Patents by Inventor Reinhard Hittich

Reinhard Hittich 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: 7445818
    Abstract: The invention relates to a matrix liquid crystal display containing integrated non-linear elements and a liquid crystal mixture which has a particularly high resistivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Georg Weber, Ludwig Pohl, Reinhard Hittich, Herbert Plach, Bernhard Scheuble, Takamasa Oyama, Bernhard Rieger, Hans Adolf Kurmeier, Ekkehard Bartmann
  • Publication number: 20080173844
    Abstract: Novel phenylcyclohexanes of the formula I in which n is 0 to 7, Q1 and Q2 are H, or one of these radicals is alternatively CH3, r is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, A is trans-1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene or a single bond, X is F, Cl, —CF3, —CN, —OCF3 or —OCHF2, and Y and Z are each, independently of one another, H or F, with the proviso that, in the case where A is a single bond, Q1=Q2=H and simultaneously X=CN, Y and/or Z are F.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Andreas Wachtler, Reinhard Hittich, Eike Poetsch, Herbert Plach, David Coates, Bernhard Reiger, Joachim Krause
  • Publication number: 20070275182
    Abstract: The invention relates to a matrix liquid crystal display containing integrated non-linear elements and a liquid crystal mixture which has a particularly high resistivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Georg Weber, Ludwig Pohl, Reinhard Hittich, Herbert Plach, Bernhard Scheuble, Takamasa Oyama, Bernhard Rieger, Hans Kurmeier, Ekkehard Bartmann
  • Patent number: 7250199
    Abstract: Novel phenylcyclohexanes of the formula I in which n is 0 to 7, Q1 and Q2 are H, or one of these radicals is alternatively CH3, r is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, A is trans-1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene or a single bond, X is F, Cl, —CF3, —CN, —OCF3 or —OCHF2, and Y and Z are each, independently of one another, H or F, with the proviso that, in the case where A is a single bond, Q1=Q2=H and simultaneously X=CN, Y and/or Z are F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Wachtler, Reinhard Hittich, Eike Poetsch, Herbert Plach, David Coates, Bernhard Rieger, Joachim Krause
  • Patent number: 7186447
    Abstract: Described are matrix liquid crystal displays having two plane parallel support plates which together with a frame form a cell, integrated non-linear elements for switching individual picture elements on the support plates and a nematic liquid crystal mixture which is present in the cell and has a positive dielectric anisotropy and high resistivity. The liquid crystal mixture has a nematic phase range of at least 60° C., a maximum viscosity at 20° C. of 30 mPa·s and a mean dielectricity constant ??8. The liquid crystal mixture contains: a) at least 10% by weight of a liquid-crystalline component B having one or more compounds of the following formulae: and b) up to 90% by weight of a liquid-crystalline component A having one or more compounds with a dielectric anisotropy of ?1.5 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Weber, Ludwig Pohl, Reinhard Hittich, Herbert Plach, Bernhard Scheuble, Takamasa Oyama, Bernhard Rieger, Hans Adolf Kurmeier, Ekkehard Bartmann
  • Patent number: 6955837
    Abstract: Novel phenylcyclohexanes of the formula I in which n is 0 to 7, Q1 and Q2 are H, or one of these radicals is alternatively CH3, r is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, A is trans-1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene or a single bond, X is F, Cl, —CF3, —CN, —OCF3 or —OCHF2, and Y and Z are each, independently of one another, H or F, with the proviso that, in the case where A is a single bond, Q1=Q2=H and simultaneously X=CN, Y and/or Z are F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Wachtler, Reinhard Hittich, Eike Poetsch, Herbert Plach, David Coates, Bernhard Rieger, Joachim Krause
  • Publication number: 20050196551
    Abstract: The invention relates to a matrix liquid crystal display containing integrated non-linear elements and a liquid crystal mixture which has a particularly high resistivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: Georg Weber, Ludwig Pohl, Reinhard Hittich, Herbert Plach, Bernhard Scheuble, Takamasa Oyama, Bernhard Rieger, Hans Kurmeier, Ekkehard Bartmann
  • Publication number: 20050133763
    Abstract: Novel phenylcyclohexanes of the formula I in which n is 0 to 7, Q1 and Q2 are H, or one of these radicals is alternatively CH3, r is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, A is trans-1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene or a single bond, X is F, Cl, —CF3, —CN, —OCF3 or —OCHF2, and Y and Z are each, independently of one another, H or F, with the proviso that, in the case where A is a single bond, Q1=Q2=H and simultaneously X=CN, Y and/or Z are F.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Andreas Wachtler, Reinhard Hittich, Eike Poetsch, Herbert Plach, David Coates, Bernhard Rieger, Joachim Krause
  • Patent number: 6905740
    Abstract: The invention relates to a matrix liquid crystal display containing integrated non-linear elements and a liquid crystal mixture which has a particularly high resistivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Weber, Ludwig Pohl, Reinhard Hittich, Herbert Plach, Bernhard Scheuble, Takamasa Oyama, Bernhard Rieger, Hans Adolf Kurmeier, Ekkehard Bartmann
  • Publication number: 20040169159
    Abstract: Novel phenylcyclohexanes of the formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Applicant: MERCK KGAA
    Inventors: Andreas Wachtler, Reinhard Hittich, Eike Poetsch, Herbert Plach, David Coates, Bernhard Rieger, Joachim Krause
  • Publication number: 20040089845
    Abstract: Novel phenylcyclohexanes of the formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Andreas Wachtler, Reinhard Hittich, Eike Poetsch, Herbert Plach, David Coates, Bernhard Rieger, Joachim Krause
  • Patent number: 6677002
    Abstract: Novel phenylcyclohexanes of the formula I: in which n is 0 to 7, Q1 and Q2 are H, or one of these radicals is alternatively CH3, r is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, A is trans-1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene or a single bond, X is F, Cl, —CF3, —CN, —OCF3 or —OCHF2, and Y and Z are each, independently of one another, H or F, with the proviso that, in the case where A is a single bond, Q1═Q2═H and simultaneously X═CN, Y and/or Z are F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Andreas Wächtler, Reinhard Hittich, Eike Poetsch, Herbert Plach, David Coates, Bernhard Rieger, Joachim Krause
  • Patent number: 6649088
    Abstract: A nematic liquid crystal mixture having a positive dielectric anisotropy &Dgr;∈ of at least +4 and a birefringence &Dgr;n of at least 0.12, characterized in that the mixtures comprises one or more components having the core structure wherein L1, L2, Y and Z are each independently of one another H or F, one of Q1 and Q2 is 1,4-phenylene, 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene or 3,5-difluoro-1,4-phenylene and the other residue Q1 or Q2 is —CH2CH2—, —CH2CH2CH2CH2— or—if at least one of L1, L2, Y and Z denotes F—also a single bond, whereby this core structure can be optionally further fluorinated in the benzene rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Rieger, Volker Reiffenrath, Reinhard Hittich
  • Publication number: 20030207046
    Abstract: The invention relates to a matrix liquid crystal display containing integrated non-linear elements and a liquid crystal mixture which has a particularly high resistivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Applicant: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Georg Weber, Ludwig Pohl, Reinhard Hittich, Herbert Plach, Bernhard Scheuble, Takamasa Oyama, Bernhard Rieger, Hans Adolf Kurmeier, Ekkehard Bartmann
  • Patent number: 6562419
    Abstract: The invention relates to a matrix liquid crystal display containing integrated non-linear elements and a liquid crystal mixture which has a particularly high resistivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: MERCK Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Georg Weber, Ludwig Pohl, Reinhard Hittich, Herbert Plach, Bernhard Scheuble, Takamasa Oyama, Bernhard Rieger, Hans Adolf Kurmeier, Ekkehard Bartmann
  • Publication number: 20020043646
    Abstract: Novel phenylcyclohexanes of the formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Applicant: MERCK KGAA
    Inventors: Andreas Wachtler, Reinhard Hittich, Eike Poetsch, Herbert Plach, David Coates, Bernhard Rieger, Joachim Krause
  • Patent number: 6326066
    Abstract: 1,4-disubstituted 2,6-difluorobenzene compound of formula I wherein R is an alkyl or alkenyl radical, A1 and A2 are independently (a) a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene radical in which a CH2 group may be replaced by -O- and/or -S, (b) a 1,4-phenylene radical in which a CH group may be replaced by N, (c) 1,4-cyclohexenylene, 1,4-bicyclo(2,2,2)octylene, piperidine-1,4-diyl, naphthalene-2,6-diyl, decahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl or 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl, Z1 and Z2 are —CO—O—, —O—CO—, —CH2O—,—OCH2—, —CH2CH2—, —CH═CH—,—C≡C—or a single bond m and n are 0, 1, 2 or 3, (m+n) is 1, 2 or 3, X is R or F, Cl, CF3, —OCF3, or —OCHF2, —OCF5, —CN or —NCS with the provisos that at least one of the radicals A1 and A2 present in the molecule is  and at least one of Z1 or Z2 is —COO—, are suitable as components of liquid-
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit Reschankter Haftung
    Inventors: Eike Poetsch, Volker Meyer, Volker Reiffenrath, Andreas Wachtler, Ulrich Finkenzeller, Hans Adolf Kurmeier, Reinhard Hittich, Bernhard Rieger, David Coates, Simon Greenfield, Robert William Clemitson
  • Patent number: 6284154
    Abstract: Novel phenylcyclohexanes of the formula I in which n is 0 to 7, Q1 and Q2 are H, or one of these radicals is alternatively CH3, r is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, A is trans-1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene or a single bond, X is F, Cl, —CF3, —CN, —OCF3 or —OCHF2, and Y and Z are each, independently of one another, H or F, with the proviso that, in the case where A is a single bond, Q1═Q2═H and simultaneously X═CN, Y and/or Z are F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Andreas Wächtler, Reinhard Hittich, Eike Poetsch, Herbert Plach, David Coates, Bernhard Rieger, Joachim Krause
  • Publication number: 20010015422
    Abstract: Novel phenylcyclohexanes of the formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Andreas Wachtler, Reinhard Hittich, Eike Poetsch, Herbert Plach, David Coates, Bernhard Rieger, Joachim Krause
  • Patent number: RE37270
    Abstract: Liquid crystal phases containing components of the formulae I and III have an acceptable combination of threshold steepness, viewing angle and temperature dependence at a low threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft
    Inventors: Ian Charles Sage, Michael Kevin Chambers, Reinhard Hittich, Georg Weber