Patents by Inventor Konrad Schmitz

Konrad Schmitz 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: 6562456
    Abstract: An elastane multifilament yarn havig two to six individual filaments which, when being unwound from a bobbin, is splittable into individual filaments, is produced by a process wherein multihole spinning jets are deployed in the spinning head of a conventional dry spinning apparatus, laminarizing the spinning gas flow to prevent entanglement of the individual filaments and passing the resulting yarn through a thread guide with one opening per individual filament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Bayer Faser GmbH
    Inventors: Ben Bruner, James F. Heslep, Hans-Josef Behrens, Konrad Schmitz, Karlheinz Wolf
  • Patent number: 6284371
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spinning process, more particularly a dry spinning process, for the production of elastane fibers in which 0.8 to 2% by weight of polydimethylsiloxane with a viscosity of 50 to 300 cSt and 0.2 to 0.6% by weight of ethoxylated polydimethylsiloxane with a viscosity of 20 to 150 cSt are added to the elastane spinning solution before it is spun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Kausch, Karl-Heinz Wolf, Wolfgang Klein, Konrad Schmitz
  • Patent number: 6123885
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spinning process, more particularly a dry spinning process, for the production of elastane fibers in which 0.8 to 2% by weight of polydimethylsiloxane with a viscosity of 50 to 300 cSt and 0.2 to 0.6% by weight of ethoxylated polydimethylsiloxane with a viscosity of 20 to 150 cSt are added to the elastane spinning solution before it is spun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Kausch, Karl-Heinz Wolf, Wolfgang Klein, Konrad Schmitz
  • Patent number: 5916649
    Abstract: Molded articles preferably for use in a vehicle as a headlamp reflector, lamp socket, shader of vehicle lamp, or vehicle headlamp, and that are highly resistant to heat are disclosed. The molded articles of the present invention include from 70 to 95% (by weight) of an inorganic filler, which is a liquid at the molding temperature and a solid at room temperature, and a thermoplastic binder. The molded article is produced by either injection molding or transfer molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Hella KG Hueck & Co.
    Inventors: Klaus Hegemann, Konrad Schmitz
  • Patent number: 5723080
    Abstract: An improved dry spinning process for manufacturing splittable elastane multifilament yarns wherein the coalescence of individual filaments is prevented, through the use of multihole spinning jets, laminarizing gas flow and thread guides having one opening per individual fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Bayer Faser GmbH
    Inventors: Ben Bruner, James F. Heslep, Hans-Josef Behrens, Konrad Schmitz, Karlheinz Wolf
  • Patent number: 4722029
    Abstract: The invention concerns a vehicle headlight with a reflector that is made out of a plastic with a high content of filler to increase its thermal stability and that is mounted in an accommodating component in such a way that it can be adjusted around at least one axis consisting of two ball-and-socket like pivot points. The articulating bushing for each ball-and-socket joint is shaped like a sleeve and inserted into a sleeve-shaped extension shaped onto the reflector. The outer surface of the sleeve-shaped articulating bushing is lightly tensioned against the inner surface of the sleeve-shaped extension by means of readily deforming sections. The articulating bushing has at least one resilient snap-in nose mounted radially in relation to the axis of the sleeve on the end of a resilient arm and engaging an undercut in the wall of the sleeve-shaped extension. The resilient arm is longer than the wall of the arm is thick by a multiple factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1988
    Assignee: Hella HG Hueck & Co.
    Inventors: Bernhard Ahle, Hubert Marks, Gerd Pokraka, Konrad Schmitz, Josef Sellman, Hermann-Josef Wigger, Franz Kathmann