Patents by Inventor Ruediger Hoyer

Ruediger Hoyer 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: 11376550
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst which comprises a carrier substrate of length L, which extends between a first end face a and a second end face b, and catalytically active material zones A, B and C of different composition, wherein—material zone A comprises palladium or palladium and platinum with a weight ratio of Pd:Pt>1, and cerium oxide, —material zone B comprises platinum or platinum and palladium with a weight ratio of Pt:Pd>1, and cerium oxide and/or cerium/zirconium mixed oxide, and—material zone C comprises platinum or platinum and palladium with a weight ratio of Pt:Pd>1, and a carrier oxide, and wherein—material zone B is arranged above material zone A, and—material zone C is arranged above material zone B, and, starting from the second end face b of the carrier substrate, extends over a length of up to 60% of the length L. The invention also relates to a catalyst arrangement containing said catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Anke Woerz, Ruediger Hoyer, Benjamin Betz
  • Publication number: 20210252456
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst which comprises a carrier substrate of length L, which extends between a first end face a and a second end face b, and catalytically active material zones A, B and C of different composition, wherein—material zone A comprises palladium or palladium and platinum with a weight ratio of Pd:Pt>1, and cerium oxide, —material zone B comprises platinum or platinum and palladium with a weight ratio of Pt:Pd>1, and cerium oxide and/or cerium/zirconium mixed oxide, and—material zone C comprises platinum or platinum and palladium with a weight ratio of Pt:Pd>1, and a carrier oxide, and wherein—material zone B is arranged above material zone A, and—material zone C is arranged above material zone B, and, starting from the second end face b of the carrier substrate, extends over a length of up to 60% of the length L. The invention also relates to a catalyst arrangement containing said catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Anke WOERZ, Ruediger HOYER, Benjamin BETZ
  • Publication number: 20200030745
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nitrogen oxide storage catalyst composed of at least two catalytically active washcoat layers on a support body, wherein a lower washcoat layer A comprises cerium oxide, an alkaline earth metal compound and/or an alkali compound, platinum and palladium, and an upper washcoat layer B located above washcoat layer A comprises cerium oxide, platinum and palladium, does not contain any alkali and alkaline-earth compounds, and has macropores. Also disclosed is a method for converting NOx in exhaust gases from motor vehicles operated with lean-burn engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas UTSCHIG, Ruediger HOYER, Naohiro KATO
  • Publication number: 20200032687
    Abstract: The Invention relates to a nitrogen oxide storage catalyst composed of at least two catalytically-active washcoat layers on a support body, wherein a lower washcoat layer A comprises cerium oxide, an alkaline earth metal compound and/or an alkali compound, platinum and palladium, and manganese oxide, and an upper washcoat layer B disposed on the washcoat layer A comprises cerium oxide, platinum and palladium and does not contain any alkali and alkaline-earth compounds, and to a method for converting NOx in exhaust gases from motor vehicles which are operated with lean-burn engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas UTSCHIG, Elena MUELLER, Ruediger HOYER
  • Patent number: 10443463
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst system for reducing nitrogen oxides, which comprises a nitrogen oxide storage catalyst and an SCR catalyst, wherein the nitrogen oxide storage catalyst consists of at least two catalytically active washcoat layers on a supporting body, wherein a lower washcoat layer A contains cerium oxide, an alkaline earth compound and/or alkali compound, as well as platinum and palladium, and an upper washcoat layer B, which is arranged over the washcoat layer A, contains cerium oxide, platinum and palladium, and no alkali compound and no alkaline earth compound. The invention also relates to a method for converting NOx in exhaust gases of motor vehicles that are operated by means of engines that are operated in a lean manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ruediger Hoyer, Thomas Utschig, Michael Schiffer, Michael Seyler, Frank-Walter Schuetze
  • Patent number: 10428708
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nitrogen oxide storage catalyst composed of at least two catalytically active washcoat layers on a support body, wherein a lower washcoat layer A comprises cerium oxide, an alkaline earth metal compound and/or an alkali metal compound, and platinum and palladium, and an upper washcoat layer B disposed atop the washcoat layer A comprises cerium oxide, platinum and palladium, and no alkali metal or alkaline earth metal compound, and to a method of converting NOx in exhaust gases from motor vehicles which are operated with lean-burn engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Utschig, Ruediger Hoyer, Elena Mueller
  • Publication number: 20190224649
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising a support body A having a length LA designed as a flow substrate, a support body B of length LB designed as a wall-flow filter, and material zones A1, A2, B1, and B2, wherein the support body A comprises material zones A1 and A2 and the support body B comprises material zones B1 and B2, wherein material zone A1 contains a cerium oxide, an alkaline earth metal compound and/or an alkali metal compound, and also platinum and/or palladium, and material zone A2 contains cerium oxide, and also platinum and/or palladium, and is free of alkali metal and alkaline earth metal compounds, material zone B1 contains palladium supported on cerium oxide, and material zone B2 contains platinum supported on a support material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael SCHIFFER, Ruediger HOYER, Thomas UTSCHIG, Franz DORNHAUS, Anke WOERZ
  • Patent number: 9757712
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for the removal of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon from the exhaust gas of lean-operated internal combustion engines on a supporting body, which bears platinum and/or palladium on one or more refractory carrier materials and also contains cerium oxide and which, after reductive treatment at 250° C. and after CO adsorption, is characterized by certain peaks in Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (DRIFTS), and also relates to the use thereof for removing carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon from the exhaust gas of lean-operated internal combustion engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ruediger Hoyer, Fei Wen, Elena Mueller
  • Publication number: 20170226917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for cleaning exhaust gas, and a correspondingly designed exhaust gas system. The present method, or the corresponding system, serves to avoid the formation of nitrous oxide as a secondary exhaust gas, which may primarily be created during the loading of specific catalyst types with NH3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Frank ADAM, Ruediger HOYER
  • Publication number: 20170218809
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst system for reducing nitrogen oxides, which comprises a nitrogen oxide storage catalyst and an SCR catalyst, wherein the nitrogen oxide storage catalyst consists of at least two catalytically active washcoat layers on a supporting body, wherein a lower washcoat layer A contains cerium oxide, an alkaline earth compound and/or alkali compound, as well as platinum and palladium, and an upper washcoat layer B, which is arranged over the washcoat layer A, contains cerium oxide, platinum and palladium, and no alkali compound and no alkaline earth compound. The invention also relates to a method for converting NOx in exhaust gases of motor vehicles that are operated by means of engines that are operated in a lean manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ruediger HOYER, Thomas UTSCHIG, Michael SCHIFFER, Michael SEYLER, Frank-Walter SCHUETZE
  • Publication number: 20170183995
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nitrogen oxide storage catalyst composed of at least two catalytically active washcoat layers on a support body, wherein a lower washcoat layer A comprises cerium oxide, an alkaline earth metal compound and/or an alkali metal compound, and platinum and palladium, and an upper washcoat layer B disposed atop the washcoat layer A comprises cerium oxide, platinum and palladium, and no alkali metal or alkaline earth metal compound, and to a method of converting NOx in exhaust gases from motor vehicles which are operated with lean-burn engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas UTSCHIG, Ruediger HOYER, Elena MUELLER
  • Patent number: 9662638
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nitrogen oxide storage catalyst composed of at least two catalytically active coatings on a support body, wherein a lower coating A contains cerium oxide, and platinum and/or palladium, but no alkaline earth metal compound, and an upper coating B which is disposed above coating A contains an alkaline earth metal compound, a basic mixed magnesium-aluminum oxide, and platinum and palladium, and to a method for converting NOx in exhaust gases of motor vehicles which are operated with lean-burn engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ruediger Hoyer, Anke Schuler, Elena Mueller, Thomas Utschig, Gerald Jeske
  • Patent number: 9527036
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst system for treatment of diesel exhaust gas, comprising, in flow direction of the exhaust gas, a nitrogen oxide storage catalyst containing a nitrogen oxide storage component and noble metal and a diesel particulate filter containing noble metal selected from the group of platinum, palladium, and platinum and palladium, characterized in that the noble metal loading of the nitrogen oxide storage catalyst is 100 to 180 g/ft3 (3.53 to 6.36 g/L) and the noble metal loading of the diesel particulate filter is 5 to 35 g/ft3 (0.18 to 1.24 g/L).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Schiffer, Ulrich Goebel, Franz Dornhaus, Anke Schuler, Ruediger Hoyer, Marcus Pfeifer, Gerald Jeske
  • Patent number: 9433899
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for removing carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from the exhaust gas of lean-burn internal combustion engines, said exhaust gas being passed over a catalyst which contains platinum supported on one or more refractory supporting materials, pure cerium oxide, and optionally an additional noble metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium and rhodium, wherein the pure cerium oxide is in close contact with the noble metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ruediger Hoyer, Anke Schuler, Stefan Franoschek, Thomas R. Pauly, Gerald Jeske
  • Publication number: 20160236180
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for the removal of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon from the exhaust gas of lean-operated internal combustion engines on a supporting body, which bears platinum and/or palladium on one or more refractory carrier materials and also contains cerium oxide and which, after reductive treatment at 250° C. and after CO adsorption, is characterized by certain peaks in Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (DRIFTS), and also relates to the use thereof for removing carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon from the exhaust gas of lean-operated internal combustion engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ruediger HOYER, Fei WEN, Elena MUELLER
  • Patent number: 9328682
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a regulating strategy for a special catalytic converter for exhaust-gas aftertreatment. The catalytic converter concept is distinguished in that at least two nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters are used in the exhaust section of a vehicle. The first, possibly close-coupled unit is followed by one or more nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters, which are possibly situated in the underbody of the vehicle. The nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters are then regenerated as a function of the exceedance of nitrogen oxide threshold vales downstream thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ruediger Hoyer, Stefan Franoschek, Stephan Eckhoff
  • Publication number: 20160051930
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for removing carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from the exhaust gas of lean-burn internal combustion engines, said exhaust gas being passed over a catalyst which contains platinum supported on one or more refractory supporting materials, pure cerium oxide, and optionally an additional noble metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium and rhodium, wherein the pure cerium oxide is in close contact with the noble metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Ruediger HOYER, Anke SCHULER, Stefan FRANOSCHEK, Thomas R. PAULY, Gerald JESKE
  • Publication number: 20150352495
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nitrogen oxide storage catalyst composed of at least two catalytically active washcoat layers on a support body, wherein a lower washcoat layer A contains cerium oxide, an alkaline earth metal compound and/or an alkali metal compound, and also platinum, and an upper washcoat layer B disposed atop the washcoat layer A, containing cerium oxide, and also platinum and palladium, and no alkaline earth metal compound, and a method for converting NOx in the exhaust gases of motor vehicles which are operated with lean-burn engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ruediger HOYER, Anke SCHULER, Thomas UTSCHIG, Elena MUELLER
  • Publication number: 20150336085
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nitrogen oxide storage catalyst composed of at least two catalytically active coatings on a support body, wherein a lower coating A contains cerium oxide, and platinum and/or palladium, but no alkaline earth metal compound, and an upper coating B which is disposed above coating A contains an alkaline earth metal compound, a basic mixed magnesium-aluminum oxide, and platinum and palladium, and to a method for converting NOx in exhaust gases of motor vehicles which are operated with lean-burn engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ruediger HOYER, Anke SCHULER, Elena MUELLER, Thomas UTSCHIG, Gerald JESKE
  • Publication number: 20150273394
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst system for treatment of diesel exhaust gas, comprising, in flow direction of the exhaust gas, a nitrogen oxide storage catalyst containing a nitrogen oxide storage component and noble metal and a diesel particulate filter containing noble metal selected from the group of platinum, palladium, and platinum and palladium, characterized in that the noble metal loading of the nitrogen oxide storage catalyst is 100 to 180 g/ft3 (153 to 6.36 g/L) and the noble metal loading of the diesel particulate filter is 5 to 35 g/ft3 (0.18 to 1.24 g/L.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Schiffer, Ulrich Goebel, Franz Dornhaus, Anke Schuler, Ruediger Hoyer, Marcus Pfeifer, Gerald Jeske