Patents by Inventor Michael Grahl
Michael Grahl 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: 11091584Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyisocyanate composition comprising a formation component having isocyanate groups, the isocyanate groups having been reacted to an extent of ?98% with at least one CH-acidic compound, characterized in that the formation component consists to an extent of ?51% by weight of at least one polyisocyanate based on pentamethylene 1,5-diisocyanate having a content of isocyanurate trimer of ?60 area %, based on the total weight of the polyisocyanates based on pentamethylene 1,5-diisocyanate, and the remaining proportion up to 100% by weight of the total amount of polyisocyanates present in the formation component consists of at least one aliphatic or cycloaliphatic polyisocyanate. The present invention further provides a one-component system comprising the polyisocyanate composition, a process for producing a coating on a substrate, and the coatings obtainable from the one-component system.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AGInventors: Andreas Hecking, Florian Johannes Stempfle, Christoph Eggert, Michael Grahl, Dorota Greszta-Franz
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Patent number: 11059934Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing (cyclo)aliphatic polycarbonate polyols comprising the steps of a) reaction of at least one (cyclo)aliphatic polyol and at least one alkyl carbonate in the presence of at least one basic catalyst and b) neutralization by addition of at least one organic sulfonic acid having a molecular weight of 250 to 1000 g/mol and at least one branched or unbranched alkyl substitution having at least four carbon atoms, wherein step b) is performed after step a).Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AGInventors: Michael Ludewig, Stefan Sommer, Holger Breuer, Michael Grahl
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Publication number: 20210009850Abstract: The invention relates to a polyurethane powder coating material, to the use of such a polyurethane powder coating material, to a method for producing a coating, and to coated substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Hans-Josef Laas, Irene Cristina Latorre Martinez, Michael Grahl, Raul Pires
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Patent number: 10815330Abstract: The invention relates to a two-component system containing a component A) comprising at least one NCO-reactive connection, and a component B) comprising at least one polyisocyanate, characterised in that the component A) contains ?400 to ?9500 wt. ppm water, in relation to the total weight of the component A), and the component A) and/or the component B) contains at least one thermolatent, inorganic, tin-containing catalyst. The invention also relates to a method for producing a coating on a substrate, coatings that can be obtained with the method, the use of the component A) or B) in the two-component system, and substrates coated with the coating, in particular coated vehicle bodies or vehicle parts.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AGInventors: Michael Grahl, Uwe Klippert, Frank Richter, Sven Siegemund, Jan Weikard
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Publication number: 20200071449Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing (cyclo)aliphatic polycarbonate polyols comprising the steps of a) reaction of at least one (cyclo)aliphatic polyol and at least one alkyl carbonate in the presence of at least one basic catalyst and b) neutralization by addition of at least one organic sulfonic acid having a molecular weight of 250 to 1000 g/mol and at least one branched or unbranched alkyl substitution having at least four carbon atoms, wherein step b) is performed after step a).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Michael LUDEWIG, Stefan SOMMER, Holger BREUER, Michael Grahl
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Publication number: 20190135968Abstract: The invention relates to a two-component system containing a component A) comprising at least one NCO-reactive connection, and a component B) comprising at least one polyisocyanate, characterised in that the component A) contains ?400 to ?9500 wt. ppm water, in relation to the total weight of the component A), and the component A) and/or the component B) contains at least one thermolatent, inorganic, tin-containing catalyst. The invention also relates to a method for producing a coating on a substrate, coatings that can be obtained with the method, the use of the component A) or B) in the two-component system, and substrates coated with the coating, in particular coated vehicle bodies or vehicle parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Michael GRAHL, Uwe KLIPPERT, Frank RICHTER, Sven SIEGEMUND, Jan WEIKARD
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Publication number: 20180208709Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyisocyanate composition comprising a formation component having isocyanate groups, the isocyanate groups having been reacted to an extent of ?98% with at least one CH-acidic compound, characterized in that the formation component consists to an extent of ?51% by weight of at least one polyisocyanate based on pentamethylene 1,5-diisocyanate having a content of isocyanurate trimer of ?60 area %, based on the total weight of the polyisocyanates based on pentamethylene 1,5-diisocyanate, and the remaining proportion up to 100% by weight of the total amount of polyisocyanates present in the formation component consists of at least one aliphatic or cycloaliphatic polyisocyanate. The present invention further provides a one-component system comprising the polyisocyanate composition, a process for producing a coating on a substrate, and the coatings obtainable from the one-component system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Andreas Hecking, Florian Johannes Stempfle, Christoph Eggert, Michael Grahl, Dorota Greszta-Franz
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Publication number: 20160060380Abstract: Disclosed are polyaspartic esters obtainable by reaction of at least one polyamine component A), comprising an amine compound of the formula (I), where X is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, aliphatic or cycloaliphatic or aromatic organic radical which is substituted or unsubstituted and/or has heteroatoms in the chain, Y is a secondary amino group bonded to two carbon atoms, R1 and R2 independently of one another are saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, aliphatic or cycloaliphatic or aromatic organic radicals having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and are substituted or unsubstituted and/or have heteroatoms in the chain, and n is a natural number from 1 to 4, with at least one polyisocyanate component B), comprising a polyisocyanate which contains at least one chemically bonded, non-ionic, hydrophilic group, characterized in that the ratio of the number of secondary amino groups Y to the number of isocyanate groups in the polyisocyanate is from 250:1 to 3:1.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Hans-Josef Laas, Michael Grahl, Olaf Fleck, Hans-Ulrich Meyer-Westhues, Michèl La Faille
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Publication number: 20150252138Abstract: The invention relates to polyisocyanate polyaddition products and to the use of specific catalysts for their preparation, and to their use, in particular for the coating sector.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2013Publication date: September 10, 2015Applicant: BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE, AGInventors: Frank Richter, Michael Grahl, Olaf Fleck
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Publication number: 20150240024Abstract: The invention relates to polyisocyanate polyaddition products and to the use of specific catalysts for their preparation, and to their use, in particular for the coating sector.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2013Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE AGInventors: Frank Richter, Michael Grahl, Olaf Fleck
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Patent number: 7919552Abstract: The present invention relates to polyurethane powder lacquers with optimized flow behavior, a process for their production, a process for coating substrates with these powder lacquers, as well as substrates coated with these powder lacquers.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2007Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AGInventors: Michael Grahl, Hans-Josef Laas, Dorota Greszta-Franz, Reinhard Halpaap
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Patent number: 7767778Abstract: The present invention relates to polyurethane powder coating compositions that do not split off blocking agents and have a low stoving temperature. The powder coating compositions contain a hydroxyl functional binder component having a content of carboxyl groups of from 0.5 to 2.0 wt. %, a polyaddition compound, at least one zinc compound as a hardening catalyst, and a compound reactive to carboxyl groups.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2005Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AGInventors: James Rawlins, Michael Grahl, Dorota Greszta-Franz, Hans-Josef Laas, Reinhard Halpaap
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Publication number: 20100056702Abstract: Powder mixtures for powder coatings comprising: (A) a non-blocked, micronized, cycloaliphatic diisocyanate-derived polyisocyanate which is solid below 40° C. and liquid above 120° C. and has an average particle size d50 of below 10 ?m; (B) a pulverulent binder component having an average particle size d50 of below 100 ?m, comprising 25 to 75 wt. % of at least one amorphous polyol (B1) and 75 to 25 wt. % of at least one crystalline or semicrystalline polyol (B2); and, (C) optionally, one or more powder coating auxiliary substances and additives; processes for preparing such mixtures; powder coating obtained therefrom and substrates coated therewith.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: Bayer MaterialScience AGInventors: Michael Grahl, Hans-Josef Laas, Jörg Büchner
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Publication number: 20080182928Abstract: The present invention relates to polyurethane powder lacquers with optimized flow behavior, a process for their production, a process for coating substrates with these powder lacquers, as well as substrates coated with these powder lacquers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2007Publication date: July 31, 2008Inventors: Michael Grahl, Hans-Josef Laas, Dorota Greszta-Franz, Reinhard Halpaap
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Patent number: 7329717Abstract: A process for preparing polyisocyanate-modified polycarboxylic acids by conversion of anhydride-group-free polycarboxylic acids with isocyanate-functional compounds. The process includes reacting A) an anhydride-group-free polycarboxylic-acid component with B) an isocyanate-functional component having an (average) isocyanate functionality of at least 1.8, at an equivalent ratio of carboxylic acid groups to isocyanate groups of from 1.2:1 to 120:1. The polyisocyanate-modified polycarboxylic acids are solid below 40° C. and liquid above 130° C., and have an average carboxylic acid functionality of at least 1.8, a content of free carboxylic acid groups of from 4.0 wt. % to 80.0 wt. % and a content of amide groups of from 0.4 wt. % to 32.5 wt. %.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2004Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AGInventors: Hans-Josef Laas, Christoph Gürtler, Reinhard Halpaap, Michael Grahl, Peter Thometzek, James Rawlins
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Publication number: 20070142608Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of polyaddition products, to the products obtainable by this process and to their use as starting components in the production of polyurethane plastics. The process includes the reaction of A) polyisocyanates with uretdione groups having a mean isocyanate functionality of at least 2.0, optionally with the concomitant use of B) other diisocyanates and/or polyisocyanates, different from A, in an amount of up to 70 wt. %, based on the total weight of components A) and B), with C) polyols in the molecular weight range 62-2000 having a mean functionality of at least 2.0, or mixtures of polyols and optionally D) other isocyanate-reactive monofunctional compounds in an amount of up to 40 wt. %, based on the total weight of components C) and D). An equivalent ratio of isocyanate groups to isocyanate-reactive groups of 1.8:1 to 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2006Publication date: June 21, 2007Inventors: Hans Laas, Bernd Sojka, Michael Grahl, Josef Sanders, Wolfgang Fischer, Reinhard Halpaap
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Patent number: 7148295Abstract: The invention relates to the use of special mixtures of at least two polycarboxylic acids as crosslinker components for thermally curing powder-lacquer binding agents having groups that are capable of reacting with carboxyl groups. The mixtures include at least two polycarboxylic acids each melting above 95° C. and having up to 20 carbon atoms and consist of at least 5 wt. %, of the polycarboxylic acid with the lowest melting point and at least 10 wt. %, of the polycarboxylic acid with the highest melting point of all polycarboxylic acids present in the mixture to at least 5 wt. %. Additionally, the polycarboxylic acid mixture is a solid below 40° C. and a liquid above 160° C.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2004Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: Bayer Materialscience AGInventors: Hans-Josef Laas, Christoph Gürtler, Reinhard Halpaap, Michael Grahl, Peter Thometzek, James Rawlins
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Patent number: 7148374Abstract: The present invention relates to novel blocked, elimination-free polyurethane (PUR) crosslinking agents, to a process for their preparation and to their use as starting components for the production of polyurethane plastics, especially as crosslinking agents for thermally crosslinkable powder coatings.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2003Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Dorota Greszta-Franz, Christoph Gürtler, Reinhard Halpaap, Michael Schelhaas, Michael Grahl
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Patent number: 6987158Abstract: Polyaddition compounds containing uretdione groups prepared by reacting uretdione polyisocyanates formed from diisocyanates having exclusively secondary- and/or tertiary-attached isocyanate groups with a molar fraction of isocyanurate structures, based on the sum of uretdione groups and isocyanurate groups, of not more than 10%, with compounds reactive towards isocyanates. The polyaddition compounds can be use as a starting component in the preparation of polyurethane plastics, in particular as crosslinkers for heat-crosslinkable powder coating materials. The compounds may be used as starting components in the preparation of moldings and shaped parts, and as starting components in the preparation of coating materials and coatings.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2003Date of Patent: January 17, 2006Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans-Josef Laas, Reinhard Halpaap, Peter Thometzek, Michael Grahl, Hans-Ulrich Meier-Westhues
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Publication number: 20050222364Abstract: The present invention relates to polyurethane powder coating compositions containing A) a hydroxyl-functional binder component, which is solid below 40° C. and liquid above 130° C., has a content of carboxyl groups (calculated as COOH; molecular weight 45) of 0.5 to 2.0 wt. %, and contains at least one polymeric polyol having an OH number of 15 to 200 mg KOH/g and a number average molecular weight of 400 to 10,000 and B) a polyaddition compound which contains uretdione groups and optionally free isocyanate groups, is solid below 40° C. and liquid above 125° C., and is prepared from aliphatic and/or cycloaliphatic diisocyanates, C) at least one zinc compound as hardening catalyst, and D) a compound which has a number average molecular weight of 200 to 5000 and contains groups reactive to carboxyl groups, wherein i) components A) and B) are present in amounts such that 0.8 to 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2005Publication date: October 6, 2005Inventors: James Rawlins, Michael Grahl, Dorota Greszta-Franz, Hans-Josef Laas, Reinhard Halpaap