Patents by Inventor Hartmut Rudolf
Hartmut Rudolf 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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Publication number: 20230348772Abstract: The invention is directed to a salt composition for use in a thermochemical energy storage device, said salt composition comprising a base and a hygroscopic salt that can produce a gas by reacting with an acid. In further aspects the invention is directed to ab energy storage compartment and a thermochemical energy storage device comprising the salt composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNOInventors: Laurens Daniël VAN VLIET, Anca ANASTASOPOL, Pavol BODIS, Ruud CUYPERS, Hartmut Rudolf FISCHER, Hendrik Pieter OVERSLOOT, Cornelis Petrus Marcus ROELANDS
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Publication number: 20200336098Abstract: The invention is directed to a photovoltaic roadway assembly, to the use of a primer layer comprising thermally reversible crosslinks, to a method of assembling a photovoltaic roadway assembly, and to a method of replacing at least part of a top layer in a photovoltaic roadway. The photovoltaic roadway assembly of the invention comprises a support, one or more photovoltaic modules assembled to said support, and a top layer, said top layer being attached to said one or more photovoltaic modules with a primer layer, wherein said primer layer comprises at least one organic polymer with thermally reversible crosslinks.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNOInventors: Hartmut Rudolf FISCHER, Stan Anton Willem KLERKS, Daniël Hendrik TURKENBURG
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Publication number: 20190233703Abstract: The invention is directed to a salt composition for use in a thermochemical energy storage device, said salt composition comprising a base and a hygroscopic salt that can produce a gas by reacting with an acid. In further aspects the invention is directed to ab energy storage compartment and a thermochemical energy storage device comprising the salt composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2017Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNOInventors: Laurens Daniël VAN VLIET, Anca ANASTASOPOL, Pavol BODIS, Ruud CUYPERS, Hartmut Rudolf FISCHER, Hendrik Pieter OVERSLOOT, Cornelis Petrus Marcus ROELANDS
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Patent number: 8628851Abstract: The invention provides a method for encapsulating a liquid, which method comprises the steps of providing a suspension of droplets of the liquid to be encapsulated; stabilizing the suspension of droplets with a surfactant; adding a layered inorganic material to the stabilized suspension; and subjecting the suspension to a treatment which establishes that a shell of a hybrid material is formed around the droplets, which hybrid material comprises at least part of the inorganic material and at least part of the surfactant. The invention further provides encapsulated liquid droplets obtainable by said method.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2006Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNOInventors: Sabine Fischer, Hartmut Rudolf Fischer, Jacobus Eversdijk, Renz Jeroen Van Ee
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Publication number: 20130323907Abstract: In the field of release and pickup of ultrathin semiconductor dies, there is provided an active carrier (1) for carrying a wafer (20) and a method for using such a carrier (1). The wafer (20) comprises a particular die arrangement (P). The active carrier (1) comprises a base plate (2) and a number of energizers (7) constructed on or in this base plate (2). The energizers (7) are laid out in an arrangement corresponding to the die arrangement (P). The energizers (7) can locally energize an adhesive layer (3) in proximity to a selected die (14) from the die arrangement (P). By this local energizing of the adhesive layer (P), the selected die is loosened from the adhesive layer (3). Furthermore the active carrier (1) comprises a plurality of externally addressable contacts (12) and conduction pathways (9). The conduction pathways (9) connect the contacts (12) to the energizers (7) thereby allowing individual control over said energizers (7) by addressing said contacts (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2011Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNOInventors: Gerrit Oosterhuis, Clemens Maria Bernardus Van Der Zon, Jan Eite Bullema, Klaas Timmer, Hartmut Rudolf Fischer, Maria Mathea Antonetta Burghoorn
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Patent number: 7803222Abstract: The invention provides a bitumen composition comprising a bitumen and a modified clay which clay is obtainable by subjecting a clay having a layered structure to a treatment with a compound that is selected from the group consisting of onium compounds having the general formulae (R1R2R3R4X)+ or (R1R2Y)+, wherein X represents N or P, Y represents S, and wherein at least one of R1-R4 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon substituent, a hydroxyl or amino functionalized aliphatic hydrocarbon substituent or a poly(ethyleneoxide) substituent. The invention further provides a process for preparing said bitumen, an asphalt composition comprising aggregate and said bitumen composition, and the use of said bitumen composition in an asphalt composition for road applications.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2006Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNOInventors: Hartmut Rudolf Fischer, Bart Bos
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Publication number: 20090133604Abstract: The invention provides a bitumen composition comprising a bitumen and a modified clay which clay is obtainable by subjecting a clay having a layered structure to a treatment with a compound that is selected from the group consisting of onium compounds having the general formulae (R1R2R3R4X)+ or (R1R2Y)+, wherein X represents N or P, Y represents S, and wherein at least one of R1-R4 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon substituent, a hydroxyl or amino functionalized aliphatic hydrocarbon substituent or a poly(ethyleneoxide) substituent. The invention further provides a process for preparing said bitumen, an asphalt composition comprising aggregate and said bitumen composition, and the use of said bitumen composition in an asphalt composition for road applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2006Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepastnatuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNOInventors: Hartmut Rudolf Fischer, Bart Bos
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Publication number: 20090092680Abstract: The invention relates to a preparation having an improved taste, as well as to the use of said preparation for treatment of mineral deficiency. In accordance with the invention, it has been found possible to effectively mask the bad taste of even such notorious minerals as iron. As a result, patient compliance may be increased significantly by prescription of a preparation according to the invention, thereby increasing effective uptake of the deficient mineral.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2006Publication date: April 9, 2009Inventors: Theodoor Maximiliaan Slaghek, Lawrence Fabian Batenburg, Hartmut Rudolf Fischer, Jan Matthijs Jetten
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Patent number: 7514490Abstract: The invention relates to a nanocomposite material on the basis of a clay having a layered or fibrous structure and a cation exchange capacity of from 5 to 250 milliequivalents per 100 gram, a polymeric matrix and a block copolymer or graft copolymer, which block copolymer or graft copolymer includes one or more first structural units (A), which are compatible with the clay, and one or more second structural units (B), which are compatible with the polymeric matrix. Methods of making and using the same are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2004Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Nederlandse Oganisatie Voor Toegepastnatuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNOInventor: Hartmut Rudolf Fischer
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Publication number: 20080166556Abstract: The invention provides a method for encapsulating a liquid, which method comprises the steps of providing a suspension of droplets of the liquid to be encapsulated; stabilizing the suspension of droplets with a surfactant; adding a layered inorganic material to the stabilized suspension; and subjecting the suspension to a treatment which establishes that a shell of a hybrid material is formed around the droplets, which hybrid material comprises at least part of the inorganic material and at least part of the surfactant. The invention further provides encapsulated liquid droplets obtainable by said method.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2006Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventors: Sabine Fischer, Hartmut Rudolf Fischer, Jacobus Eversdijk, Renz Jeroen Van Ee
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Patent number: 7071247Abstract: The invention relates to a porous mold for use in a pressure casting process, which mold is manufactured of a polymeric material forming a matrix into which a clay and a block copolymer or a graft copolymer have been incorporated, wherein the block copolymer or graft copolymer comprises one or more first structural units (A), which are compatible with the clay, and one or more second structural units (B), which are compatible with the polymeric matrix. The invention further relates to a process for producing said mold and to the use of said mold in a pressure casting process.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2001Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNOInventors: Hartmut Rudolf Fischer, Lawrence Fabian Batenburg, Leonardus Johannus Maria Dortmans
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Publication number: 20040242751Abstract: The invention relates to a nanocomposite material on the basis of a clay having a layered or fibrous structure and a cation exchange capacity of from 5 to 250 milliequivalents per 100 gram, a polymeric matrix and a block copolymer or graft copolymer, which block copolymer or graft copolymer includes one or more first structural units (A), which are compatible with the clay, and one or more second structural units (B), which are compatible with the polymeric matrix. Methods of making and using the same are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2004Publication date: December 2, 2004Inventor: Hartmut Rudolf Fischer
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Patent number: 6815489Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing a composition for coating, wherein a layered, inorganic filler is subjected to an ion exchange with a modifier, which modifier comprises at least two ionic groups, which groups are separated from each other by at least four atoms, and wherein the modified filer, together with a polymer, is dispersed in a diluent.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2002Date of Patent: November 9, 2004Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNOInventors: Hartmut Rudolf Fischer, Lawrence Fabian Batenburg, Harmen Anne Meinema, Marinus Pieter Hogerheide, Cornelis Hermanus Arnoldus Rentrop
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Patent number: 6811599Abstract: A biodegradable thermoplastic material comprising a natural polymer, a plasticizer and an exfoliated clay having a layered structure and a cation exchange capacity of from 30-250 milliequivalents per 100 grams and a process of preparing a biodegradable thermoplastic material comprising preparing a suspension of clay, combining said suspension with a natural polymer and a plasticizer and extruding the resultant composition at a temperature of 35-200° C.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2002Date of Patent: November 2, 2004Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNOInventors: Hartmut Rudolf Fischer, Sabine Fischer
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Patent number: 6812272Abstract: The invention relates to a nanocomposite material on the basis of a clay having a layered structure and a cation exchange capacity of from 30 to 250 milliequivalents per 100 gram, a polymeric matrix and a block copolymer or a graft copolymer, which block copolymer or graft copolymer comprises one or more first structural units (A), which are compatible with the clay, and one or more second structural units (B), which are compatible with the polymeric matrix.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2002Date of Patent: November 2, 2004Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNOInventor: Hartmut Rudolf Fischer
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Device for transferring a material in the form of a film applied to a carrier strip onto a substrate
Patent number: 6792664Abstract: A device for transferring a film from a carrier strip onto a substrate such as a sheet of writing or drawing paper comprises a housing in which a supply reel and an empty reel are arranged. The film-coated carrier strip is guided over an applicator foot which is looped around by the carrier strip with a clip-type slide element of a friction-reducing material secured to the applicator foot. The applicator foot comprises a pivotally hinged extension arm having an end in the end portion for receiving a profile member for the slide element.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Pritt Produktionsgesellschaft mbHInventors: Wulf Herrmannsen, Wolfgang Bauersachs, Christoph Manusch, Hartmut Rudolf -
Patent number: 6648959Abstract: This invention relates to a method for preparing a coloring pigment, wherein an anionic or cationic clay, which clay contains substantially no agglomerates of clay sheets, is subjected to an ion exchange with an organic dye. The invention further relates to a coloring pigment and the use thereof for coloring substrates.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2002Date of Patent: November 18, 2003Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNOInventors: Hartmut Rudolf Fischer, Lawrence Fabian Batenburg
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Patent number: 6629552Abstract: A device for transferring a film from a carrier strip onto a substrate includes a housing having a supply reel and an empty reel. A film coated carrier strip is guided over an applicator foot where a clip-type slide element is provided in the region around which the carrier strip is looped. The clip-type slide element is made of a friction-reducing material secured to the applicator foot. The slide element has an elliptical cross-sectional shape so that on transfer of the film onto the substrate the contact pressure region of the slide element bears over an area adjacent to the substrate with interposition of the carrier strip.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2001Date of Patent: October 7, 2003Assignee: Pritt Produktionsgesellschft mbHInventors: Wulf Herrmannsen, Wolfgang Bauersachs, Christoph Manusch, Hartmut Rudolf
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Publication number: 20030180524Abstract: The invention relates to a biodegradable thermoplastic material comprising a natural polymer, a plasticizer and a clay.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2002Publication date: September 25, 2003Inventors: Hartmut Rudolf Fischer, Sabine Fischer
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Publication number: 20030162878Abstract: The invention relates to a porous mold for use in a pressure casting process, which mold is manufactured of a polymeric material forming a matrix into which a clay and a block copolymer or a graft copolymer have been incorporated, wherein the block copolymer or graft copolymer comprises one or more first structural units (A), which are compatible with the clay, and one or more second structural units (B), which are compatible with the polymeric matrix. The invention further relates to a process for producing said mold and to the use of said mold in a pressure casting process.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2003Publication date: August 28, 2003Inventors: Hartmut Rudolf Fischer, Lawrence Fabian Batenburg, Leonardus Johannus Maria Dortmans