Patents by Inventor Rainer Blum

Rainer Blum 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: 6074757
    Abstract: The invention relates to mixtures of preferably from 80 to 99.9% by weight, based on the mixture, of a solution S1 comprising one or more polyamidocarboxylic acids and preferably from 0.1 to 20% by weight, based on the mixture, of a solution S2 comprising one or more, preferably primary, diamines and one or more tetracarboxylic acid diesters, processes for producing polyimide coatings using such mixtures, the use of such mixtures for producing polyimide coatings, and also polyamide-coated articles obtainable using such mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Schenectady Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus-Wilhelm Lienert, Gerold Schmidt, Rainer Blum
  • Patent number: 5891593
    Abstract: Electrode materials suitable for electrochemical cells containing a) a polymeric binder which is composed essentially of polyisobutene having a limiting viscosity number of from 551 to 661 g/cm.sup.3 and b) a solid which is capable of reversibly taking up or releasing lithium ions in an electrochemical reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: EMTEC Magnetics GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Keller, Bernd Bronstert, Helmut Steininger, Gunter Heil, Rainer Blum
  • Patent number: 5558911
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of coating articles with powder coatings which contain polymers and are applied to the surface of the substrate to be coated, are melted and are crosslinked by UV radiation, the polymers employed being copolymers of(a) at least one monomer of the general formula (I)CH.sub.2 .dbd.C(R.sup.1)--CO--OR.sup.2 (I)whereR.sup.1 =H or CH.sub.3 andR.sup.2 =H, C.sub.n H.sub.2n+1 where n=from 1 to 30, or is an alicyclic, araliphatic or heterocyclic radical, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, glycidyl or aminoalkyl,or of the general formula IICH.sub.2 .dbd.C(R.sup.1)--CO--NR.sup.3 R.sup.4 (II)where R.sup.3 =H or CH.sub.3 andwhere R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 may be identical to or different from one another and are H, CH.sub.2 OH, C.sub.n H.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: BASF Lacke + Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Rainer Blum
  • Patent number: 5493003
    Abstract: Solutions of polyimide-forming substances containA) polyamines andB) amides and/or esters of tetracarboxylic acids, the amido or ester groups carrying substituents selected from the group consisting of carboxyl, sulfo and silicon-containing groups,and are used as polyimide coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Assignee: BASF Lacke + Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer Blum, Manfred Schwarz, Gerhard Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 5489644
    Abstract: Solutions of polyimide-forming substances containA) aromatic or partly aromatic diamines andB) tetraesters of imide-forming aromatic or partly aromatic tetracarboxylic acids or mixtures of these tetraesters with the corresponding tri-, di- and/or monoesters.These solutions are suitable for the production of coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1996
    Assignee: BASF Lacke + Farben
    Inventors: Rainer Blum, Gerhard Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 5478917
    Abstract: Solutions of polyimide-forming substances containA) aromatic or partly aromatic polyamines andB) amides or a mixture of esters and amides of tetracarboxylic acids.Solutions are useful as coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: BASF Lacke + Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer Blum, Gerhard Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 5474876
    Abstract: A radiation-crosslinkable mixture which contains a carboxyl-containing precursor of a heterocyclic polymer, a copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated ternary sulfonium salt, a photoinitiator and a polar aprotic organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: BASF Lacke + Farben AG
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Haehnle, Manfred Schwarz, Rainer Blum
  • Patent number: 5461691
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a beam-curable coating composition for coating glass surfaces, particularly, optical glass fibers. The resultant coatings show slight or no loss of adhesion after exposure to moisture. The coating composition includes ethylenically unsaturated polyurethane, ethylenically unsaturated monomer, photoinitiator and a silane compound. The silane compound is an azidosilane and is added to improve adhesion of the coating agents exposed to moisture. Optionally, aminoalkoxysilanes may also be included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: BASF Lacke + Farben AG
    Inventors: Stephan Schunck, Horst Hintze-Bruning, Rainer Blum
  • Patent number: 5401823
    Abstract: Binder systems suitable for electrocoating and consisting of a base resin A which carries groups which can be protonated with acids or cationic quaternary groups and, if desired, hydroxyl or thiol groups, a crosslinking component B which carries at least two blocked isocyanate groups per molecule and an organic iron compound C which is partially or completely soluble in water, as a catalyst for the thermal crosslinking of components A and B, and if desired, an additive D which increases the catalytic activity of C, are used to prepare dispersions which are used for electrocoating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: BASF Lacke & Farben AG
    Inventors: Klaus Huemke, Gerhard Hoffmann, Dieter Faul, Rainer Blum
  • Patent number: 5350663
    Abstract: Structured layers of heat-resistant polycondensates are prepared by a process wherein ethylenically unsaturated tetracarboxylates or adducts or salts of tetracarboxylates, which still contain at least one unesterified carboxylic acid group, with ethylenically unsaturated amines, amides or onium compounds mixed with compounds which contain amino, isocyanate or blocked isocyanate groups and can be subjected to polycondensation with the tetracarboxylates are applied as a layer to a substrate, this layer is exposed through a negative, the unexposed, soluble parts are then removed and the insoluble parts are converted into the final polycondensate form at elevated temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1994
    Assignee: BASF Lacke+ Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer Blum, Hans-Joachim Haehnle, Gerhard Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 5332799
    Abstract: In solutions of polyimide-forming starting materials, containing diamines and tetracarboxylic diesters, at least 2 mol % of the ester groups in the tetracarboxylic diesters are derived from alcohols of the general formulaHO--Z--O--X IorHO--Z--X IIwhere Z is a straight-chain or branched aliphatic radical of from 1 to 15 carbon atoms which can be interrupted by from 1 to 4 ether groups --O-- and X is an aromatic radical of from 5 to 20 carbon atoms which can also contain nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur as hetero atoms in the aromatic ring system, excepting benzyl alcohol as compound of the formula II in the case of the use of diamines having a basicity constant of less than or equal to 10.sup.-11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: BASF Lacke+Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer Blum, Hans J. Heller, Klaus Lienert
  • Patent number: 5302458
    Abstract: Use of a mixture of from 5 to 95% by weight of an azidosilane of the formulaN.sub.3 --R.sup.3 --Si--R.sup.1.sub.n (OR.sup.2).sub.3-n Iwhere R.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl, phenyl, benzyl or tolyl, R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkoxyalkyl, phenyl or benzyl, R.sup.3 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkylene, which may be interrupted by oxygen, sulfur or --(N--R.sup.4)-- in which R.sup.4 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl or phenyl, and n is 0, 1 or 2, and from 5 to 95% by weight of an aminoalkoxysilane of the formulaH.sub.2 N--R.sup.5 --Si--R.sup.6.sub.m (OR.sup.7).sub.3-m (II)where R.sup.5 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkylene, C.sub.5 -C.sub.6 -cycloalkylene or C.sub.5 -C.sub.6 -arylene, each of which may be additionally substituted by one or two C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl groups, and R.sup.6 and R.sup.7, independently of one another, are C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl or C.sub.5 -C.sub.6 -cycloalkyl, each of which may likewise be additionally substituted by one or two C.sub.1 -C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: BASF Lacke+Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer Blum, Hans J. Heller, Hans-Joachim Haehnle, Klaus Lienert
  • Patent number: 5286527
    Abstract: Use of a mixture of from 5 to 95% by weight of an azidosilane of the formulaN.sub.3 --R.sup.3 --Si--R.sup.1.sub.n (OR.sup.2).sub.3-n Iwhere R.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl, phenyl, benzyl or tolyl, R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkoxyalkyl, phenyl or benzyl, R.sup.3 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkylene, which may be interrupted by oxygen, sulfur or --(N--R.sup.4)-- in which R.sup.4 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl or phenyl, and n is 0, 1 or 2, and from 5 to 95% by weight of an aminoalkoxysilane of the formulaH.sub.2 N--R.sup.5 --Si--R.sup.6.sub.m (OR.sup.7).sub.3-m IIwhere R.sup.5 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkylene, C.sub.5 -C.sub.6 -cycloalkylene or C.sub.5 -C.sub.6 -arylene, each of which may be additionally substituted by one or two C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl groups, and R.sup.6 and R.sup.7, independently of one another, are C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl or C.sub.5 -C.sub.6 -cycloalkyl, each of which may likewise be additionally substituted by one or two C.sub.1 -C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Assignee: BASF Lacke+Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer Blum, Hans J. Heller, Hans-Joachim Haehnle, Klaus Lienert
  • Patent number: 5284734
    Abstract: Radiation-reactive mixtures suitable for producing insulating layers and printed circuits are composed of certain precursors for preparing polyimides polyisoindoloquinazolinediones, polyoxazinediones, polyquinazolinediones or polyquinazolones and aryl-containing carbonyl compounds which when excited by UV radiation are capable of hydrogen abstraction, these mixtures undergoing solubility differentiation on irradiation with actinic light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1994
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer Blum, Gerd Rehmer, Hans Schupp
  • Patent number: 5270431
    Abstract: Oligomeric or polymeric radiation-reactive intermediates of polyamides, polyisoindoloquinazolinediones, polyoxazinediones or polyquinazolinediones are prepared by a process in which a carboxyl-containing polyadduct of aromatic and/or heterocyclic tetracarboxylic dianhydrides and diamino compounds, or a carboxyl-containing polyadduct of aromatic and/or heterocyclic dihydroxydicarboxylic acids and diisocyanates, or a carboxyl-containing polyadduct of aromatic and/or heterocyclic diaminodicarboxylic acids and diisocyanates is subjected to an addition reaction with an ethylenically unsaturated monoisocyanate.The products prepared according to the invention are suitable as structure-forming functional or auxiliary layers in the construction of electronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Rainer Blum
  • Patent number: 5264545
    Abstract: Solutions of polyimide-forming starting materials are provided containing diamines and tetracarboxylic diesters; the tetracarboxylic diesters comprise a mixture of from 0.05 to 0.95 mol % of oxydiphthalic diesters and from 0.05 to 0.95 mol % of benzophenonetetracarboxylic diesters, biphenyltetracarboxylic diesters or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignee: BASF Lacke+Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer Blum, Hans J. Heller, Klaus Lienert
  • Patent number: 5252403
    Abstract: Solutions of polycondensates which have N-containing heterocyclic ring systems as structural units, or solutions of intermediates of these polycondensates, in inorganic solvents, contain from 0.1 to 20% by weight, based on the polycondensates or the intermediates thereof, of one or more azidosilanes of the general formulaN.sub.3 --R.sup.3 --Si--R.sup.1.sub.n (OR.sup.2).sub.3-n Iwhere R.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl, phenyl, benzyl or toluyl, R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkoxyalkyl, phenyl or benzyl, R.sup.3 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkylene which may be interrupted by an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or a --(N--R.sup.4) -group, where R.sup.4 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl or phenyl, and n is 0, 1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Assignee: BASF Lacke+Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer Blum, Hans J. Heller, Hans-Joachim Haehnle, Klaus Lienert
  • Patent number: 5159011
    Abstract: Aqueous formulations of copolymer latices and polyisocyanate dispersions, containingA) from 5 to 40% by weight of one or more synthetic resins of(a) from 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of one or more monoolefinically unsaturated monomers which carry one or more groups which are reactive with isocyanates and(b) from 80 to 99.9 parts by weight of one or more mono- or diolefinically unsaturated monomers which are copolymerizable with (a) and have no acidic hydrogen atoms,B) from 0.5 to 5% by weight of one or more finely divided, stabilized polyisocyanates,C) effective amounts of dispersants andD) from 5 to 40% by weight of one or more finely divided fillers,are used as coating materials for woven and nonwoven substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Maria G. Rau, Rainer Blum, Gerd Louis
  • Patent number: 5147926
    Abstract: Crosslinkable aqueous polyurethane dispersions having a long shelf life containA) polyurethane which have carbonyl groups, are dispersed in water in the presence of ammonia or of organic amines and are obtainable by reactinga) organic polyisocyanates withb) compounds which contain one or more active hydrogen atoms and one or more salt groups or one or more groups capable of salt formation andc) carbonyl-containing mono- and/or polyalcohols andd) if desired chain extenders ande) if desired polyhydroxy compounds having molecular weights of from 500 to 8,000, andB) polyhydrazides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: BASF Lacke+Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Georg Meichsner, Rainer Blum
  • Patent number: 5087550
    Abstract: Radiation-reactive mixtures suitable for producing insulating layers and printed circuits are composed of certain precursors for preparing polyimides, polyisoindoloquinazolinediones, polyoxiazinediones, polyquinazolinediones or polyquinazolones and aryl-containing carbonyl compounds which when excited by UV radiation are capable of hydrogen abstraction, these mixtures undergoing solubility differentiation on irradiation with actinic light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1992
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer Blum, Gerd Rehmer, Hans Schupp