Patents by Inventor Franz Zorn

Franz Zorn 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: 11673308
    Abstract: It is provided a WPC extrusion profile comprising a WPC material, in which plant fibers are embedded in a plastic matrix, wherein the WPC material has a content of naturally growing plant fibers of between 30 and 75 wt-%, and the WPC extrusion profile includes at least one foam-filled hollow chamber. The at least one hollow chamber of the WPC extrusion profile is completely filled up with a foam, in particular a closed-pore foam. The foam includes or consists of a plastic material of the same type of plastic as the matrix of the WPC material. The foaming is effected by using a physically acting blowing agent, in particular CO2, wherein the density of the foam is less than 0.4 g/cm3 and the average cell size of the foam has a mean diameter of less than 0.4 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: GREINER EXTRUSION GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Leopold Weiermayer, Franz Zorn
  • Publication number: 20210046688
    Abstract: It is provided a WPC extrusion profile comprising a WPC material, in which plant fibers are embedded in a plastic matrix, wherein the WPC material has a content of naturally growing plant fibers of between 30 and 75 wt-%, and the WPC extrusion profile includes at least one foam-filled hollow chamber. The at least one hollow chamber of the WPC extrusion profile is completely filled up with a foam, in particular a closed-pore foam. The foam includes or consists of a plastic material of the same type of plastic as the matrix of the WPC material. The foaming is effected by using a physically acting blowing agent, in particular CO2, wherein the density of the foam is less than 0.4 g/cm3 and the average cell size of the foam has a mean diameter of less than 0.4 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: GREINER EXTRUSION GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Leopold WEIERMAYER, Franz ZORN
  • Patent number: 5776843
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing spongiosa bone ceramic. Between the demineralization of the bone material and the sintering to a ceramic, an extractive washing operation is carried out using demineralized water, by means of which calcium oxide components are removed from the demineralized bone matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Franz Zorn, Frank Weber, Antonia Almeida, Ilona Taubert, Rolf Wagenknecht, Wilhelm Eberle