Patents by Inventor Reiner Hess

Reiner Hess 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: 7185939
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic drive system used for the covers of vehicle openings, in particular for vehicle roofs with a construction that can be opened. In said system, the actuator that is designed to displace the cover is supplied with a bulk current, whose target value is determined in accordance with the control path of the actuator, which is in correlation with the controlled displacement of the cover and whose actual value is detected when supplied to the actuator by means of a bulk current sensor. The bulk current is adjusted to compensate for differences between the actual and target values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Magna Car Top Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Stark, Reiner Hess
  • Publication number: 20060202504
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic drive system used for the covers of vehicle openings, in particular for vehicle roofs with a construction that can be opened. In said system, the actuator that is designed to displace the cover is supplied with a bulk current, whose target value is determined in accordance with the control path of the actuator, which is in correlation with the controlled displacement of the cover and whose actual value is detected when supplied to the actuator by means of a bulk current sensor. The bulk current is adjusted to compensate for differences between the actual and target values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Stark, Reiner Hess
  • Patent number: 7101929
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for reducing water carry-over during the production of polyolefin films or polyolefin tapes which are passed through a waterbath, where the polyolefin formulation comprises polyolefin waxes. The results are that less water is carried over and that the products have higher quality and better processing properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Zäh, FranzLeo Heinrichs, Reiner Hess
  • Patent number: 7087668
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a polymer and pigment composition utilizing a polyolefin wax produced by metallocene catalysis as a pigment dispersing auxiliary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Hohner, Rainer Bott, Reiner Hess
  • Publication number: 20050239944
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for reducing water carry-over during the production of polyolefin films or polyolefin tapes which are passed through a waterbath, where the polyolefin formulation comprises polyolefin waxes. The results are that less water is carried over and that the products have higher quality and better processing properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Matthias Zah, Franz Heinrichs, Reiner Hess
  • Patent number: 6776447
    Abstract: In a vehicle roof support and operating arrangement by which a vehicle roof top can be moved between closed and open positions while supported on a component carrier which also supports a roof top operating mechanism and which is connected to the vehicle body, the component carrier includes a front transverse frame member, a rear transverse frame member and two side frame members extending between, and interconnecting, the front and rear transverse frame members so as to form a closed rigid support frame reinforcing the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Reiner Hess, Sébastien Kabache, Artur Mangold
  • Patent number: 6715818
    Abstract: In a sealing element for a movable roof section of a vehicle which seal element includes a pocket delimited by a sealing wall of the sealing element and is open toward one side for receiving cables, a cable guide channel is formed on the inside of the sealing wall so as to be accessible by way of the open side of the pocket and a sealing lip extends over the open side of the pocket and forms, between the outside of the sealing wall and the sealing lip, a seal channel for receiving a part of the movable roof section when the movable roof section is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Raisch, Reiner Hess
  • Publication number: 20040051340
    Abstract: In a vehicle roof support and operating arrangement by which a vehicle roof top can be moved between closed and open positions while supported on a component carrier which also supports a roof top operating mechanism and which is connected to the vehicle body, the component carrier includes a front transverse frame member, a rear transverse frame member and two side frame members extending between, and interconnecting, the front and rear transverse frame members so as to form a closed rigid support frame reinforcing the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Reiner Hess, Sebastien Kabache, Artur Mangold
  • Publication number: 20030050381
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of polyolefin waxes, which are produced by means of metallocene catalysis, for improving the dispersion of pigments in polypropylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Gerd Hohner, Rainer Bott, Reiner Hess
  • Publication number: 20030022978
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of polyolefin waxes, which are produced by means of metallocene catalysis, for dispersing pigments in plastics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Gerd Hohner, Rainer Bott, Reiner Hess
  • Publication number: 20020171257
    Abstract: In a sealing element for a movable roof section of a vehicle which seal element includes a pocket delimited by a sealing wall of the sealing element and is open toward one side for receiving cables, a cable guide channel is formed on the inside of the sealing wall so as to be accessible by way of the open side of the pocket and a sealing lip extends over the open side of the pocket and forms, between the outside of the sealing wall and the sealing lip, a seal channel for receiving a part of the movable roof section when the movable roof section is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Dieter Raisch, Reiner Hess
  • Patent number: 5750813
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a polyolefin wax by polymerization or copolymerization of olefins or diolefins in suspension and in the presence of a catalyst. The process utilizes a metallocene and a cocatalyst, wherein the metallocene is a compound of the formula I ##STR1## in which M.sup.1 is a metal of group IVb, Vb or VIb of the Periodic Table of Elements, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and are a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkyl group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkoxy group, a C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 -aryl group, a C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 -aryloxy group, a C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alkenyl group, a C.sub.7 -C.sub.40 -arylalkyl group, a C.sub.7 -C.sub.40 -alkylaryl group, a C.sub.8 -C.sub.40 -arylalkenyl group or a halogen atom and R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are identical or different and are a mononuclear or polynuclear hydrocarbon radical which may form a sandwich structure with the central atom M.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Clarian & GmbH
    Inventors: Reiner Hess, Hartmut Voigt, Hans-Friedrich Herrmann, Ludwig Bohm, Walter Spaleck, Gerd Hohner
  • Patent number: 5128440
    Abstract: Aromatic copolyamides are described, which are soluble in organic amide solvents. The polymers are composed to at least 95 mol % of repeat structural unitsA: --OC--AR--CO--B: --HN--Ar'--NH--C: --HN--Ar"--NH-- ##STR1## in the combinations A+B+C+D, or A+C+D+E and up to 5 mol % of m-bond-containing structural units F and/or G derived from aromatic dicarboxylic acids (F') and/or from aromatic diamines (G'), the sum total of the mole fractions of structural units A+F and the sum total of the mole fractions of the structural units of B+C+D+E+G being essentially the same, --Ar-- and --Ar'-- are divalent aromatic radicals whose C--N valence bonds are in a para-position or in a similar coaxial or parallel position and which may be substituted by one or two inert radicals, such as lower alkykl or halogen, ##STR2## is a trivalent aromatic radical which after removal of the --SO.sub.2 R group has the same meaning as --Ar-- or --Ar'-- or else is the structural unit ##STR3## wehre X is --O--, --NHCO--, --SO.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gunter Keil, Reiner Hess, Jochen Rapp
  • Patent number: 5087725
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.3) nitrobenzoates by reacting the nitrobenzoic acid to be esterified with an excess of about 300 to about 600 mol % of an alkanol (C.sub.1 -C.sub.3) in a solvent which is inert towards the starting compounds and the reaction product in the presence of a polyfluoroalkanesulfonic acid of the general formula (1)Y(C.sub.n F.sub.2n)SO.sub.3 H (1)in which Y is a hydrogen or fluorine atom, with the proviso that, if Y is H, this hydrogen atom is in the .beta.-position relative to the sulfo group, or the hydrate thereof as catalyst in an amount of about 0.1 to about 20 mol %, relative to the nitrobenzoic acid used, at temperatures from about 60.degree. to about 120.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1992
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Theodor Papenfuhs, Reiner Hess, Andreas Fuss
  • Patent number: 5039779
    Abstract: A thermoplastically processible aromatic polyetheramide, in which the structure comprises the repeating units of the formulae--CO--AR--CO-- (A)and--NH--Ar--O--Ar--X--Ar--O--Ar--NH-- (B)in which Ar signifies a bivalent unsubstituted or substituted aromatic radical having 6 carbon atoms, and whose linkages are in the p-position and X denotes a 2,2-propylidene linkage, the polyetheramide having an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.] in the range of 50 to 750 cm.sup.3 /g, and a glass transition temperature of above 200.degree. C., and a process for its production. The production of the polyetheramide is carried out by a low temperature solution condensation process, a solid phase condensation process, an interfacial condensation process or a melt condensation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Harald Cherdron, Hellmuth Deckers, Friedrich Herold, Reiner Hess
  • Patent number: 4966955
    Abstract: The structure of the aromatic copolyether amide which can be processed as a thermoplastic comprises recurring units of the formulae --CO--Ar.sup.1 --CO-- (A), --NH--Ar.sup.1 --O--Ar.sup.1 --X--Ar.sup.1 --O--Ar.sup.1 --NH (B) and --NH--Ar.sup.2 --NH-- (C) in which Ar.sup.1 denotes a divalent, unsubstituted or substituted aromatic radical having 6 carbon atoms which is linked in the p-position, X represents a 2,2-propylidene link and Ar.sup.2 is identical with Ar.sup.1 or is Ar.sup.1 which is linked in the m-position, or is the --Ar.sup.1 --Z--Ar.sup.1 -- group in which Z is a direct bond or is a radical --CH.sub.2 --, --C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 --, --SO.sub.2 --, --CO--, --O--, --CH.dbd.CH--, --CO--NH-- or --O--Ar.sup.1 --O-- or the radical ##STR1## in which R represents hydrogen or a branched or unbranched alkyl radical having 1-4 carbon atoms. The proportion of units (A) and of the sum of units (B) and (C) is each 100 mol-%, the proportion of units (C) being up to 50 mol-% and, if Z represents --SO.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1990
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Harald Cherdron, Hellmuth Deckers, Friedrich Herold, Reiner Hess
  • Patent number: 4767458
    Abstract: A wood preservative based on leaching-resistant, inorganic compounds for protection of wood and wood materials against wood-damaging insects and fungi, including wood-rot fungi, is disclosed. The wood preservative, which is fixed without chromium, contains as active ingredient in an aqueous solution which is stable on impregnation, (a) a Cu(II), Zn, Ni, Co, Fe, Mg and/or Mn salt of monofluorophosphoric acid, or (b) an alkali metal salt and/or ammonium salt of monofluorophosphoric acid, in the presence of a Zn, Ni, Co, Fe, Mg and/or Mn salt of hydrochloric, nitric or sulfuric acid and, optionally in addition to (a) or (b), one or more members of the group comprising NH.sub.3, HCl, HNO.sub.3, H.sub.2 SO.sub.4, HF, alkali metal hydrogen fluoride and ammonium hydrogen fluoride. Alternately, the composition contains (c) an alkali metal salt and/or ammonium salt of monofluorophosphoric acid in the presence of a Cu(II) salt of hydrochloric, nitric or sulfuric acid in a Cu.sup.2+ :PO.sub.3 F.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1988
    Assignee: Desowag Materialschutz GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Moewius, Manfred Meisel, Herbert Grunze, Lothar Kolditz, Marina Zeibig, Walfried Oese, Dietmar Standfuss, Horst Kirk, Reiner Hesse, Horst Goetze, Wibke Unger
  • Patent number: 4496970
    Abstract: An arrangement for the automatic adjustment of at least one object, for instance a semiconductor disc and a template vis-a-vis a photoelectric measuring and scanning system, and of two objects in relation to each other in step-wise projection lithography for the manufacture of semiconductor structures.The purpose of this invention is to provide a highly accurate and at the same time quickly adjustable means for the adjustment of two objects, under the selective utilization of the different adjustment marks presently used, based on the thereby influenced light currents as well as their structure.An image of the adjustment marks of both objects is produced by means of an optical reproduction system in the scanning plane of a photoelectric measuring and scanning system, symmetrical to a stationary axis of this system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1985
    Assignee: Jenoptik Jena G.m.b.H.
    Inventors: Adelbrecht Schorcht, Dietmar Klingenfeld, Reiner Hesse, Rainer Dastis, Volker Linz
  • Patent number: 4205997
    Abstract: Powdery pearlescent pigment compositions comprising individual particles of a flaky pearlescent pigment coated with 1 to 50 weight percent of a solid polymer, optionally containing wetting agents, fillers, additional coloring agents, UV-absorbers or scenting agents, are produced by combining a suspension of a flaky pearlescent pigment with a solution of a polymer, possibly containing other substances, and subsequently depositing polymer on the pigment flakes. The compositions can be used as pigments in cosmetics and can be stored and shipped as dry powders without loss of properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1980
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Reiner Hesse, Hans Pratzer, Manfred Kieser, Gerhard Edler
  • Patent number: 4116628
    Abstract: Powdery pearlescent pigment compositions comprising individual particles of a flaky nacreous pigment coated with 1 to 50 weight percent of a solid polymer, optionally containing wetting agents, fillers, additional coloring agents, UV-absorbers or scenting agents, are produced by combining a suspension of a flaky nacreous pigment with a solution of a polymer, possibly containing other substances, and subsequently depositing polymer on the pigment flakes. The compositions can be used as pigments in cosmetics and can be stored and shipped as dry powders without loss of properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1978
    Assignee: E. Merck
    Inventors: Reiner Hesse, Hans Pratzer, Manfred Kieser, Gerhard Edler