Patents by Inventor Franz P. Schmitz

Franz P. Schmitz 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: 5508371
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polyurethane fusion adhesives that are hardened by the action of moisture and which contain at least one reaction product from a component that contains NCO groups and an essentially linear hydroxypolyester, hydroxypolyether, and/or hydroxypolyetherester component. In addition, the present invention relates to a procedure for manufacturing a material that is permeable to water only in vapor form, this being in the form of a fiber material, in particular in the form of a web, which is joined to a polyurethane film, in which the fiber material is coated with a polyurethane material and subsequently the polyurethane material is hardened to form a water-vapor permeable film. The present invention also relates to a material that is permeable to water only in vapor form and which is in the form of a fiber material, in particular in the form of a web, that is bonded to a polyurethane film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1996
    Assignee: H. B. Fuller Licensing & Financing, Inc.
    Inventors: Harald Werenicz, Franz Maitz, Walter Nussbaumer, Ludwig Stingl, Franz P. Schmitz