Patents by Inventor Rene Huwyler

Rene Huwyler 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: 5359020
    Abstract: Compositions comprisingA) compounds of formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are identical or different and each is hydrogen or methyl, and X is a divalent organic radical comprising from 2 to 60 carbon atoms,B) compounds of formula II, III or IV ##STR2## wherein each of R.sub.11, R.sub.12 and R.sub.13, independently of the others, is a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 alkenyl group, at least one of the radicals R.sub.11 to R.sub.13 being an alkenyl group, ##STR3## wherein Q is a direct bond, methylene, 2,2-propylidene, --CO--, --O--, --S--, --SO-- or --SO.sub.2 -- and each of R.sub.14, R.sub.15, R.sub.16 and R.sub.17, independently of the others, is a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 alkenyl group, at least one of the radicals R.sub.14 to R.sub.17 being an alkenyl group, or ##STR4## wherein each of R.sub.18, R.sub.19, R.sub.20, R.sub.21, R.sub.22 and R.sub.23, independently of the others, is a hydrogen atom, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or C.sub.3 -C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf Brunner, Rene Huwyler, Andreas Kramer
  • Patent number: 4666954
    Abstract: Prepregs which are tacky to dry to the touch can be prepared by impregnating a solid reinforcing material with a liquid, solvent-free composition containing (a) an epoxide resin, (b) a photopolymerizable compound, (c) a heat-activatable curing agent for the epoxide resin (a) and, if appropriate, a photopolymerization catalyst for the photopolymerizable compound (b), and the composition is exposed to actinic radiation. The composition solidifies thereby to give an essentially solid layer as the result of photopolymerization of the photopolymerizable compound, whereas the epoxide resin remains substantially in a heat-curable state. In accordance with the invention, a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or araliphatic amine is used as the heat-activatable curing agent (c), and the photopolymerizable compound (b) is employed in such a ratio to the heat-curable component (a) that, after irradiation with actinic light, the composition can still be shaped by thermoplastic methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Imre Forgo, Elvio Manso, Urs Gruber, Rene Huwyler
  • Patent number: 4612209
    Abstract: Heat-curable adhesive films of variable tack can be prepared:1. by coating a peelable release film or substrate with a liquid mixture of substances containing(a) 2-24% by weight of a photopolymerizable compound containing at least one grouping CH.sub.2 .dbd.C(R)COO-- in which R is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group,(b) 20-90% by weight of a heat-curable epoxide resin or mixture of epoxide resins containing no photopolymerizable groups,(c) a heat-activatable curing agent for epoxide resins,(d) 0.1 to 2% by weight of an accelerator,(e) 0.01 to 5% by weight of a photopolymerization catalyst for the component (a) and(f) if appropriate, further additives, the sum of the components (a) to (f) being 100% by weight,2. by covering the layer, if necessary, with a reinforcing material and again coating with a mixture of substances according to 1, and3. irradiating the layer thus obtained with actinic light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1986
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Imre Forgo, Rene Huwyler, Jacques Francois