Patents by Inventor Bernhard Schmied
Bernhard Schmied 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).
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Patent number: 10005218Abstract: The invention relates to a process for production of expanded pellets from a polymer melt comprising a blowing agent, said process comprising the steps of: a) pressing the polymer melt comprising a blowing agent through a perforated disk controlled to a temperature between 150° C. and 280° C. and into a pelletizing chamber, b) using a cutting device to comminute the polymer melt pressed through the temperature-controlled perforated disk into individual expanding pellets, c) discharging the pellets from the pelletizing chamber using a liquid stream, wherein the blowing agent comprises CO2 or N2 or a combination of CO2 and N2 and the pelletizing chamber is traversed by a stream of liquid which is controlled to a temperature between 10° C. and 60° C. and the pressure of which is from 0.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2013Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Hans Rudolph, Rainer Klostermann, Torben Kaminsky, Bernd Lohaus, Jürgen Ahlers, Bernhard Schmied, Peter Gutmann, Klaus Hahn, Frank Prissok, Elke Marten, Christian Däschlein
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Patent number: 9447249Abstract: Expandable-polymer-particle material comprising at least one thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) with Vicat softening point (in accordance with ISO 306/ASO) below 80° C. and from 5 to 95% by weight of at least one polymer obtainable via free-radical polymerization, based on the entirety of TPU and of the polymer obtainable via free-radical polymerization, where the polymer obtainable via free-radical polymerization has been bonded to the TPU in a manner that gives a comb polymer, graft polymer, or copolymer, is suitable for the production of moldings, in particular for use as insulation material.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2013Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Patrick Spies, Frank Braun, Carsten Schips, Frank Prissok, Peter Gutmann, Klaus Hahn, Bernhard Schmied
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Patent number: 9303972Abstract: A position-measuring device includes a code carrier having a first graduation track and a second graduation track, the second graduation track being an incremental graduation track. A first detector system is configured to scan the graduation tracks so as to generate first position signals. A second detector system is configured to scan the second graduation track so as to generate second position signals. A first position-processing unit is configured to process the first position signals so as to yield a first absolute position value. A second position-processing unit is configured to process the second position signals so as to yield a second absolute position value. The first position-processing unit is configured to feed an absolute auxiliary position value to the second position-processing unit. The second position-processing unit is initializable with the absolute auxiliary position value.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBHInventors: Johann Oberhauser, Bernhard Schmied, Jannik Jens Rosenlehner-Emde, Werner Schwaiger, Thomas Schweizer, Hubert Mayer, Marc Oliver Tiemann
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Publication number: 20150344661Abstract: Expandable-polymer-particle material comprising at least one thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) with Vicat softening point (in accordance with ISO 306/ASO) below 80° C. and from 5 to 95% by weight of at least one polymer obtainable via free-radical polymerization, based on the entirety of TPU and of the polymer obtainable via free-radical polymerization, where the polymer obtainable via free-radical polymerization has been bonded to the TPU in a manner that gives a comb polymer, graft polymer, or copolymer, is suitable for the production of moldings, in particular for use as insulation material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2013Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Patrick SPIES, Frank BRAUN, Carsten SCHIPS, Frank PRISSOK, Peter GUTMANN, Klaus HAHN, Bernhard SCHMIED
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Publication number: 20150322182Abstract: Styrene beads, wherein the styrene polymer beads comprise from 0.5 to 5% by weight of one or more high-temperature peroxides, where the high-temperature peroxides have a half-life time of 1 hour in the range from 110 to 160° C., measured in cumene.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2012Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Patrick Spies, Pascal Hesse, Bernhard Schmied, Libor Seda, Rainer Ostermann, Frank Braun, Gregor Haverkemper, Uwe-Johannes Lehnen, Klaus Hahn, Jan Holoch
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Publication number: 20150174808Abstract: The invention relates to a process for production of expanded pellets from a polymer melt comprising a blowing agent, said process comprising the steps of: a) pressing the polymer melt comprising a blowing agent through a perforated disk controlled to a temperature between 150° C. and 280° C. and into a pelletizing chamber, b) using a cutting device to comminute the polymer melt pressed through the temperature-controlled perforated disk into individual expanding pellets, c) discharging the pellets from the pelletizing chamber using a liquid stream, wherein the blowing agent comprises CO2 or N2 or a combination of CO2 and N2 and the pelletizing chamber is traversed by a stream of liquid which is controlled to a temperature between 10° C. and 60° C. and the pressure of which is from 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Hans Rudolph, Rainer Klostermann, Torben Kaminsky, Bernd Lohaus, Jürgen Ahlers, Bernhard Schmied, Peter Gutmann, Klaus Hahn, Frank Prissok, Elke Marten, Christian Däschlein
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Publication number: 20150005402Abstract: a) Production of prepolymer beads through a first suspension polymerization reaction using an aqueous suspension comprising styrene monomers and comprising particulate additives, b) isolation of the prepolymer beads, c) optional division of the prepolymer beads into fractions of different particle size and selection of one or more fractions for subsequent stages, d) production of an aqueous suspension of the prepolymer beads and conduct of a second suspension polymerization reaction in the presence of blowing agent and with addition of further monomers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2012Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Patrick Spies, Pascal Hesse, Bernhard Schmied, Libor Seda, Rainer Ostermann, Frank Braun, Gregor Haverkemper, Uwe-Johannes Lehnen, Klaus Hahn, Jan Holoch
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Patent number: 8889748Abstract: A composition comprising at least one expandable styrene polymer component and at least one cyclohexanecarboxylic ester and also optionally further components can be processed to mechanically robust foam materials.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2011Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Wolfram Husemann, Uwe-Johannes Lehnen, Patrick Spies, Boris Breitscheidel, Klaus Hahn, Jan Holoch, Olaf Kriha, Bernhard Schmied, Pascal Hesse
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Publication number: 20140077795Abstract: A position-measuring device includes a code carrier having a first graduation track and a second graduation track, the second graduation track being an incremental graduation track. A first detector system is configured to scan the graduation tracks so as to generate first position signals. A second detector system is configured to scan the second graduation track so as to generate second position signals. A first position-processing unit is configured to process the first position signals so as to yield a first absolute position value. A second position-processing unit is configured to process the second position signals so as to yield a second absolute position value. The first position-processing unit is configured to feed an absolute auxiliary position value to the second position-processing unit. The second position-processing unit is initializable with the absolute auxiliary position value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GmbHInventors: Johann Oberhauser, Bernhard Schmied, Jannik Jens Rosenlehner-Emde, Werner Schwaiger, Thomas Schweizer, Hubert Mayer, Marc Oliver Tiemann
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Patent number: 8455559Abstract: The invention provides a process for preparing expandable styrene polymers which comprises the steps of: (a) adding an aqueous phase comprising a suspension stabilizer and an organic phase comprising styrene and an initiator to a reactor, (b) commencing the addition of a blowing agent at a styrene conversion in the range from 40 to 70% and adding the blowing agent over a period ranging from 30 to 60 minutes, (c) adding a stabilizer to stabilize the bead size distribution of the expandable styrene polymer at a styrene conversion in the range from 65 to 99%.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2011Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Wolfgang Ferstl, Jun Gao, Klaus Hahn, Pascal Hesse, Jan Holoch, Klaus-Dieter Hungenberg, Wolfram Husemann, Renata Jovanovic, Wolfgang Kasten, Olaf Kriha, Eckhard Neufeld, Michel Pepers, Birgit Reinhard, Bernhard Schmied, Rudolf Süttinger, Ping Zhang
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Publication number: 20120270052Abstract: The invention relates to a coating composition, foam particles coated therewith, processes for producing foam moldings, and their use.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2010Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Benjamin Nehls, Tatiana Ulanova, Sabine Fuchs, Klaus Hahn, Bernhard Schmied
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Patent number: 8222307Abstract: Expandable styrene polymers (EPS) comprising, in each case based on the styrene polymer, a) from 0.05 to 5% by weight of an organic bromine compound whose bromine content is at least 50% by weight, as flame retardant, b) from 0.05 to 2% by weight of a flame retardant synergist, c) from 0.1 to 5% by weight of a metal salt as acid scavenger, and process for their production.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2008Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Markus Allmendinger, Bernhard Schmied, Joachim Ruch, Konrad Knoll, Michael Riethues, Klaus Hahn, Carsten Schips, Jessica Rylander
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Publication number: 20120032103Abstract: The invention relates to coated foam particles, processes for producing foam moldings and the use thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: TATIANA ULANOVA, Sabine Fuchs, Bernhard Schmied, Klaus Hahn, Murray Orpin
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Publication number: 20110291040Abstract: A composition comprising at least one expandable styrene polymer component and at least one cyclohexanecarboxylic ester and also optionally further components can be processed to mechanically robust foam materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Wolfram Husemann, Uwe-Johannes Lehnen, Patrick Spies, Boris Breitscheidel, Klaus Hahn, Jan Holoch, Olaf Kriha, Bernhard Schmied, Pascal Hesse
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Publication number: 20110266717Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of shaped foam bodies, comprising: provision of a composition having foam particles and binder; introduction of the composition into a space which is bounded on at least one side by a pressing surface; and exertion of pressure onto the composition by means of the pressing surface. The method further comprises irradiation of microwaves through the pressing surface into the composition, while pressure is being exerted onto the composition. The invention furthermore relates to a device for carrying out the method according to the invention, having: at least one pressing surface and a counterbearing surface lying opposite, between which a space extends which is adapted to receive a composition of foam particles and binder. The pressing surface and counterbearing surface adjoin the space directly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2009Publication date: November 3, 2011Inventors: Benjamin Nehls, Bernhard Schmied, Ulrike Mann, Klaus Hahn, Sabine Fuchs, Tatiana Ulanova, Timothy Francis, Petra Wieland, Klaus-Martin Baumgaertner, Horst Muegge
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Publication number: 20110224316Abstract: The invention provides a process for preparing expandable styrene polymers which comprises the steps of: (a) adding an aqueous phase comprising a suspension stabilizer and an organic phase comprising styrene and an initiator to a reactor, (b) commencing the addition of a blowing agent at a styrene conversion in the range from 40 to 70% and adding the blowing agent over a period ranging from 30 to 60 minutes, (c) adding a stabilizer to stabilize the bead size distribution of the expandable styrene polymer at a styrene conversion in the range from 65 to 99%.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2011Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Wolfgang Ferstl, Jun Gao, Klaus Hahn, Pascal Hesse, Jan Holoch, Klaus-Dieter Hungenberg, Wolfram Husemann, Renata Jovanovic, Wolfgang Kasten, Olaf Kriha, Eckhard Neufeld, Michel Pepers, Birgit Reinhard, Bernhard Schmied, Rudolf Süttinger, Ping Zhang
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Publication number: 20110178192Abstract: A coating formulation intended for expandable particulate styrene polymer and comprising (A) from 10 to 90% by weight of a tristearyl ester whose melting point is in the range from 60 to 65° C., (B) from 10 to 90% by weight of a triglyceride of a hydroxy-C16-C18 oleic acid whose melting point is in the range from 70 to 95° C., and also expandable particulate styrene polymer which has at least one coating composed of said coating-composition formulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2008Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Andreas Keller, Olaf Kriha, Wolfram Husemann, Klaus Hahn, Bernhard Schmied, Michael Riethues
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Publication number: 20110034571Abstract: A process for the production of a foam by curing a beaten or blown foam comprising an aqueous composition, the aqueous: composition comprising A) from 40 to 95 parts by weight of an alkali metal silicate solution having a water content of from 40 to 90% by weight, B) from 0 to 60 parts by weight of a pulverulent alkali metal silicate having a water content of from 0 to 30% by weight, C) from 0 to 15 parts by weight of a surfactant, D) from 5 to 40 parts by weight of an aqueous polymer dispersion having a solids content of from 10 to 60% by weight, and the foams obtainable by the process and the use thereof as an insulation panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2009Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Klaus Hahn, Armin Alteheld, Benjamin Nehls, Bernhard Schmied
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Patent number: 7868053Abstract: Expandable pelletized styrene polymer materials with at least bi- or multimodal molecular weight distribution, to a process for their preparation, and to use for producing moldable-foam moldings.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2004Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Klaus Hahn, Gerd Ehrmann, Joachim Ruch, Markus Allmendinger, Bernhard Schmied, Jan Holoch, Franz-Josef Dietzen
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Publication number: 20110002998Abstract: A process for the production of insecticide-modified bead material composed of expandable polystyrene (EPS) by extrusion, encompassing the steps of a) mixing, in a mixer, to incorporate a blowing agent and at least one insecticide from the group of the phenylpyrazoles, chlorfenapyr and hydramethylnon into a polymer melt which comprises at least one polystyrene, based on a vinylaromatic monomer, b) discharging the polymer melt comprising blowing agent, and c) pelletizing the polymer melt comprising blowing agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2008Publication date: January 6, 2011Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Michael Ishaque, Olaf Kriha, Carsten Schips, Norbert Güntherberg, Daniela Longo, Klaus Hahn, Bernhard Schmied, Clark D. Klein, Keith A. Holmes