Patents by Inventor Dieter Detterbeck

Dieter Detterbeck 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: 10994269
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and a corresponding apparatus for coating open-pored bodies with at least one coating suspension, the coating suspension having solids and solutes in a liquid medium in a quantity in wet state which is to correspond to at least a required target quantity, and the coating operation having a variation in the applied wet coating quantity from one body to the other. The method includes steps of: coating the body with an actual quantity of the coating suspension, which is always larger than the required target quantity taking the variation of the coating operation into account, determining the difference between the actual quantity and the required target quantity, and reducing the difference between actual quantity and target quantity by removing still wet coating suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Harris, Dieter Detterbeck, Egbert Lox, Thomas Kreuzer
  • Publication number: 20190358619
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and a corresponding apparatus for coating open-pored bodies with at least one coating suspension, the coating suspension having solids and solutes in a liquid medium in a quantity in wet state which is to correspond to at least a required target quantity, and the coating operation having a variation in the applied wet coating quantity from one body to the other. The includes steps of: coating the body with an actual quantity of the coating suspension, which is always larger than the required target quantity taking the variation of the coating operation into account, determining the difference between the actual quantity and the required target quantity, and reducing the difference between actual quantity and target quantity by removing still wet coating suspension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael HARRIS, Dieter DETTERBECK, Egbert LOX, Thomas KREUZER
  • Patent number: 10441949
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method and a corresponding apparatus for coating open-pored bodies with at least one coating suspension. In particular, the coating suspension has solids and solutes in a liquid medium in a quantity in wet state which is to correspond to at least a required target quantity. The coating operation has a variation in the applied wet coating quantity from one body to the other. The method according to the invention is characterized by the steps of: coating the body with an actual quantity of the coating suspension, which is always larger than the required target quantity taking the variation of the coating operation into account, determining the difference between the actual quantity and the required target quantity, and reducing the difference between actual quantity and target quantity by removing still wet coating suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Harris, Dieter Detterbeck, Egbert Lox, Thomas Kreuzer
  • Patent number: 9551253
    Abstract: The accuracy of the coating concentration when applying a catalytically active coating to suitable carrier bodies can be increased if, following raw coating with a relatively wide fluctuation range in the coating concentration, excessive or insufficient coating applied is if appropriate corrected iteratively. Excessive coating suspension applied is removed, for example by subsequent suction, while the coating is still in the wet state, whereas insufficient coating suspension applied is topped up, for example by spraying on additional coating suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Fehnle, Dieter Detterbeck, Axel Wienand, Bernd Mergner
  • Patent number: 9488087
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel assembly for coating substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Bernd Mergner, Wolfgang Hasselmann, Dieter Detterbeck, Sigurd Adler
  • Publication number: 20120315381
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel assembly for coating substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Bernd Mergner, Wolfgang Hasselmann, Dieter Detterbeck, Sigurd Adler
  • Publication number: 20090130294
    Abstract: The accuracy of the coating concentration when applying a catalytically active coating to suitable carrier bodies can be increased if, following raw coating with a relatively wide fluctuation range in the coating concentration, excessive or insufficient coating applied is if appropriate corrected iteratively. Excessive coating suspension applied is removed, for example by subsequent suction, while the coating is still in the wet state, whereas insufficient coating suspension applied is topped up, for example by spraying on additional coating suspension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Oliver Fehnle, Dieter Detterbeck, Axel Wienand, Bernd Mergner
  • Publication number: 20080118628
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method and a corresponding apparatus for coating open-pored bodies with at least one coating suspension. In particular, the coating suspension has solids and solutes in a liquid medium in a quantity in wet state which is to correspond to at least a required target quantity. The coating operation has a variation in the applied wet coating quantity from one body to the other. The method according to the invention is characterized by the steps of: coating the body with an actual quantity of the coating suspension, which is always larger than the required target quantity taking the variation of the coating operation into account, determining the difference between the actual quantity and the required target quantity, and reducing the difference between actual quantity and target quantity by removing still wet coating suspension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Harris, Dieter Detterbeck, Egbert Lox, Thomas Kreuzer
  • Patent number: 6746716
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for coating a cylindrical carrier structure with a predetermined amount (target take-up) of a coating suspension, wherein the carrier structure has a cylinder axis, two end faces, an encasing face and an axial length L and a large number of channels running from the first end face to the second end face. The process comprises: a) vertically aligning the cylinder axis of the carrier structure and filling the empty volume of the channels up to a predetermined height H1 starting from the lower end face, b) removing the excess coating suspension through the lower end face of the carrier structure down to the target take-up, c) turning the carrier structure 180°, so that the upper and lower end faces are exchanged one for the other, and d) repeating steps a) and b), wherein the height H2, up to which the channels are filled in this case is given by H2=L−x·H1 where x is between 0.8 and 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: OMG AG & Co KG
    Inventors: Ralph Kiessling, Michael Harris, Dieter Detterbeck, Josef Piroth
  • Publication number: 20030044520
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for coating a cylindrical carrier structure with a predetermined amount (target take-up) of a coating suspension, wherein the carrier structure has a cylinder axis, two end faces, an encasing face and an axial length L and a large number of channels running from the first end face to the second end face. The process comprises: a) vertically aligning the cylinder axis of the carrier structure and filling the empty volume of the channels up to a predetermined height H1 starting from the lower end face, b) removing the excess coating suspension through the lower end face of the carrier structure down to the target take-up, c) turning the carrier structure 180°, so that the upper and lower end faces are exchanged one for the other, and d) repeating steps a) and b), wherein the height H2, up to which the channels are filled in this case is given by H2=L−x·H1 where x is between 0.8 and 1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: OMG AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralph Kiessling, Michael Harris, Dieter Detterbeck, Joseph Piroth