Patents by Inventor Alex Lucassen

Alex Lucassen 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: 10815364
    Abstract: The present invention relates to: a sealing gel having a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4 @ 100° C.) in the range from 100 MU to 170 MU, a sealing compound comprising inventive sealing gel, a process for producing this sealing compound, the use of sealing gels for improving viscoelastic properties in sealing compounds, and the use of sealing gel-containing sealing compounds for improving rolling resistance properties in tyres having sealing layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: ARLANXEO DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Christopher Kohl, Udo Schmidt, Jiawen Zhou, Thomas Frueh, Alex Lucassen
  • Patent number: 10815359
    Abstract: The invention relates to specific nanocomposites comprising at least one sheet silicate and at least one rubber, to a process for production thereof and to various products based on these nanocomposites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: ARLANXEO DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Fruh, Nadine Gottlieb, Alex Lucassen, Andreas Bischoff, Robert Hans Schuster, Marion Schellenberg
  • Publication number: 20200062878
    Abstract: In-chain phosphine- and/or phosphonium-containing diene-polymers, the preparation and use thereof, as well as vulcanizable rubber compounds comprising such polymers, and their use for the production of moldings in particular in the production of tires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: ARLANXEO DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas RÜNZI, Norbert STEINHAUSER, Alex LUCASSEN, Thomas GROSS
  • Publication number: 20190382517
    Abstract: A polymer based sealing compound applied to vehicle tyres for the reduction of tyre noise, a process for producing such sealing compounds, and the use thereof in tyres for noise reduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: ARLANXEO DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Jiawen ZHOU, Christopher KOHL, Udo SCHMIDT, Jochen KROLL, Alex LUCASSEN, Thomas FRÜH
  • Publication number: 20180319951
    Abstract: The invention relates to specific nanocomposites comprising at least one sheet silicate and at least one rubber, to a process for production thereof and to various products based on these nanocomposites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: ARLANXEO DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: THOMAS FRUH, NADINE GOTTLIEB, ALEX LUCASSEN, ANDREAS BISCHOFF, ROBERT HANS SCHUSTER, MARION SCHELLENBERG
  • Publication number: 20180244865
    Abstract: Polymer masterbatch compositions, the production and use thereof, as well as vulcanizable rubber compounds comprising these masterbatch compositions, and their use for the production of moldings in the production of tires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: ARLANXEO Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas GROSS, Heike KLOPPENBURG, Alex LUCASSEN, Thomas RUENZI, Norbert STEINHAUSER, Olaf HALLE
  • Publication number: 20180215903
    Abstract: The present invention relates to: a sealing gel having a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4 @ 100° C.) in the range from 100 MU to 170 MU, a sealing compound comprising inventive sealing gel, a process for producing this sealing compound, the use of sealing gels for improving viscoelastic properties in sealing compounds, and the use of sealing gel-containing sealing compounds for improving rolling resistance properties in tyres having sealing layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: ARLANXEO Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Christopher KOHL, Udo SCHMIDT, Jiawen ZHOU, Thomas FRUEH, Alex LUCASSEN
  • Patent number: 9938398
    Abstract: The invention relates to vulcanizable rubber compositions comprising at least the following components: a) at least one functionalized polymer, b) at least one modified polybutadiene having a proportion of cis-1,4 units of >95% by weight and a proportion of 1,2-vinyl content of <1% by weight, the polybutadiene having been modified by means of sulphur chlorides after the polymerization, c) at least one silica, d) at least one further filler, e) at least one vulcanizing agent, f) at least one oil and g) optionally at least one further rubber additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: ARLANXEO Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: David John Hardy, Heike Kloppenburg, Alex Lucassen, Norbert Steinhauser, Yan Zhang
  • Patent number: 9845366
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for achieving a step increase in the Mooney viscosity in production of high-molecular-weight polybutadiene having >95% by weight content of cis-1,4 units and <1% by weight 1,2-vinyl content, characterized in that 1) at least one monomer selected from butadiene and/or isoprene is polymerized at temperatures of from ?20° C. to 150° C. in the presence of at least one inert, organic solvent and in the presence of at least one catalyst based on neodymium carboxylate, 2) the polymerization is then terminated by addition of protic compounds and 3) then sulphur chlorides are added to the polymer, and prior to addition these sulphur chlorides are treated with a carboxylic acid, fatty acid and/or fatty acid ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: ARLANXEO Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Heike Kloppenburg, Thomas Gross, Alex Lucassen, Dave Hardy, Yan Zhang, Alicia Le-Sattler
  • Patent number: 9758646
    Abstract: The invention relates to an NdBR wet masterbatch comprising —neodymium-catalyzed polybutadienes having a high proportion of cis-1,4 units of >95% and a low proportion of 1,2-vinyl content of <1%, with narrow polydispersity of less than 3, with a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4 100° C.) between 30 and 90 MU, with a high linearity index (ratio of solution viscosity to Mooney viscosity) of 3 to 10 m Pas/MU and with a Mooney relaxation after 30 seconds of 2 to 12%, the latter being prepared by means of solution polymerization, —at least one carbon black, the carbon black having an iodine absorption number (ION) between 85 and 210 mg/g, measured to ASTM D1510-1304, and an oil absorption number (OAN) between 75 and 150 ml/100 g, measured to ASTM D2414, and —an oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: ARLANXEO Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Heike Kloppenburg, Alex Lucassen, David Hardy, Thomas Gross, Judy Elizabeth Douglas
  • Patent number: 9593228
    Abstract: The invention relates to functionalized diene rubbers with trimethylolpropane and fatty acid, to a process for production there of and use thereof for the production of wet-skid-resistant and low-rolling-resistance motor-vehicle tire treads with high abrasion resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: ARLANXEO Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Steinhauser, Heike Kloppenburg, David Hardy, Alex Lucassen, Dietmar Hoff, Michaela Meiers
  • Publication number: 20160237259
    Abstract: The invention relates to vulcanizable rubber compositions comprising at least the following components: a) at least one functionalized polymer, b) at least one modified polybutadiene having a proportion of cis-1,4 units of >95% by weight and a proportion of 1,2-vinyl content of <1% by weight, the polybutadiene having been modified by means of sulphur chlorides after the polymerization, c) at least one silica, d) at least one further filler, e) at least one vulcanizing agent, f) at least one oil and g) optionally at least one further rubber additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: David John HARDY, Heike KLOPPENBURG, Alex LUCASSEN, Norbert STEINHAUSER, Yan ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20150252126
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for achieving a step increase in the Mooney viscosity in production of high-molecular-weight polybutadiene having >95% by weight content of cis-1,4 units and <1% by weight 1,2-vinyl content, characterized in that 1) at least one monomer selected from butadiene and/or isoprene is polymerized at temperatures of from ?20° C. to 150° C. in the presence of at least one inert, organic solvent and in the presence of at least one catalyst based on neodymium carboxylate, 2) the polymerization is then terminated by addition of protic compounds and 3) then sulphur chlorides are added to the polymer, and prior to addition these sulphur chlorides are treated with a carboxylic acid, fatty acid and/or fatty acid ester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Heike Kloppenburg, Thomas Gross, Alex Lucassen, Dave Hardy, Yan Zhang, Alicia Le-Sattler
  • Patent number: 9079981
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nano-structured diene polymers and their preparation and to their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: LANXESS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Heike Kloppenburg, Thomas Groβ, Alex Lucassen, Dave Hardy
  • Publication number: 20140309332
    Abstract: The invention relates to an NdBR wet masterbatch comprising -neodymium-catalysed polybutadienes having a high proportion of cis-1,4 units of >95% and a low proportion of 1,2-vinyl content of <1%, with narrow polydispersity of less than 3, with a Mooney viscosity (ML1-4 100° C.) between 30 and 90 MU, with a high linearity index (ratio of solution viscosity to Mooney viscosity) of 3 to 10 m Pas/MU and with a Mooney relaxation after 30 seconds of 2 to 12%, the latter being prepared by means of solution polymerization,—at least one carbon black, the carbon black having an iodine absorption number (ION) between 85 and 210 mg/g, measured to ASTM D1510-1304, and an oil absorption number (OAN) between 75 and 150 ml/100 g, measured to ASTM D2414, and—an oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Heike Kloppenburg, Alex Lucassen, David Hardy, Thomas Gross, Judy Elizabeth Douglas
  • Publication number: 20130281609
    Abstract: The present invention relates to functionalized high-vinyl-content diene rubbers, to the preparation of rubber mixtures which comprise functionalized high-vinyl-content diene rubbers, and to the use thereof for the production of rubber vulcanizates which serve in particular for the production of highly reinforced rubber mouldings, particularly preferably for the production of tyres, where these have particularly low rolling resistance, and particularly high wet skid resistance and abrasion resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Norbert STEINHAUSER, Thomas GROSS, Alex LUCASSEN
  • Publication number: 20130046064
    Abstract: A composition of a surface-treated-carbon-black and a functionalized polymer with functionalization along the polymer chain is disclosed, wherein the polymer represents a solution SBR including, but not limited to blends of the SBR (PBR4003) with BR, NR and EPDM, and the SBR polymer functionalization comprises polar, oxygen-containing functional groups, such that the compound exhibits reduced hysteresis and rolling resistance, improved wet traction with excellent abrasion resistance as would be used in passenger, truck and racing tires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Charles Herd, Charles Edwards, John Curtis, Steve Crossley, Keith Cory Schomberg, Thomas Gross, Norbert Steinhauser, Heike Kloppenberg, David Hardy, Alex Lucassen
  • Publication number: 20120270974
    Abstract: The invention relates to functionalized diene rubbers with trimethylolpropane and fatty acid, to a process for production there of and use thereof for the production of wet-skid-resistant and low-rolling-resistance motor-vehicle tire treads with high abrasion resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicants: RHEIN CHEMIE RHEINAU GMBH, LANXESS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Steinhauser, Heike Kloppenburg, David Hardy, Alex Lucassen, Dietmar Hoff, Michaela Meiers
  • Publication number: 20110288193
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for the production of polybutadiene-containing mouldings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: LANXESS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Heike Kloppenburg, Alex Lucassen, David Hardy, Jochen Kroll, Alexander Lissy, Dino Tebling
  • Publication number: 20110230624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nano-structured diene polymers and their preparation and to their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: LANXESS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Heike Kloppenburg, Thomas Gross, Alex Lucassen, Dave Hardy