Patents by Inventor Monika Oswald

Monika Oswald 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: 7892510
    Abstract: Stable, aqueous dispersion containing silicon dioxide powder having a hydroxyl group density of 2.5 to 4.7 OH/nm2, which is obtained from a silicon dioxide powder produced by a flame hydrolysis process under acid conditions. The dispersion is produced by incorporating the silicon dioxide powder into an aqueous solution by means of a dispersing device. The dispersion can be used to produce glass articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Schumacher, Monika Oswald
  • Patent number: 7888396
    Abstract: Stable, aqueous dispersion containing silicon dioxide powder having a hydroxyl group density of 2.5 to 4.7 OH/nm2, which is obtained from a silicon dioxide powder produced by a flame hydrolysis process under acid conditions. The dispersion is produced by incorporating the silicon dioxide powder into an aqueous solution by means of a dispersing device. The dispersion can be used to produce glass articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Schumacher, Monika Oswald
  • Patent number: 7887923
    Abstract: Plasma-sprayed layers of aluminium oxide on a substrate are produced by using a pyrogenically produced aluminium oxide, for example selected from the group consisting of borosilicate and steel, as starting powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Yi Deng, Monika Oswald, Klaus Deller, Rolf Clasen, Georg Fehringer
  • Patent number: 7824643
    Abstract: Stable, aqueous dispersion containing silicon dioxide powder having a hydroxyl group density of 2.5 to 4.7 OH/nm2, which is obtained from a silicon dioxide powder produced by a flame hydrolysis process under acid conditions. The dispersion is produced by incorporating the silicon dioxide powder into an aqueous solution by means of a dispersing device. The dispersion can be used to produce glass articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Schumacher, Monika Oswald
  • Patent number: 7780937
    Abstract: Granules based on silicon dioxide and having the properties: Average grain size: 10 to 120 ?m BET surface area: 40 to 400 m2/g Pore volume: 0.5 to 2.5 ml/g Pore size distribution: less than 5% of the total pore volume exists of pores with a diameter < 5 nm, rest meso- and macropores pH value: 3.6 to 8.5 Tapped density: 220 to 700 g/l They are prepared by dispersing silicon dioxide in water, spray drying, optionally heating and/or silanizing. Whereas a pyrogenic silicon dioxide powder with a BET surface area of 30 to 90 m2/g, a DBP index of 80 or less, a mean aggregate area of less than 25000 nm2 and a mean aggregate circumference of less than 1000 nm, wherein at least 70% of the aggregates have a circumference of less than 1300 nm or a high-purity pyrogenically prepared silicon dioxide having metal contents of less than 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Meyer, Monika Oswald, Klaus Deller
  • Patent number: 7731869
    Abstract: Mixed oxide powder consisting of particles with the components zirconium dioxide, aluminium oxide and at least a third component selected from the group including yttrium oxide, magnesium oxide or calcium oxide, wherein mixed oxide powder has an aluminium oxide content 0.01 to 10 wt. % and is homogeneously distributed in the mixed oxide particles, the content of aluminium oxide, zirconium dioxide and yttrium oxide is at least 99.5 wt. %, based on the total quantity of the powder, and the BET surface area is 20 to 80 m2/g. It is obtained by atomising a solution containing at least one starting compound for each of aluminium oxide, zirconium dioxide and the third component, allowing the atomised solution to react with oxygen in a reaction chamber at a reaction temperature 700 to 15000° C., cooling the hot gases and the solid products and then separating the solid product from the gases. It can be used as a dental material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Stipan Katusic, Juergen Meyer, Horst Miess, Monika Oswald, Matthias Rochnia
  • Publication number: 20100136249
    Abstract: Plasma-sprayed layers of aluminium oxide on a substrate are produced by using a pyrogenically produced aluminium oxide, for example selected from the group consisting of borosilicate and steel, as starting powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Yi DENG, Monika Oswald, Klaus Deller, Rolf Clasen, Georg Fehringer
  • Patent number: 7722849
    Abstract: Pyrogenic silicon dioxide powder with a BET surface area of 30 to 90 m2/g, a DBP index of 80 or less, a mean aggregate area of less than 25000 nm2 and a mean aggregate circumference of less than 1000 nm, wherein at least 70% of the aggregates have a circumference of less than 1300 nm. It is prepared by mixing at least one silicon compound in vapor form, a free-oxygen-containing gas and a combustible gas in a burner of known construction, igniting this gas mixture at the mouth of the burner and burning it in the flame tube of the burner, separating the solid obtained from the gas mixture and optionally purifying, wherein the oxygen content of the free-oxygen-containing gas is adjusted so that the lambda value is greater than or equal to 1, the gamma value is between 1.2 and 1.8, the throughput is between 0.1 and 0.3 kg SiO2/m3 of core gas mixture and the mean normalized rate of flow of gas in the flame tube at the level of the mouth of the burner is at least 5 m/s. The powder can be used as a filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Moerters, Helmut Mangold, Monika Oswald, Kai Schumacher, Heinz Lach, Gerrit Schneider
  • Patent number: 7704315
    Abstract: Aqueous dispersion containing a metal oxide powder with a fine fraction and a coarse fraction, in which—the metal oxide powder is silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, titanium dioxide, zirconium dioxide, cerium oxide or a mixed oxide of two or more of the aforementioned metal oxides,—the fine fraction is present in aggregated form and has a mean aggregate diameter in the dispersion of less than 200 nm,—the coarse fraction consists of particles with a mean diameter of 1 to 20 ?m, —the ratio of fine fraction to coarse fraction is 2:98 to 30:70, and—the content of metal oxide powder is 50 to 85 wt. %, referred to the total amount of the dispersion. The aqueous dispersion is produced by a process comprising the steps:—production of a fine fraction dispersion by dispersing the pulverulent fine fraction in water by means of an energy input of at least 200 KJ/m3?, and—introducing the coarse fraction in the form of a powder into the fine fraction dispersion under dispersing conditions at a low energy input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Monika Oswald, Corinna Kissner, Roland Weiss, Andreas Lauer
  • Patent number: 7700034
    Abstract: Slip containing at least one aluminium oxide powder and at least one unstabilized zirconium dioxide powder, wherein a) the zirconium dioxide powder i) has a mean particle diameter of less than 300 nm, ii) shows only the monoclinic phase and the tetragonal phase in the X-ray diffraction pattern, with the proportion of tetragonal phase at room temperature being from 20 to 70%, and iii) is present in a proportion of from 2 to 20% by weight, based on the total amount of the slip, b) the aluminium oxide powder i) has a mean particle diameter of more than 300 nm and ii) is present in a proportion of from 80 to 98% by weight, based on the total amount of the slip, and c) the solids content, as the sum of aluminium oxide and zirconium dioxide, is from 50 to 85% by weight, based on the total amount of the slip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Monika Oswald, Klaus Deller, Wolfgang Kollenberg, Dieter Nikolay
  • Publication number: 20100071594
    Abstract: Stable, aqueous dispersion containing silicon dioxide powder having a hydroxyl group density of 2.5 to 4.7 OH/nm2, which is obtained from a silicon dioxide powder produced by a flame hydrolysis process under acid conditions. The dispersion is produced by incorporating the silicon dioxide powder into an aqueous solution by means of a dispersing device. The dispersion can be used to produce glass articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Kai SCHUMACHER, Monika Oswald
  • Publication number: 20100048376
    Abstract: Process for preparing granules of oxidic or nonoxidic metal compounds, characterized in that a dispersion which comprises water, oxidic or nonoxidic metal compounds and at least one dispersant is spray-dried,—where the proportion of oxidic or nonoxidic metal compounds is 40 to 70% by weight and the sum of the proportions of water and the particles is at least 70% by weight and—the particles have a BET surface area of 20 to 150 m2/g and a median of the particle size of less than 100 nm,—where the dispersant is present in the dispersion with a proportion of 0.25 to 10% by weight based on the oxidic or nonoxidic metal compounds and—where the spray-drying is performed by atomization with air in the cocurrent principle or fountain principle, and an air inlet temperature of 170 to 300° C. and an air outlet temperature of 90 to 130° C. are selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicants: EVONIK DEGUSSA GmbH, FRAUNHOFER-GESELL. ZUR FOERD. DER ANG. FORS. E.V.
    Inventors: Monika Oswald, Klaus Deller, Tassilo Moritz, Manfred Nebelung
  • Publication number: 20100037800
    Abstract: Stable, aqueous dispersion containing silicon dioxide powder having a hydroxyl group density of 2.5 to 4.7 OH/nm2, which is obtained from a silicon dioxide powder produced by a flame hydrolysis process under acid conditions. The dispersion is produced by incorporating the silicon dioxide powder into an aqueous solution by means of a dispersing device. The dispersion can be used to produce glass articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Kai SCHUMACHER, Monika OSWALD
  • Publication number: 20090105354
    Abstract: Dispersion of zirconium dioxide having a solids content of from 30 to 75 wt. %, based on the total amount of the dispersion, and a median value of the particle size distribution in the dispersion of less than 200 nm, obtainable by predispersing a zirconium dioxide powder and/or a zirconium mixed oxide powder having a ZrC>2 content of at least 70 wt. %, the powders being in the form of aggregated primary particles and having no internal surface and a BET surface area of the powder of 60±15 m2/g, in a dispersing agent in the presence of from 0.1 to 5 wt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: DEGUSSA GmbH
    Inventors: Monika Oswald, Corinna Kissner, Wolfgang Lortz
  • Publication number: 20090053427
    Abstract: Glass is produced by depositing presintering composition on a preform set into move in front of a plasma torch which moves back and forth substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of the preform, a first feed duct feeds the plasma with grains of the presintering composition while optionally a second feed duct feeds the plasma with a fluorine or chlorine compound, preferably a fluorine compound, mixed with a carrier gas, whereby the presintering composition consists of granules of metal oxides or metalloid oxides of a pyrogenic silicon dioxide powder with a BET surface area of 30 to 90 m2/g, a DBP index of 80 or less, a mean aggregate area of less than 25000 nm2 and a mean aggregate circumference of less than 1000 nm, wherein at least 70% of the aggregates have a circumference of less than 1300 nm or a high-purity pyrogenically prepared silicon dioxide having metal contents of less than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: DEGUSSA GMBH
    Inventors: Monika Oswald, Jurgen Meyer, Klaus Deller
  • Publication number: 20080312065
    Abstract: Aqueous dispersion containing: at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of alpha-aluminium oxide, cerium oxide, silicon dioxide, titanium dioxide and zirconium dioxide and in addition at least one transition aluminium oxide which is present in the form of aggregates of primary particles, wherein the total content of metal oxide and transition aluminium oxide is from 60 to 75% by weight, based on the total amount of the dispersion, the content of transition aluminium oxide is from 30 to 45% by weight, based on the total amount of the dispersion, the BET surface area of the transition aluminium oxide is from 30 to 90 m2/g, the mean aggregate diameter of the transition aluminium oxide is less than 100 nm, the mean particle diameter of the metal oxide is from 100 to 500 nm, and a dispersant selected from the group consisting of polyaluminium hydroxychloride, polyaluminium hydroxynitrate and/or polyaluminium hydroxysulphate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
    Inventors: Monika Oswald, Corinna Kissner
  • Publication number: 20080264106
    Abstract: Method for fabricating a glass-monolith by the sol-gel process, in which a pyrogenically produced silica (fumed silica) is used in the form of a powder and/or a dispersion, characterized in that as pyrogenically produced silica (fumed silica) a silica (fumed silica) deriving from the group highly pure, pyrogenically produced silica (fumed silica) with a metal content of lower than 9 ppm and/or a pyrogenically prepared silicon dioxide powder having—a BET surface area of 30 to 90 m2/g, —a DBP number of 80 or less, an average aggregate area of less than 25,000 nm2, an average aggregate circumference of less than 1,000 nm, at least 70% of the aggregates having a circumference of less than 1,300 nm is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Monika Oswald, Klaus Deller
  • Publication number: 20080258358
    Abstract: Slip containing at least one aluminium oxide powder and at least one unstabilized zirconium dioxide powder, wherein a) the zirconium dioxide powder i) has a mean particle diameter of less than 300 nm, ii) shows only the monoclinic phase and the tetragonal phase in the X-ray diffraction pattern, with the proportion of tetragonal phase at room temperature being from 20 to 70%, and iii) is present in a proportion of from 2 to 20% by weight, based on the total amount of the slip, b) the aluminium oxide powder i) has a mean particle diameter of more than 300 nm and ii) is present in a proportion of from 80 to 98% by weight, based on the total amount of the slip, and c) the solids content, as the sum of aluminium oxide and zirconium dioxide, is from 50 to 85% by weight, based on the total amount of the slip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: EVONIK DEGUSSA GmbH
    Inventors: Monika Oswald, Klaus Deller, Wolfgang Kollenberg, Dieter Nikolay
  • Publication number: 20080217591
    Abstract: Mixed oxide powder consisting of particles with the components zirconium dioxide, aluminium oxide and at least a third component selected from the group including yttrium oxide, magnesium oxide or calcium oxide, wherein mixed oxide powder has an aluminium oxide content 0.01 to 10 wt. % and is homogeneously distributed in the mixed oxide particles, the content of aluminium oxide, zirconium dioxide and yttrium oxide is at least 99.5 wt. %, based on the total quantity of the powder, and the BET surface area is 20 to 80 m2/g. It is obtained by atomising a solution containing at least one starting compound for each of aluminium oxide, zirconium dioxide and the third component, allowing the atomised solution to react with oxygen in a reaction chamber at a reaction temperature 700 to 15000° C., cooling the hot gases and the solid products and then separating the solid product from the gases. It can be used as a dental material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Stipan Katusic, Jurgen Meyer, Horst Miess, Monika Oswald, Matthias Rochnia
  • Publication number: 20080213497
    Abstract: Glass is produced by depositing presintering composition on a preform set into move in front of a plasma torch which moves back and forth substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of the preform, a first feed duct feeds the plasma with grains of the presintering composition while optionally a second feed duct feeds the plasma with a fluorine or chlorine compound, preferably a fluorine compound, mixed with a carrier gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Monika Oswald, Gerrit Schneider, Jurgen Meyer