10 nm to 500 nm. The polymer has a number average molecular weight of 10,000 to 500,000 and an acid number of 12 to 40. The dispersion was obtained by polymerization without addition of emulsifier and in the presence of water insoluble initiators of a) 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Herberts Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Patzschke, Armin Göbel, Hans Ulrich Meier
  • Patent number: 6043332
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of polyisocyanates containing uretdione groups bya) oligomerizing a portion of the isocyanate groups of diisocyanates having aliphatically and/or cycloaliphatically bound isocyanate groups in the presence of catalysts or catalyst systems which accelerate the dimerization of isocyanate groups and in the presence of trisubstituted phosphite stabilizers corresponding to formula (I) ##STR1## b) optionally termination of the oligomerization reaction at a degree of oligomerization of 10 to 60% by adding a catalyst poison andc) optionally removing unreacted diisocyanate by extraction or thin-layer distillation.The present invention also relates to the use of the resulting uretdione polyisocyanates as a starting component for polyurethane plastics, particularly as an isocyanate component for the production of uretdione hardeners for powder coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Josef Laas, Reinhard Halpaap, Hans-Ulrich Meier-Westhues, Ulrich Freudenberg
  • Patent number: 5959060
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polyisocyanate-modified dicarboxylic acid derivatives obtainable by reacting organic polyisocyanates with excess quantities, based on the equivalent ratio of NCO/COOH groups, of dicarboxylic acid (poly)anhydrides containing free carboxyl groups and water. The present invention also relates to coating compositions, in particular powder coating compositions, containing these polyisocyanate-modified dicarboxylic acids as curing agents for resins containing epoxy groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Walter Schafer, Knud Reuter, Hanns-Peter Muller, Hans-Ulrich Meier-Westhues, Ulrich Freudenberg, Lothar Kahl
  • Patent number: 5922806
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous polyurethane dispersions having a resin solids content of 20 to 60 wt %, a viscosity at 23.degree. C. of 10 to 20,000 mPa.s and a pH of 5.5 to 8.5, wherein the polyurethane has a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 to 500,000 and a urethane group content (calculated as --NHCO--O--, molecular weight=59) of 2.5 to 15 wt %, and is based on a polyisocyanate component containing 50 to 100 wt % of 1-methyl-2,4- and/or -2,6-diisocyanatocyclohexane.The present invention also relates to aqueous binder compositions containing these aqueous polyurethane dispersions and known crosslinking resins and to the use of the aqueous polyurethane dispersions and aqueous binder compositions as binders for glass fiber sizings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Harald Blum, Karin Naujoks, Helmut Reiff, Oswald Wilmes, Hans-Ulrich Meier-Westhues, Raymond Audenaert
  • Patent number: 5883216
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polyisocyanates containingi) 0.5 to 10 wt. % of amide and/or imide structural units (calculated as --CO--N.dbd., MW=42),ii) 5 to 20 wt. % of isocyanate groups (calculated as --NCO, MW=42) blocked with blocking agents which are monofunctional in the context of the isocyanate addition reaction andiii) 0 to 30 wt. % of chemically incorporated urethane groups (calculated as --NH--CO--O--, MW=59) obtained from the reaction of isocyanate groups with the hydroxyl groups of organic polyhydroxyl compounds.The present invention also relates to a process for the production of these lacquer polyisocyanates, their use as a binder for stoving lacquers optionally in combination with organic polyhydroxyl compounds and to their use as a binder component containing free hydroxyl groups and optionally blocked isocyanate groups by reacting and/or blending the polyisocyanates with organic polyhydroxyl compounds having a molecular weight of 62 to 350.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reinhard Halpaap, Hans Schlegel, Jan Mazanek, Hans-Ulrich Meier-Westhues
  • Patent number: 5847044
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyurethane powder coating composition containingA) a binder component which is solid below 40.degree. C. and liquid above 130.degree. C. and has an OH number of 25 to 200 and a number average molecular weight of 400 to 10,000,B) a polyaddition compound which is solid below 40.degree. C. and liquid above 125.degree. C., contains uretdione groups and optionally free isocyanate groups and is prepared from aliphatic and/or cycloaliphatic diisocyanates andC) one or more catalysts containing N,N,N'-trisubstituted amidine groups which have an amidine group content (calculated as CN.sub.2 ; molecular weight=40) of 12.0 to 47.0 wt. %,provided that components A) and B) are present in amounts such that component B) has 0.6 to 1.4 isocyanate groups for each hydroxyl group present in component A) and the amount of component C) is 0.05 to 5 wt. %, based on the total weight of the coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Josef Laas, Hans-Ulrich Meier-Westhues, Reinhard Halpaap, Ulrich Freudenberg, Hans-Peter Klee