Patents by Inventor Gunther Eckhardt

Gunther Eckhardt 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: 6613437
    Abstract: The invention relates to two-component preparations comprising components (I) and (II), wherein at least one component comprises epoxy compounds and the preparations cure by cationic polymerization, initiated by Lewis and/or Brönsted acids, after mixing of the two components, the preparations comprising the Lewis and/or Brönsted acids in the form of precursor compounds which are suitable for the formation of Lewis and/or Brönsted acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: 3M ESPE AG
    Inventors: Gunther Eckhardt, Bernd Gangnus, Wolfgang Weinmann, Cornelia Fuehrer
  • Publication number: 20030153726
    Abstract: The invention relates to catalyst components, containing:
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Gunther Eckhardt, Erich Wanek, Bernd Kuppermann
  • Patent number: 6599960
    Abstract: The invention relates to preparations with improved curing behavior, which are characterized in that they contain 0.0005 to 50 wt. % of soluble and/or fine-particle organic and/or inorganic alkaline earth and/or alkali metal compounds. The preparations according to the invention may be used for bonding, sealing, casting and coating substrates, also in medical dental and technical dental preparations, and for making impressions of articles and, more particularly, for making dental impressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Espe Dental AG
    Inventors: Gunther Eckhardt, Gunther Lechner, Erich Wanek, Ursula Somnitz
  • Publication number: 20030136799
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mixing capsule, especially for producing dental materials. The inventive capsule is provided with a cartridge (10) which is closed on one end thereof by means of a piston (12). A hemispherical cavity is configured in the piston (12). Said cavity forms an additional chamber and is closed in relation to the main chamber (18) of the cartridge (10) by means of a separating device (16). A body (20) that is present in the main chamber (18) in the initial state serves for supporting the mixing process and for chopping through the separating device (16) at the beginning of the mixing process in such a way that the main chamber (18) and the additional chamber (17) form a coherent mixing chamber. The body (20) enters the herispherical additional chamber (17) and acts as a displacing body at the end of the output process. The mixing capsule is provided with a coding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Mark Peuker, Michael Sick, Klaus-Peter Stefan, Gabriele Hager, Angela Stenger, Gunther Eckhardt
  • Publication number: 20030109596
    Abstract: The invention relates to preparations, containing
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventors: Erich Wanek, Gunther Eckhardt, Peter Roas
  • Patent number: 6566413
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel cyclic siloxane compounds of the following general formula (I): in which: n=0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 preferably 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; A=H or C1-C15 alk(en)yl, C3-C15 cycloalk(en)yl, C6-C12 aryl, C8-C18 alkaryl, where, in the said radicals, in each case one or more C atoms can be replaced by O, C═O, O(C═O), SiR2 and/or NR, R being an aliphatic radical with 1 to 7 C atoms, in which one or more C atoms can be replaced by O, C═O, and/or O(C═O); B=E or a linear, branched or polycyclic aliphatic- or aromatic-groups-containing hydrocarbon radical which links 2 to 10 of the cyclosiloxane radicals defined above, less B, to one another and contains 2 to 50 C atoms and additionally 0 to 30 other atoms from the group O, N, S, P, Si, Cl, F, Br, I and from which correspondingly 1 to 9, preferably 1 to 4 of the above defined cyclosiloxane radicals, less B, are pending; E=A or a polymerizable group G—Q—L, where o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: 3M ESPE AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Weinmann, Joachim Zech, Oswald Gasser, Rainer Guggenberger, Gunther Eckhardt, Peter Bissinger, Wolfgang Soglowek
  • Publication number: 20030008967
    Abstract: The invention relates to urethane prepolymers, obtainable by reaction of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: Reinhold Hecht, Gunther Lechner, Thomas Lehmann, Gunther Eckhardt, Bernd Gangnus
  • Patent number: 6383279
    Abstract: A dental impression composition comprises a polyether derivative functionalized via the hydroxyl groups of a polyether polyol with groups such as aziridine, epoxide and unsaturated substituents including (meth)acrylic, allyl, vinyl, vinyl ether or maleate groups, wherein the level of cyclic oligomeric polyethers is less than 5.0 weight percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: ESPE Dental AG
    Inventors: Gunther Eckhardt, Erich Wanek, Guenther Lechner, Peter Bissinger, Markus Mikulla
  • Patent number: 6284827
    Abstract: A polymerizable fluorine-containing composition is proposed, containing at least one polymerizable compound and at least one fluorine-containing compound, which for reducing the content of fluoride ions extractable with water of cured polymer masses obtainable from the composition additionally contains at least one magnesium compound. The composition is particularly suitable for bonding, potting and coating of electronic devices and for mounting electronic devices on printed circuit boards. Further proposed is a process for the preparation of cured polymer masses having a reduced content of fluoride ions extractable with water, comprising polymerizing and curing the composition to which at least one magnesium compound is added prior to the polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Delo Industrieklebstoffe GmbH Co. K
    Inventors: Gunther Eckhardt, Dietmar Dengler, Ursula Somnitz
  • Patent number: 6084004
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions which undergo cationic curing with visible light, comprising:(a) 0.01 to 8 wt. % of at least one diaryliodonium compound,(b) 0.01 to 8 wt. % of at least one .alpha.-dicarbonyl compound,(c) 10.0 to 99.9 wt. % of at least one compound containing epoxide groups and/or oxetane groups,(d) 0 to 85 wt. % of modifiers, such as fillers, dyestuffs, pigments, flow improvers, thixotropic agents, polymeric thickeners, additives having an oxidizing action, stabilizers and retardants, characterized in that they additionally comprise(e) 0.001 to 5 wt. % of at least one aromatic amine.The compositions have a low intrinsic color, cure with little smell and, after curing, give compositions with very good mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Espe Dental AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Weinmann, Gunther Eckhardt
  • Patent number: 5424133
    Abstract: A process of preparing a substrate surface for a subsequent adhesive bond, coating or pouring operation, by applying to the substrate an adhesion promoting composition comprising either:(A), (B) and (C); or (A) and (C); or (B) and (C); or (B) of the following ingredients (A)-(C):(A) 0.01 to 90 wt. % of optionally silanized material with a particle size <5 .mu.m and a hardness greater than that of the substrate surface,(B) 20 to 100 wt. % of silanized, silicon-containing material with an average particle size of 2 to 2100 .mu.m,(C) an abrasion agent with a particle size 5 .mu.m as the remainder;wherein the quantities quoted are relative to the total weight of (A)-(C). In the process the composition is applied to the substrate surface using horizontal or predominantly horizontal forces of friction, so that an adhesion promoting layer is formed on the substrate surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Assignee: THERA Patent GmbH & Co. KG Gesellschaft fur industrielle Schutzrechte
    Inventors: Gunther Eckhardt, Rainer Guggenberger, Peter Koran, Reinhold Nowak, Bernd Burger