Patents by Inventor Thomas Schafer

Thomas Schafer 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: 9067919
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of dibenzofurans and dibenzothiophenes which have at least one nitrogen-bonded five-membered heterocyclic ring as a substituent as host, blocker and/or charge transport material in organic electronics. The present invention further relates to dibenzofurans and dibenzothiophenes which comprise at least one nitrogen-bonded five-membered heterocyclic ring and at least one carbazolyl radical as substituents, to a process for preparation thereof, and to the use of these compounds in organic electronics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Nicolle Langer, Christian Schildknecht, Christian Lennartz, Gerhard Wagenblast, Thomas Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20150141691
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing carboxylic esters by converting a carboxylic acid or a carboxylic acid anhydride or a mixture thereof with an alcohol in a reaction system comprising one or more reactors, wherein reaction water is distilled as alcohol-water-azeotrope with the vapors, the vapors are at least partially condensed, the condensate is separated into an aqueous phase and an organic phase and said organic phase is supplied at least partially back into said reaction system. Components boiling lower than the alcohol are at least partially removed from said returned organic phase such as wherein components boiling lower than alcohol are evaporated and/or distilled off. An enrichment in the reaction system of by-products boiling lower than alcohol is avoided. Alcohol losses can be minimized by discharge currents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Walter Disteldorf, Jarren Peters, Thomas Schäfer, Katrin Friese, Christoph Übler
  • Patent number: 9028979
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electroluminescent devices, comprising a compound of the formula (I) as a component of the transporting/injecting and/or electron blocking layer. The compounds of formula (I) may function alone, or in combination with dopants to provide improved efficiency, driving voltage and/or lifetime of electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christian Schildknecht, Christian Lennartz, Soichi Watanabe, Gerhard Wagenblast, Peter Murer, Thomas Schäfer, Natalia Chebotareva, Andrea Ricci, Kristina Bardon
  • Patent number: 9016800
    Abstract: A cold planer is disclosed. The cold planer may have a frame, a drum rotatably mounted to the frame, and a gear box connected to the drum. The cold planer may also have a drive pulley connected to the gear box, a primary motor, and a drive belt connecting the primary motor to the drive pulley. The cold planer may further have a service pulley connected to the gear box, a service motor, and a service belt that connects the service motor to the service pulley. The cold planer may additionally have the gear box being configured to transfer motion from the drive pulley and the service pulley to the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Thomas Schafer, Kevin J. Rodel
  • Patent number: 9012899
    Abstract: This invention relates to electroluminescent metal complexes of the formula (I) wherein the ring A, represents an optionally substituted aryl group which can optionally contain heteroatoms, the ring B, represents an optionally substituted nitrogen containing aryl group, which can optionally contain further heteroatoms, or the ring A may be taken with the ring B binding to the ring A to form a ring; the group C, represents an acyclic carbene, or a cyclic carbene (ring C), which can optionally contain heteroatoms, the ring D, represents an optionally substituted aryl group which can optionally contain heteroatoms, n1 is an integer of 1 to 3, m1 is an integer of 0, 1 or 2, m2 is an integer 0 or 1, M1 is a metal with an atomic weight of greater than 40, L3 is a monodentate ligand or a bidentate ligand, Y is —C(?O)— or —C(X1)2—, wherein X1 is hydrogen or C1-4alkyl, especially hydrogen and y is 0 or 1, especially 0; a process for their preparation, electronic devices comprising the me
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Roger Pretot, Paul Adriaan Van Der Schaaf, Jemima Schmidt, Beat Schmidhalter, Thomas Schafer, Bernd Lamatsch
  • Publication number: 20150035341
    Abstract: A cold planer is disclosed. The cold planer may have a frame, a drum rotatably mounted to the frame, and a gear box connected to the drum. The cold planer may also have a drive pulley connected to the gear box, a primary motor, and a drive belt connecting the primary motor to the drive pulley. The cold planer may further have a service pulley connected to the gear box, a service motor, and a service belt that connects the service motor to the service pulley. The cold planer may additionally have the gear box being configured to transfer motion from the drive pulley and the service pulley to the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Benjamin Thomas SCHAFER, Kevin J. Rodel
  • Patent number: 8905488
    Abstract: A cold planer is disclosed. The cold planer may have a frame, a drum rotatably mounted to the frame, and a gear box connected to the drum. The cold planer may also have a drive pulley connected to the gear box, a primary motor, and a drive belt connecting the primary motor to the drive pulley. The cold planer may further have a service pulley connected to the gear box, a service motor, and a service belt that connects the service motor to the service pulley. The cold planer may additionally have the gear box being configured to transfer motion from the drive pulley and the service pulley to the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Thomas Schafer, Kevin J Rodel
  • Publication number: 20140357898
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers comprising repeating unit(s) of the formula (I), and their use in electronic devices. The polymers according to the invention have excellent solubility in organic solvents and excellent film-forming properties. In addition, high charge carrier mobilities and high temperature stability of the emission color are observed, if the polymers according to the invention are used in polymer light emitting diodes (PLEDs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Shin-Ichiro Kawano, Martin Baumgarten, Klaus Müllen, Peter Murer, Thomas Schäfer, Moussa Saleh
  • Patent number: 8901343
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing carboxylic esters by converting a carboxylic acid or a carboxylic acid anhydride or a mixture thereof with an alcohol in a reaction system comprising one or more reactors, wherein reaction water is distilled as alcohol-water-azeotrope with the vapors, the vapors are at least partially condensed, the condensate is separated into an aqueous phase and an organic phase and said organic phase is supplied at least partially back into said reaction system. Components boiling lower than the alcohol are at least partially removed from said returned organic phase such as wherein components boiling lower than alcohol are evaporated and/or distilled off. An enrichment in the reaction system of by-products boiling lower than alcohol is avoided. Alcohol losses can be minimized by discharge currents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Walter Disteldorf, Jarren Peters, Thomas Schäfer, Katrin Friese, Christoph Übler
  • Patent number: 8901344
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing carboxylic acid esters by reacting a reaction mixture, comprising a carboxylic acid and/or a carboxylic acid anhydride, and an alcohol in a reaction system having one or more reactors, wherein reaction water is distilled off as an alcohol/water azeotrope with the exhaust vapor. In addition, the reaction mixture is treated with superheated alcohol vapor. The method allows the production of esters having a low acid number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jarren Peters, Walter Disteldorf, Katrin Friese, Thomas Schäfer, Oliver Bey
  • Patent number: 8895791
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of regenerating a ruthenium catalyst suitable for hydrogenation, which comprises flushing the catalyst with inert gas in a regeneration step until the original activity or part of the original activity has been attained. The method is particularly useful for ruthenium catalysts which are used for the hydrogenation of aromatics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jochem Henkelmann, Michael Becker, Daniela Mirk, Felix Richter, Thomas Schäfer
  • Patent number: 8841411
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers comprising repeating unit(s) of the formula (I), and their use in electronic devices. The polymers according to the invention have excellent solubility in organic solvents and excellent film-forming properties. In addition, high charge carrier mobilities and high temperature stability of the emission color are observed, if the polymers according to the invention are used in polymer light emitting diodes (PLEDs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Shin-Ichiro Kawano, Martin Baumgarten, Klaus Müllen, Peter Murer, Thomas Schäfer, Moussa Saleh
  • Publication number: 20140265525
    Abstract: A transmission system is provided for transmitting power from an engine to a milling rotor in a cold planer. The transmission system includes a first circuit, a second circuit, and a shaft. The first circuit is disposed in a first plane and configured to be operatively driven by the engine. The second circuit is disposed in a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane and configured to operatively drive the milling rotor. The shaft couples the first circuit to the second circuit wherein the engine and the milling rotor are axially offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Thomas Schafer, Jason Robert Bjorge
  • Patent number: 8837560
    Abstract: In a method for interference suppression of a signal composed of symbols, each symbol is transmitted twice in temporal succession as first symbol and second symbol, so that a segment of a symbol corresponds to a segment of the first symbol and a segment of the second symbol. An interference-suppressed signal is composed from the first and second symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Zhidong Hua, Olaf Simon, Thomas Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20140232169
    Abstract: A cold planer is disclosed. The cold planer may have a frame, a drum rotatably mounted to the frame, and a gear box connected to the drum. The cold planer may also have a drive pulley connected to the gear box, a primary motor, and a drive belt connecting the primary motor to the drive pulley. The cold planer may further have a service pulley connected to the gear box, a service motor, and a service belt that connects the service motor to the service pulley. The cold planer may additionally have the gear box being configured to transfer motion from the drive pulley and the service pulley to the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Thomas Schafer, Kevin J. Rodel
  • Patent number: 8598060
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of regenerating a ruthenium catalyst for the hydrogenation of phthalates, which comprises flushing the catalyst with inert gas in a regeneration step until the original activity or part of the original activity has been attained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jochem Henkelmann, Michael Becker, Felix Richter, Thomas Schäfer
  • Patent number: 8586735
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to novel hydroxyphenyl triazine UV-absorbers with an aromatic carbocyclic fused ring system having a long wavelength shifted absorption spectrum with significant absorbance up to 420 nm. Further aspects of the invention are a process for their preparation, a UV stabilized composition containing the new UV-absorbers, a process for the stabilization of organic materials and the use of the new compounds as UV-light stabilizers for organic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Vogel, Adalbert Braig, Thomas Schafer, Rachel Kohli Steck, Valerie Stutz
  • Patent number: 8492749
    Abstract: This invention relates to electroluminescent metal complexes of the formula (I), wherein the ring A, formula (II), represents an optionally substituted aryl group which can optionally contain heteroatoms, the ring B, formula (III), represents an optionally substituted nitrogen containing aryl group, which can optionally contain further heteroatoms, or the ring A may be taken with the ring B binding to the ring A to form a ring; the group C, formula (IV), represents an acyclic carbene, or a cyclic carbene (ring C), which can optionally contain heteroatoms, the ring D, formula (V), represents an optionally substituted aryl group which can optionally contain heteroatoms, n1 is an integer of 1 to 3, m1 is an integer of 0, 1, or 2, m2 is an integer 0, or 1, M1 is a metal with an atomic weight of greater than 40, L3 is a monodentate ligand, or a bidentate ligand, Y is —C(?O)—, or —C(X1)2-, wherein X1 is hydrogen, or C1-4alkyl, especially hydrogen, and y is 0, or 1, especially 0; a process for their preparation, ele
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Roger Prétôt, Paul Adriaan Van Der Schaaf, Jemima Schmidt, Beat Schmidhalter, Thomas Schäfer, Bernd Lamatsch
  • Patent number: 8471248
    Abstract: This invention relates to electroluminescent metal complexes of the formula (I), or (II), a process for their preparation, electronic devices comprising the metal complexes and their use in electronic devices, especially organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), as oxygen sensitive indicators, as phosphorescent indicators in bioassays, and as catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Beat Schmidhalter, Thomas Schäfer, Peter Murer, Kristina Bardon, Stephan Allenbach, Andrea Ricci
  • Patent number: 8445630
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers comprising a repeating unit of the formula (I), and their use in electronic devices. The polymers according to the invention have excellent 5 solubility in organic solvents and excellent film-forming properties. In addition, high charge carrier mobilities and high temperature stability of the emission color are observed, if the polymers according to the invention are used in polymer light emitting diodes (PLEDs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Schäfer, Beat Schmidhalter, Peter Murer, Kristina Bardon, Tobias Hintermann