Patents by Inventor Dirk Hinzmann

Dirk Hinzmann 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: 20250034606
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for cleaving polyurethane products, having the steps of (A) providing a polyurethane product which is based on isocyanate components and a polyol component; (B) reacting the polyurethane product with a monofunctional araliphatic alcohol in the presence of an alcoholysis catalyst, thereby obtaining a product mixture containing a liquid polyol phase and a solid carbamate of an isocyanate of the isocyanate component and the monofunctional araliphatic alcohol; and (C) separating the carbamate from the product mixture, thereby leaving the liquid polyol phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Dirk Hinzmann, Verena Schiffer, Antje Wehlau, Lena Schaffert, Lukas Reisky
  • Publication number: 20250019515
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for recovering at least one raw material from a polyurethane product, comprising steps (A) providing a polyurethane product based on an isocyanate component and a polyol component, the isocyanate component comprising only isocyanates for which the corresponding amines have a boiling point at 1013 mbar(abs.) of at most 410° C.; (B) performing chemolysis of the polyurethane product with an alcohol and water; (C) processing the product of the chemolysis, comprising (C.I) extraction with an organic solvent, the boiling point of which at 1013 mbar(abs.) is in the range of 40° C. to 120° C., at a temperature in the range of 10° C. to 60° C., followed by (C.II) phase separation into a first product phase and into a second product phase; and (D) processing the first product phase to obtain the polyol, comprising (D.I.) separation of organic solvent by distillation and/or stripping, and (D.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Sebastian Pohl, Dirk Hinzmann, Maria Francisco Casal, Sebastian Scherf, Lukas Reisky, Juergen Bausa
  • Publication number: 20240409492
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for cleaving urethanes, in particular polyurethanes, by means of chemolysis (alcoholysis, hydrolysis, or hydroalcoholysis) in the presence of a catalyst. The chemolysis is characterized in that a salt of an oxyacid of an element of the fifth, fourteenth, or fifteenth group of the periodic table of elements or a mixture of two or more such salts is used as the catalyst, the pKb value of the anion of said salt of the oxyacid ranging from 0.10 to 6.00, preferably 0.25 to 5.00, particularly 0.50 to 4.50, wherein the catalyst does not comprise carbonate when the chemolysis is carried out as an alcoholysis (Ia), and the catalyst does not contain carbonate, orthophosphate, or metaphosphate when the chemolysis is carried out as a hydroalcoholysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Matthias Leven, Norah Heinz, Jens Langanke, Torsten Heinemann, Kai Laemmerhold, Dirk Hinzmann, Tugrul Nalbantoglu, Nicolas Vogt, Walter Leitner, Elena Dirksen
  • Patent number: 12117562
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor system (200, 300, 400) for a motor vehicle, comprising a sensor housing and an active or passive sensor (102) arranged therein and held on a movable sensor holder (201, 401), having a sensor technology based on radiation detection and a measurement apparatus assigned to the sensor (102) and a control apparatus, coupled to said measurement apparatus, for the sensor holder (201, 401), wherein the sensor housing has a cover (106, 301) that is signal-transmissive for the sensor (102) on its side located in the detection direction of the sensor (102), and wherein the detection range (108, 109) of the sensor (102) in the region of the signal-transmissive cover (106, 301) has a lower extent than the signal-transmissive cover (106, 301), wherein the sensor system (200, 300, 400) is characterized in that the measurement apparatus is designed such that it is suitable for checking, in the detection range of the sensor (102), whether and in which section the signal-transmissive cover (10
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Covestro Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rainer Hagen, Thomas Grimm, Ulrich Grosser, Alexander Meyer, Andreas Klein, Dirk Hinzmann, Peter Capellen, Rafael Oser
  • Patent number: 12019162
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor system (200, 300) for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, comprising a sensor housing and an active or passive sensor (102) arranged therein, having a sensor technology based on radiation detection and a measurement apparatus assigned to the sensor (102), wherein the sensor housing has a cover (106) that is signal-transmissive for the sensor (102) on its side located in the detection direction of the sensor (102), and wherein the detection range of the sensor (102) in the region of the signal-transmissive cover (106) has a lower extent than the signal-transmissive cover (106), wherein the sensor system (200, 300) is characterized in that the sensor (102) is assigned a movable deflection apparatus (201), coupled to a control apparatus, for deflecting the radiation of the sensor (102), wherein the measurement apparatus is designed such that it is suitable for checking, in the detection range of the sensor (102), whether and in which section the signal-transmissive cover (
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Covestro Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rainer Hagen, Thomas Grimm, Ulrich Grosser, Alexander Meyer, Andreas Klein, Dirk Hinzmann, Peter Capellen, Rafael Oser
  • Publication number: 20240166804
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mixture including oligoesters as described herein. The present disclosure relates to polyester carbonates including an ester block as described herein, and the present disclosure also relates to a process for preparing polyester carbonates having an ester block by melt transesterification as described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Meyer, Lukas Fabian Schulz, Thomas Pfingst, Ulrich Liesenfelder, Dirk Hinzmann
  • Publication number: 20240117144
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for recovering raw materials (i.e. of polyols and optionally additionally amines) from polyurethane foams, comprising chemolysis. The chemolysis is characterised in that a polyurethane foam is reacted with an alcohol and water in the presence of a catalyst at a temperature of between 130° C. and 195° C., the mass ratio of (total) alcohol and (total) water to the polyurethane foam [i.e. m(alcohol+water)/m(polyurethane foam), where “m”=mass] being between 0.5 and 2.5, and the mass of the water being between 4.0% and 10% of the mass of the alcohol. The catalyst comprises a metal salt selected from a carbonate, a hydrogen carbonate, an orthophosphate, a monohydrogen orthophosphate, a metaphosphate or a mixture of two or more of said metal salts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Dirk Hinzmann, Sebastian Scherf, Michael Baecker
  • Patent number: 11747447
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle utilizing a LiDAR sensor system for driver assistance systems. A composition consisting of a thermoplastic material based on polycarbonate is used here for forming the substrate layer of a cover for the sensor with respect to the surroundings. The cover has a polysiloxane-based topcoat layer comprising a combination of organically modified silane with a silica sol, the silicon dioxide having a d90 particle size of less than 0.50 micron, in order to achieve high abrasion resistance and weathering stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Grosser, Alexander Meyer, Andreas Klein, Dirk Hinzmann, Peter Capellen, Rafael Oser, Rainer Hagen
  • Patent number: 11655202
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a cycloaliphatic diester, to a method for producing a polyestercarbonate using the one cycloaliphatic diester, to the use of a cycloaliphatic diester for producing polyestercarbonates and also to a polyestercarbonate. The method according to the invention is here in particular characterized in that the cycloaliphatic diester is separated by means of distillation from the reaction mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Covestro Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alexander Meyer, Thomas Pfingst, Dirk Hinzmann
  • Publication number: 20220371309
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a layered composite comprising a poly carbonate-based matrix, possibly containing fibres, and an outer layer of special poly carbonate-polyester blends, and also to a layered composite such as that described above and provided with painting on that side of its outer layer which is facing away from the matrix, to a method for producing these composites and also to their use for the production for example of automobile add-on parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher SCHIRWITZ, Matthias KNAUPP, Marius NOLTE, Ralf HUFEN, Dirk HINZMANN, Sven SIEGEMUND, Uwe KLIPPERT
  • Patent number: 11440382
    Abstract: The invention relates to transparent multilayer structures and glazings or glazing elements comprising said multilayer structures, which are suitable for screening an indoor space from a radiation source, comprising, in this order a) optionally a protective layer a, b) a substrate layer based on a thermoplastic polymer, especially an aromatic polycarbonate, having a luminous transmittance in the range of 380 to 780 nm of at least 0.3%, determined at a layer thickness of 4 mm according to DIN ISO 13468-2:2006 (D65, 10°), and a TDS value of less than 40%, determined according to ISO 13837:2008 at a layer thickness of 4 mm, the substrate layer containing at least 0.001 wt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Alexander Meyer, Rafael Oser, Dirk Hinzmann, Timo Kuhlmann
  • Patent number: 11351764
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle body part, comprising a multi-layer body, comprising, in this order, a) optionally a protective layer a, b) a substrate layer b based on a thermoplastic polymer, having a light transmittance of less than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Alexander Meyer, Rafael Oser, Dirk Hinzmann, Timo Kuhlmann
  • Publication number: 20220119334
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a cycloaliphatic diester, to a method for producing a polyestercarbonate using the one cycloaliphatic diester, to the use of a cycloaliphatic diester for producing polyestercarbonates and also to a polyestercarbonate. The method according to the invention is here in particular characterized in that the cycloaliphatic diester is separated by means of distillation from the reaction mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander MEYER, Thomas PFINGST, Dirk HINZMANN
  • Publication number: 20210389435
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor system (200, 300, 400) for a motor vehicle, comprising a sensor housing and an active or passive sensor (102) arranged therein and held on a movable sensor holder (201, 401), having a sensor technology based on radiation detection and a measurement apparatus assigned to the sensor (102) and a control apparatus, coupled to said measurement apparatus, for the sensor holder (201, 401), wherein the sensor housing has a cover (106, 301) that is signal-transmissive for the sensor (102) on its side located in the detection direction of the sensor (102), and wherein the detection range (108, 109) of the sensor (102) in the region of the signal-transmissive cover (106, 301) has a lower extent than the signal-transmissive cover (106, 301), wherein the sensor system (200, 300, 400) is characterized in that the measurement apparatus is designed such that it is suitable for checking, in the detection range of the sensor (102), whether and in which section the signal-transmissive cover (10
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Rainer Hagen, Thomas Grimm, Ulrich Grosser, Alexander Meyer, Andreas Klein, Dirk Hinzmann, Peter Capellen, Rafael Oser
  • Publication number: 20210373170
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor system (200, 300) for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, comprising a sensor housing and an active or passive sensor (102) arranged therein, having a sensor technology based on radiation detection and a measurement apparatus assigned to the sensor (102), wherein the sensor housing has a cover (106) that is signal-transmissive for the sensor (102) on its side located in the detection direction of the sensor (102), and wherein the detection range of the sensor (102) in the region of the signal-transmissive cover (106) has a lower extent than the signal-transmissive cover (106), wherein the sensor system (200, 300) is characterized in that the sensor (102) is assigned a movable deflection apparatus (201), coupled to a control apparatus, for deflecting the radiation of the sensor (102), wherein the measurement apparatus is designed such that it is suitable for checking, in the detection range of the sensor (102), whether and in which section the signal-transmissive cover (
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Rainer Hagen, Thomas Grimm, Ulrich Grosser, Alexander Meyer, Andreas Klein, Dirk Hinzmann, Peter Capellen, Rafael Oser
  • Patent number: 11027312
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer construction containing a support or frame composed of a nontransparent polymer as layer c) and a transparent layer b) based on a thermoplastic polymer having a solar transmittance TDS of more than 20%, determined in accordance with ISO 13837:2008 at a layer thickness of 4 mm, and a siloxane-based protective layer a) which is applied to layer c) and layer b), wherein the siloxane layer a) is selectively postcured in selected regions by means of ultrashort-wave UV radiation, and to a method for selective surface treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Dirk Hinzmann, Timo Kuhlmann, Peter Capellen
  • Publication number: 20210155744
    Abstract: Described herein are two-component systems, a composite part comprising a coating made of the two-component system, a process for producing a composite part and a use of special siloxane-containing compounds. The addition of a polysiloxane-containing component, either chemically incorporated into the (meth)acrylate component or physically mixed into this component, results in an improved adhesion to a thermoplastic carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventor: Dirk HINZMANN
  • Publication number: 20200393568
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle utilizing a LiDAR sensor system for driver assistance systems. A composition consisting of a thermoplastic material based on polycarbonate is used here for forming the substrate layer of a cover for the sensor with respect to the surroundings. The cover has a specific topcoat layer in order to achieve high abrasion resistance and weathering stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Ulrich GROSSER, Alexander MEYER, Andreas KLEIN, Dirk HINZMANN, Peter CAPELLEN, Rafael OSER, Rainer HAGEN
  • Publication number: 20200109248
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer construction containing a support or frame composed of a nontransparent polymer as layer c) and a transparent layer b) based on a thermoplastic polymer having a solar transmittance TDS of more than 20%, determined in accordance with ISO 13837:2008 at a layer thickness of 4 mm, and a siloxane-based protective layer a) which is applied to layer c) and layer b), wherein the siloxane layer a) is selectively postcured in selected regions by means of ultrashort-wave UV radiation, and to a method for selective surface treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Dirk Hinzmann, Timo KUHLMANN, Peter CAPELLEN
  • Publication number: 20190344538
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle body part, comprising a multi-layer body, comprising, in this order, a) optionally a protective layer a, b) a substrate layer b based on a thermoplastic polymer, having a light transmittance of less than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander MEYER, Rafael OSER, Dirk HINZMANN, Timo KUHLMANN