Patents by Inventor Michael Geist

Michael Geist 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: 20040162366
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of aqueous dispersions to be further processed to electrocoating paints with baking temperatures below 160° C. and baking times of ≦30 minutes, which dispersions contain modified epoxide-amine adducts as binders and polyisocyanates blocked by amino groups as crosslinking agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Geist, Klaus Cibura, Walter Jouck, Gunther Ott, Jurgen Sadlowski, Manfred Dangschat, Manfred Reimann
  • Patent number: 5879754
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polyether urethane of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 denotes H or an alkyd (sic) radical of 1 to 8 carbon atoms,R.sup.2 denotes an alkylene radical of 2 to 10 carbon atoms or a cycloalkylene radical of 6 to 20 carbon atoms or an arylene radical of 6 to 20 carbon atoms,R.sup.3, R.sup.4 denote an optionally substituted alkyl radical of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or a joint ring whose members are R.sup.3 and R.sup.4,n denotes 2 to 1800m denotes 1 to 15.The invention further relates to a process for its preparation, to a flow-out agent for water-borne paints and to the use of the polyether urethanes as flow-out agents in water-borne, cathodically depositable electro-coating paints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignees: Basf Lacke, Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Geist, Gunther Ott, Helmut Fobbe, Klaus Arlt, Udo Strauss, Klaus Cibura
  • Patent number: 5712349
    Abstract: The invention relates to water-dispersible binders for cationic electrocoating finishes, which binders are reaction products of(A) low molecular weight epoxide resins containing aromatic groups and having an epoxide equivalent weight of below 375,(B) aliphatic and/or alicyclic polyfunctional alcohols and/or carboxylic acids having a molecular weight of below 350,(C) if appropriate up to 60% by weight, relative to the total binder, of polyfunctional alcohols, carboxylic acids and/or SH compounds having a molecular weight of 500-5,000 and(D) primary, secondary and/or tertiary amines and/or salts thereof or a sulfide/acid mixture or a phosphine/acid mixture, the reaction product of A and B containing 10-45% of aromatic groups, calculated as the phenylene group. By means of the binders, a higher layer thickness is obtained in electrocoating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: BASF Farben Fasern Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Horst Diefenbach, Arnold Dobbelstein, Michael Geist
  • Patent number: 5501779
    Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous electrocoating baths containing synthetic resins capable of deposition on the cathode. The electrocoating baths according to the invention are characterized in that they contain a homopolymer or copolymer of an alkyl vinyl ether of the general formula CH.sub.2 .dbd.CH--O--R wherein R represents an alkyl radical having 2 to 4 C atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: BASF Lacke & Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Geist, Udo Strauss, Helmut Fobbe, Klaus Arlt, Walter Jouck, Klaus Cibura
  • Patent number: 5427661
    Abstract: Aqueous electrocoating baths containing synthetic resins capable of deposition on the cathode, and a process for coating electrically conducting substratesThe invention relates to aqueous electrocoating baths containing synthetic resins capable of deposition on the cathode. The electrocoating baths according to the invention are characterized in that they contain a homopolymer or copolymer of an alkyl vinyl ether of the general formula CH.sub.2 =CH--O--R wherein R represents an alkyl radical having 2 to 4 C atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignee: BASF Lacke & Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Geist, Udo Strauss, Helmut Fobbe, Klaus Arlt, Walter Jouck, Klaus Cibura
  • Patent number: 5120774
    Abstract: The invention relates to water-dilutable binders for cationic electrocoating finishes, the said binders containing latent primary amino groups. In order to prepare the binders, an epoxy resin is reacted with a polyamine, which in addition to a sterically hindered primary amino group also contains at least one primary amino group blocked by reaction with a ketone or aldehyde, and, if appropriate, further primary or secondary amines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignee: BASF Lacke & Farben AG
    Inventors: Michael Geist, Gunther Ott, Georg Schon
  • Patent number: 5086090
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of aqueous dispersions to be further processed to electrocoating paints with baking temperatures below 160.degree. C. and baking times.ltoreq.30 minutes, which dispersions contain modified epoxide-amine adducts as binders and polyisocyanates blocked by hydroxyl groups as cross-linking agents.In this process polyepoxides and compounds containing one or more, preferably 2, hydroxyl groups per molecule are reacted at elevated temperatures in the presence of catalysts to furnish epoxide-containing intermediates.A solvent or a mixture of solvents is then added with external cooling ahd the solution is boiled under reflux, if necessary in vacuo, until the temperature of the solution drops to 95.degree. C. to 20.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1992
    Assignee: BASF Lacke & Farben AG
    Inventors: Michael Geist, Klaus Cibura, Walter Jouck, Gunther Ott, Jurgen Sadlowski, Manfred Dangschaft, Manfred Reimann
  • Patent number: 5086091
    Abstract: The invention relates to cathodic water-dilutable binders which contain primary amino groups neutralized with acids and introduced via ketimine groups. The binders have been prepared by reacting(A) a synthetic resin containing epoxy groups with(B) at least one compound which, in addition to a mercapto group which is reactive toward epoxy groups, also possesses at least one ketimine group, and, if required,(C) other modifying compounds, such as, for example, monocarboxylic acids and/or other primary and/or secondary amines,and have then been neutralized with an acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1992
    Assignee: BASF Lacke & Farben AG
    Inventors: Michael Geist, Klaus Cibura, Helmut Fobbe, Gunther Ott
  • Patent number: 5003025
    Abstract: The invention relates to water-dilutable binders for cationic electrocoating finishes. For the preparation of the binders, a di-epoxide compound, together with at least one mono-epoxide compound if desired, is converted by a polyaddition, carried out at 100.degree. to 195.degree. C. and initiated by a monofunctionally reacting initiator carrying either an alcoholic OH group, a phenolic OH group or an SH group, to form an epoxy resin which then subsequently is modified with(A) primary and/or secondary amines or their salts and/or the salt of a tertiary amine, a sulfide/acid mixture or a phosphine/acid mixture and with, if desired,(B) a polyfunctional alcohol, a polycarboxylic acid, a polysulfide or a polyphenol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1991
    Assignee: BASF Lacke & Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Arnold Dobbelstein, Michael Geist, Gunther Ott, Georg Schon
  • Patent number: 4980399
    Abstract: The invention relates to water-dilutable binders for cationic electrocoating finishes, the said binders containing latent primary amino groups. In order to prepare the binders, an epoxy resin is reacted with a polyamine, which in addition to a sterically hindered primary amino group also contains at least one primary amino group blocked by reaction with a ketone or aldehyde, and, if appropriate, further primary or secondary amines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1990
    Assignee: BASF Lacke & Farben AG
    Inventors: Michael Geist, Gunther Ott, Georg Schon
  • Patent number: 4944855
    Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous electrocoating baths for cathodic paint deposition which contain, as cathodically depositable binders, modified epoxide-amine adducts and are prepared by reacting, in the presence of basic amine catalysts,(1)(A) polyepoxides with(B) compounds which contain, per molecule, one or more, preferably 2, hydroxyl groups bonded to aromatic and/or (cyclo)aliphatic molecular fragments, to form epoxide group-containing intermediates, and(2) by subsequently reacting these intermediates, if appropriate, with further conventional modifiers and finally with(C) primary and/or secondary (poly)amines or their salts and/or salts of tertiary amines, the resultant reaction products being neutralized with acids, if appropriate, dispersed in an aqueous medium and these dispersions further processed by well-known methods to form electrocoating baths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1990
    Assignee: BASF Lacke + Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Georg Schon, Gunter Ott, Michael Geist
  • Patent number: 4830722
    Abstract: The invention relates to a water-dilutable binder for cationic electrocoating finishes. For the preparation of the binders po0 (A) a di-epoxide compound with an epoxide equivalent weight below 2,000 is reacted with(B) a phenol- or thiol-containing compound which reacts monofunctionally with epoxide groups, and with(C) primary and/or secondary amines or their salts and/or the salt of a tertiary amine, a sulfide/acid mixture or phosphine/acid mixture or a mixture of these compounds, as well as, if desired, with(D) a polyfunctional alcohol, a polycarboxylic acid, a polysulfide or a polyphenol.The components A and B are used in a molar ratio of from 10:1 to 1:1, preferably from 4: to 1.5:1 and the reaction of the component A with the component B is carried out at 100.degree. to 190.degree. C., if desired in the presence of a catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1989
    Assignee: BASF Lacke & Farben AG
    Inventors: Arnold Dobbelstein, Michael Geist, Gunther Ott, Georg Schon
  • Patent number: 4824927
    Abstract: The invention relates to water-dilutable binders for cationic electrocoating finishes. For the preparation of the binders, a di-epoxide compound, together with at least one mono-epoxide compound if desired, is converted by a polyaddition, carried out at 100.degree. to 195.degree. C. and initiated by a monofunctionally reacting initiator carrying either an alcoholic OH group, a phenolic OH group or an SH group, to form an epoxy resin which then subsequently is modified with(A) primary and/or secondary amines or their salts and/or the salt of a tertiary amine, a sulfide/acid mixture or a phosphine/acid mixture and with, if desired,(B) a polyfunctional alcohol, a polycarboxylic acid, a polysulfide or a polyphenol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1989
    Assignee: BASF Lacke & Farben AKT
    Inventors: Arnold Dobbelstein, Michael Geist, Gunther Ott, Georg Schon
  • Patent number: 4818356
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for coating an electrically conductive substrate, the said substrate being immersed in an aqueous bath based on a cationic synthetic resin binder which is at least in part neutralized with acids and contains amino and/or hydroxyl groups. The said bath contains a mixture of crosslinking agents as well as pigments, fillers, corrosion inhibitors, paint auxiliary substances, and, if appropriate, catalysts, as well as organic solvents in an amount of up to 15% by weight based on the total weight of the coating, the said substrate being cathodically connected. By the action of direct current, a film is deposited on the substrate, after which the said substrate is removed from the bath and the film is cured by stoving, the mixture of crosslinking agents comprising at least two crosslinking agents of different reactivities based on activated esters and/or polyisocyanates blocked by different blocking agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: BASF Lacke & Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Geist, Gunther Ott, Georg Schon, Arnold Dobbelstein, Wolfgang Batzill
  • Patent number: 4788260
    Abstract: The invention relates to water-dispersible binders which are intended for cationic electropaints and are based on reaction products which are formed from modified epoxy resins and primary and/or secondary amines and which can, if desired, also contain crosslinking agents, pigments, flow-control agents and other customary auxiliaries. They contain as reaction products those which have been prepared by reacting(A) low molecular weight epoxy resins which contain epoxy compound aromatic groups and have an epoxide equivalent weight of less than 375 with(B) aliphatic and/or alicyclic polyfunctional alcohols having hydroxyl groups or carboxylic acids having carboxylic groups and both having a molecular weight of less than 350 and addition of the hydroxyl groups and carboxylic groups to the epoxy groups of (A) in such a way that the reaction products of (A) and (B) contain 10-45% of aromatic groups, calculated as the phenylene group, and have terminal epoxy groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1988
    Assignee: BASF Lacke & Farben AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Batzill, Horst Diefenbach, Michael Geist, Eberhard Schupp
  • Patent number: 4781808
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous cathodic electrocoating material which contains a synthetic resin binder containing amino and/or hydroxyl groups and capable of being rendered water-soluble by the addition of an acid. The synthetic resin binder contains a mixture of crosslinking agents, as well as pigments, fillers, corrosion inhibitors, surface coating assistants, if appropriate catalysts, and organic solvents in an amount of up to 15% by weight, based on the total weight of the coating material. The mixture of crosslinking agents consists of at least two crosslinking agents which possess different reactivities and are based on activated esters and/or polyisocyanates blocked with different blocking agents. Different reactivities means that the crosslinking reactions begin at temperatures which are at least 10.degree. C. apart. The crosslinking reagent which reacts first is present in an amount of from 15 to 60 mol %, based on the mixture of crosslinking agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1988
    Assignee: BASF Lacke & Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Geist, Georg Schon, Arnold Dobbelstein, Guther Ott
  • Patent number: 4780524
    Abstract: The invention relates to a water-dilutable binder for cationic electrocoating finishes. For the preparation of the binders(A) a di-epoxide compound with an epoxide equivalent weight below 2,000 is reacted with(B) a phenol- or thiol-containing compound which reacts monofunctionally with epoxide groups, and with(C) primary and/or secondary amines or their salts and/or the salt of a tertiary amine, a sulfide/acid mixture or phosphine/acid mixture or a mixture of these compounds, as well as, if desired, with(D) a polyfunctional alcohol, a polycarboxylic acid, a polysulfide or a polyphenol.The components A and B are used in a molar ratio of from 10:1 to 1:1, preferably from 4:1 to 1.5:1 and the reaction of the component A with the component B is carried out at 100.degree. to 190.degree. C., if desired in the presence of a catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1988
    Assignee: BASF Lacke + Farben AG
    Inventors: Arnold Dobbelstein, Michael Geist, Gunther Ott, Georg Schon
  • Patent number: 4769400
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat-curable binder mixture which comprises an organic synthetic resin A and a crosslinking agent B. Said synthetic resin A can be an epoxy resin, a polyester resin or an acrylate resin having a number average molecular weight of 500 to 20,000 and at least 0.2 equivalent per 100 g of resin of primary and/or secondary amino groups and/or hydroxyl groups, and said crosslinking agent B is an organic compound having at least 2 .beta.-alkoxyalkyl ester groups per molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1988
    Assignee: BASF Farben + Fasern AG
    Inventors: Michael Geist, Gunther Ott, Georg Schon
  • Patent number: 4762903
    Abstract: The invention relates to water-dilutable binders for cationic electrocoating finishes, the said binders containing latent primary amino groups. In order to prepare the binders, an epoxy resin is reacted with a polyamine, which in addition to a sterically hindered primary amino group also contains at least one primary amino group blocked by reaction with a ketone or aldehyde, and, if appropriate, further primary or secondary amines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1988
    Assignee: BASF Lacke & Farben AG
    Inventors: Michael Geist, Gunther Ott, Georg Schon
  • Patent number: 4724254
    Abstract: The invention relates to water-dispersible binding agents for cationic electro-immersion varnishes on the basis of modified epoxy resins. The binding agents are reaction products of(A) low-molecular epoxy resins containing aromatic groups, with an equivalent epoxy weight of less than 375,(B) aliphatic and/or alicyclic polyfunctional alcohols and/or carboxylic acids with a molecular weight less than 350, where the intermediate product obtained from (A) and (B) has a content of aromatic groups of 10 to 45%, calculated as a phenylene group,(C) polyfunctional alcohols, carboxylic acids and/or SH-compounds with a molecular weight of 500 to 5000, and(D) amino alcohols with at least one concealed primary or a tertiary nitrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1988
    Assignee: BASF Farben & Fasern AG
    Inventors: Michael Geist, Gunther Ott, Georg Schon