Patents by Inventor Lorenz Ratke

Lorenz Ratke 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).

  • Publication number: 20180354849
    Abstract: The invention provides an aerogel-concrete mixture, a high-performance aerogel concrete obtained therefrom, and a method for production thereof. The problem addressed by the present application is that of providing pressure-resistant but not very thermally conductive concretes, precast concrete components, screeds, screeds for precast components, (glassfibre-) reinforced concrete, fire protection panels, construction elements for thermal partition and blocks. The aerogel-concrete mixture contains: 10% to 85% by volume/m3 of aerogel pellets having a grain size in the range from 0.01 to 4 mm, 100 to 900 kg/m3 of inorganic hydraulic binder, 10% to 40% by weight based on the binder content of at least one silica gel suspension, 1% to 5% by weight based on the binder content of at least one plasticizer, 0.2% to 1% by weight based on the binder content of at least one stabilizer and 0% to 60% by volume/m3 of at least one lightweight aggregate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicants: DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FÜR LUFT-UND RAUMFAHRT E.V., UNIVERSITÄT DUISBURG-ESSEN
    Inventors: Barbara MILOW, Lorenz RATKE, Torsten WELSCH, Silvia FICKLER, Martina SCHNELLENBACH-HELD, Jan-Eric HABERSAAT
  • Patent number: 7812059
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an aerogel that contains a filler and has an extremely low thermal conductivity. The aerogel moulded body contains an inorganic filler with a thermal conductivity of up to 0.5 Wm?1K?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft und Raumfahrt e.V.
    Inventors: Lorenz Ratke, Sabine Brück
  • Publication number: 20100221141
    Abstract: The invention relates to a monotectic aluminium plain bearing alloy, comprising 5 to 20 wt. % bismuth, 3 to 20 wt. % zinc, 1 to 4 wt. % copper and additionally several of the components manganese, vanadium, niobium, nickel, molybdenum, cobalt, iron, tungsten, chromium, silver, calcium, scandium, cerium, beryllium, antimony, boron, titanium, carbon and zirconium in amounts up to 5 wt. % and aluminium to make 100 wt. %, produced by strip casting and during the subsequent production process for plain bearings, after rolling or roll-bonding, subjected to a heat treatment at ca. 270 to 400° C. Long bismuth particles or sheets, produced by rolling or roll-bonding can thus be recoagulated to give finely-distributed spherical drops with a size in the 20 ?m range and smaller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Babette Tonn, Juri Moiseev, Hennadiy Zak, Lorenz Ratke, Heinz Palkowski, Hubert Schwarze
  • Publication number: 20090226700
    Abstract: The present application relates to a porous composite material consisting of a metal matrix with embedded nano-structured materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT-UND RAUMFAHRT E.V.
    Inventors: Lorenz Ratke, Sabine Brück, Sonja Steinbach
  • Publication number: 20090036557
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an aerogel that contains a filler and has an extremely low thermal conductivity. The aerogel moulded body contains an inorganic filler with a thermal conductivity of up to 0.5 Wm?1K?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft - und Raumfahrt E.V.
    Inventors: Lorenz Ratke, Sabine Bruck
  • Patent number: 6887915
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a molding material for the precision casting and dead-mold casting of metals or metal alloys comprising plastic and/or carbon aerogels, and a process for the preparation of such molding materials. The molding material comprises highly porous open-cell plastic and/or carbon aerogels, obtainable by the sol-gel polymerization of organic plastic materials, optionally followed by partial or complete pyrolysis of the plastic aerogel obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: DLR Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft-und Raumfahrt E.V.
    Inventors: Lorenz Ratke, Jochen Fricke
  • Publication number: 20030212152
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a molding material for the precision casting and dead-mold casting of metals or metal alloys comprising plastic and/or carbon aerogels, and a process for the preparation of such molding materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Applicant: DLR Deutsches Zentrum Fur Luft-und Raumfahrt E.V.
    Inventors: Lorenz Ratke, Jochen Fricke
  • Patent number: 6599953
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a molding material for the precision casting and dead-mold casting of metals or metal alloys comprising plastic and/or carbon aerogels, and a process for the preparation of such molding materials. The molding material comprises highly porous open-cell plastic and/or carbon aerogels, obtainable by the sol-gel polymerization of organic plastic materials, optionally followed by partial or complete pyrolysis of the plastic aerogel obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: DLR Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V.
    Inventors: Lorenz Ratke, Jochen Fricke