Patents by Inventor Rudolf A. Behrens

Rudolf A. Behrens 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: 5124378
    Abstract: N--OR.sub.1 substituted hindered amine light stabilizers impart outstanding stabilization properties to ambient cured coatings based on a variety of resins, the stabilized coatings exhibiting improved durability, weatherability, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf A. Behrens, Andrew Mar
  • Patent number: 5112890
    Abstract: N-OR.sub.1 substituted hindered amine light stabilizers impart outstanding stabilization properties to acid catalyzed thermoset coating compositions providing enhanced resistance against the deleterious effects of light, moisture or oxygen without inhibition of cure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf A. Behrens, Roland A. E. Winter, Andrew Mar, Peter J. Schirmann, Raymond Seltzer, Roger F. Malherbe
  • Patent number: 5064883
    Abstract: N-hydroxy substituted hindered amine light stabilizers impart outstanding stabilization properties to acid catalyzed thermoset coating compositions with enhanced resistance against the deleterious effects of light, moisture or oxygen in the substantial absence of cure inhibition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1991
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf A. Behrens, Roger F. Malherbe
  • Patent number: 5006577
    Abstract: N-hydroxy-substituted hindered amine light stabilizers impart outstanding stabilization properties to ambient cured coatings based on a variety of resins, the stabilized coatings exhibiting improved durability, weatherability, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1991
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf A. Behrens, Andrew Mar
  • Patent number: 4902734
    Abstract: Acid-curable thermoset enamel compositions coming in contact with copper or copper-containing alloys are discolored and degrade more rapidly due to leaching of copper into the compositions. The presence of small amounts of benzotriazole or tolutriazole effectively prevents the discoloration and concomitantly retards degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1990
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Dexter, Rudolf A. Behrens
  • Patent number: 4691015
    Abstract: Hydroxylamines derived from hindered amines are effective in stabilizing polyolefin compositions containing a stabilizer or mixture of stabilizers selected from the group consisting of the phenolic antioxidants, the hindered amine light stabilizers, the alkylated hydroxybenzoate light stabilizers, the ultraviolet light absorbers, the organic phosphorus compounds, the alkaline metal salts of fatty acids and the thiosynergists, against degradation upon high temperature extrusion, exposure to the combustion products of natural gas, gamma irradiation or upon storage for extended periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf A. Behrens, Raymond Seltzer
  • Patent number: 4419493
    Abstract: Polyacrylate-containing elastomers, having improved tensile strength and hardness upon vulcanization, comprise blends containing about 35 to 65 percent, by weight, of a sulfur-vulcanizable graft elastomer having a major proportion of ethyl acrylate and a minor proportion of an ethylenically unsaturated comonomer which contains a cure-site for sulfur vulcanization, grafted onto an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, and about 65 to 35 percent, by weight, of a sulfur-vulcanizable polyacrylate elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1983
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventors: Eugene Y. C. Chang, Rudolf A. Behrens
  • Patent number: 4218559
    Abstract: The present invention relates in general to vulcanizable elastomers of thiodiethanol and, in particular, to the provision of a novel vulcanization system for vulcanizable elastomers of thiodiethanol, comprising sulfur and certain pyrazine compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1980
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventors: Donald R. Maulding, Rudolf A. Behrens
  • Patent number: 4202963
    Abstract: The present invention relates in general to sulfur-vulcanizable elastomers derived from thiodiethanol and, in particular to the provision of a novel vulcanization system therefor comprising sulfur and an aliphatic linear, branched chain of cyclic polyethyleneamine or a dissociable organic salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1980
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventor: Rudolf A. Behrens
  • Patent number: 4129708
    Abstract: A vulcanizable polyacrylate elastomer composition having improved resistance to hydrocarbon oils is provided which comprises one or more lower alkyl acrylic acid ester monomers polymerized with a comonomer containing either a halogen or an epoxy group, in the presence of from about 0.25 to 10 percent, by weight of total monomer, of a low molecular weight, unsaturated polymer of butadiene or isoprene or copolymers thereof with styrene or acrylonitrile. In addition, a process for preparing such elastomer compositions is also provided, together with the vulcanization of such elastomers and the resulting vulcanized polyacrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1978
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventors: Guido Mino, Rudolf A. Behrens