Patents by Inventor Jan-Bernd Kues
Jan-Bernd Kues 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: 11969755Abstract: Described herein are a method for transferring an embossed structure, which includes at least the steps (1-i) and (2-i) or (1-ii) and (2-ii), where steps (1-i) and (2-i) or (1-ii) and (2-ii) are carried out using an embossing tool (P1) including at least one embossing die (p1), where the embossing die (p1) of the embossing tool (P1) is pretreated, before the implementation of step (2-i) or before the implementation of step (1-ii), with at least one organic solvent and/or at least one reactive diluent, and also a method of using a corresponding pretreated embossing tool (P1) including at least one embossing die (p1) for the purpose of transferring an embossed structure in such a way.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: BASF COATINGS GMBHInventors: Jan-Bernd Kues, Susanne Piontek, Joerg Exner, Birgit Kleine-Bley, Alberto Garcia Martin, Jens-Henning Noatschk, Michael Lorenz, Robert Von Der Aa, Frank Bergmann, Wilfried Schipper
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Patent number: 11865858Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for transferring an embossed structure to a surface of a coating composition (B2a), which includes the steps (1-i) and (2-i) or (1-ii) and (2-ii) and also the steps (3) and optionally (4), where the steps (1-i) and (2-i) or (1-ii) and (2-ii) are performed using a composite (F1B1) which is employed as an embossing die (p2) of an embossing tool (P2) and which is composed of a substrate (F1) and of an at least partially embossed and at least partially cured coating (B1), and the coating composition (B1a) used for producing (B1) of the composite (F1B1) is a radiation-curable coating composition of defined constitution. Also described herein is a composite (F1B1).Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: BASF COATINGS GMBHInventors: Jan-Bernd Kues, Susanne Piontek, Joerg Exner, Birgit Kleine-Bley, Robert von der Aa, Michael Lorenz, Frank Bergmann, Wilfried Schipper, Sven Olle Krabbenborg, Joerg Duennewald
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Publication number: 20230139823Abstract: Described herein is a coating composition including a polymer containing hydroxy groups, such as a water soluble polyvinyl alcohol, and further including a tetraalkoxysilane and modified silica nanoparticles having a positively charged surface, where the coating composition shows advantageous properties such as low refractive index, good transparency and low haze.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2017Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Jan Gebers, Sven Olle Krabbenborg, Jan-Bernd Kues
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Publication number: 20220314272Abstract: Described herein are a method for transferring an embossed structure, which includes at least the steps (1-i) and (2-i) or (1-ii) and (2-ii), where steps (1-i) and (2-i) or (1-ii) and (2-ii) are carried out using an embossing tool (P1) including at least one embossing die (p1), where the embossing die (p1) of the embossing tool (P1) is pretreated, before the implementation of step (2-i) or before the implementation of step (1-ii), with at least one organic solvent and/or at least one reactive diluent, and also a method of using a corresponding pretreated embossing tool (P1) including at least one embossing die (p1) for the purpose of transferring an embossed structure in such a way.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2020Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Jan-Bernd Kues, Susanne Piontek, Joerg Exner, Birgit Kleine-Bley, Alberto Garcia Martin, Jens-Henning Noatschk, Michael Lorenz, Robert Von Der Aa, Frank Bergmann, Wilfried Schipper
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Publication number: 20220285573Abstract: Described herein is a photovoltaic module, which includes PV cells capable of converting light incoming from the front side and from the rear side, the module including a front side exposing an upper external surface designed for receiving direct sunlight and a rear side exposing a lower external surface designed for receiving diffuse light, where the lower external surface is formed, at least in part, by a microstructured layer, characterized in that the microstructured layer includes pyramidal microstructures whose triangular bases are fixed in the layer. The microstructured layer results in anisotropic transmission properties. The module shows improved efficiency compared to similar bifacial PV modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2020Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Sven Olle Krabbenborg, Jan-Bernd Kues, Markus Mundus, Vjosa Schmidt, Patrice Bujard
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Publication number: 20210129415Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for transferring an embossed structure to at least a part of a surface of a coating (B2), using a composite (F1B1) composed of a substrate (F1) and of an at least partially embossed and at least partially cured coating (B1), where the coating (B2) and the coating (B1) of the composite (F1B1) have embossed structures which are mirror images of one another. Also described herein is a composite (B2B1F1). Further described herein is a use of this composite for producing an at least partially embossed coating (B2) in the form of a free film or a composite (B2KF2) composed of a substrate (F2), at least one adhesive (K), and the coating (B2).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2019Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: BASF Coatings GmbHInventors: Jan-Bernd KUES, Susanne PIONTEK, Joerg EXNER, Joerg LENZ, Birgit KLEINE-BLEY, Wilfried SCHIPPER, Robert VON DER AA, Frank BERGMANN, Michael LORENZ, Sven Olle KRABBENBORG, Joerg DUENNEWALD
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Publication number: 20210023873Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for transferring an embossed structure to a surface of a coating composition (B2a), which includes the steps (1-i) and (2-i) or (1-ii) and (2-ii) and also the steps (3) and optionally (4), where the steps (1-i) and (2-i) or (1-ii) and (2-ii) are performed using a composite (F1B1) which is employed as an embossing die (p2) of an embossing tool (P2) and which is composed of a substrate (F1) and of an at least partially embossed and at least partially cured coating (B1), and the coating composition (B1a) used for producing (B1) of the composite (F1B1) is a radiation-curable coating composition of defined constitution. Also described herein is a composite (F1B1).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2019Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: Jan-Bernd Kues, Susanne Piontek, Joerg Exner, Birgit Kleine-Bley, Robert von der Aa, Michael Lorenz, Frank Bergmann, Wilfried Schipper, Sven Olle Krabbenborg, Joerg Duennewald
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Patent number: 10781336Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous two-component basecoat material (b) comprising (b.1) a base component comprising (1) at least one polyurethane resin having a hydroxyl number of 15 to 100 mg KOH/g and an acid number of 10 to 50 mg KOH/g, (2) at least one aqueous dispersion comprising water and a polyurethane resin fraction consisting of at least one polyurethane resin, the polyurethane resin fraction having a gel fraction of at least 50%, having its glass transition at a temperature of less than ?20° C. and having its melting transition at a temperature of less than 100° C., (3) at least one color and/or effect pigment, at least one pigment (3) being used in the form of at least one pigment paste comprising at least one polyurethane resin (1) as pasting resin, and (b.2) a curing component comprising (4) at least one hydrophilically modified polyisocyanate (4) having an isocyanate content of 8% to 18%.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2016Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbHInventors: Jens-Henning Noatschk, Jan-Bernd Kues, Alberto Garcia Martin, Eva-Kathrin Schillinger, Dirk Riediger
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Publication number: 20190305165Abstract: Described herein is a structured reflector for a photovoltaic module, where the structured reflector provides improved light conversion and efficiency, and a photovoltaic module comprising the reflector. In a photovoltaic module, a reflector sheet is arranged below photovoltaic cells, with a microstructured surface of the reflector sheet facing towards the cells. The microstructured surface comprises three-dimensional reflectors in the form of cones, whose apexes direct towards an upper surface of the photovoltaic module and whose aperture ranges from 100° to 140°.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2017Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Patrice Bujard, Vjosa Statovci, Jan-Bernd Kues, Adrian von Muehlenen, Tobias Hintermann, Jan Gebers, Sven Olle Krabbenborg
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Patent number: 10329450Abstract: A method for producing a multicoat coating (M) on a substrate (S) that includes:(!) producing a basecoat (B) on the substrate by applying an aqueous basecoat material (b) to the substrate (S), the basecoat material being a two-component coating composition, and (II) producing a clearcoat (K) directly on the basecoat (B) by applying an aqueous clearcoat material (k) directly to the basecoat (B), the clearcoat material being a two-component coating composition.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbHInventors: Jens-Henning Noatschk, Jan-Bernd Kues, Alberto Garcia Martin, Eva-Kathrin Schillinger, Dirk Riediger
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Publication number: 20180187043Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous two-component basecoat material (b) comprising (b.1) a base component comprising (1) at least one polyurethane resin having a hydroxyl number of 15 to 100 mg KOH/g and an acid number of 10 to 50 mg KOH/g, (2) at least one aqueous dispersion comprising water and a polyurethane resin fraction consisting of at least one polyurethane resin, the polyurethane resin fraction having a gel fraction of at least 50%, having its glass transition at a temperature of less than ?20° C. and having its melting transition at a temperature of less than 100° C., (3) at least one color and/or effect pigment, at least one pigment (3) being used in the form of at least one pigment paste comprising at least one polyurethane resin (1) as pasting resin, and (b.2) a curing component comprising (4) at least one hydrophilically modified polyisocyanate (4) having an isocyanate content of 8% to 18%.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: BASF Coatings GmbHInventors: Jens-Henning NOATSCHK, Jan-Bernd KUES, Alberto GARCIA MARTIN, Eva-Kathrin SCHILLINGER, Dirk RIEDIGER
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Publication number: 20180187044Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a multicoat coating (M) on a substrate (S) that comprises the following steps: (I) producing a basecoat (B) on the substrate by applying an aqueous basecoat material (b) to the substrate (S), the basecoat material being a two-component coating composition, and (II) producing a clearcoat (K) directly on the basecoat (B) by applying an aqueous clearcoat material (k) directly to the basecoat (B), the clearcoat material being a two-component coating composition. The present invention also relates to the multicoat coatings produced accordingly and also to their use.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: BASF Coatings GmbHInventors: Jens-Henning NOATSCHK, Jan-Bernd KUES, Alberto GARCIA MARTIN, Eva-Kathrin SCHILLINGER, Dirk RIEDIGER
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Publication number: 20170088742Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a coating composition to coat the backing film of a photovoltaic module. The coating composition is a 2-component coating composition comprising a resin component (A) and a crosslinker component (B). The resin component (A) comprises a1) a polyester having a hydroxyl number of 60 to 300 mg KOH/g and a glass transition temperature Tg of ?65° C. to 50° C., a2) a poly(meth)acrylate (co)polymer having a hydroxyl number of 50 to 250 mg KOH/g and a glass transition temperature of ?65° C. to 50° C., a3) pigments and/or fillers, a4) coating additives, a5) optionally a light stabilizer, a6) a phosphoric ester, and a7) organic solvent. The crosslinker component (B) comprises b1) a polyisocyanate and b2) optionally organic solvent. The invention also relates to a corresponding photovoltaic module.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2015Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: BASF Coatings GmbHInventors: Jan-Bernd KUES, Simone KUESENER, Sebastian RENNER
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Patent number: 9556339Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an anticorrosion coating, wherein (1) an anticorrosion primer comprising (A) at least one organic resin as binder and (B) at least one synthetic layered double hydroxide comprising organic anions is applied directly to a metallic substrate and (2) a polymer film is formed from the anticorrosion primer applied in stage (1), the method being characterized in that the at least one synthetic layered double hydroxide (B) comprises at least one organic anion of the following formula (I): where R1?COO?, SO3?, R2/R3?NH2, OH, H. The present invention relates, furthermore, to coated metallic substrates coated by the method of the invention. The present invention relates not least to the use of the anticorrosion primer for use in the method of the invention for improving the corrosion resistance of metallic substrates.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2012Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignees: BASF Coatings GmbH, UNIVERSITE BLAISE PASCAL—Clermont IIInventors: Horst Hintze-Brüning, Jan-Bernd Kues, Sebastian Sinnwell, Kristof Wapner, Fabrice Leroux, Thomas Stimpfling
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Patent number: 9266998Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the coating of polycarbonate substrates, in particular of transparent polycarbonate substrates, by applying a transparent coating composition encompassing at least one radiation-curing binder resin (A) and/or reactive diluent (C), nanoparticles (B), optionally solvent and at least one light stabilizer (L), to a polycarbonate substrate, wherein the coating composition comprises at least one light stabilizer (L) which comprises, per molecule, an average of at least one ethylenically unsaturated group bonded by way of a urethane group. The present invention also relates to the coating compositions used in said process, and to the coated polycarbonate substrates obtainable via the process, and to their use.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2010Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: BASF COATINGS GMBHInventors: Jan-Bernd Kues, Matthijs Groenewolt, Karin Homann, Stefanie Schroeder, Andre Brosseit
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Patent number: 9017819Abstract: The disclosed method comprises applying a transparent coating composition to a plastics substrate, the composition comprising 30% to 60% by weight of a nanoparticles (B), 15% to 40% by weight, of urethane (meth)acrylates (A1) having 3 to 5 (meth)/acrylate groups per molecule, 0% to less than 10% by weight of urethane (meth)acrylates (A2) having more than 5 (meth)/acrylate groups per molecule, 0% to less than 10% by weight of urethane (meth)acrylates (A3) having less than 3 (meth)/acrylate groups per molecule, 55% to 80% by weight of compounds (C1) having 4 (meth)/acrylate groups per molecule, 0% to 15% by weight of compounds (C2) having 2 (meth)/acrylate groups per molecule, and 0% to 15% by weight of compounds (C3) having 3 (meth)/acrylate groups per molecule, the sum of the weight fractions of film-forming components (A1), (A2), (A3), (C1), (C2), and (C3) being in each case 100% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2010Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbHInventors: Jan Bernd Kues, Andre Brosseit, Karin Homann, Stefanie Schroeder
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Patent number: 8871322Abstract: Disclosed is a coating composition for coating polycarbonate substrates. The coating composition comprises (A) at least one radiation-curing binder, (B) nanoparticles, and (C) optionally at least one reactive diluent and/or optionally a solvent, and wherein the nanoparticles (B) comprise silicon dioxide nanoparticles , the silicon dioxide nanoparticles have a d50 of between 80 and 300 nm, and the silicon dioxide nanoparticles have a particle size distribution wherein less than 15% by weight of the particles have a size in the range of less than 80 nm, 75% to 95% by weight of the particles have a size in the range from 80 to 300 nm, 0% to 5% by weight of the particles have a size in the range from more than 300 to 1000 nm, and 0% to 5% by weight of the particles have a size in the range from more than 1000 nm to 10 000 nm.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2009Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbHInventors: Matthijs Groenewolt, Jan-Bernd Kues, Stefanie Schroeder, Pedro Cavaleiro, Hans-Leo Karminski, Gunther Michael
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Publication number: 20140302334Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an anticorrosion coating, wherein (1) an anticorrosion primer comprising (A) at least one organic resin as binder and (B) at least one synthetic layered double hydroxide comprising organic anions is applied directly to a metallic substrate and (2) a polymer film is formed from the anticorrosion primer applied in stage (1), the method being characterized in that the at least one synthetic layered double hydroxide (B) comprises at least one organic anion of the following formula (I): where R1?COO?, SO3?, R2/R3?NH2, OH, H. The present invention relates, furthermore, to coated metallic substrates coated by the method of the invention. The present invention relates not least to the use of the anticorrosion primer for use in the method of the invention for improving the corrosion resistance of metallic substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2012Publication date: October 9, 2014Inventors: Horst Hintze-Brüning, Jan-Bernd Kues, Sebastian Sinnwell, Kristof Wapner, Fabrice Leroux, Thomas Stimpfling
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Publication number: 20130202892Abstract: The disclosed method comprises applying a transparent coating composition to a plastics substrate, the composition comprising 30% to 60% by weight of a nanoparticles (B), 15% to 40% by weight, of urethane (meth)acrylates (A1) having 3 to 5 (meth)/acrylate groups per molecule, 0% to less than 10% by weight of urethane (meth)acrylates (A2) having more than 5 (meth)/acrylate groups per molecule, 0% to less than 10% by weight of urethane (meth)acrylates (A3) having less than 3 (meth)/acrylate groups per molecule, 55% to 80% by weight of compounds (C1) having 4 (meth)/acrylate groups per molecule, 0% to 15% by weight of compounds (C2) having 2 (meth)/acrylate groups per molecule, and 0% to 15% by weight of compounds (C3) having 3 (meth)/acrylate groups per molecule, the sum of the weight fractions of film-forming components (A1), (A2), (A3), (C1), (C2), and (C3) being in each case 100% by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2010Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: BASF COATINGS GMBHInventors: Jan Bernd Kues, Andre Brosseit, Karin Homann, Stefanie Schroeder
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Publication number: 20120262664Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the coating of polycarbonate substrates, in particular of transparent polycarbonate substrates, by applying a transparent coating composition encompassing at least one radiation-curing binder resin (A) and/or reactive diluent (C), nanoparticles (B), optionally solvent and at least one light stabilizer (L), to a polycarbonate substrate, wherein the coating composition comprises at least one light stabilizer (L) which comprises, per molecule, an average of at least one ethylenically unsaturated group bonded by way of a urethane group. The present invention also relates to the coating compositions used in said process, and to the coated polycarbonate substrates obtainable via is the process, and to their use.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2010Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: BASF COATINGS GmbHInventors: Jan-Bernd Kues, Matthijs Groenewolt, Karin Homann, Stefanie Schroeder, Andre Brosseit