Patents by Inventor Andreas A. Lutz

Andreas A. Lutz 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: 20240101608
    Abstract: The present invention provides optimized nucleic acid molecules, methods for optimization of nucleic acid molecules and uses of optimized nucleic acid molecules. A modular design principle is provided that is suitable to generate a nucleic acid, particularly mRNA, which is tailored for a respective application. The nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can be obtained by the versatile combination of multiple modules on nucleic acid level. Such nucleic acid, e.g. mRNA, can be tailored by combining one or more modules, comprising (i) a nucleic acid moiety encoding a polypeptide of interest (e.g. a protein potentially producing a therapeutic outcome) and (ii) at least one further coding or non-coding nucleic acid moiety, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: CureVac SE
    Inventors: Patrick BAUMHOF, Susanne RAUCH, Aleksandra KOWALCZYK, Johannes LUTZ, Edith JASNY, Benjamin PETSCH, Andreas THESS, Thomas SCHLAKE, Mariola FOTIN-MLECZEK, Regina HEIDENREICH, Sandra LAZZARO, Fatma FUNKNER, Wolfgang GROSSE
  • Publication number: 20240093072
    Abstract: One-component epoxy adhesives containing a phosphorus-modified epoxy resin, a toughener and an epoxy resin that is neither rubber-modified nor phosphorus-modified. These adhesives are structural adhesives useful in automotive applications. They exhibit particularly good corrosion resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Felix Koch, Andreas Lutz, Cathy Grossnickel, Jeannine Flueckiger
  • Patent number: 11866618
    Abstract: A novel primerless adhesive composition with unique properties in automotive related applications, particularly in glass bonding applications; the process of making thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: DUPONT SPECIALTY PRODUCTS USA, LLC
    Inventors: Dietmar Golombowski, Andreas Lutz, Stefan Schmatloch
  • Publication number: 20230407154
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a toughener for epoxy adhesives, the toughener being a reaction product of a bisphenolic blocked PU toughener with a diglycidyl ether-bisphenol product such as liquid DGEBA. The invention includes adhesives comprising the inventive tougheners, methods of using the tougheners and adhesives comprising them, as well as cured inventive adhesives and products comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Lutz, Daniel Schneider, Bindu Krishnan, Tyler Auvil
  • Patent number: 11820922
    Abstract: An epoxy-based crash durable adhesive composition including: (I) a liquid resin system comprising: (a) at least one epoxy resin; and (b) at least one toughener; wherein the viscosity of the above liquid resin system is less than about 800 Pa s at a temperature of 15° C.; and wherein the viscosity of the above liquid resin system is greater than about 5 Pa-s at a temperature of 60° C.; (II) a solid material comprising: (c) at least one hydrophobic fumed silica, wherein the fumed silica is present in the adhesive composition at a concentration of greater than 5 weight percent; and (III) a curative material comprising: (d) at least one latent heat-activated curing agent; wherein the rheology of the epoxy-based crash durable adhesive composition is such that the adhesive composition is pumpable at a temperature of 15° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: DDP SPECIALTY ELECTRONIC MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Auvil, Gary L. Jialanella, Eric E. Cole, Felix Koch, Andreas Lutz, Daniel Schneider
  • Publication number: 20230365845
    Abstract: Provided herein is a one-component adhesive composition showing excellent adhesive strength after heat and humidity exposure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Lutz, Felix Koch, Jeannine Flueckiger
  • Patent number: 11804752
    Abstract: A drive includes an electric motor with a brake and a fan cowl. The fan cowl is connected to a housing, in particular to a stator housing part, of the electric motor in a detachable manner. A rod is able to be passed through a cover part, which projects through a recess, in particular a recess arranged in the form of a slot, in the fan cowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Steffen Essert, Andreas Lutz
  • Publication number: 20230323174
    Abstract: Provided herein is a two-component thermal interface material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: SERGIO GRUNDER, MARCEL ASCHWANDEN, TOMONORI TAKAHASHI, ANDREAS LUTZ
  • Patent number: 11739241
    Abstract: The invention is an epoxy resin system useful as an adhesive for high temperature applications. The system is a combination of a diglycidyl ether a bisphenol epoxy resin(s), at amounts of 30-70% by weight, with 1-10% by weight of an epoxy novolac resin 10-30% by weight of a polyurethane toughener which preferably has the terminal isocyanate functional group blocked, 1-8% by weight of a hardener, 0.1-% by weight of a cure accelerator, preferably a latent urea cure accelerator, provides the desired balance of mechanical strength and elastic modulus. The epoxy novolac resin is characterized by at least one of the following features: (i) having a viscosity at 25 degrees C. of less than 3000 mPa-s according to ASTM D-445, (ii) an average number of epoxide groups per molecule of more than 2 but less than 3.7, and (iii) a molecular weight of less than 750 g/mol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: DDP SPECIALTY ELECTRONIC MATERIAL US, LLC
    Inventors: Andreas Lutz, Daniel Schneider, Benjamin Alexander Haag, Irene Maeder, Marcel Aschwanden
  • Patent number: 11674063
    Abstract: Disclosed are one-component epoxy resin adhesive compositions which include (a) one or more non-rubber-modified epoxy resins; (b) one or more latent epoxy curing agents; (c) one or more toughening agents; and (d) zinc oxide nanoparticles. The one-component epoxy resin adhesive compositions exhibit improved toughness of the adhesive as measured by its lap shear strength as well as improved environmental stability, i.e., corrosion protection, by addition of the zinc oxide nanoparticles when applied to metal substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: DDP Specialty Electronic Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Felix Koch, Andreas Lutz, Beda Steiner, Cathy Grossnickel, Jeannine Flueckiger
  • Publication number: 20230060754
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are thermal interface materials comprising thermoset binder component and a mixture of spherically shaped and thermally conductive fillers and the use thereof in battery powered vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Nina Hillesheim, Sergio Grunder, Andreas Lutz, Michelle Kuster, Sophie Lutz, Felix Koch
  • Patent number: 11584082
    Abstract: A system for transporting a carrying plate may include a lifting assembly comprising a carriage, and a carrying assembly. The lifting assembly may include a carriage having one or more lifting arms configured to lift the carrying assembly at least in part by one or more carrying arms of the carrying assembly. A carrying assembly may include a perimeter frame surrounding a perimeter of a carrying plate, one or more carrying arms attached to the perimeter frame, and one or more indexing pins extending or extensible inwardly from the perimeter frame. The one or more indexing pins may detachably secure the carrying plate to the perimeter frame. A method of transporting a carrying plate may include detachably securing a carrying plate to a perimeter frame of a carrying assembly and transporting the carrying assembly with a lifting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Andreas Lutz, Andreas Ullrich, Glen Charles Fedyk
  • Publication number: 20220411625
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are thermal interface material comprising liquid epoxy resin that is free of aromatic groups and high loading of aluminum trihydroxide and the use thereof in battery powered vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Sergio Grunder, Sophie Lutz, Andreas Lutz, Nina Hillesheim, Felix Koch
  • Publication number: 20220411631
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are thermal interface materials (TIM) composition comprising: a) a non-reactive polyurethane prepolymer; b) about 70-95 wt % of aluminum trihydroxide (ATH); c) about 0.15-1.5 wt % of at least one silane terminated urethane prepolymer; and d) about 1-20 wt % of at least one plasticizer, with the total weight of the thermal interface material totaling to 100 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Sergio Grunder, Filippo Ardizzone, Daniel Schneider, Andreas Lutz, Nina Hillesheim
  • Patent number: 11499075
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition including one or more isocyanate functional prepolymers; one or more catalysts for the reaction of isocyanate moieties and active hydrogen containing moieties; one or more mercapto silanes; one or more amino silanes, isocyanato silanes or a mixture thereof; one or more reinforcing fillers comprising one or more high surface area carbon blacks; one or more untreated calcium carbonates; one or more polyisocyanates having an isocyanate functionality of about 2 or greater; and one or more linear plasticizers. Preferably, the isocyanate functional prepolymer is prepared in the presence of at least a portion of the linear plasticizer. Preferably, the isocyanate functional polymer is prepared in the presence of a dialkyl malonate. The composition may be one-part adhesive composition. Also disclosed are methods of applying the compositions to substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: DDP SPECIALTY ELECTRONICS MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Dietmar Golombowski, Andreas Lutz, Stefan Schmatloch, Huide D. Zhu
  • Patent number: 11474347
    Abstract: Provided is a waveguide arrangement, comprising a diffractive input coupling element (11), in particular a volume hologram, a diffractive output coupling element (13), in particular a volume hologram, and optionally a beam expansion element (12), in particular a volume hologram. The expansion element (12) and the output coupling element (13) expand a light beam in different directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Erler, Mirko Riethmüller, Andreas Lütz, Alexandre Gatto, Mario Sondermann
  • Publication number: 20220251331
    Abstract: The teachings herein relate to new compositions for thermal interface materials that provide improved thermal conductivity without requiring filler materials that are expensive or abrasive. The improved thermal conductivity is achieved using a combination of increased filler loading, selection of a filler having abroad particle size distribution, and selection of filler that is non-abrasive. In order to achieve maximum thermal conductivity, the combination of the liquid matrix material and the filler preferably are chosen to avoid forming bonds between filler particles. Such bonds can also be avoided by including a surface modifier that modifies the surface of the filler particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Sergio Grunder, Nina Hillesheim, Andreas Lutz, Filippo Ardizzone
  • Publication number: 20220228045
    Abstract: Disclosed is an adhesive system and method of use thereof wherein the adhesive composition comprises a moisture curable adhesive comprised of an isocyanate terminated prepolymer and a cure accelerator having two curatives components having different cure kinetics. The cure accelerator is comprised of an isocyanate reactive compound comprising a primary, secondary or tertiary amino group, or a primary thiol group having faster curing kinetics resulting an increase in bead stability within the first minutes and a polyol selected from a diol and/or triol with slower curing kinetics allowing for sufficient open time and yet a fast strength build up. The preferred method of application of the adhesive system is via a 1K application gun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: FELIX KOCH, STEFAN SCHMATLOCH, EDWIN ZUEGER, GABRIELE TASSELLI, SERGIO GRUNDER, FILIPPO ARDIZZONE, ANDREAS LUTZ
  • Publication number: 20220213249
    Abstract: The teachings herein relate to new compositions for thermal interface materials that provide improved thermal conductivity without requiring filler materials that are expensive or abrasive. The improved thermal conductivity is achieved using a combination of increased filler loading, selection of a filler having abroad particle size distribution, and selection of filler that is non-abrasive. The thermal interface material preferably has a specific gravity of about 4.0 or less, about 3.0 or less, about 2.5 or less, or about 2.4 or less. The thermal interface material may be a two-part composition. In order to achieve maximum thermal conductivity, each part preferably includes a liquid matrix material and dispersed filler. Upon mixing, the first and second parts may react to increase this viscosity (e.g., by polymerizing and/or cross-linking). The first part preferably includes a carbamate-containing compound that reacts with a carbamate-reactive compound, which is preferably in the second component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Sergio Grunder, Daniel Schneider, Andreas Lutz, Marcel Aschwanden, Nina Hillesheim
  • Publication number: 20220204820
    Abstract: Disclosed is epoxy adhesive composition that combine the benefits of both 1K and 2K technologies in one system which demonstrates a good balance of fast fixation, curing speed, desirable mechanical performance, durability, and good oil adsorption once cured. Said epoxy adhesive composition comprising an epoxy resin, a reactive urethane group- and/or urea group-containing polymer having capped isocyanate, an epoxy curing catalyst, a dicyandiamide, and a hardener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Felix Koch, Beda Steiner, Andreas Lutz