Patents by Inventor Harald Kloeckner

Harald Kloeckner 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).

  • Method for refinishing vehicles
    Publication number: 20080014368
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for refinishing vehicles using infrared technology for drying and curing the paint coating. The method comprises the steps: A) applying a layer of a pigmented coating composition over a vehicle body or vehicle body part, subsequently applying a layer of clear coating composition, or applying alternatively a layer of pigmented top coating composition over the vehicle body or vehicle body part and B) curing the coating layers applied in step A), directly after completion of the application step, without interposing a final evaporation phase, by exposing to infrared radiation using a short-wave infrared radiator, a radiator distance in the range of 20 to 60 cm being adjusted and the quotient of radiator power in Kilowatt and radiator distance in centimeter ranges from 0.07 to 0.15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Wolfgang Feyrer, Andrew Duda, Stephen Naylor, Harald Kloeckner
  • Method for painting plastic substrates
    Publication number: 20050031792
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for painting non-polar, in particular polyolefin plastic substrates, comprising the steps: 1. applying a pigmented paint layer consisting of a colour- and/or effect-imparting coating composition directly to the plastic substrate and 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Harald Kloeckner, Guenter Berschel, Wolfgang Stricker, Andrew Duda, Udo Hellmann
  • Process for refinishing substrates
    Patent number: 6777033
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a spot repair finish process for refinishing substrates, in particular vehicle bodies or parts thereof, wherein a very good quality finish is produced with virtually no differences, such as in color shade or overspray margins and edge marks, visually perceptible between the old finish and the repair finish. The spot repair process of the present invention works especially well with pigmented coatings of critical color shade, in particular with specific light color shades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Harald Kloeckner, Guenter Berschel, Andrew Duda
  • Process for repairing coatings
    Publication number: 20040146638
    Abstract: A process for repairing a multi-layer coating of a substrate, in particular, vehicles having a blemished area, comprising the following successive steps:
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Harald Kloeckner, Guenter Berschel, Christian Woessner, Andrew Duda
  • Process for refinishing substrates
    Publication number: 20030175432
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for refinishing substrates by means of spot repair, wherein at least one color- and/or special effect-imparting coating layer of a color- and/or special effect-imparting coating composition is applied onto a damaged area of a substrate and wherein the process comprises the following steps:
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Harald Kloeckner, Guenter Berschel, Andrew Duda