Patents by Inventor Frank Wiechmann

Frank Wiechmann 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: 20090162563
    Abstract: A process for producing a multi-layer coating on an electrically conductive surface as a corrosion protection layer and/or as a primer for an organic coating, which is produced by (a) forming a layer of at least one inorganic compound of at least one metal A having a weight per unit area of 0.01 to 10 g/m2 by electrochemical deposition on a conductive surface from a solution containing the metal A in dissolved form, wherein the metal A is a different metal from the main component of a metal on the electrically conductive surface and the inorganic compound contains less than 20 wt % phosphate ions; and (b) forming at least one layer of an organic coating on the layer deposited in stage (a); also disclosed is a metal component comprising a coating comprising at least two layers obtainable in this manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: HENKEL AG & CO.KGaA
    Inventors: Matthias Schweinsberg, Bernd Mayer, Frank Wiechmann
  • Publication number: 20080210567
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electrodeposition material for the electrochemical deposition of a corrosion-protective layer of TiO2 on an electrically conductive substrate comprising a titanium compound, a complexing agent, an accelerator, water and optionally organic solvents, buffering agents and one or more additives, characterized in that the titanium compound is titanyl sulfate and/or titanyl oxalate, the complexing agent is selected from the group consisting of citric acid, citrates, tartaric acid, tartrates, lactic acid, lactates, gluconic acid, gluconates, polyhydroxy-polycarbonic acids, ethylenediaminetetraacetate, methylglycinediacetate, iminodisuccinate, nitrilotriacetic acid and nitrilotriacetate, triethanolamine, phosphonic acid and phosphonates, polyaspartic acid and polyaspartates, polyacrylic acid and polyacrylates and the accelerator is selected from the group consisting of H2O2 and organic peroxides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Subbian Karuppuchamy, Naoki Suzuki, Seishiro Ito, Schweinsberg Matthias, Hans Dolhaine, Frank Wiechmann, Christine Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20070148479
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for providing a metal substrate with corrosion-protection and corrosion-resistance, respectively, as well as to the products thus obtainable. Said process comprises coating said metal substrate with a thin layer of at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of TiO2, Bi2O3 and ZnO, preferably TiO2, by electrochemically depositing said metal oxide layer on at least one surface of said metal substrate. At the same time, said metal oxide layer may serve as a primer layer for subsequent coating treatment (e.g. coating with organic materials, such as for instance lacquers, varnishes, paints, organic polymers, adhesives, etc.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroki Ishikazi, Matthias Schweinsberg, Seishiro Ito, Frank Wiechmann
  • Publication number: 20070144914
    Abstract: Use of a layer on an electrically conductive surface as a corrosion protection layer and/or as a primer for an organic coating, which may be obtained in a stage (a), in which a layer of at least one inorganic compound of at least one metal A having a weight per unit area of 0.01 to 10 g/m2 is deposited electrochemically on the said surface from a solution containing the metal A in dissolved form, wherein the metal A is a different metal from the main component of the electrically conductive surface and wherein the inorganic compound contains less than 20 wt. % phosphate ions, process for producing a coating comprising at least two layers, at least one layer of an organic polymer being applied to the layer deposited in stage a); metal component comprising a coating comprising at least two layers obtainable in this manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Mattias Schweinsberg, Bernd Mayer, Frank Wiechmann
  • Publication number: 20040099535
    Abstract: Use of a layer on an electrically conductive surface as a corrosion protection layer and/or as a primer for an organic coating, which may be obtained in a stage (a), in which a layer of at least one inorganic compound of at least one metal A having a weight per unit area of 0.01 to 10 g/m2 is deposited electrochemically on the said surface from a solution containing the metal A in dissolved form, wherein the metal A is a different metal from the main component of the electrically conductive surface and wherein the inorganic compound contains less than 20 wt. % phosphate ions; process for producing a coating comprising at least two layers, at least one layer of an organic polymer being applied to the layer deposited in stage a); metal component comprising a coating comprising at least two layers obtainable in this manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventors: Mattias Schweinsberg, Bernd Mayer, Frank Wiechmann
  • Patent number: 5888954
    Abstract: A process for inhibiting the corrosion of silver in a dishwashing detergent solution by adding to the solution an inorganic redox-active substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Juergen Haerer, Helmut Blum, Birgit Burg, Thomas Holderbaum, Willi Buchmeier, Peter Jeschke, Horst-Dieter Speckmann, Frank Wiechmann, Christian Nitsch
  • Patent number: 5230730
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing stable low-viscosity O/W rust-inhibiting emulsions, characterized in that a mixture having the following composition is employed for the formation of the emulsion:a) from 10 to 60% by weight of an oil component;b) from 1 to 10% by weight of an emulsifier component consisting of at least one addition product of from 2 to 20 moles of ethylene oxide to fatty alcohols having from 10 to 22 carbon atoms;c) from 1 to 10% by weight of a corrosion inhibitor consisting of at least one carboxylic acid having the general formula (I):R--COOH (I),wherein R represents a straight-chain or branched saturated or unsaturated alkyl moiety comprising from 6 to 22 carbon atoms or a moiety having the general formula (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1993
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Horst-Dieter Speckmann, Gert-Lothar Striepling, Frank Wiechmann, Juergen Geke