Patents by Inventor Michael Schroers

Michael Schroers 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: 11965451
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mixer for an exhaust gas system for mixing an additive into an exhaust gas flow of an internal combustion engine, having a first shell and at least a second shell which are arranged successively in the circumferential direction in relation to a center axis, each shell having at least two shell edges that are arranged offset in the circumferential direction and which each form a flow edge, wherein the flow edges of two circumferentially adjacent shell edges of two different shells delimit an inflow opening, such that at least one pipe end arranged coaxially with the center axis is provided with a circumferential pipe profile that has a nominal radius Rn and is used for connection to an exhaust pipe, the pipe end being formed by the circumferentially adjacent shells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Tenneco GmbH
    Inventors: Eric Hein, Attila Kovacs, Michael Flockert, Yannick Leske, Rafal Wrobel, Klaus Schröer
  • Patent number: 11253060
    Abstract: A modular enclosure system includes a plurality of anchor rails configured to be mounted to a surface such as a wall to which the modular enclosure system is to be attached. The modular enclosure system includes a first partition having a plurality of partition segments and a second partition having a plurality of partition segments. The first partition and the second partition are each coupled to a first rail and a second rail of the plurality of anchor rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: American Woodmark Corporation
    Inventors: Derek Creighton Adler, Christopher Douglas Craig, Steven Cary Dunston, Tabish Shamim Khan, Michael Joseph Kraemer, Jeremiah Gene Smith, Joshua David Ferry, John Michael Schroer, Kevin Morrison
  • Patent number: 11060044
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a copolymer obtainable by copolymerization of (A) at least one unsaturated dicarboxylic acid or derivatives thereof, (B) at least one ?-olefin having from at least 6 up to and including 20 carbon atoms, (C) optionally at least one C3- to C20-alkyl ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid or a mixture of such alkyl esters and (D) optionally one or more further copolymerizable monomers other than monomers (A), (B) and (C), with a molar incorporation ratio of (A):(B):(C):(D) of 1:0.5 to 2.0:0 to less than 0.5:0 to 0.1 followed by the reaction with at least one dialkylamine (E), where the two alkyl radicals in the at least one dialkylamine (E) are independently alkyl radicals having at least 17 up to 30 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Irene Troetsch-Schaller, Ivette Garcia Castro, Michael Schroers, Uwe Rebholz, Dieter Faul, Anke Oswald
  • Patent number: 10974174
    Abstract: A separation device, such as a centrifugal dryer, for separating a mixture of a solid material and a fluid is described. The device has a housing having at least one housing inlet for supplying the mixture and at least one housing outlet for discharging the solid material or the fluid separated from the mixture. The device also has a rotor that is arranged within the housing and is mounted rotatably around a longitudinal axis. The rotor causes movement of the solid material in the direction of the longitudinal axis by rotating. The rotor has multiple rotor segments, which can be separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: Nikolai Schnellbach, Bernd Bakenecker, Marius Wirz, Michael Schröer
  • Publication number: 20200308501
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a copolymer obtainable by copolymerization of (A) at least one unsaturated dicarboxylic acid or derivatives thereof, (B) at least one ?-olefin having from at least 6 up to and including 20 carbon atoms, (C) optionally at least one C3- to C20-alkyl ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid or a mixture of such alkyl esters and (D) optionally one or more further copolymerizable monomers other than monomers (A), (B) and (C), with a molar incorporation ratio of (A):(B):(C):(D) of 1:0.5 to 2.0:0 to less than 0.5:0 to 0.1 followed by the reaction with at least one dialkylamine (E), where the two alkyl radicals in the at least one dialkylamine (E) are independently alkyl radicals having at least 17 up to 30 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Irene TROETSCH-SCHALLER, Ivette GARCIA CASTRO, Michael SCHROERS, Uwe REBHOLZ, Dieter FAUL, Anke OSWALD
  • Publication number: 20200128957
    Abstract: A modular enclosure system includes a plurality of anchor rails configured to be mounted to a surface such as a wall to which the modular enclosure system is to be attached. The modular enclosure system includes a first partition having a plurality of partition segments and a second partition having a plurality of partition segments. The first partition and the second partition are each coupled to a first rail and a second rail of the plurality of anchor rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Derek Creighton ADLER, Christopher Douglas CRAIG, Steven Cary DUNSTON, Tabish Shamim KHAN, Michael Joseph KRAEMER, Jeremiah Gene SMITH, Joshua David FERRY, John Michael SCHROER, Kevin MORRISON
  • Patent number: 10557096
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel copolymer, to processes for preparation thereof and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Irene Troetsch-Schaller, Ivette Garcia Castro, Michael Schroers, Uwe Rebholz, Hubert Rehberger, Dieter Faul
  • Publication number: 20190299127
    Abstract: A separation device, such as a centrifugal dryer, for separating a mixture of a solid material and a fluid is described. The device has a housing having at least one housing inlet for supplying the mixture and at least one housing outlet for discharging the solid material or the fluid separated from the mixture. The device also has a rotor that is arranged within the housing and is mounted rotatably around a longitudinal axis. The rotor causes movement of the solid material in the direction of the longitudinal axis by rotating. The rotor has multiple rotor segments, which can be separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Nikolai Schnellbach, Bernd Bakenecker, Marius Wirz, Michael Schröer
  • Patent number: 10323846
    Abstract: The present disclosure introduces a safety and convenience system for a gas grill. The disclosed system can have a grill assembly, a sensor assembly, and a system controller. The grill assembly can include a grill body, a grill lid, a grilling surface, one or more burners, a gas feed line, a grill adjustment valve, and an igniter. The sensor assembly may include gas sensors, temperature sensors, and these sensors can reside in a single or multiple sensor housings. The system controller can be connected to the sensors and receive a gas sensor value and a temperature sensor value. Based on the gas sensor value and the temperature sensor value, the system controller can be able to indicating a condition of the grill to a user, or control a feature of the grill for convenience or safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Inventors: William Lawrence Sweet, Scott Michael Schroer, Alexander Donald Roe
  • Patent number: 9908955
    Abstract: A copolymer with high chemical homogeneity, consisting of (A) 50 to 30% by weight of ethylene, (B) 50 to 70% by weight of C4- to C24-hydrocarbyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid, (C) 0 to 5% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid and (D) 0 to 10% by weight of copolymerizable monomers, obtainable by polymerizing a mixture of 80 to 60% by weight of ethylene, 20 to 40% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid and 0 to 10% by weight of copolymerizable monomers in a backmixing, continuous polymerization apparatus, and subsequently polymer-analogously esterifying the resulting copolymer with C4- to C24-hydrocarbinols. The inventive copolymer is suitable for improving the cold flow properties of fuel oils, for lowering the lower mixing temperature of cold flow improver additives into fuel oils, and for improving the filterability of fuel oils comprising cold flow improver additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank-Olaf Maehling, Jan Strittmatter, Irene Troetsch-Schaller, Ivette Garcia-Castro, Michael Schroers, Uwe Rebholz
  • Publication number: 20170355916
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel copolymer, to processes for preparation thereof and to the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Irene TROETSCH-SCHALLER, Ivette GARCIA CASTRO, Michael SCHROERS, Uwe REBHOLZ, Hubert REHBERGER, Dieter FAUL
  • Patent number: 9458401
    Abstract: The use of substituted diureas, polyureas, bisurethanes or polyurethanes of the formula R1X—CO—NR3R4 in which X is R2N or O and R1 to R4 are each independently hydrogen, alkyl radicals, alkenyl radicals, cycloalkyl radicals, aryl radicals or arylalkyl radicals, where at least one variable must be a radical having at least 4 carbon atoms and where the urea or urethane functionality must be replicated via bridging members, for improvement of the use properties of mineral and synthetic nonaqueous industrial fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jan Strittmatter, Karl Haeberle, Wolfgang Grabarse, Ivette Garcia Castro, Markus Hansch, Irene Troetsch-Schaller, Stephan Schenk, Michael Schroers, Bernhard Lange
  • Publication number: 20160230992
    Abstract: The present disclosure introduces a safety and convenience system for a gas grill. The disclosed system can have a grill assembly, a sensor assembly, and a system controller. The grill assembly can include a grill body, a grill lid, a grilling surface, one or more burners, a gas feed line, a grill adjustment valve, and an igniter. The sensor assembly may include gas sensors, temperature sensors, and these sensors can reside in a single or multiple sensor housings. The system controller can be connected to the sensors and receive a gas sensor value and a temperature sensor value. Based on the gas sensor value and the temperature sensor value, the system controller can be able to indicating a condition of the grill to a user, or control a feature of the grill for convenience or safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: William Lawrence Sweet, Scott Michael Schroer, Alexander Donald Roe
  • Publication number: 20160200844
    Abstract: A copolymer with high chemical homogeneity, consisting of (A) 50 to 30% by weight of ethylene, (B) 50 to 70% by weight of C4- to C24-hydrocarbyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid, (C) 0 to 5% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid and (D) 0 to 10% by weight of copolymerizable monomers, obtainable by polymerizing a mixture of 80 to 60% by weight of ethylene, 20 to 40% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid and 0 to 10% by weight of copolymerizable monomers in a backmixing, continuous polymerization apparatus, and subsequently polymer-analogously esterifying the resulting copolymer with C4- to C24-hydrocarbinols. The inventive copolymer is suitable for improving the cold flow properties of fuel oils, for lowering the lower mixing temperature of cold flow improver additives into fuel oils, and for improving the filterability of fuel oils comprising cold flow improver additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank-Olaf MAEHLING, Jan STRITTMATTER, Irene TROETSCH-SCHALLER, Ivette GARCIA-CASTRO, Michael SCHROERS, Uwe REBHOLZ
  • Patent number: 8790424
    Abstract: A copolymer obtainable by free-radical copolymerization of (i) monomer units of the structure M1 in which the variables are each hydrogen, alkyl groups, carboxyl groups or carboxyl derivative moieties, and (ii) monomer units of the structure M2 in which R5 is the radical of a carboxylic ester of the formula -A-CO—O—R10 where A is an alkylene group and R10 is a hydrocarbyl radical, and in which R6, R7 and R8 are each hydrogen or alkyl radicals, and subsequent polymer-analogous reaction of the product formed with a long-chain hydrocarbyl alcohol. This copolymer is suitable for improving the cold flow properties of middle distillate fuels, especially those which consist of or comprise biofuel oils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ivette Garcia Castro, Uwe Rebholz, Irene Troetsch-Schaller, Markus Brym, Jan Strittmatter, Michael Schroers
  • Publication number: 20140142270
    Abstract: A copolymer with high chemical homogeneity, consisting of (A) 50 to 30% by weight of ethylene, (B) 50 to 70% by weight of C4- to C24-hydrocarbyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid, (C) 0 to 5% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid and (D) 0 to 10% by weight of copolymerizable monomers, obtainable by polymerizing a mixture of 80 to 60% by weight of ethylene, 20 to 40% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid and 0 to 10% by weight of copolymerizable monomers in a backmixing, continuous polymerization apparatus, and subsequently polymer-analogously esterifying the resulting copolymer with C4- to C24-hydrocarbinols. The inventive copolymer is suitable for improving the cold flow properties of fuel oils, for lowering the lower mixing temperature of cold flow improver additives into fuel oils, and for improving the filterability of fuel oils comprising cold flow improver additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank-Olaf MAEHLING, Jan Strittmatter, Irene Troetsch-Schaller, Ivette Garcia-Castro, Michael Schroers, Uwe Rebholz
  • Patent number: 8721744
    Abstract: A copolymer with high chemical homogeneity, consisting of (A) 50 to 30% by weight of ethylene, (B) 50 to 70% by weight of C4- to C24-hydrocarbyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid, (C) 0 to 5% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid and (D) 0 to 10% by weight of copolymerizable monomers, obtainable by polymerizing a mixture of 80 to 60% by weight of ethylene, 20 to 40% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid and 0 to 10% by weight of copolymerizable monomers in a backmixing, continuous polymerization apparatus, and subsequently polymer-analogously esterifying the resulting copolymer with C4- to C24-hydrocarbinols. The inventive copolymer is suitable for improving the cold flow properties of fuel oils, for lowering the lower mixing temperature of cold flow improver additives into fuel oils, and for improving the filterability of fuel oils comprising cold flow improver additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank-Olaf Maehling, Jan Strittmatter, Irene Troetsch-Schaller, Ivette Garcia Castro, Michael Schroers, Uwe Rebholz
  • Publication number: 20130232858
    Abstract: The use of substituted monoureas, diureas, polyureas, monourethanes, bisurethanes or polyurethanes of the formula R1X—CO—NR3R4 in which X is R2N or O and R1 to R4 are each independently hydrogen, alkyl radicals, alkenyl radicals, cycloalkyl radicals, aryl radicals or arylalkyl radicals, where at least one variable must comprise 4 carbon atoms and where the urea or urethane functionality may be replicated via bridging members, for further improvement of the cold flow properties of mineral oils and crude oils which already comprise further organic compounds suitable for dispersion or for promoting dispersion of paraffin crystals which precipitate under cold conditions, and organic compounds which improve the cold flow characteristics of mineral oils and crude oils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jan STRITTMATTER, Karl HAEBERLE, Wolfgang GRABARSE, Ivette GARCIA CASTRO, Markus HANSCH, Irene TROETSCH-SCHALLER, Stephan SCHENK, Michael SCHROERS, Bernhard LANGE
  • Publication number: 20120247001
    Abstract: A copolymer obtainable by free-radical copolymerization of (i) monomer units of the structure M1 in which the variables are each hydrogen, alkyl groups, carboxyl groups or carboxyl derivative moieties, and (ii) monomer units of the structure M2 in which R5 is the radical of a carboxylic ester of the formula -A-CO—O—R10 where A is an alkylene group and R10 is a hydrocarbyl radical, and in which R6, R7 and R8 are each hydrogen or alkyl radicals, and subsequent polymer-analogous reaction of the product formed with a long-chain hydrocarbyl alcohol. This copolymer is suitable for improving the cold flow properties of middle distillate fuels, especially those which consist of or comprise biofuel oils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ivette GARCIA CASTRO, Uwe Rebholz, Irene Trötsch-Schaller, Markus Brym, Jan Strittmatter, Michael Schroers
  • Patent number: 8263327
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing microcapsules. The microcapsules have an effect-substance-containing capsule core and a polymer-containing capsule covering. The capsule covering is formed by enzyme-catalyzed polymerization of monomers which are present in an inverse miniemulsion, as well as microcapsules and dispersions. The present invention also provides for using the microcapsules and microcapsule dispersions as components in colorants, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, crop protection agents, fertilizers, and additives for foods or animal feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rainer Dyllick-Brenzinger, Yvonne Dieckmann, Dietmar Haering, Bernhard Sturm, Michael Schroers, Harald Keller