Patents by Inventor Thomas Muenzmay

Thomas Muenzmay 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: 9598596
    Abstract: An aqueous preparation having soft-feel properties comprises: A) an aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersion, B) a hydroxy-functional polyacrylate copolymer dispersion and C) a polyisocyanate, which may have been hydrophilically modified. The copolymer dispersion B) further comprises a hydroxy-functional polycarbonate diol D) as a reactive diluent. The invention also concerns a process for producing coatings with such preparations, a substrate coated with such a preparation and the use of the preparation for the production of soft-feel coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Thomas Münzmay, Alice Münzmay
  • Publication number: 20140296428
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isocyanate functional prepolymers, aqueous polyurethane dispersions produced from the prepolymers and various uses of such dispersions. The prepolymers are prepared by reacting a diisocyanate, a dihydroxy compound having a number average molecular weight of from about 700 to about 16,000, and a trihydroxy component of the formula: R—(OH)3 where R is a saturated straight chain or branched chain aliphatic group of from 2 to 8 carbon atoms. The invention also relates to polyurethane dispersions prepared from the prepolymers and to various uses of the resultant dispersions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Bayer MaterialScience LLC
    Inventors: Lyubov K. Gindin, Richard R. Roesler, Poli C. Yu, Joseph Kleer, Thomas Muenzmay, Yuliya Berezkin, Mary A. Crisci
  • Publication number: 20120316281
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous binder dispersions based on silane-modified polymeric binders and inorganic nanoparticles, a process for the preparation thereof and the use thereof for the production of high quality coatings, in particular clear lacquers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Thomas Münzmay, Alice Münzmay, Michael Mager, Markus Mechtel, Nusret Yuva
  • Publication number: 20120316277
    Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous formulations comprising silane-modified polymeric binders having a siloxane content and inorganic nanoparticles, a process for the preparation thereof and the use thereof for the preparation of aqueous coating compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Thomas Münzmay, Arno Nennemann, Christoph Irle, Nusret Yuva, Alice Münzmay
  • Patent number: 8299168
    Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous formulations comprising organic binders having a siloxane content and inorganic nanoparticles, a process for the preparation thereof and the use thereof for the preparation of aqueous coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Thomas Münzmay, Alice Münzmay, legal representative, Arno Nennemann, Markus Mechtel, Nusret Yuva, Meike Niesten
  • Publication number: 20120259062
    Abstract: The present invention relates to alkali metal salts of phosphomolybdic acid, especially sodium phosphomolybdate, for the accelerated curing of polyisocyanates with polyols, and to polyurethane Systems in which they are present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Thomas Münzmay, Alice Münzmay, Sebastian Dörr, Marc Claudius Schrinner, Martin Melchiors, Jürgen Lippemeier
  • Patent number: 8119729
    Abstract: The invention concerns aqueous secondary polymer dispersions based on special acrylate building blocks, a process for their production and their use as binders for the production of blister-free coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Thomas Münzmay, Alice Münzmay, legal representative, Martin Melchiors, Sandra Hackbarth, Heinz-Dietmar Gewiβ
  • Patent number: 8063138
    Abstract: A process for preparing polyester-polyurethane resin dispersions comprising: A) reacting i) one or more polyol components having a number average molecular weight of at least 300 daltons, at least 60% by weight of component i) being a polyester polyol with the fraction of aromatic carboxylic acid groups relative to all of the carboxylic acid groups used to prepared said polyester polyol being at least 60 mol %, ii) optionally one or more polyol components having a number average molecular weight of 62 to 299 daltons, and iii) optionally a compound which is monofunctional for the purposes of the isocyanate polyaddition reaction and has an ethylene oxide content of at least 50% by weight and a number average molecular weight of at least 400 daltons, with iv) a polyisocyanate to form a prepolymer, B) dissolving the prepolymer in an organic solvent, C) reacting the prepolymer with v) one or more aliphatic and/or alicyclic primary and/or secondary polyamines having a number average molecular weight of 60 to
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Thomas Münzmay, Torsten Pohl, Uwe Klippert
  • Publication number: 20110217502
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous polyurethane urea dispersion comprising a polyurethane urea polymer comprising structural units of the formula (I) wherein Aromat represents a compound selected from the group consisting of phenylene, tolylene, xylylene, tetramethylxylylene and diphenylenemethane, and wherein the polyurethane urea is obtained from components comprising A) at least one aromatic diisocyanate, B) at least one polyether polyol having a number-average molecular weight of from 300 to 1500 Da, C) at least one compound having one to two isocyanate-reactive groups and at least one ionogenic group, D) at least one polyol having a number-average molecular weight of from 60 to 499 Da, and E) water, wherein the average overall functionality of compounds B) to D) is from 1.85 to 2.2 and wherein the sum of the amount of aromatic urea groups and the amount of urethane groups is 2700 to 5000 mmol per kg polyurethane urea polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2009
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer Material Science AG
    Inventors: Harald Kraus, Wolfgang Arndt, Wolfgang Henning, Thomas Münzmay, Alice Münzmay
  • Publication number: 20110060090
    Abstract: Aqueous polyacrylate dispersions comprising hydrophobic co-solvents are provided. The dispersions are prepared from copolymers P) which are comprised of I) a hydroxy-functional, hydrophobic polymer containing as structural monomers Ia) (meth)acrylic acid esters having from C1- to C18-hydrocarbon radicals in the alcohol part and/or vinyl aromatic compounds and/or vinyl esters and Ib) hydroxy-functional monomers; and II) a hydroxy-functional, hydrophilic polymer containing as structural components IIa) (meth)acrylic acid esters having from C1- to C18-hydrocarbon radicals in the alcohol part and/or vinyl aromatic compounds and/or vinyl esters, IIb) hydroxy-functional monomers and IIc) acid-functional monomers, and as solvents C) one or more solvents selected from the group consisting of hydrophobic, water-immiscible hydrocarbons having an initial boiling point of from 170° C. to 250° C. and a dry point of from 200° C. to 280° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Thomas Münzmay, Sandra Hackbarth, Martin Melchiors, Heinz-Dietmar Gewiß
  • Patent number: 7863372
    Abstract: The invention relates to new, aqueous secondary copolymer dispersions, to a process for preparing them and to their use for producing high-grade coatings, especially for wood. The dispersions comprise a copolymer (P) synthesized from a mixture of free-radically polymerizable monomers (M) comprising (M1) cycloaliphatic esters of acrylic and/or methylacrylic acid and also (M2) vinyl esters of aliphatic carboxylic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Thomas Münzmay, Ulrich Freudenberg, Christian Wamprecht, Christoph Irle, Rolf Roschu
  • Publication number: 20090163648
    Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous formulations comprising organic binders having a siloxane content and inorganic nanoparticles, a process for the preparation thereof and the use thereof for the preparation of aqueous coating compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Thomas Muenzmay, Alice Muenzmay, Arno Nennemann, Markus Mechtel, Nusret Yuva, Meike Niesten
  • Publication number: 20090163618
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous binder dispersions based on silane-modified polymeric binders and inorganic nanoparticles, a process for the preparation thereof and the use thereof for the production of high quality coatings, in particular clear lacquers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Thomas Muenzmay, Alice Muenzmay, Michael Mager, Markus Mechtel, Nusret Yuva
  • Publication number: 20090163636
    Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous formulations comprising silane-modified polymeric binders having a siloxane content and inorganic nanoparticles, a process for the preparation thereof and the use thereof for the preparation of aqueous coating compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Thomas Muenzmay, Arno Nennemann, Christoph Irle, Nusret Yuva, Alice Muenzmay
  • Patent number: 7550527
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous copolymer dispersions containing A) one or more hydroxy-functional copolymers synthesized from a) one or more OH-free (meth)acrylic esters and/or vinylaromatics, b) one or more hydroxy-functional (meth)acrylic esters, c) one or more ionic and/or potential ionic monomers capable of free-radical copolymerization, and d) one or more optionally monomers other than components a) to c) that are capable of free-radical copolymerization, and B) one or more hydroxy-functional polycarbonate polyols as reactive diluent. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing these aqueous copolymer dispersions and to their use in coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Steffen Hofacker, Markus Mechtel, Thomas Münzmay, Nusret Yuva, Rolf Gertzmann
  • Patent number: 7538154
    Abstract: The invention provides aqueous preparations having soft-feel properties, foams obtainable by mechanically foaming these preparations, and soft-feel coatings based on the foams. The preparations comprise aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersions, hydroxy-functional, aqueous or water-dilutable binders, polyisocyanates which may have been hydrophilically modified, and foam stabilizers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Torsten Pohl, Uwe Klippert, Thomas Münzmay, Frank Kobor
  • Patent number: 7495053
    Abstract: Aqueous, hydroxy-functional binder dispersions with a low solvent content and based on hydroxy-functional copolymers. The binders are prepared by subjecting one or more vinyl monomer mixtures containing OH-free (meth)acrylic esters and/or vinylaromatics, hydroxy-functional vinyl monomers and/or hydroxy-functional (meth)acrylic esters, and ionic and/or potentially ionic monomers capable of free-radical copolymerization, to free-radical polymerization in the presence of at least one compound containing lactone groups and subsequently dispersing the resultant copolymer before or after addition of a neutralizing agent in water. The binder combinations can be used in coating materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Martin Melchiors, Thomas Münzmay, Thomas Stingl, Hartmut Ottensmann
  • Patent number: 7485681
    Abstract: The invention relates to water-dilutable, hydroxy-functional polyurethanes containing amide structural units, to a process for preparing them, to aqueous coating compositions prepared from them, and to their use for coating substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Thomas Münzmay, Harald Blum, Uwe Klippert, Torsten Pohl, Thorsten Rische
  • Patent number: 7199178
    Abstract: A process for preparing copolymer dispersions that includes subjecting A) one or more vinyl monomer mixtures containing a) OH-free (meth)acrylic esters and/or vinylaromatics, b) hydroxy-functional vinyl monomers and/or hydroxy-functional (meth)acrylic esters, c) ionic and/or potentially ionic monomers capable of free-radical copolymerization, and d)optionally further monomers, other than the compounds of components a)–c), capable of free-radical copolymerization; to free-radical polymerization in the presence of e) compounds according to formula (I) where R1 is an aliphatic, araliphatic or aromatic radical having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, R2 is H or CH3, R3, R4 are identical or different aliphatc radicals having 1 to 7 carbon atoms and n is 1 to 4; and subsequently dispersing the resultant copolymer B) before or after addition of a neutralizing agent C) in water. The resulting dispersions can be used to coat substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Inventors: Martin Melchiors, Thomas Münzmay, Thomas Stingl, Hartmut Ottensmann, Heinz-Dietmar Gewiss
  • Publication number: 20060149020
    Abstract: Isocyanate-functional polyurethane prepolymers and aqueous dispersions therefrom which are useful for the production of flat materials having excellent resistance to alcoholic solvents are described. The prepolymers are prepared by reacting A) an isocyanate selected from the group consisting of i) an aliphatic and/or a cycloaliphatic isocyanate; and ii) a mixture of an aromatic isocyanate and an aliphatic and/or a cycloaliphatic isocyanate; and B) a polyester diol having a number average molecular weight of 800 to 4,000 and a polyether triol having a number average molecular weight of 200 to 3,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Eduard Mayer, Thomas Muenzmay, Yuliya Berezkin, Poli Yu, Richard Roesler, Mary Crisci