Patents by Inventor Erwin Erdlen

Erwin Erdlen 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).

  • Catalyst for the burning and conversion of gases and higher hydrocarbons, and apparatus for the reduction of nitric oxides and afterburning of exhaust gas by means of such catalyst
    Patent number: 4707341
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst for the conversion of gases and higher hydrocarbons, which comprises an active metal coating containing lanthanum and cobalt as active metal components on a porous oxidic support substance, wherein the coating is formed by impregnating the support substance with a solution of thermally easily decomposable lanthanum and cobalt salts and subsequently baking, whereby the metal coating contains 1 part cobalt and 1-3 parts, preferably 2 parts, lanthanum, as well as 2 to 20 weight percent of cerium based on the sum of these materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1987
    Assignee: Firma EVK Energietechnik Verfahrenstechnik Umwelttechnik
    Inventors: Christian Koch, Erwin Erdlen
  • Catalyst for the burning and conversion of gases and higher hydrocarbons and method for producing the catalyst
    Patent number: 4613583
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst for the conversion of gases and higher hydrocarbons, which comprises with an active metal coating containing lanthanum and cobalt as active metal components on a porous oxidic support substance, wherein the coating is formed by impregnating the support substance with a solution of thermally easily decomposable lanthanum and cobalt salts and subsequently baking, whereby the metal coating contains 1 part cobalt and 1-3 parts, preferably 2 parts, lanthanum, as well as 2 to 20 weight percent of cerium based on the sum of these materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1986
    Assignee: INSUMMA-Projektgesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Christian Koch, Erwin Erdlen