Patents by Inventor Hermann Tatzel
Hermann Tatzel 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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Patent number: 6767623Abstract: The invention relates to a sandwich panel comprising A. a core layer of polypropylene particle foam, B. cover layers of fiber-reinforced polypropylene and also optionally C. decorative layers, wherein the core layer includes from 1 to 30% by weight of recyclate particles of components A, B and optionally C.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2000Date of Patent: July 27, 2004Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Christof Möck, Hermann Tatzel
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Patent number: 6677040Abstract: The invention relates to expanded polypropylene beads having a density of from 5 to 200 g/l and a bead diameter of from 1 to 10 mm which comprise from 0.002 to 20% by weight of graphite particles.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2001Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Frank Braun, Guiscard Glück, Klaus Hahn, Isidoor De Grave, Hermann Tatzel
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Patent number: 6060529Abstract: The invention relates to sound-absorbent foam moldings which have a sound-absorption level according to DIN 52215 of from 30 to 95% in the frequency range from 0.5 to 4 kHz. The foam is an incompletely fused molded polyolefin or polystyrene foam with from 10 to 40% interstitial volume.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 1999Date of Patent: May 9, 2000Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Isidoor de Grave, Hermann Tatzel
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Patent number: 5525636Abstract: The invention relates to expandable styrene polymers for elastic polystyrene foams, comprisinga) from 75 to 98% by weight of polystyrene and/or a styrene copolymer containing at least 50% by weight of copolymerized styrene,b) from 2 to 25% by weight of at least one styrene-soluble elastomer,c) from 1 to 15% by weight, based on the sum of a) and b), of a low-boiling blowing agent, and, if desired,d) conventional additives in effective amounts,where the unfoamed beads have a structure in which the elastomer phase is dispersed in the polystyrene phase in the form of cell particles, and to foams and foam moldings produced therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 1995Date of Patent: June 11, 1996Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Rolf Henn, Klaus Hahn, Wolfgang Loth, Walter Heckmann, Uwe Blumenstein, Hans-Dieter Schwaben, Karl-Heinz Wassmer, Hermann Tatzel
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Patent number: 5252270Abstract: Moldings made from polyolefin particle foams having a mean density of from 0.015 to 0.100 g/cm.sup.3 and having at least two different regions whose densities differ by from 0.005 to 0.030 g/cm.sup.3 have a transition zone between the different density regions having a thickness of not more than 25 mm. A method of forming the moldings, using removable mold dividing walls, is described.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 1992Date of Patent: October 12, 1993Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Udo Haardt, Hermann Tatzel
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Patent number: 5180628Abstract: A shock-absorbing propylene polymer composite molding containsa. a layer with a thickness of from 0.5 to 10 mm which contains a propylene polymer having a melting point of from 130.degree. to 165.degree. C.,b. an intermediate layer with a thickness of from 0.05 to 0.5 mm comprising a hot-melt adhesive based on an olefin copolymer having a melting point of from 90.degree. to 140.degree. C.,c. a foam layer with a thickness of from 3 to 200 mm and a density of from 0.015 to 0.1 g/cm.sup.3 based on a propylene copolymer having a melting point of from 125.degree. to 155.degree. C.,d. an intermediate layer with a thickness of from 0.05 to 0.5 mm comprising a hot-melt adhesive based on an olefin copolymer having a melting point of from 90.degree. to 140.degree. C.,e. a layer with a thickness of from 0.5 to 10 mm which contains a propylene polymer having a melting point of from 130.degree. to 165.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 1992Date of Patent: January 19, 1993Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Udo Haardt, Erhard Seiler, Hermann Tatzel, Harald Schwager, Friedrich Domas
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Patent number: 5164257Abstract: Moldings made from polyolefin particle foams having a mean density of from 0.015 to 0.100 g/cm.sup.3 and having at least two different regions whose densities differ by from 0.005 to 0.030 g/cm.sup.3 have a transition zone between the different density regions having a thickness of not more than 25 mm.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 1991Date of Patent: November 17, 1992Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Udo Haardt, Hermann Tatzel
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Patent number: 5077322Abstract: Novel foams having a density of from 0.01 to 0.1 g/cm.sup.3, based on a copolymer comprising ethylene, propylene and a C.sub.4 - to C.sub.8 -.alpha.-olefin, and having a torsion modulus of from 100 to 800 N/mm.sup.2 have high tensile, compressive and flexural strengths and at the same time high elongation at break.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1991Date of Patent: December 31, 1991Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Isidoor De Grave, Joachim Fischer, Wolfram Koegel, Hermann Tatzel, Onno Graalmann, Juergen Kerth, Rainer A. Werner
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Patent number: 5045256Abstract: Foam particles of propylene polymers which have shrunk from 40 to 95% of their original volume and have a bulk density of from 10 to 30 g/1 can be expanded if they are treated with air or nitrogen under superatmospheric pressure, subsequently decompressed. If desired post-foamed by heating and, after aging, re-treated with air or nitrogen under superatmospheric pressure, subsequently decompressed and aged under atmospheric pressure until the pressure in the cells has dissipated.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 1990Date of Patent: September 3, 1991Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Isidoor De Grave, Udo Haardt, Wolfram Koegel, Fritz E. Krueckau, Hermann Tatzel
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Patent number: 5006566Abstract: Foams having high compressive strength are obtained by extrusion of a mixture of a styrene polymer and from 3 to 9% by weight of a blowing agent consisting of from 80 to 100% by weight of CO.sub.2 and from 0 to 20% by weight of one or more halohydrocarbons or hydrocarbons which are gaseous at room temperature, the mixture being extruded into a zone under from 0.1 to 2 bar gage pressure and the foam being allowed to stabilize under this pressure.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 1988Date of Patent: April 9, 1991Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Reinhold Weber, Manfred Weilbacher, Hermann Tatzel, Ludwig Zuern, Hans D. Zettler, Klaus Hinselmann
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Patent number: 4894191Abstract: Polyolefin foams which have a density of from 30 to 300 g/l, do not exhibit after-shrinkage and possess taut cells are prepared by letting down a polyolefin/blowing agent gel, the latter first being let down to 0.1-10 bar gage pressure and the foam being kept at this pressure until it has cooled to at least 20.degree. C. below the expansion temperature.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1988Date of Patent: January 16, 1990Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hermann Tatzel, Ludwig Zuern, Hans D. Zettler, Wolfgang Schneider, Gerhard Dembek
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Patent number: 4031179Abstract: Shaped articles are produced by heating and compressing particles of foamed olefin polymer containing crosslinked portions in molds, the pressure being reduced during compression in the mold.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 1974Date of Patent: June 21, 1977Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hermann Tatzel, Wolfram Koegel, Gilbert Beck, Ludwig Zuern, Arndt Christian Caesar
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Patent number: 3992501Abstract: Foam moldings of olefin polymers are prepared by heating, and pressing together, foamed particles of an olefin polymer, containing crosslinked constituents, in molds, a temperature gradient of from 0.5.degree. to 25.degree. C per cm of loose mass of particles being established in the mold, which has a gas-permeable wall on the lower-temperature side.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 1974Date of Patent: November 16, 1976Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hermann Tatzel, Wolfram Koegel, Gilbert Beck, Ludwig Zuern, Arndt Christian Caesar