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).

  • Publication number: 20100068593
    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: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicants: ELCOMAX MEMBRANES GMBH, LANXESS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, RHEIN CHEMIE RHEINAU GMBH
    Inventors: Annette Reiche, Dieter Melzner, Ulrich Mähr, Oliver Gronwald, Werner Obrecht, Thomas Früh, Torsten Ziser
  • Patent number: 7544729
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing rubber mixtures, to the rubber mixtures obtainable by the process, to the use of rubber mixtures for producing tires or semi-finished products for tires and crosslinked elastomer molded articles which are obtained by vulcanization of the rubber mixtures produced according to the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Steger, Thomas Früh, Ludger Heiliger
  • Patent number: 7160956
    Abstract: The present invention relates to sulfur-vulcanizable silica-containing rubber compounds with improved processability and a process for their production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Rhein Chehie Rheinau GmbH
    Inventors: Ludger Heiliger, Thomas Früh, Michaela Meiers
  • Patent number: 7135515
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the invention of a masticating agent for the mastication of natural and synthetic rubbers, wherein the masticating agent is a dialkyl polysulfide, which is toxicologically acceptable and has very good masticating properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Früh, Ludger Heiliger, Giorgio E. Müller
  • Patent number: 6797780
    Abstract: The invention relates to rubber compounds based on rubber particles and phosphoryl polysulfides, as well as to vulcanizates or shaped articles prepared therefrom. The addition of phosphoryl polysulfides improves the strengthening effect of the rubber particles and the level of the mechanical properties, without lowering the resilience of the vulcanizates prepared therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Obrecht, Winfried Jeske, Thomas Früh, Ludger Heiliger
  • Patent number: 6761832
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the production of dithiophosphoric acid poly-sulfide mixtures, which is characterized in that dithiophosphoric acid disulfides are reacted with sulfur at elevated temperatures. The dithiophosphoric acid polysulfide mixtures produced using the process according to the present invention are used as sulfur donors for the vulcanization of natural and synthetic rubbers and in the latex vulcanization of natural and synthetic rubber latex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH
    Inventors: Ludger Heiliger, Alfred Pauli, Joachim Hegmann, Clemens Schudok, Thomas Früh
  • Patent number: 6750275
    Abstract: The present invention relates to vulcanizable rubber mixes which, apart from the rubbers, contain O,O-bis-(alkyl)-dithiophosphoric acid polysulfides and primary and/or secondary amines, which are characterized in that they may be vulcanized without release of nitrosamines with a high crosslink density and a high proportion of short sulfur bridges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Früh, Ludger Heiliger, Thomas Kleiner, Hermann-Josef Weidenhaupt, Robert-Hans Schuster, Joachim Kiesekamp
  • Patent number: 6593418
    Abstract: The present invention concerns new organic silicon networks, their production process and use in silica-containing rubber compounds and vulcanizates manufactured from them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH
    Inventors: Rüdiger Herpich, Thomas Früh, Ludger Heiliger, Kurt Schilling
  • Patent number: 6447195
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing a pasty or liquid- to cream-like substance comprises a container, in which a relatively large supply of the substance is stored, and a closure and dispensing element, which closes a delivery opening of the container. On the one hand, the closure and dispensing element is used for retaining the substance stored in the container, and on the other hand for dispensing a small amount of this substance upon contact of the closure and dispensing element with a surface to be wetted. The closure and dispensing element is designed to be planar and is equipped with openings arranged in a grid-like manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Dry-Wet System-Dewe AG
    Inventor: Thomas Frueh
  • Publication number: 20010019681
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing a pasty or liquid- to cream-like substance comprises a container, in which a relatively large supply of the substance is stored, and a closure and dispensing element, which closes a delivery opening of the container. On the one hand, the closure and dispensing element is used for retaining the substance stored in the container, and on the other hand for dispensing a small amount of this substance upon contact of the closure and dispensing element with a surface to be wetted. The closure and dispensing element is designed to be planar and is equipped with openings arranged in a grid-like manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Inventor: Thomas Frueh