Patents by Inventor Catarina Sá

Catarina Sá 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: 20230399488
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber composition comprising a filler component in an amount in the range of 1 to 350 phr, and at least one graft copolymer having a modified diene rubber backbone and one or more oligomeric side chains grafted to the modified diene rubber backbone, wherein the oligomeric side chains are obtained through reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer polymerization of a monomer composition, and wherein the monomer composition comprises at least one polar monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Catarina Sà, Carla Recker
  • Publication number: 20220411613
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture and to a pneumatic vehicle tire comprising at least one rubber component made of the sulfur-vulcanized rubber mixture. The rubber mixture contains 10-60 phr (parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the total rubbers in the mixture) of at least one functionalized polybutadiene A, wherein the functionalized polybutadiene A is functionalized at one chain end with an organosilyl group containing amino groups and/or ammonium groups, and wherein the functionalized polybutadiene A is functionalized at the other chain end with an amino group, up to 90 phr of at least one further diene rubber and 30-350 phr of at least one filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Eichhorst, Marion Puppa, Catarina Sà, Dieter Jeromin, Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Pedro-Nuno Rodrigues, Jakob Hey
  • Patent number: 11365309
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rubber blend, to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture comprising the rubber blend and to a vehicle tire comprising such a rubber mixture. The rubber blend comprises at least one solution-polymerized diene polymer A of high molecular weight and at least one solution-polymerized polymer B of low molecular weight, wherein at least one of polymers A and B has been functionalized at the chain end and/or along the polymer chain and/or at a coupling site with at least one group selected from epoxy groups, hydroxyl groups, carboxyl groups, amino groups, siloxane groups, organosilicon groups, phthalocyanine groups and amino group-containing alkoxysilyl groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Carla Recker, Catarina Sa, Kathrin Wehming-Bomkamp, Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Norbert Mueller, Michael Radke
  • Publication number: 20220145049
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rubber blend, to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture comprising the rubber blend and to a vehicle tire comprising such a rubber mixture. The rubber blend comprises at least one solution-polymerized diene polymer A of high molecular weight and at least one solution-polymerized polymer B of low molecular weight, wherein at least one of polymers A and B has been functionalized at the chain end and/or along the polymer chain and/or at a coupling site with at least one group selected from epoxy groups, hydroxyl groups, carboxyl groups, silane sulfide groups, amino groups, siloxane groups, organosilicon groups, phthalocyanine groups and amino group-containing alkoxysilyl groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Carla Recker, Catarina Sa, Kathrin Wehming-Bomkamp, Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Norbert Mueller, Michael Radke
  • Patent number: 11325988
    Abstract: A sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture comprising at least the following constituents: at least one diene rubber and at least one liquid, linear modified diene polymer A, modified with a functional group of formula I) at only one chain end, the number of functional groups per molecule being on average from 0.8 to 1 (R1R2R3)Si—X—NH—C(?O)—O—,??I) where R1, R2 and R3 independently of one another are selected from methoxy groups, ethoxy groups, phenoxy groups, methyl groups, ethyl groups and phenyl groups, with in each case at least one of the groups R1, R2 and R3 being a methoxy group, an ethoxy group or a phenoxy group, and where X is a divalent alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Catarina Sa, Gesa Tarantola, Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Armand Gabriel Becheanu-Boeke
  • Patent number: 11292895
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rubber blend, to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture comprising the rubber blend and to a vehicle tire comprising such a rubber mixture. The rubber blend comprises at least one solution-polymerized diene polymer A of high molecular weight and at least one solution-polymerized polymer B of low molecular weight, wherein at least one of polymers A and B has been functionalized at the chain end and/or along the polymer chain and/or at a coupling site with at least one group selected from epoxy groups, hydroxyl groups, carboxyl groups, silane sulfide groups, amino groups, siloxane groups, organosilicon groups, phthalocyanine groups and amino group-containing alkoxysilyl groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Carla Recker, Catarina Sa, Kathrin Wehming-Bomkamp, Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Norbert Mueller, Michael Radke
  • Patent number: 11261312
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture comprising a rubber blend composed of at least one solution-polymerized diene polymer A of high molecular weight and at least one solution-polymerized polymer B of low molecular weight, wherein at least one of polymers A and B has been functionalized at the chain end and/or along the polymer chain and/or at a coupling site with at least one group selected from epoxy groups, hydroxyl groups, carboxyl groups, silane sulfide groups, amino groups, siloxane groups, organosilicon groups, phthalocyanine groups and amino group-containing alkoxysilyl groups, 30 to 300 phr of at least one silica and 1 to 20 phf of at least one substance of formula I) as silane coupling agent (R1R2R3)Si—S4—Si(R3R2R1)??II) where R1, R2, R3 in the structure may be the same or different and may be selected from linear or branched alkoxy, cycloalkoxy, alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Carla Recker, Catarina Sa, Kathrin Wehming-Bomkamp, Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Norbert Mueller, Michael Radke
  • Publication number: 20210363333
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture comprising a rubber blend composed of at least one solution-polymerized diene polymer A of high molecular weight and at least one solution-polymerized polymer B of low molecular weight, wherein at least one of polymers A and B has been functionalized at the chain end and/or along the polymer chain and/or at a coupling site with at least one group selected from epoxy groups, hydroxyl groups, carboxyl groups, silane sulfide groups, amino groups, siloxane groups, organosilicon groups, phthalocyanine groups and amino group-containing alkoxysilyl groups, and a vulcanization system comprising at least one accelerator and elemental sulfur and/or at least one sulfur donor substance, where the molar ratio of accelerated sulfur is 0.18 to 5, where the total molar amount of sulfur consists of elemental sulfur and the sulfur released by the sulfur donor substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Carla Recker, Catarina Sa, Kathrin Wehming-Bomkamp, Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Norbert Mueller, Michael Radke
  • Publication number: 20210355302
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rubber blend, to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture comprising the rubber blend and to a vehicle tire comprising such a rubber mixture. The rubber blend comprises at least one solution-polymerized diene polymer A of high molecular weight and at least one solution-polymerized polymer B of low molecular weight, wherein at least one of polymers A and B has been functionalized at the chain end and/or along the polymer chain and/or at a coupling site with at least one group selected from epoxy groups, hydroxyl groups, carboxyl groups, silane sulfide groups, amino groups, siloxane groups, organosilicon groups, phthalocyanine groups and amino group-containing alkoxysilyl groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Carla Recker, Catarina Sa, Kathrin Wehming-Bomkamp, Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Norbert Mueller, Michael Radke
  • Publication number: 20210332223
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture comprising a rubber blend composed of at least one solution-polymerized diene polymer A of high molecular weight and at least one solution-polymerized polymer B of low molecular weight, wherein at least one of polymers A and B has been functionalized at the chain end and/or along the polymer chain and/or at a coupling site with at least one group selected from epoxy groups, hydroxyl groups, carboxyl groups, silane sulfide groups, amino groups, siloxane groups, organosilicon groups, phthalocyanine groups and amino group-containing alkoxysilyl groups, 30 to 300 phr of at least one silica and 1 to 20 phf of at least one blocked and/or unblocked mercaptosilane as silane coupling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Carla Recker, Catarina Sa, Kathrin Wehming-Bomkamp, Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Norbert Mueller, Michael Radke
  • Publication number: 20210324181
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rubber blend, to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture comprising the rubber blend and to a vehicle tire comprising such a rubber mixture. The rubber blend comprises at least one solution-polymerized diene polymer A of high molecular weight and at least one solution-polymerized polymer B of low molecular weight, wherein at least one of polymers A and B has been functionalized at the chain end and/or along the polymer chain and/or at a coupling site with at least one group selected from epoxy groups, hydroxyl groups, carboxyl groups, silane sulfide groups, amino groups, siloxane groups, organosilicon groups, phthalocyanine groups and amino group-containing alkoxysilyl groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Carla Recker, Catarina Sa, Kathrin Wehming-Bomkamp, Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Norbert Mueller, Michael Radke
  • Publication number: 20210284826
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture comprising a rubber blend composed of at least one solution-polymerized diene polymer A of high molecular weight and at least one solution-polymerized polymer B of low molecular weight, wherein at least one of polymers A and B has been functionalized at the chain end and/or along the polymer chain and/or at a coupling site with at least one group selected from epoxy groups, hydroxyl groups, carboxyl groups, silane sulfide groups, amino groups, siloxane groups, organosilicon groups, phthalocyanine groups and amino group-containing alkoxysilyl groups, 30 to 300 phr of at least one silica and 1 to 150 phr of at least one hydrocarbon resin having a softening point to ASTM E 28 (ring and ball) of 10 to 180° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Carla Recker, Catarina Sa, Kathrin Wehming-Bomkamp, Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Norbert Mueller, Michael Radke
  • Publication number: 20210277210
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rubber blend, to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture comprising the rubber blend and to a vehicle tire comprising such a rubber mixture. The rubber blend comprises at least one solution-polymerized diene polymer A of high molecular weight and at least one solution-polymerized polymer B of low molecular weight, wherein at least one of polymers A and B has been functionalized at the chain end and/or along the polymer chain and/or at a coupling site with at least one group selected from epoxy groups, hydroxyl groups, carboxyl groups, amino groups, siloxane groups, organosilicon groups, phthalocyanine groups and amino group-containing alkoxysilyl groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Carla Recker, Catarina Sa, Kathrin Wehming-Bomkamp, Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Norbert Mueller, Michael Radke
  • Patent number: 11015041
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture comprising a rubber blend composed of at least one solution-polymerized diene polymer A of high molecular weight and at least one solution-polymerized polymer B of low molecular weight, wherein at least one of polymers A and B has been functionalized at the chain end and/or along the polymer chain and/or at a coupling site with at least one group selected from epoxy groups, hydroxyl groups, carboxyl groups, silane sulfide groups, amino groups, siloxane groups, organosilicon groups, phthalocyanine groups and amino group-containing alkoxysilyl groups, and as filler at least one silica and/or at least one carbon black in an amount of 25 to 300 phr, wherein the ratio of carbon black to silica in the mixture is 100:0 to 3:97.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Carla Recker, Catarina Sa, Kathrin Wehming-Bomkamp, Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Norbert Mueller, Michael Radke
  • Patent number: 11008446
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rubber blend, to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture comprising the rubber blend and to a vehicle tire comprising such a rubber mixture. The rubber blend comprises at least one solution-polymerized diene polymer A of high molecular weight and at least one solution-polymerized polymer B of low molecular weight, wherein at least one of polymers A and B has been functionalized at the chain end and/or along the polymer chain and/or at a coupling site with at least one group selected from epoxy groups, hydroxyl groups, carboxyl groups, silane sulfide groups, amino groups, siloxane groups, organosilicon groups, phthalocyanine groups and amino group-containing alkoxysilyl groups and wherein the rubber blend includes 35 to 100 phr (based on the at least one solution-polymerized diene polymer A of high molecular weight), preferably 35 to 70 phr, of the at least one solution-polymerized polymer B of low molecular weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Carla Recker, Catarina Sa, Kathrin Wehming-Bomkamp, Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Norbert Mueller, Michael Radke
  • Publication number: 20200377623
    Abstract: A sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture comprising at least the following constituents: at least one diene rubber and at least one liquid, linear modified diene polymer A, modified with a functional group of formula I) at only one chain end, the number of functional groups per molecule being on average from 0.8 to 1 (R1R2R3)Si—X—NH—C(?O)—O—,??I) where R1, R2 and R3 independently of one another are selected from methoxy groups, ethoxy groups, phenoxy groups, methyl groups, ethyl groups and phenyl groups, with in each case at least one of the groups R1, R2 and R3 being a methoxy group, an ethoxy group or a phenoxy group, and where X is a divalent alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Catarina Sa, Gesa Tarantola, Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Armand Gabriel Becheanu-Boeke
  • Patent number: 10738179
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture, especially for the sidewall of pneumatic vehicle tires, and to a pneumatic vehicle tire whose sidewall consists at least partly of the sulfur-crosslinked rubber mixture. For reduced hysteresis, hence leading to low rolling resistance when used as a sidewall mixture, the rubber mixture comprises 20 to 80 phr of natural rubber and/or synthetic polyisoprene, 20 to 80 phr of at least one polybutadiene functionalized for attachment to silica and 20 to 50 phr of at least one silica with a CTAB surface area (to ASTM D 3765) of 50 to 130 m2/g and a nitrogen surface area (BET surface area) (to DIN ISO 9277 and DIN 66132) of 60 to 140 m2/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Vipin Rajan, Martin Francke, Marion Schellenberg, Catarina Sa
  • Publication number: 20190194428
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture, containing: a rubber blend of at least one high-molecular-weight, solution-polymerized diene polymer A and at least one low-molecular-weight, solution-polymerized polymer B, wherein at least one of the polymers A or B is functionalized at the chain end and/or along the polymer chain and/or in a coupling center with at least one group selected from epoxy groups, hydroxy groups, carboxy groups, silane-sulfide groups, amino groups, siloxane groups, organosilicon groups, phthalocyanine groups, and from alkoxysilyl groups containing amino groups, and as a filler, at least one silicic acid and/or at least one carbon black in an amount of 25 to 300 phr, wherein the ratio of carbon black to silicic acid in the mixture is 100:0 to 3:97.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Carla Recker, Catarina Sa, Kathrin Wehming-Bomkamp, Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Norbert Mueller, Michael Radke
  • Publication number: 20190185646
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rubber blend, to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture comprising the rubber blend and to a vehicle tire comprising such a rubber mixture. The rubber blend comprises at least one solution-polymerized diene polymer A of high molecular weight and at least one solution-polymerized polymer B of low molecular weight, wherein at least one of polymers A and B has been functionalized at the chain end and/or along the polymer chain and/or at a coupling site with at least one group selected from epoxy groups, hydroxyl groups, carboxyl groups, silane sulfide groups, amino groups, siloxane groups, organosilicon groups, phthalocyanine groups and amino group-containing alkoxysilyl groups and wherein the rubber blend includes 35 to 100 phr (based on the at least one solution-polymerized diene polymer A of high molecular weight), preferably 35 to 70 phr, of the at least one solution-polymerized polymer B of low molecular weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Carla Recker, Catarina Sa, Kathrin Wehming-Bomkamp, Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Norbert Mueller, Michael Radke
  • Publication number: 20190169407
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture comprising a rubber blend composed of at least one solution-polymerized diene polymer A of high molecular weight and at least one solution-polymerized polymer B of low molecular weight, wherein at least one of polymers A and B has been functionalized at the chain end and/or along the polymer chain and/or at a coupling site with at least one group selected from epoxy groups, hydroxyl groups, carboxyl groups, silane sulfide groups, amino groups, siloxane groups, organosilicon groups, phthalocyanine groups and amino group-containing alkoxysilyl groups, 30 to 300 phr of at least one silica and 1 to 20 phf of at least one substance of formula I) as silane coupling agent (R1R2R3)Si—S4—Si(R3R2R1)??II) where R1, R2, R3 in the structure may be the same or different and may be selected from linear or branched alkoxy, cycloalkoxy, alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Carla Recker, Catarina Sa, Kathrin Wehming-Bomkamp, Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Norbert Mueller, Michael Radke