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).
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Patent number: 6210760Abstract: Supertwist liquid crystal displays having very short switching times are obtained if the nematic liquid crystal mixture contains at least one component chosen from group A consisting of compounds of the formulae AI to AVI: wherein R1 and R2 in each case independently of one another are each R and R is alkyl having 1-12 C atoms, wherein one or two non-adjacent CH2 groups can also be replaced by —O—, —CH═CH—, —CO—, —O—CO— or —CO—O—, and up to four other components.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 1998Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter HaftungInventors: Georg Weber, Herbert Plach, Takamasa Oyama, Hiroki Yoshitake, Bernhard Scheuble, Reinhard Hittich, Hans Adolf Kurmeier, Eike Poetsch, Klaus Peter Stahl
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Patent number: 6200654Abstract: 1,4-disubstituted 2,6-difluorobenzene compound of formula I wherein R is an alkyl or alkenyl radical, A1 and A2, in each case independently of one another, are (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—, —CH2—O—, —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 proviso that at least one of the radicals A1 and A2 present in the molecule is are suitable as components of liquid-cType: GrantFiled: August 25, 1997Date of Patent: March 13, 2001Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter HaftungInventors: Eike Poetsch, Volker Meyer, Volker Reiffenrath, Andreas Wachtler, Ulrich Finkenzeller, Hans Adolf Kurmeier, Reinhard Hittich, Bernhard Rieger, David Coates, Simon Greenfield, Robert William Clemitson
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Patent number: 6180026Abstract: The invention relates to a nematic liquid crystal mixture having a positive dielectric anisotropy &Dgr;&egr; 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: GrantFiled: May 26, 1993Date of Patent: January 30, 2001Assignee: Merck KGaAInventors: Bernhard Rieger, Volker Reiffenrath, Reinhard Hittich
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Patent number: 6083423Abstract: The invention relates to a nematic liquid crystal mixture having a positive dielectric anisotropy .DELTA..epsilon. of at least +4 and a birefringence .DELTA.n of at least 0.12, characterized in that the mixtures comprises one or more components having the core structure ##STR1## wherein L.sup.1, L.sup.2, Y and Z are each independently of one another H or F, one of Q.sup.1 and Q.sup.2 is 1,4-phenylene, 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene or 3,5-difluoro-1,4-phenylene and the other residue Q.sup.1 or Q.sup.2 is --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 -- or -- if at least one of L.sup.1, L.sup.2, Y and Z denotes F-- also a single bond, whereby this core structure can be optionally further fluorinated in the benzene rings.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 1997Date of Patent: July 4, 2000Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit Beschrankter HaftungInventors: Bernhard Rieger, Volker Reiffenrath, Reinhard Hittich
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Patent number: 6004479Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 5, 1995Date of Patent: December 21, 1999Assignee: Merck KGAAInventors: Georg Weber, Ludwig Pohl, Reinhard Hittich, Herbert Plach, Bernhard Scheuble, Takamasa Oyama, Bernhard Rieger, Hans Adolf Kurmeier, Ekkehard Bartmann
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Patent number: 5985171Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds of positive dielectric anisotropy, characterized in that it contains one or more compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## in which Hal is fluorine or chlorine and R is alkyl, oxaalkyl, fluoroalkyl or alkenyl, in each case having up to 7 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1997Date of Patent: November 16, 1999Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit Beschrankter HaftungInventors: Bernhard Rieger, Reinhard Hittich, Hans Adolf Kurmeier, David Coates, Herbert Plach
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Patent number: 5958290Abstract: The invention relates to an electrooptical liquid crystal systemwhich contains a dielectrically positive liquid crystal mixture and a further optically transparent medium between 2 electrodes which are optionally applied to substrate sheets,whose liquid crystal molecules in the switched-off state have an irregular orientation,in which one of the refractive indices of the liquid crystal mixture essentially agrees with the refractive index of the matrix n.sub.M and/or in which the quotient of the mass of the liquid crystal mixture and of the mass of the optically transparent medium is 1.5 or more and,which, independently of the polarization of the incident light, has a reduced transmission in one of the two switch states compared to the other state andwhose liquid crystal mixture contains one or more compounds of the formula I ##STR1## in which Q.sup.1 is ##STR2## are independently of one another trans-1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, 2-fluoro-1,4-phenylene, 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene and one of A.sup.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1995Date of Patent: September 28, 1999Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter HaftungInventors: David Coates, Shirley Marden, Graham Smith, Ulrich Finkenzeller, Volker Reiffenrath, Reinhard Hittich, Stefan Wilhelm
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Patent number: 5942648Abstract: Naphthalene derivatives of the fomula I ##STR1## in which: R.sup.1 is an alkyl or alkenyl radical which is unsubstituted, monosubstituted by CH or CF.sub.3 or monosubstituted by halogen and has 1 to 15 carbon atoms, it also being possible for one or more CH.sub.2 groups in these radicals to be replaced, in each case independently of one another, by --O--, --S--, ##STR2## --CO--, --CO--O--, --O--CO-- or --O--CO--O-- in such a manner that oxygen atoms are not linked directly to one another, ##STR3## m is 0, 1 or 2, n is 0 or 1, wherem+n is 1 or 2,Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 are each, independently of one another, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, --C.tbd.C-- or a single bond,L.sup.1 and L.sup.2 independently of one another, are H or F,x is an alkyl or alkoxy radical which is unsubstituted, monosubstituted by CN or CF.sub.3 or substituted bi halogen and has 1 to 15 carbon atoms, or is OH, CN, SCN, OCN, NCS or Q--Y,whereQ is a single bond, (CF.sub.2).sub.r or O(CF.sub.2).sub.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1997Date of Patent: August 24, 1999Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter HaftungInventors: David Coates, Mark Goulding, Simon Greenfield, Volker Reiffenrath, Reinhard Hittich, Herbert Plach
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Patent number: 5891360Abstract: Novel phenylcyclohexanes of the formula I ##STR1## in which n is 0 to 7, Q.sup.1 and Q.sup.2 are H, or one of these radicals is alternatively CH.sub.3, 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, --CF.sub.3, --CN, --OCF.sub.3 or --OCHF.sub.2, 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, Q.sup.1 =Q.sup.2 =H and simultaneously X=CN, Y and/or Z are F.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1993Date of Patent: April 6, 1999Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft MIT BeschrankterInventors: Andreas Wachtler, Reinhard Hittich, Eike Poetsch, Herbert Plach, David Coates, Bernhard Rieger, Joachim Krause
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Patent number: 5876626Abstract: Supertwist liquid crystal displays having very short switching times are obtained if the nematic liquid crystal mixture contains at least one component chosen from group A consisting of compounds of the formulae AI to AVI: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 in each case independently of one another are each R and R is alkyl having 1-12 C atoms, wherein one or two non-adjacent CH.sub.2 groups can also be replaced by --O--, --CH.dbd.CH--, --CO--, --O--CO-- or --CO--O--, and up to four other components.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 1994Date of Patent: March 2, 1999Assignee: Merck patent Gesellschaft mit Beschrankter HaftungInventors: Georg Weber, Herbert Plach, Takamasa Oyama, Hiroki Yoshitake, Bernhard Scheuble, Reinhard Hittich, Hans Adolf Kurmeier, Eike Poetsch, Klaus Peter Stahl
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Patent number: 5868962Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds of positive dielectric anisotropy, characterized in that it contains one or more compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## in which Hal is fluorine or chlorine and R is alkyl, oxaalkyl, fluoroalkyl or alkenyl, in each case having up to 7 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 1995Date of Patent: February 9, 1999Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter HaftungInventors: Bernhard Rieger, Reinhard Hittich, Eike Poetsch, David Coates, Herbert Plach
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Patent number: 5837162Abstract: Liquid-crystalline compounds of the formula I ##STR1## R is H, an alkyl or alkylene radical, Z.sup.1 and Z are each, independently of one another, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, --CH.dbd.CH--,--C.tbd.C-- or a single bond, and one of the radicals Z.sup.1 and Z is alternatively --(CH.sub.2).sub.4 -- or --CH.dbd.CH--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --,A is trans-1,4-cyclohexylene in which, in addition, one or two non-adjacent CH.sub.2 groups may be replaced by --O--,A.sup.1 is trans-1,4-cyclohexylene in which, in addition, one or two non-adjacent CH.sub.2 groups may be replaced by --O--, or is 1,4-phenylene which is unsubstituted or monosubstituted or disubstituted by fluorine and/or Cl atoms and in which, in addition, one or two CH groups may be replaced by N,W is --O--,Q is a single bond,m, o, s, r and t are as defined below,Y is F, Cl, OCF.sub.3, CHF.sub.2, OCHF.sub.2 or OCHF, and can be CF.sub.3,are suitable as components for liquid-crystalline media.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 1997Date of Patent: November 17, 1998Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit Beschrankter HaftungInventors: Volker Reiffenrath, Herbert Plach, Detlef Pauluth, Reinhard Hittich, Eike Poetsch, Thomas Geelhaar, Georg Weber, Ekkehard Bartmann
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Patent number: 5811029Abstract: Benzene derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## in which n is 1 to 7, Q is --CO or --(CH.sub.2).sub.r -- where r is 1 to 5, s is 0, 1 or 2, t is 0 or 1, where s+t.gtoreq.1, X is F, Cl, --CF.sub.3, --CN, --OCF.sub.3 or --OCHF.sub.2, and Y, L and Z are each, independently of one another, H or F.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 1995Date of Patent: September 22, 1998Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter HaftungInventors: Andreas Wachtler, Reinhard Hittich, Eike Poetsch, Herbert Plach, David Coates, Ulrich Finkenzeller, Thomas Geelhaar, Volker Reiffenrath, Bernhard Rieger
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Patent number: 5746941Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds of positive dielectric anisotropy, characterized in that it contains one or more compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## in which Hal is fluorine or chlorine and R is alkyl, oxaalkyl, fluoroalkyl or alkenyl, in each case having up to 7 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 1994Date of Patent: May 5, 1998Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft MIT Beschrankter HaftungInventors: Bernhard Rieger, Reinhard Hittich, Hans Adolf Kurmeier, David Coates, Herbert Plach
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Patent number: 5626793Abstract: A nematic liquid crystalline medium having at least two liquid crystalline components with at least one being of formula I ##STR1## wherein R is H, a straight-chain alkyl or alkenyl radical having 1 to 15 carbon atoms, it also being possible to replace one or more CH.sub.2 groups in these radicals, independently of one another, by --O--, --S--, ##STR2## --CO--, --CO--O--, --O--CO-- or --O--CO--O-- in such a way that oxygen atoms are not linked directly to one another,Z.sub.1 and Z are each, independently of one another, --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --, --CH.dbd.CH--, --C.tbd.C-- or a single bond, and one of the radicals Z.sup.1 and Z is alternatively --(CH.sub.2).sub.4 -- or --CH.dbd.CH--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --,A and A.sup.1 are each, independently of one another, trans-1,4-cyclohexylene in which, in addition, one or two non-adjacent CH.sub.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1995Date of Patent: May 6, 1997Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter HaftungInventors: Volker Reiffenrath, Herbert Plach, Detlef Pauluth, Reinhard Hittich, Eike Poetsch, Thomas Geelhaar, Georg Weber, Ekkehard Bartmann
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Patent number: 5616284Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds of positive dielectric anisotropy, characterized in that it contains one or more compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## in which X is fluorine, chlorine, CF.sub.3, OCF.sub.3 or OCHF.sub.2, one of the radicals 1.sup.1 and 1.sup.2 is fluorine, the other radical 1.sup.1 or 1.sup.2 is hydrogen and R is alkyl, oxaalkyl, fluoroalkyl or alkenyl, in each case having up to 7 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 1995Date of Patent: April 1, 1997Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter HaftungInventors: Reinhard Hittich, Bernhard Rieger, Volker Reiffenrath, David Coates, Herbert Plach
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Patent number: 5565140Abstract: The invention relates to novel halogenated benzene derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## in which n is 1 to 7 [sic], the rings A and B are each trans-1,4-cyclohexylene, or one of the rings A and B is alternatively 1,4-phenylene or 3-fluoro-l,4-phenylene, X is F, C1, CHF.sub.2, --CF.sub.3, --CN, --OCF.sub.3 or --OCHF.sub.2, Y and Z are each, independently of one another, H or F, r=1 or, in the case where s=1, B=trans-1,4-cyclohexylene and simultaneously X=--CHF.sub.2, --CF.sub.3, --OCF.sub.3 or --OCHF.sub.2, r is alternatively 0, and s=1 or, in the case where B=1,4-phenylene or 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene, s=0.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1995Date of Patent: October 15, 1996Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter HaftungInventors: Reinhard Hittich, Eike Poetsch, Volker Reiffenrath, Bernhard Rieger, Andreas Wachtler, David Coates, Herbert Plach
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Patent number: 5520846Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds of positive dielectric anisotropy, characterized in that it contains one or more compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## in which L.sup.1 and L.sup.2 are each H or F,n is 1 or 2,X is H, F, Cl, CF.sub.3, OCF.sub.3 or OCHF.sub.2, andR is alkyl, oxaalkyl, fluoroalkyl or alkenyl, in each case having up to 7 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 1994Date of Patent: May 28, 1996Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter HaftungInventors: Herbert Plach, Reinhard Hittich, Eike Poetsch, Volker Reiffenrath
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Patent number: 5519525Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 15, 1993Date of Patent: May 21, 1996Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter HaftungInventors: Georg Weber, Ludwig Pohl, Reinhard Hittich, Herbert Plach, Bernhard Scheuble, Takamasa Oyama, Bernhard Rieger, Hans A. Kurmeier, Ekkehard Bartmann
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Patent number: RE36849Abstract: Anisotropic compounds of the formula (1) specified in claim 1 are suitable, owing to their low .DELTA..epsilon./.epsilon..perp. values for liquid crystal displays which have high information densities of for examples up to 10.sup.6 image dots and accordingly need to be highly multiplexible; compared with known compounds they offer improved application properties and are relatively simple to synthesize.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 1993Date of Patent: September 5, 2000Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Hans P. Schad, Stephen M. Kelly, Eike Poetsch, Reinhard Hittich, Georg Weber