Patents by Inventor Harald Schwahn

Harald Schwahn 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: 6312480
    Abstract: Solid or pasty fuel additive compositions comprise a homogeneous mixture of a solid compacting agent soluble in fuel and at least one liquid fuel additive, the compositions having an additive content of from more than about 40 to 99% by weight, based on their total weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Claus Peter Jakob, Christoph Bähr, Harald Schwahn, Dietmar Posselt
  • Publication number: 20010025094
    Abstract: Copolymers I carrying functional groups and comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Applicant: BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Wolfgang Gunther, Knut Oppenlander, Walter Denzinger, Heinrich Hartmann, Helmut Mach, Harald Schwahn, Hans Peter Rath
  • Patent number: 6284716
    Abstract: Copolymers I carrying functional groups and comprising a) 20-60 mol % of at least one monoethylenically unsaturated C4-C6-dicarboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof, b) 10-70 mol % of at least one oligomer of propene or of a branched 1-olefin of 4 to 10 carbon atoms, having an average molecular weight Mw of from 300 to 5000, and c) 1-50 mol % of at least one monoethylenically unsaturated compound which is copolymerizable with the monomers a) and b), a process for their preparation, oil-soluble reaction products obtainable therefrom by reaction with an amine and the use of said reaction products as additives for lubricants and fuels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Günther, Knut Oppenländer, Walter Denzinger, Heinrich Hartmann, Helmut Mach, Harald Schwahn, Hans Peter Rath
  • Patent number: 6069281
    Abstract: The invention relates to the preparation of organic nitrogen compounds, in particular of aminoalkanes, alkyloximes, alkylnitrones or mixtures thereof, which have only one nitrogen-functional group and no alcoholic hydroxyl groups in the molecule, from nitro-containing reaction products of polymers of C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -olefins with an average degree of polymerization P=5-100 with nitrogen oxides or mixtures of nitrogen oxides and oxygen by hydrogenation of these reaction products. The invention also relates to particular mixtures of such aminoalkanes, alkyloximes and/or alkylnitrones and to individual compounds of these types themselves. The designated products are suitable as additives to fuels and lubricants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rudolf Kropp, Wolfgang Siegel, Boris Breitscheidel, Wolfgang Harder, Harald Schwahn, Wolfgang Reif
  • Patent number: 6005144
    Abstract: Reaction products of polyisobutenes having an average degree of polymerization P of from 10 to 100 and a content E of from 60 to 90% of double bonds which can react with maleic anhydride, E=100% corresponding to the theoretical value for the case where each molecule of the polyisobutene has such a reactive double bond, with oxides of nitrogen or mixtures of oxides of nitrogen and oxygen, are suitable as additives for fuels, in particular for gasoline engines, and for lubricants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rudolf Kropp, Eckhard Hickmann, Klaus Ebel, Wolfgang Gunther, Hans Peter Rath, Harald Schwahn
  • Patent number: 5980594
    Abstract: Reaction products of polymers of C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -olefins having an average degree of polymerization P of from 5 to 100 and oxides of nitrogen or mixtures of oxides of nitrogen and oxygen are used as additives for fuels, in particular for fuels for gasoline engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rudolf Kropp, Eckhard Hickmann, Klaus Ebel, Wolfgang Gunther, Hans Peter Rath, Harald Schwahn
  • Patent number: 5976202
    Abstract: Reaction products of polyolefins having predominantly a terminal double bond and a number average molecular weight of from 250 to 10,000, which possess an aliphatic hydrocarbon skeleton which is straight-chain or carries C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl side chains, with from 1 to 10 mol, per equivalent of double bond, of one or more vinyl esters I ##STR1## are obtainable by reacting the stated polyolefins with the vinyl esters I in the presence of a free radical initiator at from 80 to 200.degree. C., it being possible for these reaction products subsequently to have been hydrolyzed to the corresponding alcohols or converted into the corresponding amines by reductive amination with amines II ##STR2## .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans Peter Rath, Helmut Mach, Harald Schwahn, Hans-Joachim Muller, Wolfgang Reif, Thomas Ruhl
  • Patent number: 5972856
    Abstract: Reaction products of polyisobutenes having an average degree of polymerization P of from 10 to 100 and a content E of from 60 to 90% of double bonds which can react with maleic anhydride, E=100% corresponding to the theoretical value for the case where each molecule of the polyisobutene has such a reactive double bond, with oxides of nitrogen or mixtures of oxides of nitrogen and oxygen, are suitable as additives for fuels, in particular for gasoline engines, and for lubricants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rudolf Kropp, Eckhard Hickmann, Klaus Ebel, Wolfgang Gunther, Hans Peter Rath, Harald Schwahn
  • Patent number: 5879420
    Abstract: Reaction products of polyisobutenes having an average degree of polymerization P of from 10 to 100 and a content E of from 60 to 90% of double bonds which can react with maleic anhydride, E=100% corresponding to the theoretical value for the case where each molecule of the polyisobutene has such a reactive double bond, with oxides of nitrogen or mixtures of oxides of nitrogen and oxygen, are suitable as additives for fuels, in particular for gasoline engines, and for lubricants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rudolf Kropp, Eckhard Hickmann, Klaus Ebel, Wolfgang Gunther, Hans Peter Rath, Harald Schwahn
  • Patent number: 5876467
    Abstract: Carboxylic esters of the formula IR.sup.1 --CO--O--R.sup.2 I,whereR.sup.1 is an aliphatic, straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon radical having alkyl side chains and a number average molecular weight of from 250 to 5000 andR.sup.2 is a straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon radical of 1 to 30 carbon atoms or a radical of the formula II ##STR1## where R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6, independently of one another, are each hyrogen, branched or straight-chain alkyl, an aromatic radical or an araliphatic radical which may also contain heteroatoms,R.sup.7 and R.sup.8, independently of one another, are each branched or straight-chain alkyl or an aromatic or araliphatic radical which may also contain heteroatoms,X is O, S, NR.sup.9 or PR.sup.9, where R.sup.9 is an aliphatic or aromatic radical,n and m, independently of one another, are each from 2 to 20, andx is from 0 to 30,are used as fuel additives or lubricant additives, and fuel compositions or lubricant compositions contain these additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Arthur Hohn, Hans Funke, Knut Oppenlander, Wolfgang Gunther, Harald Schwahn
  • Patent number: 5797326
    Abstract: Method for applying spacing material to a sheet printed by a printing press includes providing spacing material which is solid at least at ambient temperature, spotwise applying individual spacing material particles formed from the spacing material onto a surface of the sheet, and fixing the applied spacing material particles to the sheet; and a printing-press device for performing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Rainer Buschulte, Juergen Kern, Michael Mueller, Harald Schwahn
  • Patent number: 5736484
    Abstract: A catalyst suitable for hydrogenating organic compounds, essentially containing from 65 to 80% of nickel, calculated as nickel oxide, from 10 to 25% of silicon, calculated as silicon dioxide, from 2 to 10% of zirconium, calculated as zirconium oxide, and from 0 to 10% of aluminum, calculated as aluminum oxide, with the proviso that the sum of the content of silicon dioxide and aluminum oxide is at least 15% (percentages in % by weight, based on the total weight of the catalyst), obtainable by addition of an acidic aqueous solution of nickel, zirconium and, if desired, aluminum salts to a basic aqueous solution or suspension of silicon compounds and if desired aluminum compounds, the pH of the mixture thus obtained being decreased to at least 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Polanek, Harald Schwahn, Matthias Irgang, Cristina Freire Erdbrugger
  • Patent number: 5660601
    Abstract: Fuels for gasoline engines contain small amounts of polyetheramines IR.sup.1 --(OBu).sub.n --NR.sup.2 R.sup.3 (I)whereR.sup.1 is C.sub.2 -C.sub.30 -alkyl,R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, independently of one another, are each hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, aminoalkylene of the general formula II--R.sup.4 --NR.sup.5 R.sup.6 (II)or polyaminoalkylene of the general formula III--(R.sup.4 --NR.sup.5).sub.m --R.sup.6 (III)whereR.sup.4 is C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alkylene, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6, independently of one another, are each hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl and m is from 2 to 8,Bu is a butylene radical derived from butylene oxide andn is from 12 to 28.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Knut Oppenlander, Wolfgang Gunther, Andreas Henne, Volkmar Menger, Rainer Becker, Wolfgang Reif, Jurgen Thomas, Harald Schwahn, Erhard Henkes
  • Patent number: 5053580
    Abstract: Metal oxide powders comprised of Cr(III) oxide, Ti(IV) oxide, V(V) oxide, or mixtures of these, or metal mixed oxides comprised of Cr(III) oxide and Ti(IV) oxide and V(V) oxide, or their mixtures. They have BET surfaces of 5-50m.sup.2 /g and mean particle diameters of 25-350 nm and are useful to increase conversion and selectivity in the manufacture of mono-olefins by catalytic dehydrogenation of saturated hydrocarbons. The metal oxide powders are produced from mixtures of the vaporized metal compounds chromyl chloride, titanium tetrachloride, and vanadyl chloride, in the presence of certain gases by laser pyrolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1991
    Assignee: Veba Oel Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernhard Schramm, Jurgen Kern, Harald Schwahn, August-Wilhelm Preuss, Klaus Gottlieb, Hartmut Bruderreck
  • Patent number: 5013706
    Abstract: Metal oxide powders comprised of Cr(III) oxide, Ti(IV) oxide, V(V) oxide, or mixtures of these, or metal mixed oxides comprised of Cr(III) oxide and Ti(IV) oxide and V(V) oxide, or their mixtures. They have BET surfaces of 5-50 m.sup.2 /g and mean particle diameters of 25-350 nm and are useful to increase conversion and selectivity in the manufacture of mono-olefins by catalytic dehydrogenation of saturated hydrocarbons. The metal oxide powders are produced from mixtures of the vaporized metal compounds chromyl chloride, titanium tetrachloride, and vanadyl chloride, in the presence of certain gases by laser pyrolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1991
    Assignee: Veba Oel Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernhard Schramm, Jurgen Kern, Harald Schwahn, August-Wilhelm Preuss, Klaus Gottlieb, Hartmut Bruderreck