Patents by Inventor Josef Thoma
Josef Thoma 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: 12084768Abstract: A CVD reactor includes a gas inlet member having a circular outline, and a susceptor that can be heated by a heating device. The gas inlet member has a cooled ceiling panel with outlet openings. The CVD reactor further comprises a shield plate, which adjoins the ceiling panel and has a circular outline. The shield plate has a central zone, an annular zone surrounding the central zone, having a rear side that points toward the ceiling panel, and a flat gas outlet surface pointing toward the process chamber, in which gas outlet openings terminate. The rear side in the central zone defines a rear plane running parallel to the gas outlet surface. The shield plate has a material thickness between 3 to 12 mm, and that the shield plate is spaced apart from the ceiling plate by a gap having a height between 0.3 to 1 mm.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2023Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: AIXTRON SEInventors: Adam Boyd, Wilhelm Josef Thomas Krücken, Honggen Jiang, Fred Michael Andrew Crawley
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Patent number: 12077631Abstract: A process for preparing a thermoplastic polymer may involve reacting at least components (i) to (ii): a polyisocyanate composition including at least one diisocyanate (i); an epoxide composition comprising at least one diepoxide (ii); in the presence of a catalyst composition (iii); where epoxide composition (ii) and catalyst composition (iii) are initially charged as a mixture at a temperature in a first temperature range (T1); the polyisocyanate composition (i) is at least partially added while maintaining a temperature in the first temperature range T1; the temperature is raised to a temperature in a final temperature range (Tf); and the remaining polyisocyanate composition (i) is added in the final temperature range. A thermoplastic polymer obtainable by such a process may be used, e.g., for producing a fiber or a shaped body by injection molding, calendering, powder sintering, laser sintering, melt pressing, or extrusion, or as modifier for thermoplastic material.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Philippe Desbois, Hans-Josef Thomas
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Publication number: 20240279199Abstract: A process for the manufacturing of a polymer with urethane groups can be performed. In a first alternative a five-membered cyclic monothiocarbonate, a compound with at least two amino groups selected from primary or secondary amino groups, and a compound with at least two function groups that react with a —SH group are reacted. In a second alternative a five-membered cyclic monothiocarbonate and a compound with at least one primary or secondary amino group, and at least one function group that reacts with an —SH group are reacted.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2024Publication date: August 22, 2024Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Peter RUDOLF, Indre Thiel, Hans-Josef Thomas, Hannes Blattmann
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Patent number: 11958823Abstract: Object of the invention is a process for the manufacturing of a polymer with urethane groups, wherein in a first alternative A) a five-membered cyclic monothiocarbonate B) a compound with at least two amino groups, selected from primary or secondary amino groups, and C) a compound which at least two functional groups that react with a group —SH or, in case of a carbon-carbon triple bond as functional group that react with a group —SH, a compound with at least one carbon-carbon triple bond are reacted or wherein in a second alternative A) a five-membered cyclic monothiocarbonate and D) a compound with at least one primary or secondary amino group and at least one functional group that reacts with a group —SH.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Peter Rudolf, Indre Thiel, Hans-Josef Thomas, Hannes Blattmann
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Publication number: 20230357928Abstract: A CVD reactor includes a gas inlet member having a circular outline, and a susceptor that can be heated by a heating device. The gas inlet member has a cooled ceiling panel with outlet openings. The CVD reactor further comprises a shield plate, which adjoins the ceiling panel and has a circular outline. The shield plate has a central zone, an annular zone surrounding the central zone, having a rear side that points toward the ceiling panel, and a flat gas outlet surface pointing toward the process chamber, in which gas outlet openings terminate. The rear side in the central zone defines a rear plane running parallel to the gas outlet surface. The shield plate has a material thickness between 3 to 12 mm, and that the shield plate is spaced apart from the ceiling plate by a gap having a height between 0.3 to 1 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Adam BOYD, Wilhelm Josef Thomas KRÜCKEN, Honggen JIANG, Fred Michael Andrew CRAWLEY
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Publication number: 20230348657Abstract: A process for preparing a thermoplastic polymer involves reacting at least components (a) to (b), in the presence of a catalyst composition (c). Component (a) is an isocyanate composition containing at least one uretdione diisocyanate (a-i), and component (b) is an epoxide composition containing at least one diepoxide (b-i). The catalyst composition (c) contains at least one ionic liquid (c-i), preferably selected from 1-ethyl-3-methyl imidazolium bromide, 1-benzyl-3-methyl imidazolium chloride. 1-butyl-1-methylpiperidinium chloride, 1-ethyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium bromide, 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-3-methyl imidazolium chloride, butyl-1-methylpiperidinium acetate, or mixtures of two or more thereof. A thermoplastic polymer obtained or obtainable from the process is useful for the preparation of a fibre or a molded article or as a modifier for another thermoplastic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2021Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Aggeliki Quell, Hans-Josef Thomas, Berend Eling
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Patent number: 11780964Abstract: Process for the manufacturing of a polymer with urethane groups, wherein in a first alternative a compound A) with at least two five-membered cyclic monothiocarbonate groups and a compound B) with at least two amino groups, selected from primary or secondary amino groups and optionally a compound C) with at least one functional group that reacts with a group —SH are reacted or wherein in a second alternative a compound A) with at least two five-membered cyclic monothiocarbonate groups or a mixture of a compound A) with a compound A1) with one five-membered cyclic monothiocarbonate group and a compound B) with at least two amino groups, selected from primary or secondary amino groups or a compound B1) with one amino group selected from primary or secondary amino groups or mixtures of compounds B) and B1) and a compound C) with at least two functional groups that react with a group —SH or in case of a carbon-carbon triple bond as functional group that react with a group —SH, a compound C) with at least one carbType: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Peter Rudolf, Hans-Josef Thomas, Indre Thiel, Hannes Blattmann
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Publication number: 20230294158Abstract: A method for operating a servo motor (10) driven turning station (5, 6, 7) of a stacking tool for a punch press including the following steps: determining a target turning acceleration curve of the turning station (5, 6, 7) in the acceleration phase (A) of the turning increment (D); carrying out a reference acceleration run of the turning station (5, 6, 7) while providing a certain reference drive torque by the servo motor (10) or while supplying the servo motor (10) with a certain reference supply current; determining during the reference acceleration run the reference angular velocity (?ref) of the turning station (5, 6, 7) when a certain turning angle is reached; determining from the target turning acceleration curve the target angular velocity (?soll), which should be present when a certain turning angle shall be present; calculating a target drive torque of the servo motor, at which the target angular velocity (?soll) results, from the relationship, known from the reference acceleration run, between theType: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2020Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Josef Thomas HAFNER, Herbert HÖGGER, Manuel BÜHLER
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Patent number: 11746419Abstract: A CVD reactor includes a gas inlet member having a circular outline, and a susceptor that can be heated by a heating device. The gas inlet member has a cooled ceiling panel with outlet openings. The CVD reactor further comprises a shield plate, which adjoins the ceiling panel and has a circular outline. The shield plate has a central zone, an annular zone surrounding the central zone, having a rear side that points toward the ceiling panel, and a flat gas outlet surface pointing toward the process chamber, in which gas outlet openings terminate. The rear side in the central zone defines a rear plane running parallel to the gas outlet surface. The shield plate has a material thickness between 3 to 12 mm, and that the shield plate is spaced apart from the ceiling plate by a gap having a height between 0.3 to 1 mm.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: AIXTRON SEInventors: Adam Boyd, Wilhelm Josef Thomas Krücken, Honggen Jiang, Fred Michael Andrew Crawley
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Patent number: 11401365Abstract: A method for preparing a thermoplastic polyoxazolidone, the method including catalytically reacting one or more aromatic diisocyanates and one or more diepoxides, wherein the one or more diepoxides comprise one or more 2-phenylpropane-1,3-diol diglycidyl ether derivatives. The one or more diepoxides further contain one or more diglycidyl ethers of aromatic diols.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Irene Gorman, Veit Stegmann, Hans-Josef Thomas
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Publication number: 20220212431Abstract: The invention relates to a punch press with a crank or eccentric drive, including a crank or eccentric shaft (1a, 1b) and active connecting rods (9a, 9b) for generating the stroke movement of the press ram (13). Furthermore, the punch press includes balancing weights (2a, 2b) for balancing the vertical and horizontal mass forces and is designed in such a way that the horizontal drive movements required for the horizontal mass balancing are tapped directly at the crank or eccentric shaft (1a, 1b), preferably laterally at the crank or eccentric shaft (1a, 1b).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2019Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Ugo De Santis, Josef Thomas Hafner
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Publication number: 20220074047Abstract: A susceptor for a CVD reactor includes a bearing surface for supporting a substrate holder. A carrier gas is fed into an inner radial zone, in order to floatingly cushion a substrate holder supported above the bearing surface. The gas fed into the inner radial zone leaves a second radial zone through discharge channels and to a slight extent through a gap surrounding the second radial zone and assigned to a third radial zone. The cross-sectional area of the discharge channels and the radial length of the gap are dimensioned such that the volumetric flow of the gas through the discharge channels is greater than through the gap if the latter has a gap height of 200 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2019Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Wilhelm Josef Thomas KRÜCKEN, Peter Sebald LAUFFER
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Publication number: 20220002872Abstract: A CVD reactor includes a gas inlet member having a circular outline, and a susceptor that can be heated by a heating device. The gas inlet member has a cooled ceiling panel with outlet openings. The CVD reactor further comprises a shield plate, which adjoins the ceiling panel and has a circular outline. The shield plate has a central zone, an annular zone surrounding the central zone, having a rear side that points toward the ceiling panel, and a flat gas outlet surface pointing toward the process chamber, in which gas outlet openings terminate. The rear side in the central zone defines a rear plane running parallel to the gas outlet surface. The shield plate has a material thickness between 3 to 12 mm, and that the shield plate is spaced apart from the ceiling plate by a gap having a height between 0.3 to 1 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Adam BOYD, Wilhelm Josef Thomas KRÜCKEN, Honggen JIANG, Fred Michael Andrew CRAWLEY
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Publication number: 20210388879Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a combined clutch and brake device (5) of a punch press (1) equipped with dry friction linings (7, 8). Thereby, the friction linings (7, 8) are arranged in a chamber (R) which is sealed off from the environment of the punch press (1), and which is filled with a dry and oil-free gaseous medium, in particular with dry oil-free air. This effectively prevents moisture and oil mist from entering the region of the friction linings from the environment of the press, and a constant friction coefficient can be achieved over the mechanical service life of the friction linings.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2018Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Josef Thomas Hafner, Daniel Straub
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Patent number: 11180603Abstract: The present patent application relates to a thermoplastic polymer produced at least from diisocyanate and diepoxide using a catalyst, wherein the catalyst is an ionic liquid, to an associated production method and use.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2018Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Hans-Josef Thomas, Markus Schuette, Berend Eling, Patrick Matt
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Patent number: 11142608Abstract: Described herein are processes for producing moldings comprising oxazolidinone groups, where polyisocyanate (a) is mixed with at least one organic compound (b) having two or more epoxide groups, at least one catalyst (c) for the isocyanate/epoxide reaction, and optionally auxiliary and additive materials (d) to form a reaction mixture, which is introduced into or applied to a mold and reacted to give moldings including oxazolidinone groups, where the catalyst (c) for the isocyanate/epoxide reaction includes a compound of the general formula [M(R1)(R2)(R3)(R4)]+ [X In]?, where M is a nitrogen atom or a phosphorus atom, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are an organic radical, X is fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine, I is iodine, and n stands for rational numbers from 0.1 to 10.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Inventors: Berend Eling, Hans-Josef Thomas, Peter Deglmann, Janina Hengelsberg, Tristan Pelzer, Gerrit A. Luinstra
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Publication number: 20210253782Abstract: A process for preparing a thermoplastic polymer may involve reacting at least components (i) to (ii): a polyisocyanate composition including at least one diisocyanate (i); an epoxide composition comprising at least one diepoxide (ii); in the presence of a catalyst composition (iii); where epoxide composition (ii) and catalyst composition (iii) are initially charged as a mixture at a temperature in a first temperature range (T1); the polyisocyanate composition (i) is at least partially added while maintaining a temperature in the first temperature range T1; the temperature is raised to a temperature in a final temperature range (Tf); and the remaining polyisocyanate composition (i) is added in the final temperature range. A thermoplastic polymer obtainable by such a process may be used, e.g., for producing a fiber or a shaped body by injection molding, calendering, powder sintering, laser sintering, melt pressing, or extrusion, or as modifier for thermoplastic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Philippe DESBOIS, Hans-Josef THOMAS
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Patent number: 10962090Abstract: The invention relates to a gear train unit, comprising a plurality of planetary gear train stages, which are connected one after the other and which each comprise a ring gear, a sun gear, and a plurality of planet gears supported on a planet carrier, wherein the sun gear of each following planetary gear train stage is formed by the planet carrier of the preceding planetary gear train stage. The gear train unit comprises a driving element, which forms the sun gear of the first planetary gear train stage, and an output element, which forms the planet carrier of the last of the gear planetary gear train stages connected one after the other.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2013Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: BRUDERER AGInventors: Josef Thomas Hafner, Pascal Hardmeier
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Patent number: 10883171Abstract: A CVD reactor includes a gas inlet element for introducing a process gas into a process chamber arranged between a process chamber cover and a susceptor. The gas inlet element contains at least one metal surface that comes into contact with the process gas. The metal surface has a passivation layer which prevents the metal surface from flaking due to exposure to one or more reactive gases. Cooling channels are arranged such that the passivation layer is maximally heated to 100° C. in a cleaning step in which chlorine is introduced into the process chamber and the susceptor is heated to at least 700° C. At the same time, the passivation layer is formed by chemically reacting a metal-organic compound with the metal atoms of the metal surface. The cleaning gas inlet openings are arranged such that the cleaning gas comes into contact with the metal surface that has the passivation layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: AIXTRON SEInventors: Marcel Kollberg, Wilhelm Josef Thomas Krücken, Francisco Ruda Y Witt, Markus Deufel, Mike Pfisterer
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Publication number: 20200354333Abstract: Object of the invention is a process for the manufacturing of a polymer with urethane groups, wherein in a first alternative A) a five-membered cyclic monothiocarbonate B) a compound with at least two amino groups, selected from primary or secondary amino groups, and C) a compound which at least two functional groups that react with a group —SH or, in case of a carbon-carbon triple bond as functional group that react with a group —SH, a compound with at least one carbon-carbon triple bond are reacted or wherein in a second alternative A) a five-membered cyclic monothiocarbonate and D) a compound with at least one primary or secondary amino group and at least one functional group that reacts with a group —SH.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2018Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Peter RUDOLF, Indre THIEL, Hans-Josef THOMAS, Hannes BLATTMANN