Patents by Inventor Torsten Wolfgang Mueller

Torsten Wolfgang Mueller 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: 8329607
    Abstract: Provided are diesel exhaust components where palladium is segregated from a molecular sieve, specifically a zeolite, in a catalytic material. In the catalytic material, therefore, there are at least two layers: a palladium-containing layer that is substantially free of a molecular sieve and a hydrocarbon trap layer that comprises at least one molecular sieve and is substantially free of palladium. The palladium is provided on a high surface area, porous refractory metal oxide support. The catalytic material can further comprise a platinum component, where a minor amount of the platinum component is in the hydrocarbon trap layer, and a majority amount of the platinum component is in the palladium-containing layer. Systems and methods of using the same are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: M. Shahjahan Kazi, Michel Deeba, Torsten Neubauer, Alfred Helmut Punke, Torsten Wolfgang Mueller-Stach, Gerd Grubert, Stanley A. Roth, Jeffrey Barmont Hoke, Shlang Sung, Yuejin Li, Xinyi Wei, Chung-Zong Wan
  • Patent number: 8148290
    Abstract: Diesel exhaust treatment articles, systems and methods are disclosed. According to one or more embodiments, an oxygen storage component is utilized and degradation of the oxygen storage component is correlated with degradation of the hydrocarbon conversion efficiency of a catalyst in a diesel engine system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Basf Corporation
    Inventors: Torsten Wolfgang Mueller, Tilman Wolfram Beutel, Joseph Charles Dettling, Markus Kinne
  • Publication number: 20100186375
    Abstract: Provided are diesel exhaust components where palladium is segregated from a molecular sieve, specifically a zeolite, in a catalytic material. In the catalytic material, therefore, there are at least two layers: a palladium-containing layer that is substantially free of a molecular sieve and a hydrocarbon trap layer that comprises at least one molecular sieve and is substantially free of palladium. The palladium is provided on a high surface area, porous refractory metal oxide support. The catalytic material can further comprise a platinum component, where a minor amount of the platinum component is in the hydrocarbon trap layer, and a majority amount of the platinum component is in the palladium-containing layer. Systems and methods of using the same are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: M. Shahjahan Kazi, Michel Deeba, Torsten Neubauer, Alfred Helmut Punke, Torsten Wolfgang Mueller-Stach, Gerd Grubert, Stanley A. Roth, Jeffrey Barmont Hoke, Shiang Sung, Yuejin Li, Xinyi Wei, Chung-Zong Wan
  • Publication number: 20100180582
    Abstract: Provided is a diesel oxidation catalyst for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions from a diesel engine and a method for treating a diesel exhaust gas stream, the method comprising providing a diesel oxidation catalyst and contacting said diesel exhaust gas stream with said diesel oxidation catalyst for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a catalyst structure comprising three distinct layers; in which layer comprises a precious metal component such as palladium is located between two hydrocarbon storage layers comprising a molecular sieve such as a zeolite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Torsten Wolfgang Mueller-Stach, Torsten Neubauer, Alfred Helmut Punke, Gerd Grubert, Attilio Siani, Corinna Freitag
  • Publication number: 20100180581
    Abstract: Provided is a catalyst composition, in particular a diesel oxidation catalyst, for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions, such as the oxidation of unburned hydrocarbons (HC), and carbon monoxide (CO). More particularly, the present invention is directed to a catalyst structure comprising at least two, specifically three distinct layers, at least one of which contains an oxygen storage component (OSC) that is present in a layer separate from the majority of the platinum group metal (PGM) components, such as palladium and platinum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Gerd Grubert, Torsten Neubauer, Alfred Helmut Punke, Torsten Wolfgang Mueller-Stach, Attilio Siani, Stanley A. Roth, Jeffrey Barmont Hoke, Shiang Sung, Yuejin Li, Xinyi Wei, Michel Deeba
  • Patent number: 7722829
    Abstract: The invention provides a catalyzed soot filter formed on a wall flow substrate having internal walls coated with catalyst compositions. The soot filter maintains a homogeneous flow of the exhaust gases through the internal walls of the substrate along the length of the filter due to the coating design. Both the efficiency and the durability of the catalytic function are increased over conventionally designed catalyzed soot filters. The catalyzed soot filter provides an integrated function for simultaneously treating the gaseous components of the exhaust (e.g., CO and HC) and the particulate matter deposited in the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Alfred Helmut Punke, Torsten Wolfgang Mueller, Michel Deeba, Kenneth Edwin Voss, John Joseph Steger, Yiu Kwan Lui
  • Publication number: 20090313971
    Abstract: Diesel exhaust treatment articles, systems and methods are disclosed. According to one or more embodiments, an oxygen storage component is utilized and degradation of the oxygen storage component is correlated with degradation of the hydrocarbon conversion efficiency of a catalyst in a diesel engine system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Torsten Wolfgang Mueller-Stach, Tilman Beutel
  • Patent number: 7576031
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a diesel oxidation catalyst for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions, such as the oxidation of unburned hydrocarbons (HC), and carbon monoxide (CO) and the reduction of nitrogen oxides (NOx). More particularly, the present invention is directed to a novel washcoat composition comprising two distinct washcoat layers containing two distinctly different ratios of Pt:Pd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Tilman Wolfram Beutel, Joseph Charles Dettling, Dustin Owen Hollobaugh, Torsten Wolfgang Mueller
  • Publication number: 20080045405
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a diesel oxidation catalyst for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions, such as the oxidation of unburned hydrocarbons (HC), and carbon monoxide (CO) and the reduction of nitrogen oxides (NOx). More particularly, the present invention is directed to a novel washcoat composition comprising two distinct washcoat layers containing two distinctly different ratios of Pt:Pd.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Tilman Wolfram Beutel, Joseph Charles Dettling, Dustin Owen Hollobaugh, Torsten Wolfgang Mueller
  • Publication number: 20070298504
    Abstract: Diesel exhaust treatment articles, systems and methods are disclosed. According to one or more embodiments, an oxygen storage component is utilized and degradation of the oxygen storage component is correlated with degradation of the hydrocarbon conversion efficiency of a catalyst in a diesel engine system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Torsten Wolfgang Mueller, Tilman Wolfram Beutel, Joseph Charles Dettling, Markus Kinne