Patents by Inventor Stefan Espig

Stefan Espig 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).

  • Publication number: 20090114192
    Abstract: In an injector for an accumulator injection system comprising an injector having an injector housing with an injection nozzle and an actuator for operating the injection nozzle arranged in a fuel-filled pressure space of the injector housing wherein the actuator includes a piezoelectric element disposed between an actuator head and an actuator the base with a fuel-tight casing at least partially surrounding the actuator head and the actuator base, the casing is engaged in a sealing fashion by a first annular element with the actuator base and by a second annular element with the actuator head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Stefan Espig, Bernhard Jutz, Johannes Leweux, Gregor Renner, Heiko Sass, Nicole Schlegl, Holger Stark, Thomas Stolk, Andreas Vortmeier
  • Patent number: 6358373
    Abstract: The preparation of polyamides, their oligomers or mixtures thereof, where appropriate with other reaction products, takes place by reacting amino nitrites (A) and, where appropriate, other polyamide-forming monomers and/or oligomers with water (D) in a reactive distillation, wherein the reaction product (P) is discharged from the bottom of the reactive distillation apparatus, and ammonia (N) which is produced and, where appropriate, other low molecular weight compounds which are produced, and water, are taken off overhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Martin Leemann, Volker Hildebrandt, Heino Thiele, Stefan Espig