Patents by Inventor Karin Mehmke

Karin Mehmke 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: 5679424
    Abstract: An injection molding which is built up from a thermoplastic material and glass fibers where the glass fibers have a fiber length of at least 5 mm and are present in an amount of 2 to 8% by weight, based on the total weight of the glass fibers and thermoplastic material. The injection molding has an impact strength at 23.degree. C. of at least 170 kJ/m.sup.2 and an impact strength at -30.degree. C. of at least 140 kJ/m.sup.2. The injection molding material is distinguished by a significant improvement in its impact strength, together with an increased heat resistance compared with injection moldings of simple thermoplastic materials which are not reinforced with fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Detlef Skaletz, Horst Heckel, Karin Mehmke
  • Patent number: 5571356
    Abstract: A thermoformable, fiber-reinforced composite material contains 5 to 70% by volume of unidirectionally aligned reinforcing fibers having individual filament diameters of 7 to 30 .mu.m, which are bonded by a matrix of a thermoplastic elastomer-modified polypropylene which essentially wets the entire surface of the individual filaments.The elastomer-modified polypropylene preferably consists of a mixture of polypropylene with thermoplastic ethylene-propylene-diene rubber (EPDM) and/or ethylenepropylene rubber (EPM). The reinforcing fibers preferably consist of glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Detlef Skaletz, Ludger Czyborra, Horst Heckel, Karin Mehmke