Patents by Inventor Markus Steffen

Markus Steffen 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: 9809686
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing polyarylene ether beads from a polyarylene ether solution, comprising the steps of i) dividing the polyarylene ether solution in a division apparatus which is made to vibrate with a frequency of 10 to 1400 Hz to obtain droplets, ii) transferring the droplets into a precipitation bath to form polyarylene ether beads in the precipitation bath which (A) comprises at least one aprotic solvent (component (1)) and at least one protic solvent (component (2)), (B) has a temperature of 0° C. to Tc, where the critical temperature Tc in [° C.] can be determined by the numerical equation Tc=(77?c)/0.58 in which c is the concentration of component (1) in the precipitation bath in [% by weight] and (C) has component (1) in concentrations of 5% by weight to cc, where the critical concentration cc in [% by weight] can be determined by the numerical equation cc=77?0.58*T in which T is the temperature in the precipitation bath in [° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Joerg Erbes, Stefan Muessig, Tobias Kortekamp, Marco Krueger, Markus Steffen, Angela Ulzhoefer, Cecile Schneider, Alexandra Wiedemann, Simon Gramlich
  • Publication number: 20160159990
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing polyarylene ether beads from a polyarylene ether solution, comprising the steps of i) dividing the polyarylene ether solution in a division apparatus which is made to vibrate with a frequency of 10 to 1400 Hz to obtain droplets, ii) transferring the droplets into a precipitation bath to form polyarylene ether beads in the precipitation bath which (A) comprises at least one aprotic solvent (component (1)) and at least one protic solvent (component (2)), (B) has a temperature of 0° C. to Tc, where the critical temperature Tc in [° C.] can be determined by the numerical equation Tc=(77?c)/0.58 in which c is the concentration of component (1) in the precipitation bath in [% by weight] and (C) has component (1) in concentrations of 5% by weight to cc, where the critical concentration cc in [% by weight] can be determined by the numerical equation cc=77?0.58*T in which T is the temperature in the precipitation bath in [° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Joerg ERBES, Stefan MUESSIG, Tobias KORTEKAMP, Marco KRUEGER, Markus STEFFEN, Angela ULZHOEFER, Cecile SCHNEIDER, Alexandra WIEDEMANN, Simon GRAMLICH
  • Patent number: 8833031
    Abstract: A device (100) for securing a support structure such as solar module-carrier (12) to a flat roof (16) which is provided with a non-bearing insulation layer (24) covered by a sealing strip (22). The device (100) has an upper connection element (150) for the support structure and a spacer member (120) which can be guided through an opening (26) in the insulation layer (24) in order to support the connection element (150) on a roof substructure (17). The spacer member (120) is anchored by a plurality of anchoring parts (28) on the roof substructure (17). The connection element (150) comprises an upper and a lower connection flange (152, 154) between which the sealing strip (22) is clamped. The spacer member (120) is designed as a profile or hollow-profile part which can be cut to length as required and is produced as an extrusion part from a thermal insulation material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: SFS Intec Holding AG
    Inventor: Markus Steffen
  • Publication number: 20130000243
    Abstract: A device (100) for securing a support structure such as solar module-carrier (12) to a flat roof (16) which is provided with a non-bearing insulation layer (24) covered by a sealing strip (22). The device (100) has an upper connection element (150) for the support structure and a spacer member (120) which can be guided through an opening (26) in the insulation layer (24) in order to support the connection element (150) on a roof substructure (17). The spacer member (120) is anchored by a plurality of anchoring parts (28) on the roof substructure (17). The connection element (150) comprises an upper and a lower connection flange (152, 154) between which the sealing strip (22) is clamped. The spacer member (120) is designed as a profile or hollow-profile part which can be cut to length as required and is produced as an extrusion part from a thermal insulation material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: SFS INTEC HOLDING AG
    Inventor: Markus Steffen
  • Patent number: 8304075
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coarsely divided microcapsule preparation with particles whose particle sizes are in the range from 200 ?m to 5 cm, comprising microcapsules with a capsule core of latent heat storage material and a thermosetting polymer as capsule wall and one or more polymeric binders whose binder polymer has thermoplastic properties and film-forming properties under processing conditions, where the binder content, calculated as solid, is 1-30% by weight, based on the total weight of the coarsely divided microcapsule preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gabriele Lang-Wittkowski, Ekkehard Jahns, Marco Schmidt, Michael Senge, Markus Steffen, Karl Kolter
  • Publication number: 20120034084
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a turbine wheel for an exhaust gas turbocharger by metal powder injection molding, which comprises the following steps: (a) provision of a feedstock comprising a metal powder and a binder, (b) provision of a tool which comprises a negative mold of the turbine wheel to be produced for metal powder injection molding of the turbine wheel, (c) introduction of a rotationally symmetrical core comprising a binder into the negative mold of the tool provided in process step (b) and alignment of the core so that it is aligned symmetrically about the axis of rotation of the turbine wheel to be produced, (d) production of a green body by metal powder injection molding of the feedstock provided in process step (a) around the core, (e) carrying out of a binder removal step to remove the binder from the green body in order to obtain a molding in the shape of the turbine wheel, and (f) sintering of the molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andreas Kern, Martin Bloemacher, Franz-Dieter Martischius, Markus Steffen, Johan Ter Maat, Hans Wohlfromm
  • Patent number: 7575804
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coarse-particled microcapsule preparation comprising microencapsulated latent heat accumulators and one or more polymeric binders, the ratio of surface area to volume of the particles obeying the following relationship: Surface ? ? area 2 Volume 3 ? 2.5 , and to processes for its production and its use in heat exchangers and building materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gabriele Lang-Wittkowski, Ekkehard Jahns, Markus Steffen
  • Publication number: 20080166555
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coarse-particled microcapsule preparation comprising microencapsulated latent heat accumulators and one or more polymeric binders, the ratio of surface area to volume of the particles obeying the following relationship: Surface ? ? area 2 Volume 3 ? 2.5 , and to processes for its production and its use in heat exchangers and building materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2006
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gabriele Lang-Wittkowski, Ekkehard Jahns, Markus Steffen
  • Publication number: 20070248824
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coarsely divided microcapsule preparation with particles whose particle sizes are in the range from 200 ?m to 5 cm, comprising microcapsules with a capsule core of latent heat storage material and a thermosetting polymer as capsule wail and one or more polymeric binders whose binder polymer has thermoplastic properties and film-forming properties under processing conditions, where the binder content, calculated as solid, is 1-30% by weights based on the total weight of the coarsely divided microcapsule preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gabriele Lang-Wittkowski, Ekkehard Jahns, Marco Schmidt, Michael Senge, Markus Steffen, Karl Kolter
  • Patent number: 5823338
    Abstract: A package for elongated parts (2) has a supporting element (1) made of a supporting strip (4) and of a tear-off covering strip (5). The supporting strip (4) has openings (6) in which the elongated parts (2) are laid, forming a row of parallel elongated parts. The package may be easily removed by tearing the covering strip (5) along perforated lines (13, 14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: SFS Industrie Holding AG
    Inventors: Helmut Osterle, Daniel Gasser, Guido Hasler, Richard Sahli, Walter Seifert, Norbert Koppel, Markus Steffen
  • Patent number: 4932821
    Abstract: A nail retaining strip for feeding nails into a fastening element driving tool where the nails are driven individually out of the tool by a drive piston includes guide bushings for the nails. Adjacent guide bushings are separably interconnected by connecting webs. The guide bushing extends in the axial direction of the nail shank and has axially and circumferentially extending circular guide surfaces for supporting the nails within the muzzle bore of the driving tool. The connecting webs extend radially outwardly from the guide surfaces so that the guide surfaces on adjacent guide bushings are in spaced relation. The connecting webs retain the nails in the axial direction of the muzzle bore by engagement in a receiving recess in the bore located opposite a passage through which the nails are inserted into the bore. Such axial retention permits complete utilization of the nail strip down to and including the last nail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1990
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Markus Steffen, Peter von Flue