Patents by Inventor Gerhardus Meier

Gerhardus Meier 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: 9399688
    Abstract: A process for polymerizing olefins at temperatures of from 30° C. to 140° C. and pressures of from 1.0 MPa to 10 MPa in the presence of a polymerization catalyst in a multistage polymerization of olefins in at least two serially connected gas-phase polymerization reactors, and apparatus for the multistage polymerization of olefins, comprising at least two serially connected gas-phase polymerization reactors and a device for transferring polyolefin particles from an up-stream gas-phase polymerization reactor to a downstream gas-phase polymerization reactor, the transferring device comprising—a gas/solid separation chamber placed downstream of the upstream gas-phase polymerization which gas/solid separation chamber is equipped at a lower part with an net for introducing a fluid, and—connected to the gas/solid separation chamber at least two lock hoppers, placed in a parallel arrangement, each connected to the downstream gas-phase polymerization reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Giuseppe Penzo, Gabriele Mei, Gerhardus Meier, Ulf Schueller, Antonio Ciarrocchi
  • Publication number: 20160152747
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a polyethylene composition suitable for producing small articles such as flexible and collapsible tubes by blow molding comprising: 1) a density from 0.948 to 0.955 g/cm3; 2) a MIF/MIP ratio from 12 to 25; 3) a MIF from 25 to 40 g/10 min; 4) a Mz from 1000000 to 2000000 g/mol; and 5) a long-chain branching index, LCBI, equal to or greater than 0.55.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: BASELL POLYOLEFINE GMBH
    Inventors: GERHARDUS MEIER, ULF SCHULLER, DIANA DOTSCH, BERND LOTHAR MARCZINKE, JENS WIESECKE
  • Publication number: 20160152853
    Abstract: Polyethylene composition with improved balance of impact resistance at low temperatures and Environmental Stress Cracking Resistance (ESCR), particularly suited for producing protective coatings on metal pipes, said composition having the following features: 1) density from 0.938 to 0.948 g/cm3; 2) ratio MIF/MIP from 15 to 25; 3) MIF from 30 to 45 g/10 min.; 4) Mz equal to or greater than 1000000 g/mol; 5) LCBI equal to or greater than 0.55.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: BASELL POLYOLEFINE GMBH
    Inventors: GERHARDUS MEIER, ULF SCHUELLER, DIANA DOTSCH, BERND LOTHAR MARCZINKE, HEINZ VOGT
  • Patent number: 9353206
    Abstract: Polyethylene composition with improved swell ratio and mechanical properties, particularly suited for preparing blow-moulded articles, said composition having the following features: 1) density from 0.952 to 0.960 g/cm3; 2) ratio MIF/MIP from 17 to 30; 3) Shear-Induced Crystallization Index SIC from 2.5 to 5.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Bassel Polylefine GmbH
    Inventors: Iakovos Vittorias, Jens Wiesecke, Bernd Lothar Marczinke, Gerhardus Meier, Ulf Schüller, Volker Dolle, Johannes-Friedrich Enderle, Dieter Lilge, Barbara Gall
  • Publication number: 20160130376
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of polyolefins by polymerizing olefins at temperatures of from 20 to 200° C. and pressures of from 0.1 to 20 MPa in the presence of a polymerization catalyst and an antistatically acting composition in a polymerization reactor, wherein the antistatically acting composition is a mixture comprising an oil-soluble surfactant and water and the use of an antistatically acting composition comprising an oil-soluble surfactant and water as antistatic agent for the polymerization of olefins at temperatures of from 20 to 200° C. and pressures of from 0.1 to 20 MPa in the presence of a polymerization catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Shahram Mihan, Gerhardus Meier, Ulf Schueller, Michael Schiendorfer, Jens Wiesecke
  • Publication number: 20160108148
    Abstract: A process for the gas-phase polymerization of ethylene or a mixture of ethylene and one or more 1 olefins in the presence of a polymerization catalyst system comprising the steps a) feeding a solid catalyst component, which was obtained by contacting at least a magnesium compound and a titanium compound, to a continuously operated apparatus and contacting the solid catalyst component with an aluminum alkyl compound at a temperature of from 0° C. to 70° C. in a way that the mean residence time of the solid catalyst component in contact with the aluminum alkyl compound is from 5 to 300 minutes; b) transferring the catalyst component formed in step a) into another continuously operated apparatus and prepolymerizing it with ethylene or a mixture of ethylene and one or more 1 olefins in suspension at a temperature of from 10° C. to 80° forming polymer in an amount of from 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Gabriele Mei, Pietro Baita, Lorella Marturano, Antonio Mazzucco, Roberta Pica, Gerhardus Meier, Ulf Schueller
  • Publication number: 20160108147
    Abstract: A process for polymerizing olefins in at least two serially connected gas-phase polymerization reactors, the process for transferring polyolefin particles from a first gas-phase polymerization reactor to a second gas-phase polymerization reactor comprising the steps of: a) discharging polyolefin particles into a separation chamber being at a lower pressure than the pressure in the first reactor; b) transferring the polyolefin particles within the separation chamber into a lower part which contains a bed of polyolefin particles which moves from top to bottom of this part of the separation chamber and into which a fluid is introduced so that an upward fluid stream is induced, c) withdrawing polyolefin particles from the lower end and transferring them to one of at least two lock hoppers working intermittently in parallel; and d) simultaneously pressurizing another of the at least two lock hoppers working intermittently by means of a gas comprising reaction gas coming from the second reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Giuseppe Penzo, Gabriele Mei, Gerhardus Meier, Ulf Schueller, Antonio Ciarrocchi
  • Patent number: 9289935
    Abstract: A process for homogenizing and pelletizing a polyethylene composition comprising the steps of a) providing a polyethylene composition having a density of from 0.90 g/cm3 to 0.97 g/cm3 and a melt flow rate MFR21.6 at 190° C. under a load of 21.6 kg of from 1 g/10 min to 80 g/10 min, b) melting the polyethylene composition; c) passing the melt through a combination of screens consisting of screens having a mesh opening of at least 205 ?m and comprising at least two screens having a mesh opening of from 205 ?m to 350 ?m; and e) pelletizing the molten polyethylene composition, the use of a polyethylene composition obtained by such a process for the preparation of films, fibers, pipes, blow-molded articles, injection-molded articles, compression-molded articles or rotomolded articles and films, fibers, pipes, blow-molded articles, injection-molded articles, compression-molded articles or rotomolded articles prepared from a polyethylene composition obtained by such a process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhardus Meier, Ulf Schueller, Jens Wiesecke, Decio Malucelli, Marco Consalvi
  • Patent number: 9284394
    Abstract: A novel gas phase polymerization method is devised, for polymerization of low and ultralow density polyethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Fabiana Fantinel, Shahram Mihan, Gerhardus Meier, Ulf Schueller, Maclovio Herrera Salinas, Giampaolo Pellegatti, Gerd Mannebach
  • Patent number: 9273168
    Abstract: A novel polyethylene is devised which polyethylene is particularly advantageous for manufacturing rotomoulded articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Mannebach, Heinz Vogt, Fabiana Fantinel, Shahram Mihan, Peter Bisson, Cees Besems, Gerhardus Meier, Ulf Schüller, Barbara Gall, Iakovos Vittorias, Manfred Hecker, Michael Olmscheid
  • Publication number: 20150353655
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a slurry process for preparing an ethylene polymer having a melt flow ratio F/P, which is the ratio among the melt index value measured according to ASTM 1238 condition “F” and the melt index value measured according to ASTM 1238 condition “P” of equal to or lower than 27, carried out in two or more stages of polymerization at temperatures in the range from 60 to 120° C., in which at least two of the said two or more polymerization stages are carried out under different amounts of molecular weight regulator, said process being carried out in the presence of (A) a solid catalyst component comprising Ti, Mg, halogen, having a porosity (PF), measured by the mercury method and due to pores with radius equal to, or lower than, 1 ?m, of at least 0.3 cm3/g and a surface area determined by BET method, of lower than 100 m2/g, and being further characterized by the fact that more than 50% of the titanium atoms are in a valence state lower than 4 and (B) of an organoaluminum compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas Maus, Gerhardus Meier, Gianni Collina, Diego Brita
  • Publication number: 20150274947
    Abstract: Polyethylene composition with improved balance of environmental stress cracking resistance (FNCT) and impact resistance (Charpy), particularly suited for preparing pipes, said composition having the following features: 1) density from 0.945 to 0.955 g/cm3; 2) ratio MIF/MIP from more than 30 to 45; 3) Shear-Induced Crystallization Index SIC from 1.0 to 2.5; 4) Long Chain Branching index equal to or greater than 0.85.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: BASELL POLYOLEFINE GMBH
    Inventors: Iakovos Vittorias, Jens Wiesecke, Bernd Lothar Marczinke, Gerhardus Meier, Ulf Schüller, Volker Dolle, Johannes-Friedrich Enderle, Dieter Lilge, Barbara Gall
  • Publication number: 20150274866
    Abstract: Polyethylene composition with improved swell ratio and mechanical properties, particularly suited for preparing blow-moulded articles, said composition having the following features: 1) density from 0.952 to 0.960 g/cm3; 2) ratio MIF/MIP from 17 to 30; 3) Shear-Induced Crystallization Index SIC from 2.5 to 5.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Iakovos Vittorias, Jens Wiesecke, Bernd Lothar Marczinke, Gerhardus Meier, Ulf Schüller, Volker Dolle, Johannes-Friedrich Enderle, Dieter Lilge, Barbara Gall
  • Publication number: 20150267010
    Abstract: Polyethylene composition with improved swell ratio and mechanical properties, particularly suited for preparing blow-moulded articles, said composition having the following features: 1) density from 0.945 to less than 0.952 g/cm3; 2) ratio MIF/MIP from 15 to 30; 3) Shear-Induced Crystallization Index SIC from 2.5 to 5.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Iakovos Vittorias, Jens Wiesecke, Bernd Lothar Marczinke, Gerhardus Meier, Ulf Schüller, Volker Dolle, Johannes-Friedrich Enderle, Dieter Lilge, Barbara Gall
  • Patent number: 9133291
    Abstract: Process for transferring polyolefin particles from a first gas-phase polymerization reactor to a second gas-phase polymerization reactor in a multistage polymerization of olefins carried out in at least two serially connected gas-phase polymerization reactors, wherein the first gas-phase reactor is a fluidized-bed reactor comprising a gas distribution grid and a settling pipe, which is integrated with its upper opening into the distribution grid and contains a bed of polyolefin particles which moves from top to bottom of the settling pipe, the process comprising the steps of introducing a fluid into the settling pipe in an amount that an upward stream of the fluid is induced in the bed of polyolefin particles above the fluid introduction point; withdrawing polyolefin particles from the lower end of the settling pipe; and transferring the withdrawn polyolefin particles into the second gas-phase polymerization reactor, process for polymerizing olefins comprising such a process for transferring polyolefin p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Massimo Covezzi, Giuseppe Penzo, Gabriele Mei, Giulia Mei, Pietro Baita, Gerhardus Meier, Antonio De Lucia, Ulf Schueller, Gianpiero Ferraro
  • Patent number: 9023945
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method of preparing polyethylene compositions comprising polymerizing ethylene in a first gas-phase reactor and polymerizing ethylene in a second gas-phase reactor in the presence of hydrogen; wherein at least one of the first or second gas-phase reactors comprises a first and second polymerization zone; wherein a hydrogen pressure of the first and second polymerization zones are different such that at least a portion of the second ethylene cycles through the first and second polymerization zones and a gas mixture of each polymerization zone is partially or totally prevented from entering the other zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Harilaos Mavridis, Gerhardus Meier, Ulf Schueller, Diana Doetsch, Bernd Marczinke, Iakovos Vittorias
  • Patent number: 9000113
    Abstract: New plastomer material for use in automotive parts such as bumpers is devised here, which is a novel polyethylene produced by a gas phase process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Fabiana Fantinel, Shahram Mihan, Gerhardus Meier, Ulf Schueller, Maclovio Salinas Herrera, Giampaolo Pellegatti, Gerd Mannebach
  • Patent number: 8957158
    Abstract: A novel PE material is devised showing excellent mechanical/optical properties and process ability, e.g. for film extrusion. The polyethylene of the invention is produced in one single e.g. gas phase reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Fabiana Fantinel, Gerd Mannebach, Shahram Mihan, Gerhardus Meier, Iakovos Vittorias
  • Patent number: 8865834
    Abstract: A novel adhesive composition suitable for composing multilayered coatings onto large, industrial equipment such as pipeline tubes is devised. The composition is a blend based on a polyethylene which determines the blend's favorable properties, which polyethylene itself can be used further in coating cables and for producing moldings, especially rotomoulded articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Vogt, Shahram Mihan, Gerd Mannebach, Gerhardus Meier, Joachim Berthold, Manfred Hecker
  • Publication number: 20140309384
    Abstract: Process for transferring polyolefin particles from a first gas-phase polymerization reactor to a second gas-phase polymerization reactor in a multistage polymerization of olefins carried out in at least two serially connected gas-phase polymerization reactors, wherein the first gas-phase reactor is a fluidized-bed reactor comprising a gas distribution grid and a settling pipe, which is integrated with its upper opening into the distribution grid and contains a bed of polyolefin particles which moves from top to bottom of the settling pipe, the process comprising the steps of introducing a fluid into the settling pipe in an amount that an upward stream of the fluid is induced in the bed of polyolefin particles above the fluid introduction point; withdrawing polyolefin particles from the lower end of the settling pipe; and transferring the withdrawn polyolefin particles into the second gas-phase polymerization reactor, process for polymerizing olefins comprising such a process for transferring polyolefin partic
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Massimo Covezzi, Giuseppe Penzo, Gabriele Mei, Giulia Mei, Pietro Baita, Gerhardus Meier, Antonio De Lucia, Ulf Schueller, Gianpiero Ferraro