Patents by Inventor Harald Kraus
Harald Kraus 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).
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Patent number: 9475971Abstract: The present invention relates to novel waterborne adhesives which are polymerizable by UV light and are capable of being activated by heat, and which particularly display good adhesion to difficult substrates, such as ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers (EVA) with a low vinyl acetate content, or rubber. The invention further provides a novel method in which, after the application of the waterborne adhesive to an article and drying, irradiation with UV light and at the same time or thereafter activation by heat are performed. The adhesive film which is irradiated and activated in this way is then bonded to a further article. The invention also provides the use of the adhesives to make items such as shoes.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2011Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AGInventors: Dirk Achten, Wolfgang Arndt, Harald Kraus, Jan Weikard
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Patent number: 9453147Abstract: An aqueous dispersion comprising at least one polyurethane polymer with a melting temperature in the range of 30° C. to 50° C. and (cold contact) adhesives comprising such a polyurethane dispersion, a method for creating an adhesive bonding and the use of such (cold contact) adhesives for creating an adhesive bonding.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2012Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AGInventors: Harald Kraus, Wolfgang Arndt, Matthias Wintermantel
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Patent number: 9353221Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous dispersions containing hydrophilized polycarbodiimides, methods for producing the aqueous dispersions according to the invention, their use as a constituent of binders in adhesives, lacquers, paints, paper coating compounds or in fiber nonwovens and articles made of wood, metal, textile, leather or plastic, which are treated with the aqueous dispersion according to the invention.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2011Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AGInventors: Evgeny Avtomonov, Harald Kraus, Sebastian Dörr, Dirk Achten, Jörg Büchner
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Publication number: 20160131307Abstract: A method for determining a tank pressure in a tank before the tank is filled with pressurised, gaseous hydrogen, according to which method an accumulator, in which the hydrogen to be used to fill the tank is stored as liquid hydrogen, is connected to the tank by means of a filling line and a subsequent check valve of the tank wherein hydrogen is pumped from the accumulator into the filling line by means of a pump and the filling-line pressure arising in the filling line during the pumping is measured, wherein the check valve is opened if the filling-line pressure exceeds the tank pressure, and wherein the tank pressure is determined as the filling-line pressure that exists when the check valve is opened.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2014Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventors: Wilfried-Henning REESE, Harald KRAUS, Tobias KEDERER, Michael WESTERMEIER
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Patent number: 9321939Abstract: Method for the production of adhesive-coated articles, articles obtainable thereby and their use A method for the production of adhesive-coated articles comprises the steps of: (I) providing a substrate; (II) applying a first polyurethane and/or polyurethane-polyurea polymer onto the substrate, the first polyurethane and/or polyurethane-polyurea polymer being capable of attaining an at least partially crystalline state with a final degree of crystallinity and wherein during and/or after the application the first polyurethane and/or polyurethane-polyurea polymer is present in a non-crystalline state.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2011Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AGInventors: Jörg Büchner, Harald Kraus, Pantea Nazaran, Matthias Wintermantel
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Patent number: 9287228Abstract: A method of etching a semiconductor structure, comprises contacting an under bump metallization (UBM) with an etching composition. The UBM includes an underlying layer comprising titanium and an overlying layer comprising a second metal. The etching composition is a liquid comprising at least 0.1 wt % hydrofluoric acid and at least 0.1 wt % phosphoric acid.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: LAM RESEARCH AGInventors: Harald Kraus, Hebert Schier
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Publication number: 20150380370Abstract: A method of etching a semiconductor structure, comprises contacting an under bump metallization (UBM) with an etching composition. The UBM includes an underlying layer comprising titanium and an overlying layer comprising a second metal. The etching composition is a liquid comprising at least 0.1 wt % hydrofluoric acid and at least 0.1 wt % phosphoric acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2014Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: LAM RESEARCH AGInventors: Harald KRAUS, Hebert SCHIER
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Patent number: 9206331Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersions, aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersions produced by this method and their use to produce coating agents and adhesives.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2011Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AGInventors: Alfred Zastrow, Reiner Witkowski, Ralf Werner, Gerald Kurek, Thorsten Rische, Evgeny Avtomonov, Harald Kraus, Henricus Peerlings
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Patent number: 9187680Abstract: Hot-sealable coating systems and method for joining surfaces The present invention relates to a hot-sealable coating system, comprising a polyurethane and/or polyurethane-polyurea polymer (I) and an olefin vinyl acetate copolymer (II). The polyurethane and/or polyurethane-polyurea polymer (I) is obtainable by the reaction of (A) at least one diol and/or polyol component, (B) at least one di- and/or polyisocyanate component, (C) at least one component having sulphonate and/or carboxylate groups, (D) mono-, di- and/or tri-amino-functional and/or hydroxyamino-functional compounds (as appropriate), (E) other isocyanate-reactive compounds (as appropriate). The polyurethane and/or polyurethane-polyurea polymer (I) has a glass transition temperature of ?10° C. and the olefin vinyl acetate copolymer (II) has a minimum film forming temperature (white point temperature) of >+40° C.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2011Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbHInventors: Jörg Buchner, Harald Kraus, Matthias Wintermantel, Dirk Achten
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Patent number: 9090854Abstract: In a method and apparatus for treating a surface of an article, an improved rinse liquid prevents build-up of static charge while avoiding damages to certain types of exposed metal-containing surfaces. In one embodiment, a semiconductor wafer having structures including at least one of cobalt, nickel and platinum is rotated on a spin chuck, as a rinse liquid is dispensed onto a surface of the wafer. The rinse liquid is a dilute aqueous solution of a base of the formula in which R1, R2 and R3 are each independently selected from hydrogen and C1-4 alkyl. The base has a boiling point less than 100° C., and the rinse liquid has a pH in the range of 8 to 10.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2011Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: LAM RESEARCH AGInventors: Stephan Hoffmann, Harald Kraus, Gunter Mettin
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Patent number: 8980407Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous adhesive composition containing at least one acrylate polymer with a glass transition temperature Tg>50° C. and at least one amorphous polyurethane or polyurethane-polyurea polymer with a glass transition temperature Tg<+10° C., the use of the adhesive compositions for the manufacture of heat-activated adhesive layers, and planar formations containing adhesive layers based on the adhesive composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2011Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbHInventors: Jörg Büchner, Harald Kraus, Pantea Nazaran, Dirk Dijkstra
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Patent number: 8950211Abstract: Subassemblies are arranged in the interior of a closed housing. The housing has an air inlet via which air-conditioning air is guided into the interior of the housing. The housing contains a fan via which the air used for the air conditioning of the subassemblies is guided to the outside from the interior of the housing. In addition to a fan input opening, the fan has at least two fan output openings wherein a rotatably mounted screen is arranged in the interior of the fan. By variably adjusting the position of the screen, the air sucked in via the fan input openings is optically guided via at least one of the fan output openings.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2007Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Harald Kraus
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Patent number: 8911561Abstract: A method for removing liquid from a surface of a disc includes, rotating the disc article about an axis perpendicular to the disc's main surface, supplying liquid from a supply port, moved across the substrate towards the edge of the disc, onto the rotated disc, supplying a first gas flow through a first gas supply port onto the disc article to an area whose center has a distance to the center of rotational movement of not more than 20 mm, the area being covered with a liquid layer thereby opening the liquid layer at a discrete area, and supplying a second gas flow through a second gas supply port moved across the substrate towards the edge of the substrate onto the rotated disc wherein the distance of the second gas supply port to the center is lower than the distance of the liquid supply port to the center.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2011Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Lam Research AGInventors: Harald Kraus, Axel Wittershagen
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Patent number: 8846198Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous compositions based on crystalline or semicrystalline polyurethane polymers, processes for the preparation thereof and adhesive systems comprising these aqueous compositions and the use thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2010Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AGInventors: Jörg Büchner, Dirk Achten, Harald Kraus, Wolfgang Arndt
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Publication number: 20140249267Abstract: An aqueous dispersion comprising at least one polyurethane polymer with a melting temperature in the range of 30° C. to 50° C. and (cold contact) adhesives comprising such a polyurethane dispersion, a method for creating an adhesive bonding and the use of such (cold contact) adhesives for creating an adhesive bonding.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2012Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbHInventors: Harald Kraus, Wolfgang Arndt, Matthias Wintermantel
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Publication number: 20140215948Abstract: A method for reinforcing a part of a building comprises the step of adhesively bonding a textile to the surface of the part of a building by means of an adhesive. The invention relates further to such a reinforced part of a building and to the use of a textile in combination with an adhesive for reinforcing a part of a building, wherein the textile is adhesively bonded to the surface of the part of a building by means of an adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2012Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicants: KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FÜR TECHNOLOGIE, BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBHInventors: Harald Kraus, Wolfgang Arndt, Matthias Wintermantel, Heinz-Werner Lucas, Dirk Dijkstra, Lothar Stempniewski, Moritz Urban
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Patent number: 8586185Abstract: Aqueous polyurethane-polyurethane urea dispersions comprising a reaction product of: (i) an NCO prepolymer prepared from; (A) one or more di- or higher-functional polyols having a mean molecular weight of 400 to 5000 daltons, (B) optionally one or more di- or higher-functional polyol components having a molecular weight of from 62 to 399 daltons, (C) one or more compounds which are monofunctional within the scope of the isocyanate polyaddition reaction and have an ethylene oxide content of at least 50 wt. % and a molecular weight of at least 400 daltons, and (D) one or more di- or poly-isocyanate components; and (ii) a mixture (E) of primary and/or secondary monoamino compounds (E1) and primary and/or secondary diamino compounds (E2); wherein at least one of the amino compounds of the mixture (E) has a functional group selected from sulfonates and carboxylates; wherein mixture (E) has a mean amino functionality of 1.65 to 1.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2008Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AGInventors: Harald Kraus, Wolfgang Henning, Wolfgang Arndt
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Publication number: 20130273375Abstract: The present invention relates to novel waterborne adhesives which are polymerisable by UV light and are capable of being activated by heat, and which particularly display good adhesion to difficult substrates, such as ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers (EVA) with a low vinyl acetate content, or rubber. The invention further provides a novel method in which, after the application of the waterborne adhesive to an article and drying, irradiation with UV light and at the same time or thereafter activation by heat are performed. The adhesive film which is irradiated and activated in this way is then bonded to a further article. The invention also provides the use of the adhesives to make items such as shoes.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2011Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbHInventors: Dirk Achten, Wolfgang Arndt, Harald Kraus, Jan Weikard
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Publication number: 20130269874Abstract: Hot-sealable coating systems and method for joining surfaces The present invention relates to a hot-sealable coating system, comprising a polyurethane and/or polyurethane-polyurea polymer (I) and an olefin vinyl acetate copolymer (II). The polyurethane and/or polyurethane-polyurea polymer (I) is obtainable by the reaction of (A) at least one diol and/or polyol component, (B) at least one di-and/or polyisocyanate component, (C) at least one component having sulphonate and/or carboxylate groups, (D) mono-, di-and/or tri-amino-functional and/or hydroxyamino-functional compounds (as appropriate), (E) other isocyanate—reactive compounds (as appropriate). The polyurethane and/or polyurethane-polyurea polymer (I) has a glass transition temperature of ?10 ° C. and the olefin vinyl acetate copolymer (II) has a minimum film forming temperature (white point temperature) of >+40° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2011Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbHInventors: Jörg Buchner, Harald Kraus, Matthias Wintermantel, Dirk Achten
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Patent number: 8557387Abstract: Aqueous polyurethane-polyurethane urea dispersions comprising a reaction product of: (i) an NCO prepolymer prepared from; (A) one or more di- or higher-functional polyols having a mean molecular weight of 400 to 5000 daltons, (B) optionally one or more di- or higher-functional polyol components having a molecular weight of from 62 to 399 daltons, and (C) one or more di- or poly-isocyanate components; and (ii) a mixture (D) of primary and/or secondary monoamino compounds (D1) and primary and/or secondary diamino compounds (D2); wherein at least one of the amino compounds of the mixture (D) has a functional group selected from sulfonates and carboxylates; wherein mixture (D) has a mean amino functionality of 1.65 to 1.95; and wherein the equivalent ratio of NCO groups in the NCO prepolymer to the total amount of isocyanate-reactive groups of the mixture (D) is 1.04 to 1.9; to processes for their preparation and to use thereof in the production of adhesive composites.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2008Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AGInventors: Harald Kraus, Wolfgang Henning, Wolfgang Arndt