Patents by Inventor George Reinhard

George Reinhard 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).

  • Vapor-phase corrosion inhibitors and method of preparing same
    Patent number: 6752934
    Abstract: Substance combinations which contain (1) an inorganic salt of nitrous acid, (2) a water-insoluble polysubstituted phenol, (3) an aliphatic ester of a dihydroxybenzoic acid, and (4) a tocopherol plus optionally (5) a suitable water vapor-volatile bicyclic terpene or an aliphatically substituted naphthalene which promotes sublimation of the components present in the respective substance combination, especially in air at a relatively high atmospheric humidity, and the use of such substance combinations as vapor phase corrosion inhibitors in packaging or in storage in closed spaces for protection of the conventional metals for use such as iron, chromium, nickel, tin, zinc, aluminum, copper and their alloys against atmospheric corrosion are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: EXCOR Korrosionsforschung GmbH
    Inventors: George Reinhard, Urte Ludwig, Gerhard Hahn
  • Vapor-phase corrosion inhibitors and method of preparing same
    Publication number: 20030031583
    Abstract: Substance combinations which contain (1) an inorganic salt of nitrous acid, (2) a water-insoluble polysubstituted phenol, (3) an aliphatic ester of a dihydroxybenzoic acid, and (4) a tocopherol plus optionally (5) a suitable water vapor-volatile bicyclic terpene or an aliphatically substituted naphthalene which promotes sublimation of the components present in the respective substance combination, especially in air at a relatively high atmospheric humidity, and the use of such substance combinations as vapor phase corrosion inhibitors in packaging or in storage in closed spaces for protection of the conventional metals for use such as iron, chromium, nickel, tin, zinc, aluminum, copper and their alloys against atmospheric corrosion are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: George Reinhard, Urte Ludwig, Gerhard Hahn