Patents by Inventor Patrick Kroeger

Patrick Kroeger 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).

  • CARBON BLACK RECOVERY METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SAME
    Publication number: 20240158641
    Abstract: The present technology generally relates to a method for recovering carbon black (rCB) from a vulcanized polymer matrix, the method comprising performing oxidative desulfurization of the vulcanized polymer matrix with an aqueous chloramine solution. The present technology also relates to compositions comprising rCB obtained from the methods defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventor: Patrick KROEGER
  • Recycling of styrene butadiene rubber and like materials
    Patent number: 9458303
    Abstract: Present embodiments provide efficient and cost-effective use of chloramines such as monochloramine, NH2Cl, to degrade styrene butadiene rubber, a material from which tires and other products are made, so that it can be recycled, and do so by overcoming the limitations of monochloramine due to its thermodynamic instability by achieving and maintaining adequate monochloramine concentrations for the degrading process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Gerold A. Willing, Patrick Kroeger
  • Method and device for determining a center of gravity of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 8825286
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for determining a center of gravity of a motor vehicle are described. In said method and apparatus, for at least one wheel of the motor vehicle, two different drive force values representing a drive force are determined. In addition, longitudinal acceleration values associated with the determined drive force values, and wheel slip values associated with the determined drive force values, are determined. As a function of the drive force values, the associated longitudinal acceleration values and the associated wheel slip values that are determined, coordinates of the center of gravity of the vehicle are determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Patrick Kroeger
  • Method for determining the vehicle longitudinal velocity in a vehicle
    Patent number: 8473174
    Abstract: In a method for determining the vehicle longitudinal velocity in a vehicle, a wheel longitudinal force is determined in an estimation equation as a function of the wheel speeds and the vehicle longitudinal velocity is ascertained as a function of the wheel longitudinal force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Patrick Kroeger, Sergey Antonov
  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE VEHICLE LONGITUDINAL VELOCITY IN A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20120179348
    Abstract: In a method for determining the vehicle longitudinal velocity in a vehicle, a wheel longitudinal force is determined in an estimation equation as a function of the wheel speeds and the vehicle longitudinal velocity is ascertained as a function of the wheel longitudinal force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Patrick Kroeger, Sergey Antonov
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A CENTER OF GRAVITY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20110224895
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for determining a center of gravity of a motor vehicle are described. In said method and apparatus, for at least one wheel of the motor vehicle, two different drive force values representing a drive force are determined. In addition, longitudinal acceleration values associated with the determined drive force values, and wheel slip values associated with the determined drive force values, are determined. As a function of the drive force values, the associated longitudinal acceleration values and the associated wheel slip values that are determined, coordinates of the center of gravity of the vehicle are determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventor: Patrick Kroeger