Patents by Inventor BIRGIT REITER

BIRGIT REITER 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: 9885126
    Abstract: A method for producing ceramic fibers of a composition in the SiC range, starts from a spinning material that contains a polysilane-polycarbosilane copolymer solution. The spinning material is extruded through spinnerets in a dry spinning method and spun through a spinning duct into green fibers, and the green fibers are subsequently pyrolyzed. Accordingly, the polysilane-polycarbosilane solution contains between 75 wt. % and 95 wt. %, in particular between 80 and 90 wt. %, of an indifferent solvent, and the spinnerets have a capillary diameter between 20 and 70 ?m, in particular between 30 and 60 ?m, in particular between 40 and 50 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: BJS Ceramics GmbH
    Inventors: Sandra Sitter, Birgit Reiter
  • Patent number: 9551098
    Abstract: A nonwoven material is composed of a nonwoven batt of a plurality of bundles formed of carbon fibers. At least some of the bundles have a curved progression that includes a curved vertex area of a first curvature between the bundle ends and at least one bundle end area of a second curvature extending from said one bundle end to the vertex. The first curvature is greater than the second curvature, in particular it is greater by at least 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Birgit Reiter, Martin Danzer, Gerald Ortlepp
  • Publication number: 20150240384
    Abstract: A method for producing ceramic fibers of a composition in the SiC range, starts from a spinning material that contains a polysilane-polycarbosilane copolymer solution. The spinning material is extruded through spinnerets in a dry spinning method and spun through a spinning duct into green fibers, and the green fibers are subsequently pyrolyzed. Accordingly, the polysilane-polycarbosilane solution contains between 75 wt. % and 95 wt. %, in particular between 80 and 90 wt. %, of an indifferent solvent, and the spinnerets have a capillary diameter between 20 and 70 ?m, in particular between 30 and 60 ?m, in particular between 40 and 50 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: SANDRA SITTER, BIRGIT REITER
  • Patent number: 9085492
    Abstract: A method for producing a ceramic substance includes producing a homogeneous mixture containing carbon fibers having a fiber length distribution of D5=<15 ?m and at least one powdery and carbonizable binder. The homogeneous mixture is compacted under the action of pressure. The compacted homogeneous mixture is thermally treating for carbonizing, or for carbonizing and graphitizing, to obtain a carbon substance. The carbon substance is siliconized to obtain a ceramic substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: SGL Carbon SE
    Inventors: Andreas Kienzle, Ingrid Kraetschmer, Birgit Reiter
  • Publication number: 20130287991
    Abstract: A nonwoven material is composed of a pile layer which has a plurality of bundles formed of carbon fibers. At least some of the bundles have a curved course that includes a curved vertex area of a first curvature between the bundle ends and at least one bundle end area of a second curvature, located at the bundle ends. The first curvature is greater than the second curvature, in particular it is greater by at least 50%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: SGL CARBON SE
    Inventors: Birgit Reiter, Martin Danzer
  • Publication number: 20130209724
    Abstract: A pile layer is formed of a plurality of bundles, which are partially opened up into individual fibers and which contain carbon fibers and foreign substances. The carbon fibers have at least a mass fraction of 70% of the total mass of the pile layer and the foreign substances take up no more than 30%, but not less than 2%. The foreign substances are obtained from a recycling process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: SGL CARBON SE
    Inventors: Birgit Reiter, Martin Danzer
  • Publication number: 20120328876
    Abstract: A method for producing ceramic fibers of a composition in the SiC range, starts from a spinning material that contains a polysilane-polycarbosilane copolymer solution. The spinning material is extruded through spinnerets in a dry spinning method and spun through a spinning duct into green fibers, and the green fibers are subsequently pyrolyzed. Accordingly, the polysilane-polycarbosilane solution contains between 75 wt. % and 95 wt. %, in particular between 80 and 90 wt. %, of an indifferent solvent, and the spinnerets have a capillary diameter between 20 and 70 ?m, in particular between 30 and 60 ?m, in particular between 40 and 50 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: SGL CARBON SE
    Inventors: SANDRA SITTER, BIRGIT REITER