Patents by Inventor Marc SCHMITZ
Marc SCHMITZ 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).
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Patent number: 11817642Abstract: A modular plug connector in a strip-shaped design can be plugged together with a corresponding mating plug connector such as a printed circuit board plug connector. The modular plug connector has a plurality of plug connector modules which are arranged alongside one another and are connected mechanically to one another using mechanical connectors to form the strip shape. The plug connector modules each have a module housing, at least one plugging surface with at least one plugging contact and preferably at least one conductor or solder terminal for connection to a printed circuit board. The plug connector has at least two plug connector modules of different designs and an adapter plug connector module is provided therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Marc Böcker, Ralf Schumacher, Peter Stuckmann, Till Schmitz, Jens Oesterhaus, Jörg Münstermann, Holger Wehmeier, Volker Schröder
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Patent number: 11686366Abstract: A shock absorber for a wheel suspension of a vehicle may include an outer cylinder, an outer piston that is axially displaceably guided in the outer cylinder, an inner piston that is axially displaceably guided in the outer piston, and a piston rod that is connected to the inner piston and that is guided out of the outer piston. A surface, which is located remote from the piston rod, of a piston portion of the outer piston, which is axially displaceably guided on an inner lateral surface of the outer cylinder, is connected so as to communicate partially with surroundings of the shock absorber.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Marc Simon, Felix Fischer, Teiwen Fehse, Olivier Reinertz, Katharina Schmitz, Ralf Hintzen, Achim Lordick
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Publication number: 20220048820Abstract: A concrete-forming composition for producing a concrete article including: (a) at least one internal curing agent including a water-insoluble crosslinked cellulose ether wherein the water-insoluble crosslinked cellulose ether has a higher water adsorption capacity compared to typically used superabsorbent polymers and wherein the water-insoluble crosslinked cellulose ether can be successfully and efficiently used as a water-insoluble crosslinked cellulose either internal curing agent in concrete-forming compositions; and (b) a cementitious material; a process for making the above concrete-forming composition; and a concrete article made from the above concrete-forming composition with the objective of reducing autogenous shrinkage and crack formation in the resulting concrete article made from the above concrete-forming composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Robert Baumann, Jörn Breckwoldt, Alexandra Hild, Marc Schmitz
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Patent number: 11215259Abstract: A vibration damper may include a damper cylinder, a guiding closure that is held in the damper cylinder by a first clamping element, a piston rod that is axially guided in the guiding closure, and a piston rod functional group that is connected to the piston rod and disposed in the damper cylinder. At least one second clamping element may be connected to an internal wall of the damper cylinder, and a holding element may be disposed in the damper cylinder. The second clamping element can be disposed between the guiding closure and the holding element, and the holding element can be disposed between the second clamping element and the piston rod functional group. Further, the internal diameter of the second clamping element at least in portions is smaller than the external diameter of the holding element.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2018Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AGInventors: Christian Veltum, Raimund Weiffen, Marc Schmitz, Hakan Severcan, Sebastian Stottrop
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Publication number: 20190127278Abstract: A composition includes an esterified styrene/maleic anhydride copolymer, where the esterified styrene/maleic anhydride copolymer contains the following copolymerized components: (a) styrenic component; (b) a dicarboxylic acid ring-opened maleic anhydride; and (c) a half ester of a ring-opened maleic anhydride where the ester is a product of reacting maleic anhydride with poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether having a number-average molecular weight in a range of 100 to 800 grams per mole, where the molar ratio of component (c) to component (b) is greater than 0.5 as determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and the molar ratio of component (a) to the sum of components (b) and (c) is 1.0 or more and 2.0 or less as determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2017Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Robert Baumann, Nipon Pothayee, Marc Schmitz
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Patent number: 10173925Abstract: The present invention provides substantially nonionic brush polymers having pendant polyether groups, preferably poly(alkylene glycol) groups, which polymers are useful as synthetic polymer substitutes for cellulose ethers in mortars and hydraulic binders. The brush polymers are preferably crosslinked, such as with ethylene glycol di(meth)acrylates.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Robert Baumann, Adam W. Freeman, Philip M. Imbesi, Marc Schmitz, Hongwei Shen, Wei-Wen Tsai, Sipei Zhang
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Publication number: 20180355942Abstract: A vibration damper may include a damper cylinder, a guiding closure that is held in the damper cylinder by a first clamping element, a piston rod that is axially guided in the guiding closure, and a piston rod functional group that is connected to the piston rod and disposed in the damper cylinder. At least one second clamping element may be connected to an internal wall of the damper cylinder, and a holding element may be disposed in the damper cylinder. The second clamping element can be disposed between the guiding closure and the holding element, and the holding element can be disposed between the second clamping element and the piston rod functional group. Further, the internal diameter of the second clamping element at least in portions is smaller than the external diameter of the holding element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicants: ThyssenKrupp Bilstein GmbH, thyssenkrupp AGInventors: Christian Veltum, Raimund Weiffen, Marc Schmitz, Hakan Severcan, Sebastian Stottrop
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Publication number: 20180327310Abstract: The present invention provides two-component compositions for making a waterproofing membrane comprising as component A) one or more acrylic aqueous emulsion copolymerization product (copolymer) of (i) from 60 to 89.9 wt. % of one or more nonionic (meth)acrylic monomers, preferably, butyl acrylate, methyl acrylate or ethylhexyl (meth)acrylate, (ii) from 10 to 40 wt. % of one or more vinyl aromatic monomers, (iii) from 0.1 to 2.0 wt. % of one or more amide functional acrylic monomer, and mixtures thereof with itaconic acid or methacrylic acid, wherein the emulsion copolymer has at least one residue of an ascorbic acid reducing agent and of t-butyl hydroperoxide and has less than 40 ppm or, preferably, less than 20 ppm, or more preferably, less than 10 ppm, of residual (meth)acrylamide.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2016Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Ann E. Evans, William C. Finch, Miroslav Janco, Sudhir M. Mulik, Margarita Perello, Marc Schmitz
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Patent number: 9988307Abstract: The present invention provides two-component compositions comprising a component A) one or more acrylic aqueous emulsion copolymer having a measured glass transition temperature (Tg) of from ?20 to 0° C. and which is the copolymerization product of (i) from 60 to 89.9 wt. % of one or more nonionic (meth)acrylic monomers, (ii) from 10 to 40 wt. % of one or more vinyl aromatic monomers, (iii) from 0.1 to 2.0 wt. % of one or more monomers chosen from itaconic acid, methacrylic acid, amides of a,?-unsaturated C3 to C6 carboxylic acids, and mixtures thereof, all wt. %s of monomers based on the total monomer solids, wherein the aqueous emulsion copolymer has at least one residue of an ascorbic acid reducing agent or is the copolymerization product of a monomer (iii) comprising itaconic acid, and, a separate component B) comprising a fast curing dry mix powder composition of a hydraulic cement and a high alumina content cement.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2015Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignees: Rohm and Haas Company, Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Jennifer Lowe, Margarita Perello, Marc Schmitz, Jouko Vyoerykkae
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Publication number: 20170240476Abstract: The present invention provides compositions for use as stable additive concentrates, such as aqueous solutions or powders, in cement admixtures comprising i) one or more nonionic or substantially nonionic vinyl or acrylic brush polymers having pendant or side chain polyether groups and having a weight average molecular weight of from 140,000 to 50,000,000, ii) one or more aromatic cofactors containing one or more phenolic groups or, in combination, one or more aromatic groups with at least one sulfur acid group, preferably, a branched aromatic cofactor; and iii) one or more polycarboxylate ether copolymer water reducers containing carboxylic acid or salt groups and having polyether side chains and a weight average molecular weight of from 5,000 to 100,000.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Robert Baumann, Philip M. Imbesi, Thomas Oswald, Michael J. Radler, Marc Schmitz, Hongwei Shen
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Publication number: 20170226013Abstract: The present invention provides two-component compositions comprising a component A) one or more acrylic aqueous emulsion copolymer having a measured glass transition temperature (Tg) of from ?20 to 0° C. and which is the copolymerization product of (i) from 60 to 89.9 wt. % of one or more nonionic (meth)acrylic monomers, (ii) from 10 to 40 wt. % of one or more vinyl aromatic monomers, (iii) from 0.1 to 2.0 wt. % of one or more monomers chosen from itaconic acid, methacrylic acid, amides of a,?-unsaturated C3 to C6 carboxylic acids, and mixtures thereof, all wt. %s of monomers based on the total monomer solids, wherein the aqueous emulsion copolymer has at least one residue of an ascorbic acid reducing agent or is the copolymerization product of a monomer (iii) comprising itaconic acid, and, a separate component B) comprising a fast curing dry mix powder composition of a hydraulic cement and a high alumina content cement.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2015Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Jennifer Lowe, Margarita Perello, Marc Schmitz, Jouko Vyoerykkae
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Publication number: 20170174567Abstract: The present invention provides substantially nonionic brush polymers having pendant polyether groups, preferably poly(alkylene glycol) groups, which polymers are useful as synthetic polymer substitutes for cellulose ethers in mortars and hydraulic binders. The brush polymers are preferably crosslinked, such as with ethylene glycol di(meth)acrylates.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2015Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicants: Dow Europe GmbH, Dow Wolff Cellulosics GmbH & Co. OHG, The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Robert Baumann, Adam W. Freeman, Philip M. Imbesi, Marc Schmitz, Hongwei Shen, Wei-Wen Tsai, Sipei Zhang
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Publication number: 20170107149Abstract: The present invention provides aqueous compositions that are stable after at least a 24 hour period comprising a polysaccharide viscosity modifying additive and more than 60 wt. %, based on the weight of total solids in the compositions of one or more polycarboxylate ether, the compositions comprising an acid chosen from an organic acid having 1 hydroxy group or less, a strong acid containing a single hydrogen, an ascorbic acid, and mixtures thereof, the compositions having a pH of less than the pH of the polycarboxylate ether itself, or from 1.0 to 6.0. The present invention enables stable concentrates of aqueous polycarboxylate ethers and polysaccharide viscosity modifying agents for use in hydraulic binder applications, the compositions having a total solids content of 10 wt. % to as high as 65 wt. %.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2015Publication date: April 20, 2017Applicants: Dow Europe GmbH, Dow Wolff Cellulosics GmbH & Co. OHG, The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Robert Baumann, Marc Schmitz, Anette Wagner
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Patent number: 9458029Abstract: A separator is indicated, which is arranged in a container having a circular or ellipsoidal cross section and having a container wall, for separating a light liquid-water mixture, for example oil-polluted water, comprising: a feed arranged on a first side of the container having a feed chicane, which directs the supplied mixture downward and divides it into two first flow parts that are substantially of equal size, an outlet having an outlet tube, a circular or ellipsoidal flow wall having an internal wall side and an external wall side, wherein the flow wall passes through at least half of a full circle, preferably at least three quarters of a full circle, and has an opening, which is facing a second side of the container opposite the feed, wherein the flow wall between the external wall side of the flow wall and the container wall forms two flow channels at two opposite sides of the container wall in each case from the feed to the second side of the container, wherein in the flow channels in each case one oType: GrantFiled: September 7, 2011Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: ACO Severin Ahlmann GmbH & Co., KGInventors: Hermann Mayer, Marc Schmitz, Stefan Grube, Libor Docekal
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Patent number: 9346712Abstract: A mortar contains cement, one or more than one mineral additive, superplasticizer, aggregates, a hydroxyethyl methyl cellulose and water, wherein the hydroxyethyl methyl cellulose is characterized by the sum of its hydroxyethyl molecular substitution and methyl degree of substitution is 1.90 or higher and 2.30 or lower and its viscosity as a 2 weight-percent aqueous solution that is below 30,000 milliPascals*seconds.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2013Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Robert Baumann, Grit Grote, Marc Schmitz
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Publication number: 20150259248Abstract: A mortar contains cement, one or more than one mineral additive, superplasticizer, aggregates, a hydroxyethyl methyl cellulose and water, wherein the hydroxyethyl methyl cellulose is characterized by the sum of its hydroxyethyl molecular substitution and methyl degree of substitution is 1.90 or higher and 2.30 or lower and its viscosity as a 2 weight-percent aqueous solution that is below 30,000 milliPascals*seconds.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2013Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Robert Baumann, Grit Grote, Marc Schmitz
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Patent number: 9115028Abstract: The present invention relates to an extrudable hydraulic or non-hydraulic binding composition with improved properties with respect to crack formation and a method of making such a composition. The invention further relates to a method of decreasing or avoiding the formation of cracks of an extruded hydraulic or non-hydraulic binding composition and to a method of making an extruded article having less or no cracks. Furthermore, the invention is directed to a cellulose ether providing an extrudable hydraulic or non-hydraulic binding composition with improved properties with respect to crack formation.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Roland Bayer, Marc Schmitz
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Publication number: 20130306577Abstract: A separator is indicated, which is arranged in a container having a circular or ellipsoidal cross section and having a container wall, for separating a light liquid-water mixture, for example oil-polluted water, comprising: a feed arranged on a first side of the container having a feed chicane, which directs the supplied mixture downward and divides it into two first flow parts that are substantially of equal size, an outlet having an outlet tube, a circular or ellipsoidal flow wall having an internal wall side and an external wall side, wherein the flow wall passes through at least half of a full circle, preferably at least three quarters of a full circle, and has an opening, which is facing a second side of the container opposite the feed, wherein the flow wall between the external wall side of the flow wall and the container wall forms two flow channels at two opposite sides of the container wall in each case from the feed to the second side of the container, wherein in the flow channels in each case one oType: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2011Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: ACO SEVERIN AHLMANN GMBH & CO.KGInventors: Hermann Mayer, Marc Schmitz, Stefan Grube, Libor Docekal
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Publication number: 20120160132Abstract: The present invention relates to an extrudable hydraulic or non-hydraulic binding composition with improved properties with respect to crack formation and a method of making such a composition. The invention further relates to a method of decreasing or avoiding the formation of cracks of an extruded hydraulic or non-hydraulic binding composition and to a method of making an extruded article having less or no cracks. Furthermore, the invention is directed to a cellulose ether providing an extrudable hydraulic or non-hydraulic binding composition with improved properties with respect to crack formation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: Roland BAYER, Marc SCHMITZ