Patents by Inventor Timo Hensler

Timo Hensler 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).

  • Process for removing water from a particulate material
    Patent number: 12656059
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for removing water from a particulate material selected from (oxy)hydroxides and carbonates containing at least one of nickel, cobalt, and at least one metal other than nickel. The process includes the step of introducing at least one particulate material with a water content in the range of from 1 to 30% by weight, referring to said particulate material, into a rotary kiln with external heating elements and moving it through the rotary kiln together with a flow of a gas. The residual moisture of the resultant product is in the range of from 50 ppm to 1.5% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Timo Hensler, Andreas Michael Kern, Raquel Fiz Gonzalez, Thorsten Beierling
  • PROCESS FOR THE REFINING OF IRON OXIDES, IRON OXIDES RESULTING THEREOF AND THEIR USE
    Publication number: 20250042764
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the refining of a material comprising iron oxide and at least one contaminant selected from the group consisting of halogen and sulfur by reducing the content of the at least one contaminant, characterized by calcining the material in the presence of a gas containing water vapor. The invention also relates to a refined material obtainable from such a method and the use for catalyst production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Florina Corina PATCAS, Timo HENSLER, Matthias Wilhelm MEIER
  • PROCESS FOR REMOVING WATER FROM A PARTICULATE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20240110747
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for removing water from a particulate material selected from (oxy)hydroxides and carbonates containing at least one of nickel cobalt, and at least one metal other than nickel. The process includes the step of introducing at least one particulate material with a water content in the range of from 1 to 30% by weight, referring to said particulate material, into a rotary kiln with external heating elements and moving it through the rotary kiln together with a flow of a gas. The residual moisture of the resultant product is in the range of from 50 ppm to 1.5% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Timo HENSLER, Andreas Michael KERN, Raquel FIZ GONZALEZ, Thorsten BEIERLING
  • Device and method for cooling or heating a fine-grained solid
    Patent number: 11697100
    Abstract: A device for cooling a fine-grained solid includes a fluidized bed cooler/heater in which the solid is fluidized with a fluidizing gas and thereby releases energy in the form of heat within the cooler/heater at least two cyclones which are connected in parallel. The cyclones are arranged such that after the fluidization of the solid the fluidizing gas passes through the cyclones so contained particles are removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: METSO OUTOTEC FINLAND OY
    Inventors: Günter Schneider, Robert Maduta, Linus Perander, Eugen Weissenburger, Timo Hensler
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COOLING OR HEATING A FINE-GRAINED SOLID
    Publication number: 20210260551
    Abstract: A device for cooling a fine-grained solid includes a fluidized bed cooler/heater in which the solid is fluidized with a fluidizing gas and thereby releases energy in the form of heat within the cooler/heater at least two cyclones which are connected in parallel. The cyclones are arranged such that after the fluidization of the solid the fluidizing gas passes through the cyclones so contained particles are removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Günter Schneider, Robert Maduta, Linus Perander, Eugen Weissenburger, Timo Hensler