Patents by Inventor Thomas Früh

Thomas Früh 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: 11020915
    Abstract: A sealing compound comprising an inventive extended sealing gel, a process for producing this sealing compound, the use of sealing gels in sealing compounds, and the use of sealing gel-containing sealing compounds in tyres
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: ARLANXEO DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Jiawen Zhou, Thomas Früh, Torsten Thust
  • Patent number: 10815364
    Abstract: The present invention relates to: a sealing gel having a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4 @ 100° C.) in the range from 100 MU to 170 MU, a sealing compound comprising inventive sealing gel, a process for producing this sealing compound, the use of sealing gels for improving viscoelastic properties in sealing compounds, and the use of sealing gel-containing sealing compounds for improving rolling resistance properties in tyres having sealing layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: ARLANXEO DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Christopher Kohl, Udo Schmidt, Jiawen Zhou, Thomas Frueh, Alex Lucassen
  • Publication number: 20200123347
    Abstract: A delayed sealing compound comprising inventive sealing gel, a process for producing this sealing compound, and the use of sealing compounds in tyres with warning ability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Jiawen ZHOU, Christopher KOHL, Thomas FRÜH
  • Publication number: 20190382517
    Abstract: A polymer based sealing compound applied to vehicle tyres for the reduction of tyre noise, a process for producing such sealing compounds, and the use thereof in tyres for noise reduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: ARLANXEO DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Jiawen ZHOU, Christopher KOHL, Udo SCHMIDT, Jochen KROLL, Alex LUCASSEN, Thomas FRÜH
  • Publication number: 20190382547
    Abstract: A polymer based sealing compound which is foamed, which is applied to vehicle tyres for the reduction in weight and improvement of driving dynamics, a process for producing such foamed sealing compounds, and the use thereof in tyres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: ARLANXEO DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Jiawen ZHOU, Christopher KOHL, Thomas FRÜH
  • Publication number: 20190366657
    Abstract: A sealing compound comprising an inventive extended sealing gel, a process for producing this sealing compound, the use of sealing gels in sealing compounds, and the use of sealing gel-containing sealing compounds in tyres
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Jiawen ZHOU, Thomas FRÜH, Torsten THUST
  • Publication number: 20180215903
    Abstract: The present invention relates to: a sealing gel having a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4 @ 100° C.) in the range from 100 MU to 170 MU, a sealing compound comprising inventive sealing gel, a process for producing this sealing compound, the use of sealing gels for improving viscoelastic properties in sealing compounds, and the use of sealing gel-containing sealing compounds for improving rolling resistance properties in tyres having sealing layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: ARLANXEO Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Christopher KOHL, Udo SCHMIDT, Jiawen ZHOU, Thomas FRUEH, Alex LUCASSEN
  • Publication number: 20150306854
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composite which is produced by means of 2-component processing methods, preferably 2-component injection moulding (2K injection moulding), from at least one part composed of at least one polyalkenamer-additized polyamide moulding composition and at least one part composed of at least one elastomer obtainable from rubber that is to be vulcanized or crosslinked with elemental sulphur, or is composed of these components after processing thereof, without using an adhesion promoter, wherein the individual parts of the composite are macroscopic mouldings but not, for example, dispersed particles in a polymer/elastomer blend or polyamide fibres in an elastomer matrix, such blends therefore not being composites in the sense of the invention, and to a method for producing such composites, to the use of polyalkenamer for improving the composite adhesion of polyamide-based mouldings with an elastomer component obtainable from rubber that is to be vulcanized or crosslinked with elemental sulphu
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas FRUEH, Thomas DEDERICHS, Andreas BISCHOFF, Ulrich GIESE, Torsten THUST
  • Patent number: 8629205
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising at least one microgel and at least one functional additive, to processes for the preparation thereof, to uses of the compositions, and to microgel-containing polymers, rubbers, lubricants, coatings, etc. prepared therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignees: LANXESS Deutschland GmbH, Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Fessenbecker, Patrick Galda, Torsten Ziser, Thomas Früh, Günther Steppan, Werner Obrecht
  • Patent number: 8592512
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition containing at least one microgel, at least one carbon nanotube and at least one organic medium. Said organic medium can be cross-linked or non cross-linked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignees: Lanxess Deutschland GmbH, Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Torsten Ziser, Thomas Früh, Werner Obrecht, Reiner Rudolf, Sigurd Buchholz, Volker Michele, Leslaw Mleczko, Christian Münnich, Aurel Wolf, Daniel Gordon Duff
  • Patent number: 8367231
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer electrolyte membrane for fuel cells, comprising a polymer matrix of at least one basic polymer and one or more doping agents, wherein particles containing ionogenic groups and having a mean particle diameter in the nanometer range are embedded in the polymer matrix and the particles containing ionogenic groups are distributed homogeneously in the polymer matrix in a concentration of less than 50% relative to the weight of the polymer matrix, as well as to the production and use of same, especially in high-temperature fuel cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignees: Elcomax Membranes GmbH, Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH, Lanxess Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Annette Reiche, Dieter Melzner, Ulrich Mähr, Oliver Gronwald, Werner Obrecht, Thomas Früh, Torsten Ziser
  • Patent number: 8188187
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising thermoplastic materials and crosslinked microgels which are not crosslinked by high-energy radiation, processes for its preparation, its use for the production of thermoplastically processable shaped articles and shaped articles produced from the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignees: LANXESS Deutschland GmbH, Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH
    Inventors: Ludger Heiliger, Thomas Früh, Volker Müller, Heiko Tebbe, Werner Obrecht, Robert Hans Schuster, Martin Müller
  • Patent number: 8119581
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of microgels for modifying the temperature behavior of non-crosslinkable organic media, in particular in high temperature applications at least about 100° C., for example in engine oils, gear oils, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignees: Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH, LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Fessenbecker, Patrick Galda, Torsten Ziser, Thomas Früh, Werner Obrecht
  • Publication number: 20110229672
    Abstract: The invention relates to polyamide-elastomer mixtures with an improved hydrolysis resistance. In this case, the elastomer is present in particular in the form of a microgel. The polyamide-elastomer mixtures according to the invention can be processed into molded articles that are used, for example, in the automobile industry, in particular as media-conducting conduits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Botho Hoffmann, Georg Stöppelmann, Werner Obrecht, Thomas Früh, Robert Hans Schuster, Clara Antonia Rozin
  • Publication number: 20110224357
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition containing at least one microgel, at least one carbon nanotube and at least one organic medium. Said organic medium can be cross-linked or non cross-linked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicants: LANXESS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Torsten Ziser, Thomas Früh, Werner Obrecht, Reiner Rudolf, Sigurd Buchholz, Volker Michele, Leslaw Mleczko, Christian Münnich, Aurel Wolf, Daniel Gordon Duff
  • Patent number: 7947782
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a vulcanizable composition, vulcanized products produced from it, and their use in particular in the production of golf balls or roll coverings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignees: Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH, LANXESS Deutschland GmbH, LANXESS Inc.
    Inventors: Judy E. Hannay, Thomas Früh, Werner Obrecht
  • Patent number: 7939594
    Abstract: The invention provides a composition that contains at least one specific non-crosslinkable organic medium at least one microgel and at least one thickening agent, a process for the preparation thereof and uses of the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignees: Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH, LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Obrecht, Torsten Ziser, Thomas Früh, Patrick Galda, Achim Fessenbecker
  • Publication number: 20110091788
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gas diffusion electrode for polymer electrolyte fuel cells having a working temperature of up to 250° C., comprising a plurality of gas-permeable electroconductive layers having at least one gas diffusion layer and one catalyst layer. The catalyst layer contains particles of an average particle diameter in the nanometer range, said particles containing ionogenic groups. The invention also relates to the production of said gas diffusion electrode and to the use of same in high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicants: Elcomax GmbH, Lanxess Deutschland GmbH, Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Ziser, Thomas Früh, Domnik Bayer, Werner Obrecht, Dieter Melzner, Annette Reiche, Oliver Gronwald
  • Publication number: 20110082222
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a material imparting proton conductivity in the production of fuel cells, said material consisting of monomer units and having an irregular shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicants: Elcomax GmbH, Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Ziser, Thomas Früh, Domnik Bayer, Dieter Melzner, Annette Reiche
  • Patent number: 7842732
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition which comprises a specific non-crosslinkable medium and at least one microgel, processes for its preparation, uses of the compositions, and microgel-containing polymers, rubbers, lubricants, coatings etc. prepared therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Ziser, Thomas Früh, Patrick Galda, Werner Obrecht