Patents by Inventor Manfred Pleier

Manfred Pleier 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: 20100043963
    Abstract: The invention relates to an atomized aluminum powder for thin, platelet-shaped effect pigments having a narrow relative breadth of the thickness distribution. The powder of the invention is characterized by a particle size band of d10=0.15 to 3.0 ?m and d50=0.8 to 5.0 ?m and also d90=2.0 to 8.0 ?m. The subject matter of the invention relates additionally to a method of producing the atomized aluminum powder of the invention, and to the use of the atomized aluminum powder of the invention as a laser marking agent or laser weldability agent for plastics. The subject matter of the invention relates additionally to the use of the fine atomized aluminum powder for producing ultrathin aluminum pigments by wet milling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Stefan Trummer, Marco Greb, Walter Ziegler, Klaus Sulek, Thomas Schlegl, Martin Schaal, Manfred Pleier