Patents by Inventor Hans-Joachim Leimkuhler

Hans-Joachim Leimkuhler 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: 7323155
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing silane or hydrochlorosilanes by disproportionation of a higher chlorinated hydrochlorosilane or a mixture of said hydrochlorosilanes in the presence of a catalyst. Before the catalyst is used, it is a) washed with hyper-pure water in one or several steps; b) transferred in the water-moist state to the reactor in which the disproportionation is to proceed; c) treated in the reactor with boiling methanol or rinsed with anhydrous methanol; and d) the methanol is removed from the catalyst by evacuation and/or stripping with inert gas. The invention further relates to a method for treating disproportionation catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Solarworld Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Klein, Hans-Dieter Block, Hans-Joachim Leimkühler, Werner Dick, Dirk Müller, Johannes-Peter Schäfer
  • Patent number: 6942844
    Abstract: Silane is produced in a continuous process by disproportionating trichlorsilane in at least 2 recreation areas for reaction/distillation, which are run through by a countercurrent of steam and liquid in the presence of catalytically active solid under a pressure which ranges between 500 mbar and 50 bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Solarworld Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dirk Müller, Georg Ronge, Johannes-Peter Schäfer, Hans-Joachim Leimkühler, Ulrike Strauss, Hans-Dieter Block
  • Patent number: 6905576
    Abstract: This invention relates to a continuous process for the preparation of silane by catalytic disproportionation of trichlorosilane in a reactive/distillative reaction zone having a catalyst bed of catalytically active solid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: SolarWorld AG
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Block, Hans-Joachim Leimkühler, Dirk Müller, Johannes-Peter Schäfer, Georg Ronge
  • Patent number: 6887448
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of high purity silicon, characterized by the following steps: a) reaction of metallic silicon with silicon tetrachloride (SiCl4), hydrogen (H2) and hydrochloric acid (HCl) at a temperature of 500 to 800° C. and a pressure of 25 to 40 bar to give a trichlorosilane-containing (SiHCl3) feed gas stream, b) removal of impurities from the resultant trichlorosilane-containing feed gas stream by scrubbing with condensed chlorosilanes at a pressure of 25 to 40 bar and a temperature of 160 to 200° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: SolarWorld AG
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Block, Leslaw Mleczko, Hans-Joachim Leimkühler, Rainer Weber, Knud Werner, Dietmar Schwanke, Johannes-Peter Schäfer, Gebhard Wagner
  • Patent number: 6843972
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for removing anhydrous acids and hydrohalogens from trichlorosilane by contacting the trichlorosilane with solid bases. The invention further relates to the use of the trichlorosilane so purified in the production of silane and/or super-pure silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Solarworld Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Klein, Hans-Dieter Block, Hans-Joachim Leimkühler, Werner Dick, Johannes-Peter Schäfer
  • Patent number: 6838578
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing (cyclo)aliphatic diisocyanates and triisocyanates corresponding to the formula R—(NCO)n??(I), wherein R represents a (cyclo)aliphatic hydrocarbon group having up to 15 carbon atoms, provided that there are at least two carbon atoms between two nitrogens, n represents the number 2 or 3, by a) separately heating phosgene and a diamine or triamine corresponding to the formula R—(NH2)n??(II), ?to a temperature of 200° C. to 600° C., wherein the amine may optionally be diluted with an inert gas or with the vapors of an inert solvent, b) optionally passing the reactants over torque-producing baffles and c) continuously reacting phosgene and the amine in the gas phase in a reaction chamber without moving parts and with constrictions of the walls in the region of the reaction zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Leimkühler, Herbert Stutz, Wolfgang Leuckel
  • Publication number: 20040091412
    Abstract: Silane is produced in a continuous process by disproportionating trichlorsilane in at least 2 recreation areas for reaction/distillation, which are run through by a countercurrent of steam and liquid in the presence of catalytically active solid under a pressure which ranges between 500 mbar and 50 bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Dirk Muller, Georg Ronge, Johannes-Peter Schafer, Hans-Joachim Leimkuhler, Ulrike Strauss, Hans-Dieter Block
  • Patent number: 6706913
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for preparing (cyclo)aliphatic diisocyanates and triisocyanates by phosgenation of (cyclo)aliphatic diamines and triamines in the gas phase by accelerating the flow of at least one of reactants in the region where the reactants are mixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Leimkühler, Herbert Stutz, Helmut Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20040047797
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of high purity silicon, characterized by the following steps: a) reaction of metallic silicon with silicon tetrachloride (SiCl4), hydrogen (H2) and hydrochloric acid (HCl) at a temperature of 500 to 800° C. and a pressure of 25 to 40 bar to give a trichlorosilane-containing (SiHCl3) feed gas stream, b) removal of impurities from the resultant trichlorosilane-containing feed gas stream by scrubbing with condensed chlorosilanes at a pressure of 25 to 40 bar and a temperature of 160 to 200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Block, Leslaw Mleczko, Hans-Joachim Leimkuhler, Rainer Weber, Knud Werner, Dietmar Schwanke, Johannes-Peter Schafer, Gebhard Wagner
  • Publication number: 20040042949
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for separating aluminium from chlorosilanes, in particular for separating aluminium trichloride from silicon tetrachloride or trichlorosilane or from mixtures of silicon tetrachloride or trichlorosilane. According to the invention, aluminium chloride is removed from the chlorosilanes silicon tetrachloride and trichlorosilane in a continuous process, without the addition of admixtures, to obtain a residual content of aluminium that is as low as required, by separating the aluminium trichloride and the chlorosilane by distillation, at a temperature approximately greater than 160° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Block, Rainer Weber, Gunter Olf, Hans-Joachim Leimkuhler, Johannes-Peter Schafer
  • Publication number: 20040028594
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for removing anhydrous acids and hydrohalogens from trichlorosilane by contacting the trichlorosilane with solid bases. The invention further relates to the use of the trichlorosilane so purified in the production of silane and/or super-pure silicon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Stephan Klein, Hans-Dieter Block, Hans-Joachim Leimkuhler, Werner Dick, Johannes-Peter Schafer
  • Publication number: 20040030171
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing silane or hydrochlorosilanes by disproportionation of a higher chlorinated hydrochlorosilane or a mixture of said hydrochlorosilanes in the presence of a catalyst. Before the catalyst is used, it is a) washed with hyper-pure water in one or several steps; b) transferred in the water-moist state to the reactor in which the disproportionation is to proceed; c) treated in the reactor with boiling methanol or rinsed with anhydrous methanol; and d) the methanol is removed from the catalyst by evacuation and/or stripping with inert gas. The invention further relates to a method for treating disproportionation catalysts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Stephan Klein, Hans-Dieter Block, Hans-Joachim Leimkuhler, Werner Dick, Dirk Muller, Johannes-Peter Schafer
  • Publication number: 20030069441
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for preparing (cyclo)aliphatic diisocyanates and triisocyanates by phosgenation of (cyclo)aliphatic diamines and triamines in the gas phase by accelerating the flow of at least one of reactants in the region where the reactants are mixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Leimkuhler, Herbert Stutz, Helmut Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20030013909
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing (cyclo)aliphatic diisocyanates and triisocyanates corresponding to the formula
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Leimkuhler, Herbert Stutz, Wolfgang Leuckel