Patents Assigned to Axiva GmbH
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Patent number: 6852440Abstract: The invention relates to a PEM fuel cell which has a new type of edge structure, in which a reservoir of water is formed in a minute gap between membrane and edge seal, which considerably improves the utilization time of a polymer electrolyte membrane, in particular with dry process gases.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 1999Date of Patent: February 8, 2005Assignee: Axiva GmbHInventor: Harald Bönsel
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Patent number: 6720441Abstract: A process for recovering and purifying substituted benzenesulfonates, by neutralizing a mixture including at least one substituted benzenesulfonate, or at least one corresponding substituted benzenesulfonic acid, and sulfur trioxide, sulfuric acid and/or hydrogen chloride in free or bound form, in an aqueous phase using an alkali metal hydroxide, and purifying it in this aqueous phase, and by subsequently separating the substituted benzenesulfonate(s) from this aqueous phase. The mixture is comminuted into particles having a Sauter mean diameter in the range from 1 &mgr;m to 2 cm, either before or during introduction into this aqueous phase.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2002Date of Patent: April 13, 2004Assignee: Siemens Axiva GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rainald Forbert, Thomas Diehl
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Patent number: 6626971Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for separating at least two physical areas (1, 2) and for reducing the transmission of air-borne particles between said physical areas so as to protect persons and/or products (26) from said air-borne particles. The persons is located at least partly in the first physical area (1) and the products (26) in the second physical area (2) and at least one flat jet (13) of purified air is used to separate the two areas. The invention is characterized in that at least one low-turbulence displacement air stream (14) of purified air is generated at least in the second physical area (2) near the at least one air jet (13) and said at least one displacement air stream is directed primarily in the same direction as the at least one air jet (13).Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2001Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Assignee: Siemens Axiva GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rainald Forbert, Lothar Gail, Ekkehard Eigenherr
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Patent number: 6592897Abstract: The invention relates to a controlled release tablet which in part or as a whole contains water-insoluble linear polysaccharides, preferably the polysaccharide poly(1,4-&agr;-D-glucan), in the form of microparticles, as retardation material. The tablet is also capable of controllably releasing an active agent.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2001Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: Axiva GmbHInventors: Holger Bengs, Silke Schuth, Jürgen Grande, Gitte Böhm, Arnold Schneller
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Patent number: 6585176Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the comminution of bulk materials comprising synthetic polymers which do not have an elastomeric behavior by mechanical, thermal or electromagnetic loading of the bulk materials, which comprises treating the bulk materials, before and/or during the loading, with oxidants which have a redox potential of greater than 1.5 V or subjecting them to corona, UV or plasma treatment without complete oxidation of the synthetic polymer taking place.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2001Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Assignee: Siemens Axiva GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Olaf Mientkewitz, Elke Schweers, Ulrich Bauer, Helmut Gursky, Hubert Müller, Raimo Drögemeier
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Patent number: 6555629Abstract: Process and apparatus for the continuous preparation of polymers Two reaction partners (starting materials) are stored in separate reservoirs 2, 3, 4 and 5 and are transported using overpressure via heated heat exchangers 11, 12 into a micromixer 18 by means of control and metering devices 6, 7, which can be metering pumps. In the heat exchangers 11, 12, the starting materials are heated, separately in each case, to the extent that during the mixing operation in the micromixer 18 the required reaction temperature is immediately reached. The polymerization takes place in a downstream tube reactor 20 which consists of tubes 21, 22, 23 which are connected in series.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2000Date of Patent: April 29, 2003Assignee: Siemens Axiva GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Detlev Pysall, Olaf Wachsen, Thomas Bayer, Stefan Wulf
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Patent number: 6518442Abstract: The invention relates to a method for removing fluorinated emulsifying agent acids from waste waters, characterized in that the finely dispersed solids in the waste water are stabilized with a nonionic or cationic surfactant or an analogous acting surface active substance, the fluorinated emulsifying agent acids are subsequently bonded on an anion exchange resin and the fluorinated emulsifying agent acids are eluted from the latter.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2000Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignees: Dyneon GmbH & Co., KG, Axiva GmbHInventors: Bernd Felix, Tilman Zipplies, Stephan Führer, Thomas Kaiser, Armin Budesheim
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Patent number: 6509110Abstract: Triptycene derivatives, and their use for opto-electronic applications, in particular as electroluminescent materials Triptycene devices of the formula (I) where the symbols in the formula have the following meanings: K1, K2 and K3 are identical or different and are mono- or polycyclic systems, which may, if desired, contain heteroatoms, preferably N, S and/or O, and; X and Y are identical or different and are CR1, N, P, As or SiR2; R1 are identical or different and are H, halogen, pseudohalogen or a hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, which may also, if desired, contain heteroatoms, preferably —O—, —N— and/or —S—; R2 are identical or different and are a hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, which may also, if desired, contain heteroatoms, preferably —O—, —N— and/or —S—, are suitable for use in electroluminescent devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2000Date of Patent: January 21, 2003Assignee: Axiva GmbHInventors: Josef Salbeck, Heinrich Becker, Willi Kreuder, Karl Heinz Weinfurtner
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Patent number: 6506928Abstract: The invention relates to dendrimeric fullerene derivatives in which the fullerene is linked to at least one dendron, wherein the or each dendron has at least one protic group which imparts water solubility.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2000Date of Patent: January 14, 2003Assignee: Siemens Axiva GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Andreas Hirsch
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Patent number: 6500956Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of bipyridyls by converting at least one pyridine of the formula (III) in which S′, S″, S′″, S″″ and S′″″, independently of one another, are identical or different and are hydrogen, (C1-C18)-alkyl, alkoxy-(C1-C18), acyloxy-(C1-C18), aryloxy-(C1-C18), perfluoroacyloxy-(C1-C8), NO2, (C1-C18)-aryl, (C1-C18)-heteroaryl, halogen, hydroxyl, nitro, nitroso, CN, COOH, CHO, PO3H2, SO3H, SO2R, SOR, NH2, NH-alkyl-(C1-C18), N-alkyl2-(C1-C18), protected amine, CF3, NHCO-alkyl-(C1-C4), N-alkyl-(C1-C4)-CO-alkyl-(C1-C4), COO-alkyl-(C1-C18), CONH2, CO-alkyl-(C1-C18), NHCOH, NHCOO-alkyl-(C1-C4), CO-(C1-C18)-aryl, COO-(C1-C18)-aryl, CHCH-CO2-alkyl-(C1-C18), CHCHCO2H, PO-phenyl2, PO-alkyl2-(C1-C4), (COO−)n(cation)n+, (PO32−)n(cation)2n+, (SO3−)n(cation)n+ and/or (O−)n(cation)n+, where optionally S′, S″, S′″, S″″ and/or S&prType: GrantFiled: November 30, 2000Date of Patent: December 31, 2002Assignee: Axiva GmbHInventors: Holger Geissler, Peter Gross
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Publication number: 20020193628Abstract: A process for recovering and purifying substituted benzenesulfonates, by neutralizing a mixture including at least one substituted benzenesulfonate, or at least one corresponding substituted benzenesulfonic acid, and sulfur trioxide, sulfuric acid and/or hydrogen chloride in free or bound form, in an aqueous phase using an alkali metal hydroxide, and purifying it in this aqueous phase, and by subsequently separating the substituted benzenesulfonate(s) from this aqueous phase. The mixture is comminuted into particles having a Sauter mean diameter in the range from 1 &mgr;m to 2 cm, either before or during introduction into this aqueous phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2002Publication date: December 19, 2002Applicant: SIEMENS AXIVA GmbH & CO. KGInventors: Rainald Forbert, Thomas Diehl
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Patent number: 6478851Abstract: The invention relates to a process for separating off ethylene from a gas mixture comprising more than 8% by volume of carbon dioxide or oxygen, by gas permeation.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2002Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Assignee: Axiva GmbHInventors: Hermann Berwe, Rüdiger Knauf, Herbert Neumann, Matthias Stumpf, Manfred Wolter
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Patent number: 6462095Abstract: Polymer-stabilized metal colloid solutions, process for preparing them and their use as catalysts for fuel cells. Process for preparing metal colloid solutions by reacting a platinum compound and, if desired, one or more compounds of Rh, Ru, Ir or Pd with a reducing agent. At least one cation-exchange polymer is used for stabilizing the metal colloid solution.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2000Date of Patent: October 8, 2002Assignee: Axiva GmbHInventors: Harald Bönsel, Gregor Deckers, Georg Frank, Hans Millauer, Thomas Soczka-Guth
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Patent number: 6437190Abstract: A process for preparing aldols by catalytic reaction of aldehydes and/or ketones comprises conducting said reaction in the channels of a microstructured reaction system.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2001Date of Patent: August 20, 2002Assignee: Siemens Axiva GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Inga Leipprand, Thorsten Lahrs
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Patent number: 6415993Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for preparing a rapidly solidifying mixture from a plurality of liquid components and subsequent atomization of the solidifying mixture. The apparatus comprises a mixing chamber (4), a liquid distributor (1′,7) and N identical, droplet-forming nozzles (9a,9b) connected to the liquid distributor. The liquids to be mixed can be fed separately to the mixing chamber and the mixing chamber has neither significant back-mixing in the areas in which reactions can occur, nor significant dead spaces in the flow in these areas. The liquid distributor (1′,7) is connected to the mixing chamber and divides the mixed stream coming from the mixing chamber equally over the nozzles (9a,9b) without significant back-mixing or dead spaces in the flow, so that the flow properties of the partial streams and their residence time in the liquid distributor are identical.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2000Date of Patent: July 9, 2002Assignee: Axiva GmbHInventors: Rainald Forbert, Johannes Hartel, Wilfried Schierholz
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Publication number: 20020087032Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing carbonyl compounds from olefins and an oxidizing agent in which the olefin is oxidized in a reactor, a reaction gas mixture which comprises unoxidized olefin being formed, which comprises separating off unoxidized olefin at least in part from the reaction gas mixture by a membrane process.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2002Publication date: July 4, 2002Applicant: Axiva GmbH, a corporation of GermanyInventors: Hermann Berwe, Rudiger Knauf, Herbert Neumann, Matthias Stumpf, Manfred Wolter
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Patent number: 6395935Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the catalytic pyrolysis of acetic acid for preparing ketene and/or secondary products, which comprises spraying, as catalyst, phosphoric acid in the form of a liquid jet into the acetic acid vapor.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2000Date of Patent: May 28, 2002Assignee: Axiva GmbHInventors: Jochen Baurmeister, Thomas Schäfer
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Patent number: 6365784Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing carbonyl compounds from olefins and an oxidizing agent in which the olefin is oxidized in a reactor, a reaction gas mixture which comprises unoxidized olefin being formed, which comprises separating off unoxidized olefin at least in part from the reaction gas mixture by a membrane process.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2000Date of Patent: April 2, 2002Assignee: Axiva GmbHInventors: Hermann Berwe, Rüdiger Knauf, Herbert Neumann, Matthias Stumpf, Manfred Wolter
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Patent number: 6350890Abstract: The invention relates to a method for obtaining fatty acid esters and fatty acids, preferably unsaturated fatty acid ethyl esters, from biological sources by continuous, combined in-situ extraction, reaction and chromatography. The invention is characterized in that simultaneously and in the same location, in the presence of a compressed gas and an 0.5-5 % stream of lower alcohols as modifiers and in the presence of an inert catalyst, the fatty acids are fully transesterified from their native fatty acid sources, which are selectively desorbed and eluated in the conditions specified above.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2001Date of Patent: February 26, 2002Assignee: AXIVA GmbHInventors: Thomas Kiy, Christoph Siffrin, Heinz Engelhardt, Dirk Fabritius
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Patent number: 6331072Abstract: Continuous, chaotic convection mixer, convection heat exchanger and convection reactor The invention relates to a device (1), in particular for mixing, for heat exchange or for carrying out reactions, having one or more through-flow elements (2) which have a center line (3) in the direction of flow, wherein the element(s) (2) is/are at least partially shaped or arranged such that the curve (9) formed by the center line(s) (3) approximately satisfies the following parametric representation: ϑ ⁡ ( t ) = ( ( - 1 ) [ t ] ⁢ a ⁡ ( tType: GrantFiled: June 8, 2000Date of Patent: December 18, 2001Assignee: Axiva GmbHInventors: Wilfried Schierholz, Götz Lauschke, Stefan Ott, Ulrich Schmidt, Peter Hein