Patents by Inventor Silke Stüsgen

Silke Stüsgen 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: 20230066426
    Abstract: A textile reinforcement for integrating into concrete, having carbon fibers. The reinforcement is coated with a layer which protects against oxidation, wherein the carbon fibers are provided in the form of an interlaced, twisted, or cabled thread structure and have 5 wt. % of matrix resin, and the layer which protects against oxidation is a separate layer and can produce a chemical bond to a component of the concrete. The invention additionally relates to a concrete part which has a textile reinforcement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: TEIJIN CARBON EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Silke STÜSGEN, Bernd WOHLMANN, Franz KÖHLER, Willem TER STEEG
  • Patent number: 9540509
    Abstract: A pre-impregnated yarn including a bundle of reinforcing fiber filaments having a bundle interior and a bundle outer side, a first resin composition, and a second resin composition. The first resin composition includes at least one urethane resin, H1, produced from a reaction of a bifunctional aromatic epoxy compound based on bisphenol A, an aromatic polyisocyanate, and a polyalkylene glycol; an oxyalkylated bisphenol A resin, H2; and aromatic polyhydroxy ether P1. The filaments are impregnated with and at least partially connected via the first resin composition. The first resin composition is present in a concentration of 0.1 to 4 wt % relative to a total weight of the pre-impregnated yarn. The second resin composition is on the bundle outer side in the form of particles or drops adhering to the filaments, and is in a concentration of 0.5 to 14 wt % relative to the total weight of the pre-impregnated yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: TOHO TENAX EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Sabine Kummer-Dörner, Silke Stüsgen, Silke Witzel, Jens Pusch, Markus Schneider, Bernd Wohlmann
  • Publication number: 20150376404
    Abstract: A pre-impregnated yarn including a bundle of reinforcing fiber filaments having a bundle interior and a bundle outer side, a first resin composition, and a second resin composition. The first resin composition includes at least one urethane resin, H1, produced from a reaction of a bifunctional aromatic epoxy compound based on bisphenol A, an aromatic polyisocyanate, and a polyalkylene glycol; an oxyalkylated bisphenol A resin, H2; and aromatic polyhydroxy ether P1. The filaments are impregnated with and at least partially connected via the first resin composition. The first resin composition is present in a concentration of 0.1 to 4 wt % relative to a total weight of the pre-impregnated yarn. The second resin composition is on the bundle outer side in the form of particles or drops adhering to the filaments, and is in a concentration of 0.5 to 14 wt % relative to the total weight of the pre-impregnated yarn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Sabine KUMMER-DÖRNER, Silke STÜSGEN, Silke WITZEL, Jens PUSCH, Markus SCHNEIDER, Bernd WOHLMANN
  • Publication number: 20140346409
    Abstract: A carbon fiber with a conductive finish includes carbon fiber filaments including a metal coating, wherein the carbon fiber filaments have a finish on the metal coating based on at least one polymer binder and containing conductive nanoparticles. The concentration of the metal coating is 8 to 25 wt. % and the concentration of the carbon nanotubes is 0.1 to 1 wt. %, each relative to the weight of the carbon fiber provided with the metal coating and finish. A method for producing fibers of this type is set forth, as well as a fiber-reinforced composite material comprising carbon fibers including carbon fiber filaments, wherein the carbon fiber filaments are coated with a metal, and a polymer-based matrix, wherein the percent by volume of the fibers in the composite material is 30 to 70 vol. % and the composite material additionally contains conductive nanoparticles which are dispersed at least partially in the matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Silke Witzel, Bernd Wohlmann, Silke Stüsgen
  • Patent number: 8834997
    Abstract: Carbon fibers and carbon fiber yarn consisting of carbon fibers, the fibers having been pretreated by electrochemical oxidation, characterized in that they have a finish consisting of epoxy resin(s), a vinyl component, and a plasticizer in an amount of 0.3 to 5 wt. % relative to the carbon fibers, which are to be provided with the finish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Toho Tenax Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Silke Stuesgen, Bernd Wohlmann, Matthias Schubert
  • Publication number: 20140205831
    Abstract: A pre-impregnated yarn having a bundle made of reinforcing fiber filaments impregnated with a first resin composition infiltrated into the pre-impregnated yarn and at least partially connected via the first resin composition. The first resin composition contains at least two bisphenol A epichlorohydrin resins H1 and H2 in a weight ratio H1:H2 of 1.1 to 1.4, and an aromatic polyhydroxy ether P1. The pre-impregnated yarn has a second resin composition on the bundle outer side in the form of adhesive particles or drops. The second resin composition is solid at ambient temperatures and has a melting temperature in the range from 80 to 150° C. The bundle interior and at least 50% of the surface of the bundle outer side are free of the second resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: TOHO TENAX EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Schneider, Silke Stüsgen, Silke Witzel, Bernd Wohlmann