Patents by Inventor Peter Merkel
Peter Merkel 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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Publication number: 20240082850Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cross-flow shredder for grinding material with integrated dust-tight conveying means and air recirculation, and a method for grinding material using the cross-flow shredder according to the disclosure. An apparatus and a method for comminuting material to be ground are disclosed, the apparatus comprising a feed opening for material to be ground, a feed device, a cross-flow shredder, two screw conveyors for conveying the material to be ground and an intermediate dust-tight bunker, the two screw conveyors being connected in a dust-tight manner to the cross-flow shredder on the respective feed side and in a rod-tight manner to the intermediate bunker on the discharge side, the intermediate bunker being connected to the cross-flow shredder via a hose or pipe system, and the intermediate bunker having a discharge opening closed by a slide valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Martin Dreismann, Peter Merkel
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Publication number: 20210340064Abstract: A filler for production of cement-bound shaped bodies, comprising a material group mixture of comminuted and sorted waste materials, conditioned with chemical reagents/compounds in the presence of water, wherein the material group mixture is composed of comminuted and sorted waste materials, selected from the following material groups: PPK: paper, paperboard, cardboard plastics inert material textiles wood which are mixed according with a mass-related material group vector and then comminuted.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2019Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Jürgen STEINMÜLLER, Peter MERKEL, Martin DREISMANN
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Patent number: 10543664Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a molding made from blowing agent-containing foam comprising at least one fiber (F), wherein the at least one fiber (F) is partially introduced into the blowing agent-containing foam. The two ends of the respective fiber (F) that are not surrounded by the blowing agent-containing foam thus project from one side of the corresponding molding. The present invention also provides the molding as such. The present invention further provides a panel comprising at least one such molding, produced by the process according to the invention, and at least one further layer (S1). The present invention also provides for the production of the panels of the invention and for the use thereof, for example as a rotor blade in wind turbines.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Holger Ruckdäschel, Rene Arbter, Robert Stein, Daniela Longo-Schedel, Tim Diehlmann, Bangaru Sampath, Peter Gutmann, Alexandre Terrenoire, Markus Hartenstein, Andreas Kirgis, Alessio Morino, Gregor Daun, Marc Claude Martin, Peter Merkel, Thomas Kiciak
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Patent number: 10090703Abstract: A converter module for use in a switchgear assembly for power distribution, has: one or more AC supply bus bars for providing AC power supply; one or more AC or DC power distribution bus bars for distributing power to loads; and one or more converter units for converting AC power from the AC supply bus bars to AC or DC power onto AC or DC power distribution bus bars, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: ABB AGInventors: Hans-Peter Merkel, Matthias Forstbach, Andre Schaerer
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Publication number: 20180257345Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a molding made from blowing agent-containing foam comprising at least one fiber (F), wherein the at least one fiber (F) is partially introduced into the blowing agent-containing foam. The two ends of the respective fiber (F) that are not surrounded by the blowing agent-containing foam thus project from one side of the corresponding molding. The present invention also provides the molding as such. The present invention further provides a panel comprising at least one such molding, produced by the process according to the invention, and at least one further layer (S1). The present invention also provides for the production of the panels of the invention and for the use thereof, for example as a rotor blade in wind turbines.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2015Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Holger RUCKDÄSCHEL, Rene ARBTER, Robert STEIN, Daniela LONGO-SCHEDEL, Tim DIEHLMANN, Bangaru SAMPATH, Peter GUTMANN, Alexandre TERRENOIRE, Markus HARTENSTEIN, Andreas KIRGIS, Alessio MORINO, Gregor DAUN, Marc Claude MARTIN, Peter MERKEL, Thomas KICIAK
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Publication number: 20170369667Abstract: The invention relates to a molding composed of extruded foam, wherein at least one fiber (F) is present with a fiber region (FB2) within the molding and is surrounded by the extruded foam, while a fiber region (FB1) of the fiber (F) projects from a first side of the molding and a fiber region (FB3) of the fiber (F) projects from a second side of the molding, and the extruded foam is produced by an extrusion process comprising the following steps: I) providing a polymer melt in an extruder, II) introducing at least one blowing agent into the polymer melt provided in step I) to obtain a foamable polymer melt, III) extruding the foamable polymer melt obtained in step II) from the extruder through at least one die aperture into an area at lower pressure, with expansion of the foamable polymer melt to obtain an expanded foam, and IV) calibrating the expanded foam from step III) by conducting the expanded foam through a shaping tool to obtain the extruded foam.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2015Publication date: December 28, 2017Inventors: Holger RUCKDÄSCHEL, Rene ARBTER, Robert STEIN, Daniela LONGO-SCHEDEL, Tim DIEHLMANN, Bangaru SAMPATH, Peter GUTMANN, Alexandre TERRENOIRE, Markus HARTENSTEIN, Andreas KIRGIS, Gregor DAUN, Marc Claude MARTIN, Peter MERKEL, Thomas KICIAK, Alessio MORINO
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Publication number: 20170005514Abstract: A converter module for use in a switchgear assembly for power distribution, has: one or more AC supply bus bars for providing AC power supply; one or more AC or DC power distribution bus bars for distributing power to loads; and one or more converter units for converting AC power from the AC supply bus bars to AC or DC power onto AC or DC power distribution bus bars, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2014Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: Hans-Peter Merkel, Matthias Forstbach, Andre Schaerer
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Patent number: 9287687Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical low-voltage switchgear, comprising at least two power units accommodated in slide-in units or in a housing, and comprising control units assigned to the power units. The control units are spatially separated from the power units and power levers and are connected to one another via signal lines.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2006Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: ABB PATENT GMBHInventors: Klaus Kraft, Hans-Peter Merkel
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PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A THERMOPLASTIC FOAM SHEET VIA SYMMETRICAL BONDING OF THE INPUT SHEETS
Publication number: 20160023434Abstract: A process for the production of an at least two-layer thermoplastic foam sheet via symmetrical bonding, e.g., by thermal welding, of at least two thinner thermoplastic foam sheets to give the at least two-layer thermoplastic foam sheet. The invention further relates to thermoplastic foam sheets having at least two layers. The number of the layers of the thermoplastic foam sheet derives from the number of thin thermoplastic foam sheets that are thermally welded to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Dietrich SCHERZER, Klaus HAHN, Christoph HAHN, Tim DIEHLMANN, Peter MERKEL, Franz-Josef DIETZEN, Carsten SANDNER, Cathrin SCHRÖDER, Maria-Kristin SOMMER -
Patent number: 9090768Abstract: A mixture which comprises from 5 to 50% by weight of a block copolymer A, which comprises one or more copolymer blocks (B/S)A each composed of from 65 to 95% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers and from 35 to 5% by weight of dienes and of a glass transition temperature TgA in the range from 40° to 90° C.; from 95 to 50% by weight of a block copolymer B, which comprises at least one hard block S composed of vinylaromatic monomers and comprises one or more copolymer blocks (B/S)B each composed of from 20 to 60% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers and from 80 to 40% by weight of dienes and of a glass transition temperature TgB in the range from ?70° to 0° C.; from 0 to 45% by weight of polystyrene or of a block copolymer C other than A and B; and from 0 to 6% by weight of a plasticizer; and its use for production of shrink films.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2005Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Styrolution Europe GmbHInventors: Konrad Knoll, Helmut Steininger, Michael Schuster, Daniel Wagner, Peter Merkel
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Patent number: 8994543Abstract: A diagnosis and maintenance device is provided for a switchgear assembly, for example, a low-voltage switchgear assembly. The diagnosis and maintenance device includes a data processing device and at least one first, internal interface device, which is connected to at least one connected and communication-capable apparatus in the switchgear assembly in a communicating manner and polls and/or processes the diagnosis and maintenance information and/or status information of the connected and communication-capable apparatus and provides said information in an accessible manner as usable and/or human-readable information and/or outputs and/or displays said information as usable and/or human-readable information. A switchgear assembly having such a device is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: ABB AGInventors: Hans-Peter Merkel, Matthias Forstbach, Ralf Graf
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Patent number: 8770630Abstract: A method for providing a hose pipe connection is disclosed. Embodiments of the method start with a pipe having an enlarged end portion. A sleeve is introduced into the end of the flexible hose. The sleeve has an inner diameter that is equal to the inner diameter of the hose. In an embodiment, the inner diameter of the sleeve is increased while the end of the hose is already placed on the sleeve. The hose fitted with the sleeve is then introduced into the enlarged end of the pipe. Crimping of the enlarged end will then secure the sleeve and the hose and provide a fluid tight and mechanically sturdy connection.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2012Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Eaton Fluid Power GmbHInventors: Thomas Zenon Zakrzewski, Andreas Richard Hilgert, Markus Angelo Ullrich, Ralph Peter Merkel
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Publication number: 20120280491Abstract: A method for providing a hose pipe connection is disclosed. Embodiments of the method start with a pipe having an enlarged end portion. A sleeve is introduced into the end of the flexible hose. The sleeve has an inner diameter that is equal to the inner diameter of the hose. In an embodiment, the inner diameter of the sleeve is increased while the end of the hose is already placed on the sleeve. The hose fitted with the sleeve is then introduced into the enlarged end of the pipe. Crimping of the enlarged end will then secure the sleeve and the hose and provide a fluid tight and mechanically sturdy connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Inventors: Thomas Zenon Zakrzewski, Andreas Richard Hilgert, Markus Angelo Ullrich, Ralph Peter Merkel
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Publication number: 20120283345Abstract: The invention is directed to extruded foam based on thermoplastic polymers. The foam contains at least one styrene copolymer which contains copolymerized maleic anhydride units or copolymerized maleimide units, and optionally styrene-acrylonitrile copolymers (SAN), and thermoplastic polymers and at least one halogen-containing polymer as flame retardant, and at least one flame retardant synergist selected from antimony trioxide and dicumyl. The invention also relates to a process for producing the foam with introducing carbon dioxide as blowing agent, and acetone as coblowing agent; into the polymer melt in order to form a foamable melt, and extruding the foamable melt into a region of relatively low pressure with foaming to give the extruded foam. The invention also relates to the use of said foam as insulation material and as structural foam.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Holger Ruckdäschel, Ingo Bellin, Christian Däschlein, Klaus Hahn, Peter Merkel, Juan-Manuel Igea-Ruiz, Herbert Schall, Maria-Kristin Sommer, Tobias Höld, Christoph Hahn, Elmar Boy
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Publication number: 20120262300Abstract: A diagnosis and maintenance device is provided for a switchgear assembly, for example, a low-voltage switchgear assembly. The diagnosis and maintenance device includes a data processing device and at least one first, internal interface device, which is connected to at least one connected and communication-capable apparatus in the switchgear assembly in a communicating manner and polls and/or processes the diagnosis and maintenance information and/or status information of the connected and communication-capable apparatus and provides said information in an accessible manner as usable and/or human-readable information and/or outputs and/or displays said information as usable and/or human-readable information. A switchgear assembly having such a device is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2012Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: ABB AGInventors: Hans-Peter MERKEL, Matthias Forstbach, Ralf Graf
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Publication number: 20120252914Abstract: Flame-retardant polymer foams which comprise, as flame retardant, at least one halogenated polymer, for example brominated polystyrene or styrene-butadiene block copolymer having bromine content in the range from 40 to 80% by weight, or tetrabromobisphenol A compounds (TBBPA), processes for producing these, and also flame-retardant expandable styrene polymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2010Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Klaus Hahn, Olaf Kriha, Ingo Bellin, Frank Braun, Patrick Spies, Jan Kurt Walter Sandler, Geert Janssens, Jürgen Fischer, Christoph Fleckenstein, Hartmut Denecke, Sabine Fuchs, Peter Merkel, Manfred Pawlowski, Holger Ruckdäschel, Klemens Massonne
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Patent number: 8262285Abstract: A device for measuring gas temperature in a casing box having different heat-generating units disposed therein. The device includes a temperature-measuring arrangement disposed substantially in a plane above the different heat-generating units. The temperature-measuring arrangement includes a matrix of uniformly distributed temperature sensors configured to measure a temperature of rising gas.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2007Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: ABB AGInventors: Rudiger Kratschmar, Ralf Graf, Hans-Peter Merkel
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Patent number: 8230573Abstract: A method for providing a hose pipe connection is disclosed. Embodiments of the method start with a pipe having an enlarged end portion. A sleeve is introduced into the end of the flexible hose. The sleeve has an inner diameter that is equal to the inner diameter of the hose. In an embodiment, the inner diameter of the sleeve is increased while the end of the hose is already placed on the sleeve. The hose fitted with the sleeve is then introduced into the enlarged end of the pipe. Crimping of the enlarged end will then secure the sleeve and the hose and provide a fluid tight and mechanically sturdy connection.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2009Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Eaton Fluid Power GmbHInventors: Thomas Zenon Zakrzewski, Andreas Richard Hilgert, Markus Angelo Ullrich, Ralph Peter Merkel
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Patent number: 8217104Abstract: A mixture which comprises a) from 25 to 75% by weight of a block copolymer A which comprises at least one hard block S composed of vinylaromatic monomers and comprises one or more soft blocks BA in each case composed of from 0 to 5% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers and from 95 to 100% by weight of dienes, where the proportion by weight of the hard blocks S in the block copolymer A is from 65 to 90% by weight; b) from 5 to 25% by weight of a block copolymer B which comprises at least one hard block S composed of vinylaromatic monomers and comprises one or more copolymer blocks (B/S)B in each case composed of from 20 to 60% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers and from 80 to 40% by weight of dienes, where the proportion by weight of the hard blocks S in the block copolymer B is from 25 to 70% by weight; c) from 0 to 70% by weight of polystyrene or of a block copolymer C other than A and B, and d) from 0 to 6% by weight of a plasticizer D, where the entirety of components A) to D) gives 100% by weight, andType: GrantFiled: June 13, 2007Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Styrolution GmbHInventors: Jennifer Stewart, Peter Merkel, Daniel Wagner, Konrad Knoll, Jürgen Koch
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Publication number: 20120164425Abstract: A thermoplastic extruded foam sheet having a thickness in the range from 15 mm to 200 mm and cells having an average cell size in the range from 20 to 2000 ?m, wherein the cell membranes have a fibrous structure with fiber diameters below 1500 nm is useful for example as insulating material, especially in the building construction industry.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Holger Ruckdäschel, Jens Aßmann, Carsten Schips, Klaus Hahn, Georg Gräßel, Jürgen Lambert, Christof Zylla, Peter Merkel, Geert Janssens