Patents by Inventor Ralph Schaefer

Ralph Schaefer 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: 11942959
    Abstract: A calibration circuit, including: a signal generator circuit configured to generate a modulated analog input signal, which is based on a digital input word that is modulated; an Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) configured to convert an analog reference signal to a digital calibration word, wherein the analog reference signal is a low-pass-filtered version of the analog input signal generated by the signal generator circuit; and a feedback circuit configured to output the digital input word by adjusting the digital calibration word depending on a digital feedback signal, which is based on a modulated version of the analog reference signal, wherein the signal generator circuit, the ADC, and the feedback circuit are provided on a same chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Mihail Jefremow, Stefan Koeck, Ralph Mueller-Eschenbach, Juergen Schaefer, Arndt Voigtlaender, David Zipperstein
  • Patent number: 9695303
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rubber composition comprising a rubber and a processing additive wherein the processing additive is a functional reactive diluent having at least one functional group in the molecule which is not an olefinic unsaturation, to a process of compounding such rubber compositions, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: ALLNEX GERMANY GMBH
    Inventor: Ralph Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20150119527
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rubber composition comprising a rubber and a processing additive wherein the processing additive is a functional reactive diluent having at least one functional group in the molecule which is not an olefinic unsaturation, to a process of compounding such rubber compositions, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: ALLNEX GERMANY GmbH
    Inventor: Ralph Schäfer
  • Patent number: 8759471
    Abstract: The invention relates a mixture of a urethane-aldehyde resin UA prepared by condensation of an aldehyde A1 and an alkyl urethane U, and of a novolak PA, to a process for the preparation of the said mixture, and a method of use thereof as adhesion promoter in rubber goods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Allnex Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Ralph Schäfer, Peter Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20120095152
    Abstract: The invention relates a mixture of a urethane-aldehyde resin UA prepared by condensation of an aldehyde A1 and an alkyl urethane U, and of a novolak PA, to a process for the preparation of the said mixture, and a method of use thereof as adhesion promoter in rubber goods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Cytec Surface Specialties Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Ralph Schäfer, Peter Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20040078900
    Abstract: Impregnating and bonding agent for textiles, comprising a mixture of a resorcinol-formaldehyde precondensate A, a rubber latex B and a melamine-formaldehyde resin C, impregnating process and reinforced rubber articles produced using the impregnates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Ralph Schaefer, Siegfried Wallenwein, Frank Scholl, Johann Wonner
  • Publication number: 20020188030
    Abstract: Externally emulsified aqueous resole dispersions obtained by reacting phenols and oxo compounds in the presence of an alkaline catalyst, adding an emulsifier and then dispersing in water, the catalyst used during resole formation comprising aliphatic linear, branched or cyclic tertiary monohydroxyamines having from 4 to 40 carbon atoms, and their use as binders for abrasives, particularly abrasives on backings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2001
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: Peter Ziegler, Ralph Schaefer, Adam Has, Frank Scholl, Johann Wonner
  • Patent number: 5708074
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of water-dilutable polyvinylbutyral dispersions by (1) reacting an aliphatic acid having from one to three isocyanate-reactive groups and from one to three acid groups, or a mixture of such acids, with one or more polyfunctional isocyanates whose average functionality is at least two, where the quantity of the isocyanate component is chosen such that the ratio of the number of isocyanate groups to the number of isocyanate-reactive groups of the acid component is between 2.2:1 and 1.7:1; (2) then reacting from 25 to 75% of the remaining isocyanate groups with at least one monofunctional compound selected from monoalcohols and monoamines; and (3) reacting this NCO-functional emulsifier resin further with polyvinylbutyral and, if desired, with an appropriate plasticizer resin using a suitable auxiliary solvent. The polyvinylbutyral dispersions prepared in this way can be used as binders and binder components for coatings with good adhesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerhard Merten, Ralph Schaefer, Markus Schafheutle, Martin Gerlitz
  • Patent number: 5652047
    Abstract: Preparation of binder resins having improved flow properties in the manufacture of curable fiber composites of natural or synthetic fiber materials, which are based on thermosetting novolaks which contain crosslinking agents and contain practically no free mononuclear phenols, by admixing polyglycols and/or polycarboxylic acids or anhydrides thereof and/or acid esters of polyglycols and polycarboxylic acids, preferably in amounts of in total up to 20% by weight, to the novolaks in the melt, pulverizing the mixture, after cooling to room temperature, and mixing it intimately with the required amount of pulverulent crosslinking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hesse, Erhard Leicht, Richard Sattelmeyer, Ralph Schaefer