Patents by Inventor Bernd Luhmann

Bernd Luhmann 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: 11866614
    Abstract: A structural adhesive bond formed with a pressure-sensitive adhesive that comprises at least two components forming one phase each, from which an interpenetrating network with at least two phases is produced by a cross-linking build-up reaction, the first phase and second phase having at least a softening point temperature of less than 23° C. and greater than 23° C., respectively, the two phases having a morphology of a cross-linked nanoparticle network after the build-up reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: TESA SE
    Inventors: Klaus Keite-Telgenbuscher, Christian Schuh, Bernd Luhmann, Thilo Dollase, Minyoung Bai, Thorsten Krawinkel
  • Publication number: 20210403771
    Abstract: A structural adhesive bond formed with a pressure-sensitive adhesive that comprises at least two components forming one phase each, from which an interpenetrating network with at least two phases is produced by a cross-linking build-up reaction, the first phase and second phase having at least a softening point temperature of less than 23° C. and greater than 23° C., respectively, the two phases having a morphology of a cross-linked nanoparticle network after the build-up reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Klaus KEITE-TELGENBUSCHER, Christian SCHUH, Bernd LUHMANN, Thilo DOLLASE, Minyoung BAI, Thorsten KRAWINKEL
  • Patent number: 8129470
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising a blend of at least two components, one of which comprises a block copolymer having at least the unit P(A1)-P(B1)-P(A1) and the second of which comprises a block copolymer having at least the unit P(B2)-P(A2)-P(B2); the blend forming an at least two-phase system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventors: Thilo Dollase, Marc Husemann, Bernd Luhmann
  • Publication number: 20110318579
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive transfer tape, taking the form of a carrierless adhesive tape with an adhesive layer comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive based on a poly(meth)acrylate copolymer with the following monomers: a1) acrylic acid and/or acrylic esters of the following formula: CH2?C(R1)(COOR2), where R1=H or CH3 and R2 is an alkyl chain with 1-30 C atoms, a2) olefinically unsaturated monomers with functional groups, with monomers of group a1) being present to an extent of at least 50% by weight, based on the total component (a), and with monomers of group a2) being present at 0%-30% by weight, based on the total component (a), and b) a photoinitiator with a fraction of 0%-5% by weight, based on the overall polymer mixture, the pressure-sensitive adhesive being crosslinked to differing extents on its top and bottom faces by actinic radiation, the crosslinking of the pressure-sensitive adhesive being such that on both its top face and its bottom face it has a PSTC-1
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: tesa SE
    Inventors: Marc Husemann, Daniel Klier, Bernd Luhmann
  • Publication number: 20100055435
    Abstract: Self-adhesive tape comprising a laminate composed of at least two pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) layers A and B laminated directly to one another, one or both of the surfaces to be laminated to one another of the PSA layers A and B having been chemically and/or physically pretreated prior to lamination, and the shear strength tSA/B of the self-adhesive tape at 25° C., 40° C. and 70° C. under a weight load of 1000 g being at least 80% of the shear strength tSo of the PSA layer A and/or of the PSA layer B, where tSo represents the shear strength of the PSA layer having the lower shear strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2007
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: TESA SE
    Inventors: Ingo Neubert, Bernd Luhmann
  • Patent number: 7459499
    Abstract: Pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising an acrylate block copolymer having at least two chemically distinguishable, covalently interlinked acrylate polymer blocks P in microphase-separated regions and each having a softening temperature of between ?125 and +20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventors: Marc Husemann, Thilo Dollase, Bernd Luhmann
  • Publication number: 20080085405
    Abstract: Adhesive tape having a carrier which is composed of one or more carrier films, at least one side of the carrier bearing an adhesive applied at least partially, characterized in that at least one of the carrier films comprises at least one homopolymer, copolymer or terpolymer of propylene and in that there are carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in at least one of the carrier films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Alexander Prenzel, Bernd Luhmann, Bernhard Mussig
  • Publication number: 20060257650
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a pressure-sensitive adhesive based on at least one polymer, in the course of which said at least one polymer is crosslinked, the polymer having functional groups Y and having been admixed, further, with at least one kind of functionalized particles which have at least one nonpolymeric base unit, wherein the particles having a surface modification of the base unit, the surface modification of the particles having at least one kind of functional groups X, and the crosslinking of the polymer being brought about at least in part by a reaction of the functional groups X of the particles and the functional groups Y of the polymer, and further to pressure-sensitive adhesives based on at least one crosslinked polymer component, the crosslinking of the polymer component being brought about at least in part by incorporation of the functionalized particles, the particles having at least one nonpolymeric base unit and also a surface modification of this base unit, and the
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thilo Dollase, Aranzazu Escudero Vallejo, Bernd Luhmann
  • Publication number: 20060235150
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising a blend of at least two components, one of which comprises a block copolymer having at least the unit P(A1)-P(B1)-P(A1) and the second of which comprises a block copolymer having at least the unit P(B2)-P(A2)-P(B2); the blend forming an at least two-phase system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Thilo Dollase, Marc Husemann, Bernd Luhmann
  • Publication number: 20050256254
    Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive for single-sided or double-sided adhesive sheet strips which can be redetached without residue or destruction by extensive stretching in the plane of the bond, composed of a mixture comprising a block copolymer and a tackifier, characterized in that at least one compound which is swellable in H2O is incorporated into the mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Applicant: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Luhmann, Manfred Spies, Andreas Junghans, Thorsten Krawinkel, Christian Ring, Kerstin Franck
  • Publication number: 20050187346
    Abstract: Pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising an acrylate block copolymer having at least two chemically distinguishable, covalently interlinked acrylate polymer blocks P in microphase-separated regions and each having a softening temperature of between ?125 and +20° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marc Husemann, Thilo Dollase, Bernd Luhmann
  • Publication number: 20050154137
    Abstract: The invention provides an acrylate-based pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising a polymer blend having (a) at least a first component Kc which comprises a first acrylate block copolymer having at least two chemically distinguishable, covalently interlinked acrylate polymer blocks P, the at least two polymer blocks P independently of one another each being a homopolymer block of a first monomer or a copolymer block of a second monomer and a comonomer, and the first monomer of the homopolymer block and the second monomer of the copolymer block can be identical or different from one another, and the at least two polymer blocks P being present under application conditions in microphase-separated regions and each having a softening temperature of between ?125 and +20° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Applicant: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marc Husemann, Thilo Dollase, Bernd Luhmann
  • Publication number: 20050042444
    Abstract: Self-adhesive protective sheet having improved paint compatibility, comprising a thermoplastic backing film and a self-adhesive layer of a butyl rubber, the isoprene content of the butyl rubber being up to 1.8% wt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Applicant: tesa AG
    Inventors: Nicolai Bohm, Jobst-Waldemar Klemp, Bernd Luhmann, Michael Portmann
  • Publication number: 20050027091
    Abstract: Polyurethane-based pressure-sensitive adhesive, characterized in that the polyurethane is composed of the following starting materials which are reacted catalytically with one another in the stated proportions: a) at least one aliphatic or alicyclic polyisocyanate having a functionality of in each case less than or equal to three, b) a combination of at least one polypropylene glycol diol and at least one polypropylene glycol triol, the ratio of the number of hydroxyl groups in the diol component to the number of hydroxyl groups in the triol component being less than 10, preferably between 0.2 and 5, additionally the ratio of the number of isocyanate groups to the total number of hydroxyl groups being between 0.8 and 1.15, preferably between 0.95 and 1.05, more preferably between 1.0 and 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Applicant: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Luhmann, Philippe Hesse, Sianty Sunarto, Uwe Schumann, Kirstin Weiland, Carsten Bohmer
  • Publication number: 20050019587
    Abstract: Pressure-sensitive adhesive based on polyurethane, characterized in that the polyurethane is composed of the following starting materials which are reacted with one another in the stated proportions: a) at least one aliphatic or alicyclic diisocyanate having in each case an asymmetrical molecular structure, b) a combination of at least one polypropylene glycol diol and at least one polypropylene glycol triol, the ratio of the number of hydroxyl groups in the diol component to the number of hydroxyl groups in the triol component being between 0.7 and 9.0, preferably between 1.5 and 2.5, additionally the ratio of the number of isocyanate groups to the total number of hydroxyl groups being between 0.9 and 1.1, preferably between 0.95 and 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Applicant: tesa AG
    Inventors: Bernd Luhmann, Philippe Hesse, Sianty Sunarto, Uwe Schumann, Kirstin Weiland, Carsten Bohmer
  • Publication number: 20040265529
    Abstract: Single-sidedly or double-sidedly pressure-sensitively adhesive, elastic adhesive sheet which can be reused more than once and is preferably in the form of diecuts or cut shapes, intended for the redetachment of adhesive bonds without residue or damage, particularly on low-strength substrates such as paper, for example, by peeling and/or extensive stretching of the adhesive sheet,
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Luhmann, Philippe Hesse, Sianty Sunarto, Uwe Schumann, Kirstin Weiland, Andreas Junghans
  • Publication number: 20040110882
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive mass for adhesive tapes that can be released by stretching them in the plane of adhesion. The adhesive mass comprises a) a block copolymer of the styrene block copolymer type, b) adhesive resins, and c) antioxidants. The inventive mass is further characterized by a content in d) a sterically hindered mono- or polynuclear phenol that contains a benzylthioether group in the ortho and/or para position to the phenol OH group, and/or e) a sterically hindered phenol that carries a phenyl acrylate group in the ortho and/or the para position to the phenolic OH group, and/or f) a sterically hindered lactone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Thorsten Krawinkel, Kerstin Franck, Bernd Luhmann
  • Publication number: 20040005427
    Abstract: Redetachable, self-adhesive device having a plate, the sides and/or front side of which have fastening means, if appropriate, and the rear side of which has a strip of an adhesive film which is adhesive on both sides and is adhesively attached in such a way that one end of the adhesive film protrudes beyond the plate as a grip, the adhesive film being of such a kind that the adhesive bond achieved with it can be released again by pulling in the direction of the bonding plane, stretching the strip, characterized in that the rear side of the plate (1) has laterally alongside the adhesively attached adhesive film (5) spacers (3A, 3B), the height of which is less than the thickness of the adhesive film (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicant: tesa AG
    Inventors: Bernd Luhmann, Andreas Junghans, Thomas Raadts
  • Publication number: 20030215660
    Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive composed of a mixture comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Applicant: tesa AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Krawinkel, Bernd Luhmann, Renke Bargmann
  • Publication number: 20030096075
    Abstract: Strippable systems comprising at least one pressure sensitive adhesive based on at least one block copolymer, wherein said at least one block copolymer is based at least in part on (meth)acrylic acid derivatives, the block copolymers containing at least the unit P(A)-P(B)-P(A) composed of at least one polymer block P(B) and at least two polymer blocks P(A), where
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Thilo Dollase, Marc Husemann, Bernd Luhmann