Patents by Inventor Rolf Wehrmann

Rolf Wehrmann 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).

  • Publication number: 20240026074
    Abstract: Described are reflective, titanium dioxide-containing polycarbonate compositions to which 0.001 wt. % to 0.25 wt. % glass flakes including a titanium dioxide coating are added to improve reflectance values, said glass flakes usually being used in larger quantities as effect pigments. Said compositions make it possible to produce brilliant white molded parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Rolf Wehrmann, Anke Boumans
  • Publication number: 20240002658
    Abstract: What are described are titanium dioxide-containing thermoplastic compositions based on polycarbonate having high reflectance, to which, for further improving the reflectance, are added at least one graft polymer of (C1 to C8)-alkyl (meth)acrylate on a graft base from the group of acrylate rubbers, in particular one with core/shell structure based on butyl acrylate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Rolf Wehrmann, Helmut Werner Heuer, Anke Boumans
  • Publication number: 20230416526
    Abstract: The present disclosure is direct to titanium dioxide-containing, polycarbonate-based thermoplastic compositions that contain epoxidized triacylglycerol. These compositions are suitable for reflectors. The compositions described in the present disclosure have an improved reflectance and a lower yellowness index as compared to reference compositions that do not contain epoxidized triacylglycerol. The epoxidized triacylglycerol may be in the form of epoxidized soybean oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Rolf Wehrmann, Helmut Werner Heuer, Anke Boumans
  • Publication number: 20230407044
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to titanium dioxide-containing, polycarbonate-based thermoplastic compositions that contain metal oxide-containing mica. The metal oxide-containing mica may be provided in very low amounts. The titanium dioxide-containing polycarbonate-based thermoplastic compositions are suitable for reflectors. The addition of mica results in improved reflectance values as compared to the same mixtures without mica component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Rolf Wehrmann, Anke Boumans, Joerg Reichenauer
  • Publication number: 20230151148
    Abstract: Polycarbonate-based compositions containing polyether carbonate polyol are described. The compositions have an elevated transmittance in the VIS range as a result of the additive and further advantageous properties, for instance improved demolding characteristics. Even small amounts have a significant impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Rolf Wehrmann, Anke Boumans
  • Publication number: 20230038482
    Abstract: The invention relates to carbon fiber-containing polycarbonate compositions, the flowability of which is significantly improved by adding epoxidized triacylglycerols, for example as a constituent of epoxidized soy bean oil. In addition to the very high flowability, the compositions according to the invention have a high rigidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Helmut Werner HEUER, Rolf WEHRMANN, Anke BOUMANS
  • Patent number: 11505665
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite material comprising one or more fibre layers composed of a fibre material and an aromatic polycarbonate-based matrix material. The fibre layer(s) is/are embedded in the matrix material. The present invention further relates to a process for producing these fibre composite materials, to multilayer composite materials comprising several layers of fibre composite material, and to the use of the composite materials for production of components or housing components or housings, and to the components, housing components or housings themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Rolf Wehrmann, Helmut Werner Heuer, Anke Boumans, John Bauer
  • Patent number: 11472099
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an object by means of a fused deposition modeling method (FDM), from a construction material, wherein the construction material comprises a polycarbonate and a di-glycerol ester. The invention also relates to the use of a polycarbonate with improved flowability comprising a diglycerol as construction material in an additive fused deposition modeling method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Dirk Achten, Thomas Büsgen, Rolf Wehrmann, Helmut Werner Heuer
  • Publication number: 20220135754
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite material comprising one or more fibre layers composed of a fibre material and an aromatic polycarbonate-based matrix material. The fibre layer(s) is/are embedded in the matrix material. The present invention further relates to a process for producing these fibre composite materials, to multilayer composite materials comprising several layers of fibre composite material, and to the use of the composite materials for production of components or housing components or housings, and to the components, housing components or housings themselves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Rolf WEHRMANN, Helmut Werner HEUER, Anke BOUMANS, John BAUER
  • Publication number: 20220088906
    Abstract: Multilayer composite material comprising specific polycarbonate compositions as matrix material The present invention relates to a composite material comprising one or more fibre layers composed of a fibre material and an aromatic polycarbonate-based matrix material. The fibre layer(s) is/are embedded in the matrix material. The present invention further relates to a process for producing these fibre composite materials, to multilayer composite materials comprising several layers of fibre composite material, and to the use of the composite materials for production of components or housing components or housings, and to the components, housing components or housings themselves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Rolf WEHRMANN, Anke BOUMANS, Helmut Werner HEUER, Thomas GRIMM, Matthias KNAUPP, John BAUER
  • Patent number: 11279812
    Abstract: The present invention relates to thermally conductive, graphite-containing polycarbonate compositions having high flowability and mouldings for the electricals and electronics industries for heat management, in particular for complex cooling plates, heat sinks and housings in lighting technology. The compositions according to the invention are in particular also suitable for thin wall designs. The compositions contain at least one saturated or unsaturated monocarboxylic acid having a chain length of 6 to 30 carbon atoms and at least one ester of this monocarboxylic acid based on glycerol and/or diglycerol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: COVESTRO DEUTSCHLAND AG
    Inventors: Rolf Wehrmann, Helmut Werner Heuer, Anke Boumans
  • Patent number: 11267192
    Abstract: A method for producing an object with layers of different materials in an additive manufacturing process comprises the following steps: •I) providing a construction material heated at least in part to a temperature above its glass transition temperature on a substrate, so that a layer of the construction material is obtained which corresponds to a first selected cross section of the object; •II) providing a construction material heated at least in part to a temperature above its glass transition temperature on a previously provided layer of the construction material, so that another layer of the construction material is obtained which corresponds to another selected cross section of the object and which is connected to the previously provided layer; •III) repeating step II) until the object is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Dirk Achten, Thomas Büsgen, Peter Reichert, Nicolas Degiorgio, Rolf Wehrmann, Helmut Werner Heuer, Eckhard Wenz
  • Publication number: 20220025134
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fibre composite materials composed of a fibre material and an aromatic polycarbonate-based matrix material and to multilayer composite materials comprising one or more such layers of fibre composite material. The fibre composite material has a pleasing look with stripes that seem naturally formed on a white or coloured background. The fibre layer(s) is/are embedded in the matrix material. The present invention further relates to a process for producing the fibre composite materials and multilayer composite materials and to components, housing components or housings, especially for laptop, notebook or ultrabook covers, comprising such composite materials themselves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Rolf WEHRMANN, Helmut Werner HEUER, Anke BOUMANS
  • Publication number: 20210332216
    Abstract: The present invention relates to thermally conductive, graphite-containing polycarbonate compositions having high flowability and mouldings for the electricals and electronics industries for heat management, in particular for complex cooling plates, heat sinks and housings in lighting technology. The compositions according to the invention are in particular also suitable for thin wall designs. The compositions contain at least one saturated or unsaturated monocarboxylic acid having a chain length of 6 to 30 carbon atoms and at least one ester of this monocarboxylic acid based on glycerol and/or diglycerol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Rolf WEHRMANN, Helmut Werner HEUER, Anke BOUMANS
  • Publication number: 20210171767
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition for production of a thermoplastic moulding compound, wherein the composition comprises or consists of at least the following constituents: A) 30% to 94% by weight of a polymer or polymer mixture consisting of at least one representative selected from aromatic polycarbonate and aromatic polyestercarbonate and optionally additionally comprising aromatic polyester, B) 5% to 65% by weight of rubber-based graft polymer B.1, optionally in a mixture with rubber-free vinyl (co)polymer B.2, C) 0.001% to 1% by weight of at least one ester of a sulfonic acid, D) 0% to 30% by weight of one or more polymer additives, and to a process for producing the moulding compound, to the moulding compound itself, to the use of the composition or of the moulding compound for production of moulded articles and to the moulded articles themselves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Andreas Seidel, Helmut Werner Heuer, Rolf Wehrmann
  • Patent number: 10974498
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing an article, comprising the step of manufacturing the article via an additive fabrication process from a structural material, is notable in that the structural material comprises a polymer selected from the following group: (co)polycarbonates, polyesters, polyestercarbonates, polyformals, polyamides, polyethers, polyvinyl chloride, polymethyl (meth)acrylate, polystyrene or a combination of at least two thereof and an additive absorbing infrared radiation. The additive absorbing infrared radiation is selected for its chemical structure and its concentration in the structural material such that it reduces transmission by the structural material of light in the wavelength range between 600 nm and 1700 nm, determined on a sample 100 ?m thick, by ?2.5 percentage points relative to a structural material sample with a thickness of 100 ?m that does not contain the additive absorbing infrared radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Dirk Achten, Thomas Büsgen, Rolf Wehrmann, Helmut Werner Heuer
  • Patent number: 10934415
    Abstract: The invention relates to glass-fibre- and/or carbon-fibre-reinforced polycarbonate compositions having improved flowability coupled with good heat resistance and to articles of manufacture produced from said compositions, in particular those from the thin wall applications sector, for example housing parts for ultrabooks or smartphones. The compositions comprise at least one saturated or unsaturated monocarboxylic acid having a chain length of 6 to 30 carbon atoms and at least one ester of these monocarboxylic acids based on glycerol and/or diglycerol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Rolf Wehrmann, Helmut Werner Heuer, Anke Boumans
  • Publication number: 20200331247
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite material comprising one or more fibre layers composed of a fibre material and an aromatic polycarbonate-based matrix material. The fibre layer(s) is/are embedded in the matrix material. The present invention further relates to a process for producing these fibre composite materials, to multilayer composite materials comprising several layers of fibre composite material, and to the use of the composite materials for production of components or housing components or housings, and to the components, housing components or housings themselves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Helmut Werner HEUER, Rolf WEHRMANN, Anke BOUMANS, John BAUER
  • Patent number: 10676613
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions containing polycarbonate and carboxylic acid esters of isosorbide, to the use of the compositions for the production of blends or shaped parts and to molded parts obtained therefrom. The compositions have improved rheological and optical properties and an improved demolding and processing behavior in the injection-molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Helmut Werner Heuer, Rolf Wehrmann, Anke Boumans
  • Patent number: 10669418
    Abstract: The invention relates to polycarbonate compositions having high flowability and good thermal properties, comprising specific glycidyl ether compounds and typically at least one additive from the group of the thermal stabilizers, UV stabilizers and/or demoulding agents, and to mouldings made from these compositions. The polycarbonate compositions have high flowability and good thermal properties. The invention also relates to the improvement in the flowability of polycarbonate melts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Rolf Wehrmann, Helmut Werner Heuer, Anke Boumans