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).

  • Patent number: 8739595
    Abstract: The invention relates to a punching press with a clamping plate (27) and with a press ram (1) which lies opposite the upper side of the clamping plate (27) and operates towards the clamping plate (27) and is moveable up and down via four tension columns (2) by means of a crank drive arranged below the belt movement plane (X) of the punching press. The press ram (1) is guided exclusively via the tension columns (2) which, in turn, are guided in inclination-tolerant guides (3) in the belt movement plane (X) in such a manner that the press ram (1) and the tension columns (2) can be positioned obliquely as a consequence of differing longitudinal expansion of the tension columns (2) under an eccentric load by the tension columns (2) being inclined about axes of inclination running in the region of the belt movement plane (X) of the punching press.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Bruderer AG
    Inventors: Josef Thomas Hafner, Ugo De Santis
  • Patent number: 8727931
    Abstract: 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 (4, 4a, 4b), a sun gear (2a, 21, 21a) and a plurality of planet gears (3, 3a, 3b) supported on a planet carrier (5, 5a, 6), wherein the sun (2a, 21, 21a) of each following planetary gear train stage is formed by the planet gear carrier (5, 5a) of the preceding planetary gear train stage. The gear train unit comprises a drive element (2), which forms the sun gear (2a) of the first planetary gear train stage, and an output element (17), which is connected in a torsionally rigid manner to the planet gear carrier (6) of the last planetary gear train stage. The gear train unit can be shifted in such a way that either a first or a second gear ratio can be set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Bruderer AG
    Inventor: Josef Thomas Hafner
  • Publication number: 20140128503
    Abstract: Cured epoxy resins are widespread on account of their outstanding mechanical and chemical properties. It is common to use epoxy resins based on bisphenol A diglycidyl ether or bisphenol F diglycidyl ether, but for many sectors these are problematic because of their endocrine effect. The present invention relates to 2-phenyl-1,3-propanediol diglycidyl ether derivates and to curable epoxy resin compositions based thereon, as alternatives to the bisphenol A or bisphenol F diglycidyl ethers and to the epoxy resin compositions based thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ulrich Karl, Monika Charrak, Hans-Josef Thomas
  • Publication number: 20140079514
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for transferring one or more substrates from a first pressure environment to a second pressure environment is provided. In one embodiment, a load lock chamber is provided. The load lock chamber comprises a first circular housing, and a second circular housing disposed within and movable relative to the first circular housing, one of the first circular housing or the second circular housing comprising a plurality of discrete regions, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of discrete regions are in selective fluid communication with one of at least two vacuum pumps based on the angular position of the second circular housing relative to the first circular housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Alexander S. POLYAK, James L'HEUREUX, Christopher T. LANE, Susanne SCHLAEFER, Juergen HENRICH, Josef Thomas HOOG, Calvin R. AUGASON
  • Patent number: 8664285
    Abstract: The invention relates to composite materials, containing (i) a nanoporous polymer foam, which can be obtained by reacting one or more epoxy resins with one or more amphiphilic epoxy resin hardeners in water in a phase inversion polymerization process, and (ii) one or more inorganic fillers and/or inorganic fibers, with the stipulation that hollow glass balls are excluded as fillers. Said composite materials are suitable as heat-insulating materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Cognis IP Management GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Birnbrich, Hans-Josef Thomas, Dagmar Stahlhut-Behn
  • Patent number: 8598243
    Abstract: Polymer foams comprising macropores, the macropores having average cross sections of above 500 nm, are obtainable by reacting one or more epoxy resins with one or more amphiphilic epoxy resin hardeners in water in a phase inversion polymerization, where, during the phase inversion polymerization, but after phase inversion has taken place, a volume increase of the internal voids which form initially, and which are present predominantly as micropores having average cross sections of below 500 nm, is induced such that the fraction of the macropores—relative to the entirety of micropores and macropores present in the polymer foam—at the end of the phase inversion polymerization is above 50% by volume. Polymer foams of the present invention are suitable for use as acoustic insulation materials in means of transport and in industrial and plant construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Cognis IP Management GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Birnbrich, Hans-Josef Thomas, Dagmar Stahlhut-Behn, Gilbert Schenker
  • Publication number: 20130109784
    Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous radiation-hardenable epoxy acrylate dispersions comprising (a) an epoxy acrylate resin (P*) with at least two acrylate groups per molecule, wherein at 25 degrees Celsius, said epoxy acrylate resin is not self-disperging in water; and (b) a dispergator (D*) with at least one acrylate group per molecule, wherein said dispersions can be produced by converting, in a first step (i), in the presence of a catalyst if need be, one or several compounds (A) selected from the group of non-ionic compounds having a HLB value of less than 12, and containing at least two oxirane groups per molecule, with one or several compounds (B) selected from the group of non-ionic compounds having a HLB value in the range from 12 to 20, and which contain at least one h-acid group (ZH) per molecule. The compounds (A) and (B) are employed at an equivalence ratio EpO (A):ZH (B) in the range from 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Juergen Baro, Laurence Druene, Paul Birnbrich, Hans-Josef Thomas
  • Publication number: 20130062551
    Abstract: Nanoporous polymer foams can be obtained by reacting one or more epoxy resins with one or more amphiphilic epoxy resin hardeners in water in a phase inversion polymerization process, with the stipulation that the binder fraction of the polymer foams is within the range of 15 to 39.9 wt %. Said nanoporous polymer foams are suitable as heat-insulating materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Paul Birnbrich, Hans-Josef Thomas, Dagmar Stahlhut-Behn
  • Publication number: 20130062552
    Abstract: The invention relates to composite materials, containing (i) a nanoporous polymer foam, which can be obtained by reacting one or more epoxy resins with one or more amphiphilic epoxy resin hardeners in water in a phase inversion polymerization process, and (ii) one or more inorganic fillers and/or inorganic fibers, with the stipulation that hollow glass balls are excluded as fillers. Said composite materials are suitable as heat-insulating materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Cognis IP Management GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Birnbrich, Hans-Josef Thomas, Dagmar Stahlhut-Behn
  • Publication number: 20130017340
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming lithium-ion batteries and battery cell components, and more specifically, to a system and method for fabricating such batteries and battery cell components using deposition processes that form three-dimensional porous structures are provided. One method comprises texturing a conductive substrate by calendering the conductive substrate between opposing wire mesh structures, forming a first layer of cathodically active material having a first porosity on the surface of the textured conductive substrate, and forming a second layer of cathodically active material having a second porosity on the first layer, wherein the second porosity is greater than the first porosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: KARL M. BROWN, Hooman Bolandi, Victor Pebenito, Josef Thomas Hoog, Connie P. Wang
  • Publication number: 20130012349
    Abstract: 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 (4, 4a, 4b), a sun gear (2a, 21, 21a) and a plurality of planet gears (3, 3a, 3b) supported on a planet carrier (5, 5a, 6), wherein the sun (2a, 21, 21a) of each following planetary gear train stage is formed by the planet gear carrier (5, 5a) of the preceding planetary gear train stage. The gear train unit comprises a drive element (2), which forms the sun gear (2a) of the first planetary gear train stage, and an output element (17), which is connected in a torsionally rigid manner to the planet gear carrier (6) of the last planetary gear train stage. The gear train unit can be shifted in such a way that either a first or a second gear ratio can be set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: BRUDERER AG
    Inventor: Josef Thomas Hafner
  • Patent number: 8273853
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of emulsifiers E1 which are obtained by (a) reacting a polyol with propylene oxide or a mixture of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, to give an intermediate Z1, (b) reacting the intermediate Z1 with epichlorohydrin, forming an intermediate Z2, (c) reacting the intermediate Z2 with an adduct of ethylene oxide or a mixture of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, with a C1-C22 monoalcohol, provided that on average at least one epoxide function of the intermediate Z2 is reacted and on average at least one epoxide function originating from the intermediate Z2 is retained. Compounds E1 are suitable as emulsifiers for preparing aqueous emulsions or dispersions of epoxy resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Cognis IP Management GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Birnbrich, Hans-Josef Thomas, Giorgio Sabbadini, Ulrich Nagorny, Georg Bourscheidt
  • Patent number: 8217088
    Abstract: By reaction of one or more epoxy resins with an amphiphilic epoxy resin hardener in water in a phase inversion polymerization, nanoporous polymer foams are obtained. These foams are suitable as thermal insulation materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Cognis IP Management GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Birnbrich, Hans-Josef Thomas, Martina Balser
  • Patent number: 8207237
    Abstract: By reaction of one or more epoxy resins with an amphiphilic epoxy resin hardener in water in a phase inversion polymerization, nanoporous polymer foams are obtained. These foams are suitable as filter materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Cognis IP Management GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Birnbrich, Hans-Josef Thomas, Martina Balser
  • Publication number: 20120010310
    Abstract: Polymer foams comprising macropores, the macropores having average cross sections of above 500 nm, are obtainable by reacting one or more epoxy resins with one or more amphiphilic epoxy resin hardeners in water in a phase inversion polymerization, where, during the phase inversion polymerization, but after phase inversion has taken place, a volume increase of the internal voids which form initially, and which are present predominantly as micropores having average cross sections of below 500 nm, is induced such that the fraction of the macropores—relative to the entirety of micropores and macropores present in the polymer foam—at the end of the phase inversion polymerization is above 50% by volume. Polymer foams of the present invention are suitable for use as acoustic insulation materials in means of transport and in industrial and plant construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Cognis IP Management GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Birnbrich, Hans-Josef Thomas, Dagmar Stahlhut-Behn, Gilbert Schenker
  • Publication number: 20110284160
    Abstract: The invention relates to 2-component adhesives comprising one or more epoxy resins as a first component (E) and one or more amphiphilic epoxy resin hardeners as a second component (H), wherein the first component (E) and the second component (H) are reacted in water in a phase inversion polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: COGNIS IP MANAGEMENT GMBH
    Inventors: PAUL BIRNBRICH, HANS-JOSEF THOMAS, DAGMAR STAHLHUT-BEHN
  • Publication number: 20110083805
    Abstract: Compositions obtained by reacting the cardanol-containing raw material cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL) with (a) ammonia, or an amine which comprises at least one primary or at least two secondary amino groups, and (b) formaldehyde, are disclosed as adhesives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: COGNIS IP MANAGEMENT GMBH
    Inventors: Paul Birnbrich, Hans-Josef Thomas
  • Patent number: 7900803
    Abstract: The invention relates to an advancing apparatus for the intermittent supply of a semi-finished material (22) in the form of a band to a press. The apparatus comprises a pair of displacement grippers (4, 7) which run forwards and backwards and by which the material (22) is advanced in an advancing phase, a stationary pair of clamping grippers (24, 27) by which the material (22) is held in a fixed manner in a non-advancing phase, and a control rocker (12) with a control drive (40, 42) which is coupled to one control end of the latter and to which the pair of displacement grippers (4, 7) and the pair of clamping grippers (24, 27) are coupled mechanically and their interaction is controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Bruderer AG
    Inventor: Josef Thomas Hafner
  • Publication number: 20100206187
    Abstract: The invention relates to a punching press with a clamping plate (27) and with a press ram (1) which lies opposite the upper side of the clamping plate (27) and operates towards the clamping plate (27) and is moveable up and down via four tension columns (2) by means of a crank drive arranged below the belt movement plane (X) of the punching press. The press ram (1) is guided exclusively via the tension columns (2) which, in turn, are guided in inclination-tolerant guides (3) in the belt movement plane (X) in such a manner that the press ram (1) and the tension columns (2) can be positioned obliquely as a consequence of differing longitudinal expansion of the tension columns (2) under an eccentric load by the tension columns (2) being inclined about axes of inclination running in the region of the belt movement plane (X) of the punching press.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Josef Thomas Hafner, Ugo De Santis
  • Publication number: 20100127204
    Abstract: By reaction of one or more epoxy resins with an amphiphilic epoxy resin hardener in water in a phase inversion polymerization, nanoporous polymer foams are obtained. These foams are suitable as thermal insulation materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Cognis IP Management GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Birnbrich, Hans-Josef Thomas, Martina Balser