Patents by Inventor Norbert Nicolai

Norbert Nicolai 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: 20230228018
    Abstract: A method for the production of a continuous nonwoven fabric from fiber mixtures of carrier fibers and binding fibers, comprising the steps: a. Feeding fibers; b. Breaking up, combing and opening out the fibers; c. Mixing the fibers; d. Sucking the fibers between two opposing airpermeable conveyor belts running at identical speed, such that the air is sucked from the outside in the front section of the conveyor belts in such a way that the air flow is always sucked through the deposited nonwoven fabric by air extraction at different times and different locations across the width and parallel to the conveyor belts and the fibers are thereby positioned perpendicular to the surface of the conveyor belts; e. Thermally solidifying the nonwoven fabric created by heating with hot air or shortwave radiation and cooling. Also a nonwoven fabric production apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Wonku Lee, Norbert Nicolai
  • Patent number: 11577671
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an absorbing sound insulation motor vehicle trim element having a four-layered structure made from a first foam layer, a second foam layer, a non-woven foam layer and a non-woven fabric layer. The invention further relates to an absorbing sound insulation motor vehicle trim element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Adler Pelzer Holding GMBH
    Inventors: Volkmar Schulze, Helmut Becker, Volker Kursch, Maurizio Tarello, Norbert Nicolai
  • Patent number: 11285689
    Abstract: The present invention includes a multi-layer acoustic and/or reinforcing non-woven fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Adler Pelzer Holding GMBH
    Inventors: Volkmar Schulze, Norbert Nicolai, Herbert Vollmert, Ctirad Zikmund, Marco Schneider, Reimund Piatkowski
  • Patent number: 10800352
    Abstract: The invention relates to an acoustic component contoured in a planar manner or three-dimensionally shaped, namely a firewall of a motor vehicle, and use of said component, said component comprising at least one sound-absorbing material and possibly at least one carrier material, wherein the sound-absorbing material is completely or partially covered by a flow layer at least on a planar side or in a composite of layers, wherein the flow layer has nanofibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Adler Pelzer Holding GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Nicolai, Volkmar Schulze, Marco Schneider, Rod Morris-Kirby
  • Publication number: 20200023793
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an absorbing sound insulation motor vehicle trim element having a four-layered structure made from a first foam layer, a second foam layer, a non-woven foam layer and a non-woven fabric layer. The invention further relates to an absorbing sound insulation motor vehicle trim element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Volkmar SCHULZE, Helmut BECKER, Volker KURSCH, Maurizio TARELLO, Norbert NICOLAI
  • Patent number: 10322551
    Abstract: A 3-dimensional high-strength fiber composite component having isotropic fiber distribution, comprising 25 to 70 wt % of high-strength, high-modulus fibers, up to 5 wt % of binding fibers, and 25 to 70 wt % of thermosetting or thermoplastic matrix. The invention further relates to a method for producing same, comprising the following steps: preparing the fibers by opening the fibers by releasing the fibers from fiber bundles, bales, or textile structures; sucking and/or blowing the opened fibers onto a three-dimensional, air-permeable tool half having the contour of this side of the component in an interactively controlled manner; pre-solidifying the obtained fiber molding in the flock box; transferring the fiber molding onto a pressing tool in the form of the contour of the air-permeable tool half of the component; bringing into contact with at least one liquid plastic; and solidifying the fiber molding by pressing in order to form a component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Adler Pelzer Holding GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Nicolai, Reimund Piatkowski, Lino Mondino, Heinrich Grimm, Volkmar Schulze
  • Publication number: 20190061311
    Abstract: The present invention includes a multi-layer acoustic and/or reinforcing non-woven fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Volkmar SCHULZE, Norbert NICOLAI, Herbert VOLLMERT, Ctirad ZIKMUND, Marco SCHNEIDER, Reimund PIATKOWSKI
  • Publication number: 20190009447
    Abstract: The invention relates to a film production method for producing a thermally deformable plastic film having an at least two-color design, comprising the following steps: extruding a first plastic to form a molten plastic melt and dispensing the plastic melt of the first plastic in a planar manner in a first thickness by means of an extruder nozzle/slit nozzle; applying a second, scatterable and/or free-flowing plastic in a defined, planar manner in a defined pattern design with a pattern template onto the plastic melt consisting of the first plastic, and calendaring/sizing the thickness of the plastic melt and simultaneously at least partially pressing the second plastic applied in a planar manner in the pattern design into the first plastic by means of a calendar assembly, cooling the melt to form a solid plastic film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Norbert NICOLAI, André WUTZLER, Volkmar SCHULZE, Hannes BLOMBERG, Gabriele TOCCHI
  • Publication number: 20180297539
    Abstract: The invention relates to an acoustic component contoured in a planar manner or three-dimensionally shaped, namely a firewall of a motor vehicle, and use of said component, said component comprising at least one sound-absorbing material and possibly at least one carrier material, wherein the sound-absorbing material is completely or partially covered by a flow layer at least on a planar side or in a composite of layers, wherein the flow layer has nanofibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: HP PELZER HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert NICOLAI, Volkmar SCHULZE, Marco SCHNEIDER, Rod MORRIS-KIRBY
  • Patent number: 9975283
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing at least two-layer components and correspondingly produced components per se as absorptive lining in the interior and/or boot or for floor coverings of motor vehicles, comprising a top material and an absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: HP Pelzer Holding GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Nicolai, Reimund Piatkowski, Hartmut Renken, Klaus Krömer, Volkmar Schulze
  • Publication number: 20170348921
    Abstract: A 3-dimensional high-strength fiber composite component having isotropic fiber distribution, comprising 25 to 70 wt % of high-strength, high-modulus fibers, up to 5 wt % of binding fibers, and 25 to 70 wt % of thermosetting or thermoplastic matrix. The invention further relates to a method for producing same, comprising the following steps: preparing the fibers by opening the fibers by releasing the fibers from fiber bundles, bales, or textile structures; sucking and/or blowing the opened fibers onto a three-dimensional, air-permeable tool half having the contour of this side of the component in an interactively controlled manner; pre-solidifying the obtained fiber molding in the flock box; transferring the fiber molding onto a pressing tool in the form of the contour of the air-permeable tool half of the component; bringing into contact with at least one liquid plastic; and solidifying the fiber molding by pressing in order to form a component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: HP PELZER HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert NICOLAI, Reimund PIATKOWSKI, Lino Mondino, Heinrich GRIMM, Volkmar SCHULZE
  • Patent number: 9702141
    Abstract: The invention concerns a multilayered perforated sound absorber (1) with a microperforated plastics film (4) and a thermally deformable absorber (3) which is a foam layer, a fabric or a fibrous non-woven layer. The invention further concerns a method for producing a corresponding sound absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: HP Pelzer Holding GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Nicolai, Rod Morris-Kirby, Marco Schneider, Uwe Kaiser, Reimund Piatkowski, Volkmar Schulze
  • Publication number: 20160207241
    Abstract: The invention concerns a compounder-injection-molding unit, wherein a continuously operating compounder is coupled to a discontinuously operating screw injection-molding machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: HP PELZER HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Joerg GERIGK, Tariq OWEIMREEN, Volkmar SCHULZE, Thomas KARCZ, Thomas BUCKI, Norbert NICOLAI
  • Publication number: 20160108511
    Abstract: A method for spray-coating substrate surfaces, in which (a) a thermoplastically processable material is molten and thus liquefied in an extruder in a first step; (b) the molten material is pressurized by means of a carrier gas or vapor; (c) a mixture formed from said molten material and said carrier gas or vapor is pressed through one or more nozzles, optionally supplying a spraying gas having a temperature at least as high as the melt temperature to the spraying jet in the region of the discharge opening of the nozzle; and (d) the obtained spray jet with the molten material is directed onto the substrate surface, wherein the material impinges in drops in a flowable state onto the substrate surface, forms a continuous coating on the substrate surface, and subsequently solidifies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: HP PELZER HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Nicolai, Volkmar Schulze, Thomas Karcz, Sergej Kohlert, Joachim Meyke, Holger Schaarschmidt, Toni Nippe, Christian Urban
  • Publication number: 20150298369
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing at least two-layer components and correspondingly produced components per se as absorptive lining in the interior and/or boot or for floor coverings of motor vehicles, comprising a top material and an absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: HP Pelzer Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert NICOLAI, Reimund PIATKOWSKI, Hartmut RENKEN, Klaus KRÖMER, Volkmar SCHULZE
  • Publication number: 20150267401
    Abstract: The invention concerns a multilayered perforated sound absorber (1) with a microperforated plastics film (4) and a thermally deformable absorber (3) which is a foam layer, a fabric or a fibrous non-woven layer. The invention further concerns a method for producing a corresponding sound absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: HP PELZER HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Nicolai, Rod Morris-Kirby, Marco Schneider, Uwe Kaiser, Reimund Piatkowski, Volkmar Schulze
  • Publication number: 20150118437
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle part material structure for sound insulation for the motor vehicle interior and motor vehicle trunk, namely floor mats floor coverings, and trunk linings, that makes it possible to industrially implement complete reprocessing of the entire composite, in particular the fiber material. The motor vehicle part has a PIT fiber layer, an optional substrate layer made of PET and/or COPET, an optional PET adhesive layer, a PET adhesive layer, a layer made of PET fiber nonwoven & brie or woven fabric, and an insulating layer made of PET/COPET.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Volkmar Schulze, Norbert Nicolai, André Feole, Fabrizio Fornasa, Federica Filotto
  • Patent number: 8950548
    Abstract: The invention relates to a broadband sound absorber (1) which comprises a sound-absorbing filler material between two microperforated film webs (2) which are contiguous on their edges, said filler material optionally containing heavy fillers. The broadband sound absorber (1) achieves excellent acoustic insulation and has microperforations (4) all over or only in sections, said filler material optionally containing heavy fillers (mass density) and one or both microperforated film webs (2) having the same thickness across their surface or thickened portions (3, 5) of the same or a different material in some sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: HP Pelzer Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Marco Schneider, Dirk Jaeger, Volker Kursch, Edmund Sumann, Norbert Nicolai, Volkmar Schulze
  • Publication number: 20130153331
    Abstract: The invention relates to a broadband sound absorber (1) which comprises a sound-absorbing filler material between two microperforated film webs (2) which are contiguous on their edges, said filler material optionally containing heavy fillers. The broadband sound absorber (1) achieving excellent acoustic insulation comprises a sound-absorbing filler material between two film webs (2) which are contiguous on their edges and have microperforations (4) all over or only in sections, said filler material optionally containing heavy fillers (mass density) and one or both microperforated film webs (2) having the same thickness across their surface or thickened portions (3, 5) of the same or a different material in some sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: HP Pelzer Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Marco Schneider, Dirk Jaeger, Volker Kursch, Edmund Sumann, Norbert Nicolai, Volkmar Schulze
  • Publication number: 20110083792
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a velour rug, comprising the following steps: a) needling of a nonwoven/mali nonwoven on a bristle strip using a needling machine, in the process of which a pile nonwoven/carrier nonwoven is pulled into and partially back out of the bristle strip such that the fibers of the pile nonwoven/carrier nonwoven are located in the plane of the bristle strip, b) separating the nonwoven from the bristle strip by means of a roller brush, c) brushing the pile side prior to cutting the loops, characterized in that, in order to increase the fiber density and enhance the pile stability, an additional nonwoven/mali nonwoven, especially a pile nonwoven/carrier nonwoven, is placed onto the reverse of the nonwoven/mali nonwoven, especially between a first and second needling unit, between steps a) and b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT FUER AKUSTIK (EFA) MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Herbert Vollmert, Gabl Brade-Scholz, Norbert Nicolai, Volkmar Schulze, Johannes Jurk, Guenter Liebner