Patents by Inventor Lars Wittenbecher

Lars Wittenbecher 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: 9328058
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mixture comprising at least three hardener components a1), a2), and b), the ratio of hardener component a1) to a2) being in the range from 0.1 to 10:1, and hardener component b) being present at 5% to 55% by weight, based on the mixture, a process for preparing this mixture, the use of the mixture of the invention for curing epoxy resins, the use of the mixture of the invention with epoxy resins as adhesives, and an epoxy resin cured with the mixture of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lars Wittenbecher, Michael Henningsen, Gregor Daun, Dieter Flick, Joerg-Peter Geisler, Juergen Schillgalies, Erhard Jacobi
  • Patent number: 9012020
    Abstract: The present invention provides a blend comprising one or more epoxy resins and a mixture which comprises 0.3 to 0.9 amine equivalent, per equivalent of epoxide of the epoxy resin used, of a hardener component a) and as hardener component b) a compound of the formula I, a process for preparing this blend, the use of the blend of the invention for producing cured epoxy resin, and an epoxy resin cured with the blend of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lars Wittenbecher, Michael Henningsen, Gregor Daun, Dieter Flick, Joerg-Peter Geisler, Juergen Schillgalies, Erhard Jacobi
  • Patent number: 8852489
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing moldings, the curing of the mold being carried out using a blend comprising one or more epoxy resins and a mixture, the curing component a) being used within the mixture in the range from 0.3 to 0.9 amine equivalent per equivalent of epoxide of the epoxy resin used, and the hardener component b) being a compound of the formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lars Wittenbecher, Michael Henningsen, Gregor Daun, Dieter Flick, Joerg-Peter Geisler, Juergen Schillgalies, Erhard Jacobi
  • Patent number: 8741426
    Abstract: The present invention provides a blend comprising one or more epoxy resins and a mixture which comprises 0.3 to 0.9 amine equivalent, per equivalent of epoxide of the epoxy resin used, of a hardener component a) and as hardener component b) a compound of the formula I, a process for preparing this blend, the use of the blend of the invention for producing cured epoxy resin, and an epoxy resin cured with the blend of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lars Wittenbecher, Michael Henningsen, Gregor Daun, Dieter Flick, Joerg-Peter Geisler, Juergen Schillgalies, Erhard Jacobi
  • Patent number: 8399596
    Abstract: The preparation of epoxy resin compositions which comprise glycidyl ethers comprising cyclohexyl groups and have a low oligomer content is carried out by distillation of compositions which are obtainable by ring hydrogenation of compounds of the general formula (I) where —X— is —CR2—, —CO—, —O, —S—, —SO2—, the radicals R are each, independently of one another, H, C1-6-alkyl, C3-6-cycloalkyl, in which one or more H atoms can be replaced by halogen, the radicals R? are each, independently of one another, C1-4-alkyl, halogen, the indices n are each, independently of one another, 0, 1, 2 or 3, and subsequent reaction of the hydroxyl groups with epichlorohydrin, in thin film evaporators or short path evaporators at a temperature in the range from 150 to 270° C. and a pressure in the range from 0.001 to 1 mbar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Henningsen, Lars Wittenbecher
  • Patent number: 8247517
    Abstract: The use of 1,3-substituted imidazolium salts of the formula I in which R1 and R3 independently of one another are an organic radical having 1 to 20 C atoms, R2, R4, and R5 independently of one another are an H atom or an organic radical having 1 to 20 C atoms, it also being possible for R4 and R5 together to form an aliphatic or aromatic ring, and X is a dicyanamide anion as latent catalysts for curing compositions comprising epoxy compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lars Wittenbecher, Michael Henningsen, Georg Degen, Matthias Maase, Manfred Doering, Ulrich Arnold
  • Patent number: 8202580
    Abstract: 1,3-substituted imidazolium salts of the formula I are used as latent catalysts for curing compostions comprising epoxy compounds: in which: R1 and R3 independently of one another are an organic radical having 1 to 20 C atoms; R2, R4, and R5 independently of one another are an H atom or an organic radical having 1 to 20 C atoms, it also being possible for R4 and R5 together to form an aliphatic or aromatic ring; X is the anion of a phosphorus oxyacid, and n is 1, 2 or 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lars Wittenbecher, Georg Degen, Michael Henningsen, Matthias Maase, Manfred Doering, Ulrich Arnold
  • Patent number: 8193297
    Abstract: The use of 1,3-substituted imidazolium salts of the formula I in which R1 and R3 independently of one another are an organic radical having 1 to 20 C atoms, R2, R4, and R5 independently of one another are an H atom or an organic radical having 1 to 20 C atoms, it also being possible for R4 and R5 together to form an aliphatic or aromatic ring, and X is a thiocyanate anion as latent catalysts for curing compositions comprising epoxy compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lars Wittenbecher, Matthias Maase, Georg Degen, Michael Henningsen, Manfred Doering, Ulrich Arnold
  • Patent number: 8053546
    Abstract: The use of 1,3-substituted imidazolium salts of the formula I in which R1 and R3 independently of one another are an organic radical having 1 to 20 C atoms, R2, R4, and R5 independently of one another are an H atom or an organic radical having 1 to 20 C atoms, it also being possible for R4 and R5 together to form an aliphatic or aromatic ring, X is an anion having a pKb of less than 13 (measured at 25° C., 1 bar in water or dimethyl sulfoxide), and n is 1, 2 or 3, with the exception as imidazolium salts of 1-ethyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium acetate and 1-ethyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium acetate-acetic acid complex, as latent catalysts for curing compositions comprising epoxy compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Georg Degen, Matthias Maase, Lars Wittenbecher, Manfred Döring, Ulrich Arnold
  • Patent number: 8038975
    Abstract: A process for preparing crystalline hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid by a. reacting hydroxylamine or a hydroxylammonium salt with oleum/sulfuric acid or with chlorosulfonic acid/sulfuric acid at a temperature in the range from 90 to 130° C., b. continuing to stir the reaction mixture at a temperature in the range from 90 to 130° C. for a period of from 2 to 24 hours, c. cooling the reaction mixture to a temperature in the range from 10 to 40° C. within a period of from 1 to 12 hours and d. subsequently removing and washing the hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid which has crystallized out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lars Wittenbecher, Reinhold Goth
  • Publication number: 20110190419
    Abstract: The present invention provides a blend comprising one or more epoxy resins and a mixture which comprises 0.3 to 0.9 amine equivalent, per equivalent of epoxide of the epoxy resin used, of a hardener component a) and as hardener component b) a compound of the formula I, a process for preparing this blend, the use of the blend of the invention for producing cured epoxy resin, and an epoxy resin cured with the blend of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lars Wittenbecher, Michael Henningsen, Gregor Daun, Dieter Flick, Joerg-Peter Geisler, Juergen Schillgalies, Erhard Jacobi
  • Publication number: 20110180970
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing moldings, the curing of the mold being carried out using a blend comprising one or more epoxy resins and a mixture, the curing component a) being used within the mixture in the range from 0.3 to 0.9 amine equivalent per equivalent of epoxide of the epoxy resin used, and the hardener component b) being a compound of the formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lars Wittenbecher, Michael Henningsen, Gregor Daun, Dieter Flick, Joerg-Peter Geisler, Juergen Schillgalies, Erhard Jacobi
  • Publication number: 20110130524
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mixture comprising at least three hardener components a1), a2), and b), the ratio of hardener component a1) to a2) being in the range from 0.1 to 10:1, and hardener component b) being present at 5% to 55% by weight, based on the mixture, a process for preparing this mixture, the use of the mixture of the invention for curing epoxy resins, the use of the mixture of the invention with epoxy resins as adhesives, and an epoxy resin cured with the mixture of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lars Wittenbecher, Michael Henningsen, Gregor Daun, Dieter Flick, Joerg-Peter Geisler, Juergen Schillgalies, Erhard Jacobi
  • Patent number: 7777059
    Abstract: Copper (I) formate complexes of general formula LnCu(HCOO).x COOH are decomposed in order to separate metallic copper, wherein x is a number from 0 to 10, n amounts to, 2, 3 or 4 and the n ligands L represent, independent of one another, one of the following ligands: a phosphane of formula R1R2R3P; a phosphite of formula (R1O)(R2O)(R3O)P; an isocyanide of formula R1—NC; an alkene of general formula R1R2C?CR3R4; or an alkyne of general formula R1C?CR2; wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 represent, independent of one another, hydrogen, a linear or branched, optionally partly or fully fluorinated alkyl, aminoalkyl, alkyoxialkyl, hydroxialkyl, phosphinoalkyl or aryl radical having up to 20 carbon atoms, with the exception of triphenylphosphino-copper (I) formate and 1,1,1-tris(diphenylphosphinomethyl)ethane-copper (I) formate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lars Wittenbecher, Heinrich Lang, Yingzhong Shen
  • Publication number: 20100187715
    Abstract: The use of 1,3-substituted imidazolium salts of the formula I in which R1 and R3 independently of one another are an organic radical having 1 to 20 C atoms, R2, R4, and R5 independently of one another are an H atom or an organic radical having 1 to 20 C atoms, it also being possible for R4 and R5 together to form an aliphatic or aromatic ring, X is an anion having a pKb of less than 13 (measured at 25° C., 1 bar in water or dimethyl sulfoxide), and n is 1, 2 or 3, with the exception as imidazolium salts of 1-ethyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium acetate and 1-ethyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium acetate-acetic acid complex, as latent catalysts for curing compositions comprising epoxy compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Georg Degen, Matthias Maase, Lars Wittenbecher, Manfred Doering, Ulrich Arnold
  • Publication number: 20100184925
    Abstract: The use of 1,3-substituted imidazolium salts of the formula I in which R1 and R3 independently of one another are an organic radical having 1 to 20 C atoms, R2, R4, and R5 independently of one another are an H atom or an organic radical having 1 to 20 C atoms, it also being possible for R4 and R5 together to form an aliphatic or aromatic ring, and X is a dicyanamide anion as latent catalysts for curing compositions comprising epoxy compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lars Wittenbecher, Michael Henningsen, Georg Degen, Matthias Maase, Manfred Doering, Ulrich Arnold
  • Publication number: 20100179299
    Abstract: The use of 1,3-substituted imidazolium salts of the formula I in which R1 and R3 independently of one another are an organic radical having 1 to 20 C atoms, R2, R4, and R5 independently of one another are an H atom or an organic radical having 1 to 20 C atoms, it also being possible for R4 and R5 together to form an aliphatic or aromatic ring, and X is a thiocyanate anion as latent catalysts for curing compositions comprising epoxy compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lars Wittenbecher, Matthias Maase, Georg Degen, Michael Henningsen, Manfred Doering, Ulrich Arnold
  • Publication number: 20100166971
    Abstract: The use of 1,3-substituted imidazolium salts of the formula I in which R1 and R3 independently of one another are an organic radical having 1 to 20 C atoms, R2, R4, and R5 independently of one another are an H atom or an organic radical having 1 to 20 C atoms, it also being possible for R4 and R5 together to form an aliphatic or aromatic ring, X is the anion of a phosphorus oxyacid, and n is 1, 2 or 3, as latent catalysts for curing compositions comprising epoxy compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lars Wittenbecher, Georg Degen, Michael Henningsen, Matthias Maase, Manfred Doering, Ulrich Arnold
  • Publication number: 20100111807
    Abstract: A process for preparing crystalline hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid by a. reacting hydroxylamine or a hydroxylammonium salt with oleum/sulfuric acid or with chiorosulfonic acid/sulfuric acid at a temperature in the range from 90 to 130° C., b. continuing to stir the reaction mixture at a temperature in the range from 90 to 130° C. for a period of from 2 to 24 hours, c. cooling the reaction mixture to a temperature in the range from 10 to 40° C. within a period of from 1 to 12 hours and d. subsequently removing and washing the hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid which has crystallized out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE Patents, Trademarks and Licenses
    Inventors: Lars Wittenbecher, Reinhold Goth
  • Publication number: 20100105856
    Abstract: The preparation of epoxy resin compositions which comprise glycidyl ethers comprising cyclohexyl groups and have a low oligomer content is carried out by distillation of compositions which are obtainable by ring hydrogenation of compounds of the general formula (I) where -X- is —CR2—, —CO—, —O, —S—, —SO2—, the radicals R are each, independently of one another, H, C1-6-alkyl, C3-6-cycloalkyl, in which one or more H atoms can be replaced by halogen, the radicals R? are each, independently of one another, C1-4-alkyl, halogen, the indices n are each, independently of one another, 0, 1, 2 or 3, and subsequent reaction of the hydroxyl groups with epichlorohydrin, in thin film evaporators or short path evaporators at a temperature in the range from 150 to 270° C. and a pressure in the range from 0.001 to 1 mbar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Henningsen, Lars Wittenbecher