Patents by Inventor Ludwig Voelkel

Ludwig Voelkel 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: 10336957
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel acid-free quaternized nitrogen compounds, to the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as a fuel and lubricant additive, more particularly as a detergent additive, as a wax antisettling additive (WASA) or as an additive for reducing internal diesel injector deposits (IDID); to additive packages which comprise these compounds; and to fuels and lubricants thus additized. The present invention further relates to the use of these acid-free quaternized nitrogen compounds as a fuel additive for reducing or preventing deposits in the injection systems of direct-injection diesel engines, especially in common-rail injection systems, for reducing the fuel consumption of direct-injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common-rail injection systems, and for minimizing power loss in direct-injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common-rail injection systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Wolfgang Grabarse, Harald Boehnke, Christian Tock, Cornelia Roeger-Goepfert, Ludwig Voelkel
  • Patent number: 10240100
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel uses of corrosion inhibitors in fuels and lubricants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jochen Mezger, Maxim Peretolchin, Aaron Flores-Figueroa, Markus Hansch, Ludwig Voelkel, Ivette Garcia Castro, Klaus Muehlbach, Harald Boehnke
  • Publication number: 20190084922
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel quaternized ammonium salts of hydrocarbyl epoxides, to the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as a fuel additive and lubricant additive, such as, more particularly, as a detergent additive; for reducing or preventing deposits in the injection systems of direct injection diesel engines, especially in common rail injection systems, for reducing the fuel consumption of direct injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common rail injection systems, and for minimizing power loss in direct injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common rail injection systems; and as an additive for gasoline fuels, especially for operation of DISI engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Hansch, Harald Boehnke, Wolfgang Grabarse, Hannah Maria Koenig, Arno Lange, Ludwig Voelkel
  • Publication number: 20190040332
    Abstract: Use of a hydrocarbyl-substituted dicarboxylic acid for improving or boosting the separation of water from fuel oils and gasoline fuels which comprise additives with detergent action. A Fuel additive concentrate comprising the said hydrocarbyl-substituted dicarboxylic acid, certain additives with detergent action and optionally other customary additives and solvents or diluents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Harald BOEHNKE, Ludwig VOELKEL, Marc WALTER
  • Publication number: 20190031969
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel quaternized nitrogen compounds, to the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as a fuel and lubricant additive, more particularly as a detergent additive; to additive packages which comprise these compounds; and to fuels and lubricants thus additized. The present invention further relates to the use of these quaternized nitrogen compounds as a fuel additive for reducing or preventing deposits in the injection systems of direct-injection diesel engines, especially in common-rail injection systems, for reducing the fuel consumption of direct-injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common-rail injection systems, and for minimizing power loss in direct-injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common-rail injection systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Cornelia ROEGER-GOEPFERT, Harald BOEHNKE, Wolfgang GRABARSE, Hannah Maria KOENIG, Markus HANSCH, Ludwig VOELKEL
  • Patent number: 10173963
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel quaternized ammonium salts of hydrocarbyl epoxides, to the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as a fuel additive and lubricant additive, such as, more particularly, as a detergent additive; for reducing or preventing deposits in the injection systems of direct injection diesel engines, especially in common rail injection systems, for reducing the fuel consumption of direct injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common rail injection systems, and for minimizing power loss in direct injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common rail injection systems; and as an additive for gasoline fuels, especially for operation of DISI engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Hansch, Harald Boehnke, Wolfgang Grabarse, Hannah Maria Koenig, Arno Lange, Ludwig Voelkel
  • Patent number: 10174269
    Abstract: Use of a hydrocarbyl-substituted dicarboxylic acid for improving or boosting the separation of water from fuel oils and gasoline fuels which comprise additives with detergent action. A Fuel additive concentrate comprising the said hydrocarbyl-substituted dicarboxylic acid, certain additives with detergent action and optionally other customary additives and solvents or diluents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Harald Boehnke, Ludwig Voelkel, Marc Walter
  • Patent number: 10150927
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel uses of corrosion inhibitors in fuels and lubricants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jochen Mezger, Maxim Peretolchin, Aaron Flores-Figueroa, Markus Hansch, Ludwig Voelkel, Ivette Garcia Castro, Klaus Muehlbach
  • Patent number: 10119085
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel quaternized nitrogen compounds, to the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as a fuel and lubricant additive, more particularly as a detergent additive; to additive packages which comprise these compounds; and to fuels and lubricants thus additized. The present invention further relates to the use of these quaternized nitrogen compounds as a fuel additive for reducing or preventing deposits in the injection systems of direct-injection diesel engines, especially in common-rail injection systems, for reducing the fuel consumption of direct-injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common-rail injection systems, and for minimizing power loss in direct-injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common-rail injection systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Cornelia Roeger-Goepfert, Harald Boehnke, Wolfgang Grabarse, Hannah Maria Koenig, Markus Hansch, Ludwig Voelkel
  • Publication number: 20180305631
    Abstract: The use of a complex ester obtainable by esterification reaction between aliphatic linear or branched C2- to C12-dicarboxylic acids, aliphatic linear or branched polyhydroxy alcohols with 3 to 6 hydroxyl groups, and, as chain stopping agents, aliphatic linear or branched C1- to C30-monocarboxylic acids or aliphatic linear or branched monobasic C1- to C30-alcohols, as an additive in a fuel for minimization of power loss in the operation of an internal combustion engine with this fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Marc WALTER, Dirk RETTEMEYER, Markus HANSCH, Ludwig VOELKEL, Bjoern Thomas HAHN, Muriel ECORMIER, Thomas HAYDEN
  • Patent number: 10030206
    Abstract: The use of a complex ester obtainable by esterification reaction between aliphatic linear or branched C2- to C12-dicarboxylic acids, aliphatic linear or branched polyhydroxy alcohols with 3 to 6 hydroxyl groups, and, as chain stopping agents, aliphatic linear or branched C1- to C30-monocarboxylic acids or aliphatic linear or branched monobasic Ci- to C30-alcohols, as an additive in a fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Marc Walter, Dirk Rettemeyer, Markus Hansch, Ludwig Voelkel, Bjoern Thomas Hahn, Muriel Ecormier, Thomas Hayden
  • Publication number: 20180201857
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel acid-free quaternized nitrogen compounds, to the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as a fuel and lubricant additive, more particularly as a detergent additive, as a wax antisettling additive (WASA) or as an additive for reducing internal diesel injector deposits (IDID); to additive packages which comprise these compounds; and to fuels and lubricants thus additized. The present invention further relates to the use of these acid-free quaternized nitrogen compounds as a fuel additive for reducing or preventing deposits in the injection systems of direct-injection diesel engines, especially in common-rail injection systems, for reducing the fuel consumption of direct-injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common-rail injection systems, and for minimizing power loss in direct-injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common-rail injection systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Wolfgang GRABARSE, Harald BOEHNKE, Christian TOCK, Cornelia ROEGER-GEOPFERT, Ludwig VOELKEL
  • Publication number: 20180201856
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel quaternized nitrogen compounds, to the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as a fuel and lubricant additive, more particularly as a detergent additive; to additive packages which comprise these compounds; and to fuels and lubricants thus additized. The present invention further relates to the use of these quaternized nitrogen compounds as a fuel additive for reducing or preventing deposits in the injection systems of direct-injection diesel engines, especially in common-rail injection systems, for reducing the fuel consumption of direct-injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common-rail injection systems, and for minimizing power loss in direct-injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common-rail injection systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Cornelia ROEGER-GOEPFERT, Harald BOEHNKE, Wolfgang GRABARSE, Hannah Maria KOENIG, Markus HANSCH, Ludwig VOELKEL
  • Patent number: 9988589
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel acid-free quaternized nitrogen compounds, to the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as a fuel and lubricant additive, more particularly as a detergent additive, as a wax antisettling additive (WASA) or as an additive for reducing internal diesel injector deposits (IDID); to additive packages which comprise these compounds; and to fuels and lubricants thus additized. The present invention further relates to the use of these acid-free quaternized nitrogen compounds as a fuel additive for reducing or preventing deposits in the injection systems of direct-injection diesel engines, especially in common-rail injection systems, for reducing the fuel consumption of direct-injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common-rail injection systems, and for minimizing power loss in direct-injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common-rail injection systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Wolfgang Grabarse, Harald Boehnke, Christian Tock, Cornelia Roeger-Goepfert, Ludwig Voelkel
  • Publication number: 20180119041
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel acid-free quaternized nitrogen compounds, to the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as a fuel and lubricant additive, more particularly as a detergent additive, as a wax antisettling additive (WASA) or as an additive for reducing internal diesel injector deposits (IDID); to additive packages which comprise these compounds; and to fuels and lubricants thus additized. The present invention further relates to the use of these acid-free quaternized nitrogen compounds as a fuel additive for reducing or preventing deposits in the injection systems of direct-injection diesel engines, especially in common-rail injection systems, for reducing the fuel consumption of direct-injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common-rail injection systems, and for minimizing power loss in direct-injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common-rail injection systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Wolfgang GRABARSE, Harald BOEHNKE, Christian TOCK, Cornelia ROEGER-GOEPFERT, Ludwig VOELKEL
  • Patent number: 9957455
    Abstract: The use of a polyalkylene glycol of formula HO-(A-O)p—(CH2CH2—O)m-(A-O)q—H wherein A is a C3- to C20-alkylene group or a mixture of such alkylene groups, m is a number of from 2 to 100 and p and q are each numbers of from 1 to 100, as an additive in a fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ludwig Voelkel, Markus Hansch, Thomas Hayden, Marc Walter, Nawid Kashani-Shirazi, Thomas Weiss
  • Patent number: 9951285
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel quaternized nitrogen compounds, to the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as a fuel and lubricant additive, more particularly as a detergent additive; to additive packages which comprise these compounds; and to fuels and lubricants thus additized. The present invention further relates to the use of these quaternized nitrogen compounds as a fuel additive for reducing or preventing deposits in the injection systems of direct-injection diesel engines, especially in common-rail injection systems, for reducing the fuel consumption of direct-injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common-rail injection systems, and for minimizing power loss in direct-injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common-rail injection systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Cornelia Roeger-Goepfert, Harald Boehnke, Wolfgang Grabarse, Hannah Maria Koenig, Markus Hansch, Ludwig Voelkel
  • Patent number: 9951288
    Abstract: The use of an alkoxylated polytetrahydrofurane of formula wherein m, m?, n, n?, p, p? and k are integers in the range of ?1, R1 denotes an unsubstituted linear or branched alkyl radical, R2 denotes —CH2—CH3, and R3 denotes a hydrogen atom or —CH3, as an additive in a fuel for reducing fuel consumption in the operation of an internal combustion engine with this fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ludwig Voelkel, Markus Hansch, Thomas Hayden, Marc Walter, Nawid Kashani-Shirazi, Thomas Weiss
  • Publication number: 20170342340
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of quaternized nitrogen compounds as a fuel and lubricant additive or kerosene additive, such as in particular as a detergent additive, for decreasing or preventing deposits in the injection systems of direct-injection diesel engines, in particular in common rail injection systems, for decreasing the fuel consumption of direct-injection diesel engines, in particular of diesel engines having common rail injection systems, and for minimizing the power loss in direct-injection diesel engines, in particular in diesel engines having common rail injection systems; the invention further relates to the use as an additive for petrol, in particular for operation of DISI engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus HANSCH, Harald Boehnke, Wolfgang Grabarse, Ludwig Voelkel, Maxim Peretolchin
  • Publication number: 20170145333
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel acid-free quaternized nitrogen compounds, to the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as a fuel and lubricant additive, more particularly as a detergent additive, as a wax antisettling additive (WASA) or as an additive for reducing internal diesel injector deposits (IDID); to additive packages which comprise these compounds; and to fuels and lubricants thus additized. The present invention further relates to the use of these acid-free quaternized nitrogen compounds as a fuel additive for reducing or preventing deposits in the injection systems of direct-injection diesel engines, especially in common-rail injection systems, for reducing the fuel consumption of direct-injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common-rail injection systems, and for minimizing power loss in direct-injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common-rail injection systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Wolfgang GRABARSE, Harald BOEHNKE, Christian TOCK, Cornelia ROEGER-GOEPFERT, Ludwig VOELKEL