Patents by Inventor Christoph Wolf

Christoph Wolf 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: 20250043061
    Abstract: The invention is related to a process, preferably a continuous process, for producing a thermoplastic polyoxazolidinone comprising copolymerizing a diisocyanate compound with a bisepoxide compound in the presence of a catalyst in a reactor; wherein the diisocyanate compound and the bisepoxide compound are continuously and/or step-wise added preferably continuously added to the reactor and the polyoxazolidinone is continuously and/or step-wise, preferably continuously removed from the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Sohajl Movahhed, Stefan Westhues, Daniel Thiel, Aurel Wolf, Kai Laemmerhold, Christoph Guertler, Gudrun Schmidt, Thomas Koenig, Roland Engberg
  • Publication number: 20250047153
    Abstract: A rotor for an electric machine includes a rotor shaft and a laminated core which is arranged on the rotor shaft and formed from stacked electrical laminations and which has radially outwardly projecting laminated core protrusions. Rotor windings are each wound around a laminated core protrusion. A pole separator is arranged between two adjacent laminated core protrusions and has a cooling duct, which runs in the pole separator, for a coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: VALEO EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Nico WOLF, Regina NOACK, Alexander SCHLERETH, Christoph WIECZOREK, Carsten SIEPKER
  • Publication number: 20250047154
    Abstract: Rotor for electric machine includes a rotor shaft, and a laminated core arranged on the rotor shaft and formed from stacked electrical laminations with radially outwardly protruding laminated core projections. A first end plate arranged on a first axial side of the laminated core with radially outwardly protruding end plate projections. A second end plate arranged on an opposite second axial side of the laminated core with radially outwardly protruding end plate projections. A plurality of rotor windings are respectively wound around an end plate projection of the first end plate, and an axially opposite end plate projection of the second end plate and a laminated core projection extends axially between the two end plate projections. A pot-shaped first end cap axially covers the first end plate, a pot-shaped second end cap axially covers the second end plate. A tubular cooling channel runs axially between two adjacent rotor windings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Valeo eAutomotive Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Nico WOLF, Alexander SCHLERETH, Regina NOACK, Carsten SIEPKER, Christoph WIECZOREK
  • Patent number: 12110349
    Abstract: A process for polymerizing ethylene in a high-pressure polymerization system having a continuously operated polymerization reactor and a reactor blow down system having an emergency valve, a reactor blow down vessel containing an aqueous medium and a reactor blow down dump vessel, wherein the process includes the steps of monitoring the polymerization system for a disturbance, opening the emergency valve when a disturbance occurs to allow the content of the polymerization system to expand into the reactor blow down vessel, contacting the content of the polymerization system in the reactor blow down vessel with the aqueous medium to obtain an aqueous polymer slurry, separating the polymer slurry and gaseous components, and transferring the polymer slurry to the reactor blow down dump vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Littmann, Andre-Armand Finette, Christoph Wolf, Michael Deuerling, Juergen Mohrbutter, Danir Khayrullin, Giulia Mei, Erich Neumann
  • Patent number: 11923184
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an ionization apparatus 10 for ionizing an analyte S, comprising an inlet E, an outlet A, a first electrode 1, a second electrode 2 and a dielectric element 3. The first electrode 1, the second electrode 2 and the dielectric element 3 are arranged relative to one another such that, by applying an electric voltage between the first electrode 1 and the second electrode 2, a dielectric barrier discharge is establishable in a discharge area 5 in the ionization apparatus 10. The first and second electrodes 1, 2 are arranged such that they are displaceable or movable relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Plasmion GmbH
    Inventor: Jan-Christoph Wolf
  • Publication number: 20230014128
    Abstract: A process for preparing ethylene polymers including the step of polymerizing ethylene or copolymerizing ethylene and one or more comonomers at a temperature from 100° C. to 350° C. and a pressure of from 110 MPa to 350 MPa in a continuously operated tubular polymerization reactor, thereby yielding a reaction mixture, wherein the tubular polymerization reactor has a reactor cooling jacket for removing the heat of the reaction and a pressure control valve, the reaction mixture leaves the reactor through the pressure control valve, the reaction mixture then passes a post-reactor cooler equipped with a post-reactor cooling jacket, the reactor cooling jacket is provided with a reactor coolant having an inlet temperature and the post-reactor cooling jacket is provided with a post-reactor coolant having an inlet temperature, and the inlet temperature of the post-reactor coolant is independently controlled from the inlet temperature of the reactant coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Andre-Armand Finette, Juergen Mohrbutter, Christoph Wolf, Michael Deuerling, Danir Khayrullin, Dieter Littmann
  • Patent number: 11549749
    Abstract: Method for the preparation of dried polymer pellets in a facility having a dryer with a first chamber and a mechanical agitator, and the facility further having a degassing silo with a second chamber, the method includes the steps of guiding a drying gas flow made from or containing a first gas mixture for drying wet polymer pellets into the first chamber, transferring the dried polymer pellets into the second chamber, guiding a second gas mixture for degassing the dried polymer pellets into the second chamber thereby transforming the second gas mixture into a third gas mixture and guiding a portion of the third gas mixture into the first chamber; and process for manufacturing LDPE pellets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Giulia Mei, Juergen Mohrbutter, Dieter Littmann, Christoph Wolf, Andre-Armand Finette, Michael Deuerling, Giuseppe Penzo
  • Publication number: 20220410102
    Abstract: A high-pressure polymerization system having a) a polymerization reactor and b) a reactor blow down system having b1) a reactor blow down vessel, having a circular design over a major portion P having a L/D-ratio in the range from 1.75 to 10.0 and containing an aqueous quenching medium, b2) a release line connecting the polymerization reactor with the reactor blow down vessel and having an outlet located above a maximum level for the aqueous quenching medium, b3) a first emergency valve in the release line to open and close fluid communication between the polymerization reactor and the reactor blow down system, and wherein the release line outlet has a joining piece having an angle (a) between the central axis and a tangent at the reactor blow down vessel in the range from 5° to 70° and the reactor blow down vessel has a vent stack containing a constricted section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Wolf, Juergen Mohrbutter, Andre-Armand Finette, Michael Deuerling, Danir Khayrullin, Dieter Littmann
  • Publication number: 20220106418
    Abstract: A process for polymerizing ethylene in a high-pressure polymerization system having a continuously operated polymerization reactor and a reactor blow down system having an emergency valve, a reactor blow down vessel containing an aqueous medium and a reactor blow down dump vessel, wherein the process includes the steps of monitoring the polymerization system for a disturbance, opening the emergency valve when a disturbance occurs to allow the content of the polymerization system to expand into the reactor blow down vessel, contacting the content of the polymerization system in the reactor blow down vessel with the aqueous medium to obtain an aqueous polymer slurry, separating the polymer slurry and gaseous components, and transferring the polymer slurry to the reactor blow down dump vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Littmann, Andre-Armand Finette, Christoph Wolf, Michael Deuerling, Juergen Mohrbutter, Danir Khayrullin, Giulia Mei, Erich Neumann
  • Publication number: 20220102129
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an ionization apparatus 10 for ionizing an analyte S, comprising an inlet E, an outlet A, a first electrode 1, a second electrode 2 and a dielectric element 3. The first electrode 1, the second electrode 2 and the dielectric element 3 are arranged relative to one another such that, by applying an electric voltage between the first electrode 1 and the second electrode 2, a dielectric barrier discharge is establishable in a discharge area 5 in the ionization apparatus 10. The first and second electrodes 1, 2 are arranged such that they are displaceable or movable relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventor: Jan-Christoph WOLF
  • Publication number: 20220021663
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a communication module for data transmission between at least one hardware component which is integrated into an internal network of a technical system and a back-end computer system which is connected to a packet-switched data network. In one example embodiment, a communication module is disclosed including a point-to-point connection, a device-proximal gateway is configured and arranged to provide a data transmission interface between the point-to-point connection and the internal network, and a network-proximal gateway connected to the device-proximal gateway via the point-to-point connection without intermediate stations, the network-proximal gateway configured and arranged to provide a data transmission interface between the packet-switched data network and the point-to-point connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Andreas Aldrian, Christoph Wolf, Zhendong Ma, Patrik Maier, Samuel Sprung
  • Patent number: 11201045
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an ionization apparatus 10 for ionizing an analyte S, comprising an inlet E, an outlet A, a first electrode 1, a second electrode 2 and a dielectric element 3. The first electrode 1, the second electrode 2 and the dielectric element 3 are arranged relative to one another such that, by applying an electric voltage between the first electrode 1 and the second electrode 2, a dielectric barrier discharge is establishable in a discharge area 5 in the ionization apparatus 10. The first and second electrodes 1, 2 are arranged such that they are displaceable or movable relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: PLASMION GMBH
    Inventor: Jan-Christoph Wolf
  • Patent number: 11155649
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of ethylene homopolymers or copolymers in a facility having a high-pressure tubular reactor and a preheater, wherein a reaction fluid introduced into the reactor at a reactor inlet is heated in the preheater and the average velocity of the reaction fluid in the preheater is lower than the average velocity of the reaction fluid in the tubular reactor and the ratio of the average velocity in the tubular reactor to the average velocity of the reaction fluid in the preheater is in the range from 1.5 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Wolf, Dieter Littmann, Michael Deuerling, Andre-Armand Finette, Danir Khayrullin, Juergen Mohrbutter
  • Publication number: 20210151309
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an ionization apparatus 10 for ionizing an analyte S, comprising an inlet E, an outlet A, a first electrode 1, a second electrode 2 and a dielectric element 3. The first electrode 1, the second electrode 2 and the dielectric element 3 are arranged relative to one another such that, by applying an electric voltage between the first electrode 1 and the second electrode 2, a dielectric barrier discharge is establishable in a discharge area 5 in the ionization apparatus 10. The first and second electrodes 1, 2 are arranged such that they are displaceable or movable relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventor: Jan-Christoph WOLF
  • Publication number: 20210148633
    Abstract: Method for the preparation of dried polymer pellets in a facility having a dryer with a first chamber and a mechanical agitator, and the facility further having a degassing silo with a second chamber, the method includes the steps of guiding a drying gas flow made from or containing a first gas mixture for drying wet polymer pellets into the first chamber, transferring the dried polymer pellets into the second chamber, guiding a second gas mixture for degassing the dried polymer pellets into the second chamber thereby transforming the second gas mixture into a third gas mixture and guiding a portion of the third gas mixture into the first chamber; and process for manufacturing LDPE pellets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Giulia Mei, Juergen Mohrbutter, Dieter Littmann, Christoph Wolf, Andre-Armand Finette, Michael Deuerling, Giuseppe Penzo
  • Publication number: 20200369792
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of ethylene homopolymers or copolymers in a facility having a high-pressure tubular reactor and a preheater, wherein a reaction fluid introduced into the reactor at a reactor inlet is heated in the preheater and the average velocity of the reaction fluid in the preheater is lower than the average velocity of the reaction fluid in the tubular reactor and the ratio of the average velocity in the tubular reactor to the average velocity of the reaction fluid in the preheater is in the range from 1.5 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Wolf, Dieter Littmann, Michael Deuerling, Andre-Armand Finette, Danir Khayrullin, Juergen Mohrbutter
  • Patent number: 10777401
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of ionizing a gaseous substance, in particular the ionizing or ionization of a gaseous substance in preparation for its analysis. A device is intended to make a discharge gas and a test substance ionizable in a flow-through mode without essentially destroying or fragmenting the sample substance. In order to avoid a high expenditure in terms of construction and equipment, the device is intended to be usable under ambient conditions and to ensure a high sensitivity in a possible analysis of an ionized substance. To this end, an ionizing device is used for flow-through ionization of a discharge gas and of a sample substance at an absolute pressure of more than 40 kPa in the ionizing device during ionization. The ionizing device comprises an inlet, an outlet, a first electrode, a dielectric element and a second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: PLASMION GMBH
    Inventor: Jan-Christoph Wolf
  • Patent number: 10626195
    Abstract: A process for polymerizing ethylene to obtain an ethylene-based polymer in a plant, wherein the plant includes a reactor in fluid communication with a recycle connection, wherein the process includes a polymerization phase, a partial shutdown phase, and the steps of reducing the pressure in the reactor for entering into the partial shutdown phase from the polymerization phase; and increasing the pressure in the reactor for exiting from the partial shutdown phase and re-entering the polymerization phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Erich Neumann, Sven Wolfram, Christoph Wolf, Juergen Mohrbutter, Dieter Littmann
  • Publication number: 20190338053
    Abstract: A process for polymerizing ethylene to obtain an ethylene-based polymer in a plant, wherein the plant includes a reactor in fluid communication with a recycle connection, wherein the process includes a polymerization phase, a partial shutdown phase, and the steps of reducing the pressure in the reactor for entering into the partial shutdown phase from the polymerization phase; and increasing the pressure in the reactor for exiting from the partial shutdown phase and re-entering the polymerization phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Erich NEUMANN, Sven WOLFRAM, Christoph WOLF, Juergen MOHRBUTTER, Dieter LITTMANN
  • Patent number: 10343135
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a manufacturing plant for high-pressure polymerization having a layered tubular reactor and a method for an emergency shutdown in said manufacturing plant. The present disclosure also relates to a process for manufacturing LDPE using said layered tubular reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Littmann, Andre-Armand Finette, Christoph Wolf, Michael Deuerling, Juergen Peter Mohrbutter, Danir Khayrullin