Patents Assigned to Umicore
  • System and process for efficient SCR at high NOto NOratios
    Patent number: 11378278
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for the removal of volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides from off-gas, which systems comprise a source of ammonia, means for introducing ammonia into a catalytic article having an SCR functionality; a catalytic article having both an oxidation and an SCR functionality, the catalytic article comprising a catalyst substrate and a catalyst composition comprising at least one platinum group metal and/or at least one platinum group metal oxide, at least one oxide of titanium and at least one oxide of vanadium, wherein the washcoat is located in and/or on the walls of the catalyst substrate: means for measuring the amount of NOx and/or the ammonia slip between the outlet end of the catalytic article and the stack or at the stack, at least one carbon monoxide source, and means for introducing carbon monoxide into the catalytic article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Kim Hougaard Pedersen, Wayne S. Jones, David Taylor
  • Precursor and method for preparing Ni based cathode material for rechargeable lithium ion batteries
    Patent number: 11367872
    Abstract: A crystalline precursor compound for manufacturing a lithium transition metal based oxide powder usable as an active positive electrode material in lithium-ion batteries, the precursor having a general formula Li1?a((Niz(Ni0.5Mn0.5)yCox)1?kAk)1+aO2, wherein A comprises at least one element of the group consisting of: Mg, Al, Ca, Si, B, W, Zr, Ti, Nb, Ba, and Sr, with 0.05?x?0.40, 0.25?z?0.85, x+y+z=1, 0?k?0.10, and 0?a?0.053, wherein said crystalline precursor powder has a crystalline size L, expressed in nm, with 15?L?36.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: UMICORE, UMICORE KOREA, LTD.
    Inventors: Areum Park, JiHye Kim, Song-Yi Han, Jens Martin Paulsen, Kyung-Tae Lee, Randy De Palma
  • CATALYTICALLY ACTIVE PARTICULATE FILTER
    Publication number: 20220176355
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a particulate filter for removing particles, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gas from internal combustion engines operated with a stoichiometric air-fuel mixture. Two coatings Y and Z are located in the porous walls and are present from the first end of the wall-flow filter over the entire length L of the particulate filter. Both contain active alumina, at least one cerium-zirconium-rare earth metal mixed oxide and at least one platinum group metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Gabriela KUCEROVA, Jan SCHOENHABER, Naina DEIBEL, Meike GOTTHARDT
  • CATALYTICALLY ACTIVE PARTICULATE FILTER
    Publication number: 20220176364
    Abstract: The invention relates to a particulate filter which comprises a wall flow filter of length L and two catalytically active coatings Y and Z, wherein the wall flow filter comprises channels E and A that extend in parallel between a first and a second end of the wall flow filter and are separated by porous walls which form surfaces OE and OA, respectively, and wherein the channels E are closed at the second end and the channels A are closed at the first end, and the coatings Y and Z have the same oxygen storage components and the same carrier materials for noble metals. The invention is characterised in that the coating Y is located in the channels E on the surfaces OE and the coating Z is located in the channels Aon the surfaces OA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jan SCHOENHABER, Naina DEIBEL, Martin ROESCH, Joerg-Michael RICHTER
  • Precious metal compounds
    Patent number: 11352385
    Abstract: The invention relates to tetraalkylammonium-tetra- or hexahydroxometallates such as tetraethylammonium hexahydroxoplatinate, (N(alkyl)4)y[M(OH)x], a method for the production thereof, and the use thereof for producing catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Eileen Woerner, Timo Ebert, Michael Lennartz, Ralf Karch, Angelino Doppiu, Andreas Rivas-Nass, Annika Frey
  • CATALYTICALLY ACTIVE PARTICULATE FILTER
    Publication number: 20220168721
    Abstract: The invention relates to a particulate filter which comprises a wall flow filter of length L and two different catalytically active coatings Y and Z, wherein the wall flow filter comprises channels E and A that extend in parallel between a first and a second end of the wall flow filter and are separated by porous walls which form surfaces OE and OA, respectively, and the channels E are closed at the second end and the channels A are closed at the first end. The invention is characterised in that the coating Y is located in the channels E on the surfaces OE and the coating Z is located in the channels A on the surfaces OA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jan SCHOENHABER, Naina DEIBEL, Martin ROESCH, Joerg-Michael RICHTER
  • Diesel engine exhaust gas purification catalyst, production method therefor, and exhaust gas purification method using the same
    Patent number: 11344864
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a catalyst that can effectively purify exhaust gas, in particular, carbon monoxide (CO) in exhaust gas, emitted from a diesel engine, a production method therefor, and an exhaust gas purification method using the same. A diesel engine exhaust gas purification catalyst for purifying exhaust gas emitted from a diesel engine of the present invention comprises a precious metal and alumina and/or zeolite supported on a three-dimensional structure, and has peaks for not less than three different pore sizes in a pore size distribution measured by the mercury intrusion method, wherein one of the peaks is a peak 2 at a pore size of not less than 0.3 ?m and less than 1.0 ?m, and the pore volume of the peak 2 being greater than 3.1% of the total pore volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Goto, Tatsuya Kumon, Franz Dornhaus
  • LAYERED TWC
    Publication number: 20220152591
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a three-way catalyst (TWC) for treatment of exhaust gases from internal combustion engines operated with a predominantly stoichiometric air/fuel ratio, so called spark ignited engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Masashi NAKASHIMA, John G. NUNAN, Ryan J. Andersen
  • Positive electrode materials having a superior hardness strength
    Patent number: 11335907
    Abstract: A powderous positive electrode material for a lithium secondary battery has the general formula Li1+x[Ni1?a?b?cMaM?bM?c]1?xO2?z. M is one or more elements of the group Mn, Zr and Ti. M? is one or more elements of the group Al, B and Co. M? is a dopant different from M and M?, and x, a, b and c are expressed in mol with ?0.02?x?0.02, 0?c?0.05, 0.10?(a+b)?0.65 and 0?z?0.05. The material has an unconstrained cumulative volume particle size distribution value (?0(D10P=0)), a cumulative volume particle size distribution value after having been pressed at a pressure of 200 MPa (?P(D10P=200)) and a cumulative volume particle size distribution value after having been pressed at a pressure of 300 MPa (?P(D10P=300)). When ?P(D10P=200) is compared to ?0(D10P=0), the relative increase in value is less than 100%. When ?P(D10P=300) is compared to ?0(D10P=0), the relative increase in value is less than 120%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: UMICORE, UMICORE KOREA, LTD.
    Inventors: Maxime Blangero, Da-In Choi, WooRam Cho, JiHye Kim
  • Three-way catalyst
    Patent number: 11331651
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising a carrier substrate of the length L extending between substrate ends a and b and three washcoat zones A, B and C wherein washcoat zone A comprises one or more first platinum group metals and extends starting from substrate end a over a part of the length L, washcoat zone C comprises one or more first platinum group metals and extends starting from substrate end b over a part of the length L, and washcoat zone B comprises the same components as washcoat zone A and in addition, one or more second platinum group metals and extends between washcoat zones A and C, wherein L=LA+LB+LC, wherein LA is the length of washcoat zone A, LB is the length of substrate length B and LC is the length of substrate length C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ryan J. Andersen, John G. Nunan, Curt M. Ellis, Geon Seog Son
  • Composite powder for use in an anode of a lithium ion battery, method for manufacturing a composite powder and lithium ion battery
    Patent number: 11329275
    Abstract: Composite powder for use as electrochemically active material in an anode of a lithium ion battery, whereby the particles of the composite powder comprise a carbon-based matrix material and silicon particles embedded in this matrix material, whereby the silicon particles and the matrix material have an interface, characterized in that at this interface there are Si—C chemical bonds present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: UMICORE
    Inventors: Stijn Put, Dirk Van Genechten, Jean-Sébastien Bridel
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOTOR VEHICLE EXHAUST GAS CATALYSTS
    Publication number: 20220134324
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and a device for coating substrates of motor vehicle exhaust gas catalysts. In this respect, the substrates can be flow-though substrates or filter systems (“wall flow”). The invention particularly describes an improvement in such coating processes in which a suspension (washcoat) containing the catalytically active material is applied to or delivered onto such a vertically oriented substrate (monolithic substrate) from above (“metered charge” process).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin FOERSTER, Juergen KOCH, Astrid MUELLER, Stéphane MASSON
  • Electrolyte for Li secondary batteries
    Patent number: 11322779
    Abstract: An electrolyte composition suitable for lithium ion secondary batteries comprises lithium bis(trifluoromethansolfonyl)imide (LiTFSI), 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoro-ethyl-2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropyl ether (TTE), sulfolane (SL) and fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC) in an amount (x) of 0<x?15 vol. %. The composition comprises a molar ratio SL/LiTFSI (y) of 1.0?y?5.0 and a molar ratio TTE/LiTFSI (z) of 1.0?z?5.0. The electrolyte results in improved electrochemical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: UMICORE
    Inventors: Sebastian Mai, Svetlozar-Dimitrov Ivanov, Andreas Bund
  • Method and system for the removal of noxious compounds from engine exhaust gas
    Patent number: 11313264
    Abstract: Method and system for the removal of nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds and particulate matter from engine exhaust gas at cold start conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventor: Pär L. T. Gabrielsson
  • Coated wall-flow filter
    Patent number: 11305269
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalytically coated wall-flow filter, to a method for the production thereof and to the use thereof in order to reduce harmful exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Naina Deibel, Martin Foerster, Antje Oltersdorf, Juergen Koch, Martin Roesch
  • Active SCR catalyst
    Patent number: 11298692
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst containing a BEA-type zeolite which contains iron as well as 0.05 to 1 percent by weight of sodium, the weight percentage being relative to the iron-exchanged zeolite and being calculated as metallic sodium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Fei Wen, Nicola Soeger, Yvonne Demel
  • SCR catalyst device containing vanadium oxide and molecular sieve containing iron
    Patent number: 11300029
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst device for purifying exhaust gases containing nitrogen oxide by using selective catalytic reduction (SCR), the catalyst device comprising at least two catalytic layers, the first layer containing vanadium oxide and a mixed oxide comprising titanium oxide and silicon oxide and the second layer containing a molecular sieve containing iron, wherein the first layer is applied onto the second layer. The invention also relates to uses of the catalyst device and a method for purifying exhaust gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO, KG
    Inventors: Stephan Malmberg, Nicola Soeger
  • Single-layer 3-way catalytic converter
    Patent number: 11291952
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalytic converter for removing carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gas of internal combustion engines operated with stoichiometric air-fuel mixture, which catalytic converter comprises a substrate of the length L and a catalytic coating, characterized in that the coating is located on the walls of the substrate and extends, proceeding from one end of the substrate, over a length corresponding to at least 50% of L and comprises active aluminum oxide, two cerium/zirconium/rare-earth-metal mixed oxides different from each other, and at least one platinum group metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jan Schoenhaber, Martin Roesch, Joerg-Michael Richter
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATALYTICALLY ACTIVE WALL FLOW FILTERS
    Publication number: 20220080355
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wall flow filter, to a method for the production and the use of the filter for reducing harmful exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine. Particle filters are commonly used for filtering exhaust gases from a combustion process. Also disclosed are novel filter substrates and their specific use in exhaust gas aftertreatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Astrid MUELLER, Meike Antonia GOTTHARDT, Martin FOERSTER, Stephanie SPIESS, Yannic WEIGL, Carsten HERZOG
  • PASSIVE NITROGEN OXIDE ADSORBER HAVING OXIDATION-CATALYTICALLY ACTIVE FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20220080394
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a material B containing palladium and platinum in a weight ratio of 2:3 to 10:1 for increasing the low-temperature storage of nitrogen oxides by means of a material A containing palladium and zeolite, wherein material A and material B are present on a carrier substrate of the length L, and wherein material A and material B are different from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO, KG
    Inventor: Anke WOERZ