Patents by Inventor Ludwig Volkel

Ludwig Volkel 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: 11634654
    Abstract: An olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, containing at least one free carboxylic acid side group, or a nitrogen compound quaternized with epoxide in the presence of an olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, containing at least one free carboxylic acid side group, can be used as a fuel additive or lubricant additive. Processes can be used for preparing additives of this kind and fuels and lubricants additized therewith, such as a detergent additive. These additives, fuels, and lubricants can be used for reduction or prevention of deposits in injection systems of direct injection diesel engines, especially in common rail injection systems; for reduction of fuel consumption of direct injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common rail injection systems; and for minimization of power loss in direct injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common rail injection systems. The additives can also be used for gasoline fuels, especially for operation of DISI engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Maxim Peretolchin, Harald Böhnke, Wolfgang Grabarse, Ludwig Völkel, Markus Hansch, Günter Oetter, Aaron Flores-Figueroa, Klaus Mühlbach, Ivette Garcia Castro
  • Patent number: 11168273
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of an olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, wherein the copolymer comprises at least one free carboxylic acid side group, or of a nitrogen compound quaternized with epoxide in the presence of an olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, wherein the copolymer comprises at least one free carboxylic acid side group, as a fuel additive or lubricant additive; to processes for preparing additives of this kind, and to fuels and lubricants additized therewith; such as, more particularly, as a detergent additive; for reduction or prevention of deposits in the injection systems of direct injection diesel engines, especially in common rail injection systems, for reduction of the fuel consumption of direct injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common rail injection systems, and for minimization of 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
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Maxim Peretolchin, Harald Böhnke, Wolfgang Grabarse, Ludwig Völkel, Markus Hansch, Günter Oetter, Aaron Flores-Figueroa, Klaus Mühlbach, Ivette Garcia Castro
  • Publication number: 20210222080
    Abstract: An olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, containing at least one free carboxylic acid side group, or a nitrogen compound quaternized with epoxide in the presence of an olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, containing at least one free carboxylic acid side group, can be used as a fuel additive or lubricant additive. Processes can be used for preparing additives of this kind and fuels and lubricants additized therewith, such as a detergent additive. These additives, fuels, and lubricants can be used for reduction or prevention of deposits in injection systems of direct injection diesel engines, especially in common rail injection systems; for reduction of fuel consumption of direct injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common rail injection systems; and for minimization of power loss in direct injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common rail injection systems. The additives can also be used for gasoline fuels, especially for operation of DISI engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Maxim Peretolchin, Harald Böhnke, Wolfgang Grabarse, Ludwig Völkel, Markus Hansch, Günter Oetter, Aaron Flores-Figueroa, Klaus Mühlbach, Ivette Garcia Castro
  • Publication number: 20210214635
    Abstract: An olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, containing at least one free carboxylic acid side group, or a nitrogen compound quaternized with epoxide in the presence of an olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, containing at least one free carboxylic acid side group, can be used as a fuel additive or lubricant additive. Processes can be used for preparing additives of this kind and fuels and lubricants additized therewith, such as a detergent additive. These additives, fuels, and lubricants can be used for reduction or prevention of deposits in injection systems of direct injection diesel engines, especially in common rail injection systems: for reduction of fuel consumption of direct injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common rail injection systems; and for minimization of power loss in direct injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common rail injection systems. The additives can also be used for gasoline fuels, especially for operation of DISI engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Maxim Peretolchin, Harald Böhnke, Wolfgang Grabarse, Ludwig Völkel, Markus Hansch, Günter Oetter, Aaron Flores-Figueroa, Klaus Mühlbach, Ivette Garcia Castro
  • Patent number: 9006158
    Abstract: Polytetrahydrobenzoxazines and bistetrahydrobenzoxazines, obtainable by (A) reacting at least one diamine of the formula H2N-A-NH2 with a C1- to C12-aldehyde and a C1- to C8-alkanol at 20 to 80° C. with elimination and removal of water, (B) reacting the condensation product from (A) with a phenol which bears a long-chain substituent at 30 to 120° C., and optionally (C) heating the reaction product from (B) to 125 to 280° C. The resulting polytetrahydrobenzoxazines and bistetrahydrobenzoxazines are suitable as fuel or lubricant additives, especially as detergent additives for diesel fuels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Arno Lange, Harald Böhnke, Wolfgang Grabarse, Hannah Maria König, Markus Hansch, Ludwig Völkel, Ivette Garcia Castro
  • Publication number: 20140288309
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process of producing compounds, which are useful as bleach boosters, as well as to the compounds, which are obtainable using said process, and to their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Karin Schein, Arno Kochner, Ludwig Völkel, Christian Bittner, Ingo Münster, Frank Dietsche, Wolfgang Schrof, Hansgeorg Ernst, Karl Beck, Andrea Misske, Martin Scholtissek
  • Patent number: 8814957
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of at least one heterocyclic compound of the formula (I) in which R is H or C1-C3-alkyl as a frictional wear-reducing additive in fuel compositions; to corresponding additized fuel compositions and their preparation; and to additive concentrates which comprise such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ludwig Volkel, Arno Lange, Christian Lockemann, Dietmar Posselt
  • Publication number: 20130133243
    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: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Cornelia Röger-Göpfert, Harald Böhnke, Wolfgang Grabarse, Hannah Maria König, Markus Hansch, Ludwig Völkel
  • Publication number: 20120149617
    Abstract: Polytetrahydrobenzoxazines and bistetrahydrobenzoxazines, obtainable by (A) reacting at least one diamine of the formula H2N-A-NH2 with a C1- to C12-aldehyde and a C1- to C8-alkanol at 20 to 80° C. with elimination and removal of water, (B) reacting the condensation product from (A) with a phenol which bears a long-chain substituent at 30 to 120° C., and optionally (C) heating the reaction product from (B) to 125 to 280° C. The resulting polytetrahydrobenzoxazines and bistetrahydrobenzoxazines are suitable as fuel or lubricant additives, especially as detergent additives for diesel fuels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Arno LANGE, Harald Böhnke, Wolfgang Grabarse, Hannah Maria König, Markus Hansch, Ludwig Völkel, Ivette Garcia Castro
  • Publication number: 20120137573
    Abstract: The use of the reaction product formed from a hydrocarbyl-substituted dicarboxylic acid or anhydride thereof and a nitrogen compound I or a salt thereof as an additive in a fuel for reducing fuel consumption in gasoline engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ludwig VÖLKEL, Marc Walter, Harald Böhnke, Hannah Maria König, Markus Hansch
  • Publication number: 20120010112
    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: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Wolfgang Grabarse, Harald Böhnke, Christian Tock, Cornelia Röger-Göpfert, Ludwig Völkel
  • Publication number: 20110315107
    Abstract: A quaternized copolymer obtainable by: (A) copolymerization of straight-chain, branched or cyclic, ethylenically unsaturated C2 to C100 hydrocarbons, which may bear oxygen- or nitrogen-functional substituents which cannot be reacted with amines to give amides or imides or with alcohols to give esters, with ethylenically unsaturated C3- to C12-mono- or dicarboxylic acids or acid derivatives, which can be reacted with amines to give amides or imides or with alcohols to give esters, to give a copolymer with a number-average molecular weight of 500 to 20 000; (B) partial or full amidation or imidation or esterification of the carboxylic acid functions by reacting them with oligoamines having 2 to 6 nitrogen atoms or alcoholamines, each of which comprises primary or secondary nitrogen atom or a hydroxyl group and a quaternizable tertiary nitrogen atom; (C) partial or full quaternization of the tertiary nitrogen atom with a quaternizing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Wolfgang Grabarse, Hannah Maria König, Christian Tock, Cornelia Röger-Göpfert, Ludwig Völkel, Harald Böhnke
  • Publication number: 20110319622
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process of producing compounds, which are useful as bleach boosters, as well as to the compounds, which are obtainable using said process, and to their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ludwig Völkel, Christian Bittner, Ingo Münster, Frank Dietsche, Wolfgang Schrof
  • Publication number: 20110258917
    Abstract: Quaternized terpolymer formed from (A) ethylene, (B) C2-C14-alkenyl esters of one or more aliphatic C1-C20-monocarboxylic acids or C1-C24-alkyl esters of acrylic acid or of methacrylic acid and (Cq) ethylenically unsaturated monomers which comprise at least one tertiary nitrogen atom which is partly or fully in quaternized form. The quaternized terpolymer is suitable as a fuel additive for reducing or preventing deposits, for reducing fuel consumption and for minimizing power loss in direct-injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common-rail injection systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ivette Garcia Castro, Cornelia Roeger-Goepfert, Wolfgang Grabarse, Klaus Mühlbach, Ludwig Völkel, Harald Böhnke, Christian Tock
  • Publication number: 20100236136
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of at least one heterocyclic compound of the formula (I) in which R is H or C1-C3-alkyl as a frictional wear-reducing additive in fuel compositions; to corresponding additized fuel compositions and their preparation; and to additive concentrates which comprise such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ludwig Völkel, Arno Lange, Christian Lockemann, Dietmar Posselt
  • Publication number: 20090235576
    Abstract: The present invention relates to hydrocarbyl succinic acid and hydrocarbylsuccinic acid derivatives as friction modifiers for gasolines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ludwig Volkel, Arno Lange, Christian Lockemann, Dietmar Posselt
  • Publication number: 20090018240
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of water-soluble or water-dispersible polymers as additives in mineral building materials. The novel polymers are obtainable by polymerizing alkoxylated derivatives of 3-allyloxy-1,2-propanediol with ethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acids or the anhydrides, esters or mixtures thereof and, if appropriate, with one or more further ethylenically unsaturated monomers C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: BASF Akiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Becker, Ludwig Volkel, Thomas Gotz, Bernd Meyer-roscher, Markus Klumpe, Wolfgang Hansch, Arnold Burek, Stefanie Spilger
  • Publication number: 20080292526
    Abstract: Process for preparing double metal cyanide catalysts of the general formula (I) M2a[M1(CN)rXt]b ??(I) where M2 is preferably Co(III) or Fe(III), and M1 is preferably Zn(II), X is a group other than cyanide which forms a coordinate bond to M1 and is selected from the group consisting of carbonyl, cyanate, isocyanate, nitrile, thiocyanate and nitrosyl, a, b, r, t are integers which are selected so that the compound is electrically neutral, by reacting a) a cyanometallic acid of the general formula (II) Hw[M1(CN)r(X)t] where M1 and X are as defined above, r and t are as defined above and w is selected so that the compound is electrically neutral, with b) a readily protolyzable metal compound (IIIa) M2Rw and/or (IIIb) M2RuYv, where M2 is as defined above, the groups R are identical or different and are each the anion of a very weak protic acid having a pKa of ?20, and Y is the anion of an inorganic mineral acid or a moderately strong to strong organic acid having a pKa of from ?10 to +10, w correspon
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Edward Bohres, Michael Stosser, Ludwig Volkel, Raimund Ruppel, Eva Baum, Norbert Wagner, Jorg Sundermeyer, Udo Garrelts, Michael Zirnstein
  • Publication number: 20080214819
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process of producing compounds, which are useful as bleach boosters, as well as to the compounds, which are obtainable using said process, and to their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ludwig Volkel, Christian Bittner, Ingo Munster, Frank Dietsche, Wolfgang Schrof
  • Publication number: 20080200682
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process of producing compounds, which are useful as bleach boosters, as well as to the compounds, which are obtainable using said process, and to their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Karin Schein, Arno Kochner, Ludwig Volkel, Christian Bittner, Ingo Munster, Frank Dietsche, Wolfgang Schrof, Hansgeorg Ernst, Karl Beck, Andrea Misske, Martin Scholtissek