Patents by Inventor Udo Reiter

Udo Reiter 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: 20010011639
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the multilayer coating of substrates with electrodeposition and powder coating materials, in which electrodeposition is used to apply at least one coat (2) of electrodeposition coating material to the substrate (1), after deposition the substrate (1) is, if desired, wholly or partially air-dried, a coat of powder coating material (3) is then applied, and finally electrodeposition coating material and powder coating material are jointly baked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Inventors: Udo Reiter, Rolf Boysen, Josef Rademacher, Thomas Brucken
  • Patent number: 6254751
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the multilayer coating of substrates with electrodeposition and powder coating materials, in which electrodeposition is used to apply at least one coat (2) of electrodeposition coating material to the substrate (1), after deposition the substrate (1) is, if desired, wholly or partially air-dried, a coat of powder coating material (3) is then applied, and finally electrodeposition coating material and powder coating material are jointly baked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Udo Reiter, Rolf Boysen, Josef Rademacher, Thomas Brücken
  • Patent number: 6174569
    Abstract: The invention relates to three-layer metal pipe coating compositions based on a powder primer, on a thermoplastic hard adhesive and on a polyolefin cladding. The powder primer contains epoxidized novolak resins, phenolic crosslinking agents and fillers based on crystalline silicic acid modifications. The invention likewise relates to a process for the exterior coating of metal pipes by a three-layer method, in which the powder primer described is applied to the metal pipe, a thermoplastic hard adhesive is applied to the powder primer, and subsequently a polyolefin cladding is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Werner Blömer, Udo Reiter, Josef Rademacher
  • Patent number: 6096807
    Abstract: Powder coating, process for the exterior coating of metal pipes, and use of the powder coating for the single-layer exterior coating of metal pipes. The powder coating comprises epoxy resins, phenolic crosslinking agents, catalysts, fillers and additives. The fillers used are crystalline silicic acids modified with glycidyl groups. The invention also relates to a process for the exterior coating of metal pipes and to use of the coatings for a single layer exterior coating of metal pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Werner Blomer, Udo Reiter, Josef Rademacher
  • Patent number: 5855964
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of a multicoat finish, in which a pigmented basecoat is applied, dried and coated over with a powder clearcoat, and subsequently basecoat and powder clearcoat are stoved together. The invention is characterized in that the powder clearcoat employed has a particle size distribution in whicha) no more than 15% by weight of the powder clearcoat particles have a particle size smaller than 10 .mu.m;b) for at least 40% by weight of the powder clearcoat particles the common logarithm of the quotient of the largest and the smallest particle size is less than or equal to 0.25; andc) at least 98% by weight of the powder clearcoat particles have a particle size smaller than 100 .mu.m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Lacke + Farben, AG
    Inventors: Josef Rademacher, Udo Reiter
  • Patent number: 5693205
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cathodic electro-dipping process, which comprises a procedure in which the electro-dipping primer used contains an adduct containing urethane groups which is obtainable by reacting with one another a polyester-polyol or polyether-polyol, a polyisocyanate and a compound which contains a hydroxyl group and at least one ketimine group in the molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: BASF Lacke + Farben, AG
    Inventors: David J. Santure, Gunther Ott, Udo Reiter, Ulrich Heimann, Hans-Josef Oslowski
  • Patent number: 5605985
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a powder coating, in particular for internal coating of packaging containers, which is characterized in that it1.) comprises at least one epoxy resin having an epoxide equivalent weight of from 300 to 5500 and at least one hardener having more than one phenolic hydroxyl group per molecule and a hydroxyl equivalent weight, based on the phenolic OH groups, of from 100 to 500, and2.) has a particle size distribution such that at least 90 percent by weight of the powder coating particles have a particle size of between 1 and 60 .mu.m, the maximum particle size of the powder coating particles is .ltoreq.100 .mu.m, the mean particle size of the powder coating particles is between 5 and 20 .mu.m and the gradient of the particle distribution curve at the point of inflexion is .gtoreq.100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Assignee: BASF Lacke + Farben, AG
    Inventors: Josef Rademacher, Udo Reiter, Peter Lessmeister
  • Patent number: 5451305
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cathodic electro-dipping process wherein the electro-dipping primer employed contains a crosslinking agent which can be obtained by reactinga) a diol and/or a triol or a mixture of diols and/or a mixture of triols,b) diphenylmethane 4,4'-diisocyanate the melting point of which has been depressed, by partial reaction with a monool and/or polyol or a mixture of monools and/or a mixture of polyols, so far that it is liquid at room temperature andc) a masking agent or a mixture of masking agentsto give a crosslinking agent which is free from isocyanate groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Assignee: BASF Lacke +Farben AG
    Inventors: Gunther Ott, Udo Reiter, Walter Jouck
  • Patent number: 5410001
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cathodic electro-dipping process wherein the electro-dipping primer employed contains a crosslinking agent which can be obtained by(I) reacting, in a first stage,(a) diphenylmethane diisocyanate and(b) a monoalcohol or a mixture of monoalcohols to give an intermediate product (A) containing isocyanate groups, and(II) reacting this intermediate product (A) in a second stage with(c) a polyol or a mixture of polyols to give an intermediate product (B) containing hydroxyl groups which(III) is reacted in a third stage either with(d) a cycloaliphatic, aliphatic or araliphatic polyisocyanate or a mixture of such polyisocyanates and(e) a monofunctional masking agent or a mixture of such masking agents or with(f) a partially-masked polyisocyanate prepared from (d) and (e)to give a crosslinking agent which is free from isocyanate groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: BASF Lacke & Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gunther Ott, Ulrich Heimann, Walter Jouck, Udo Reiter, David J. Santure
  • Patent number: 5380412
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cathodic electrocoating process, which uses electrocoating baths which contain a cationc amine-modified epoxy resin otainable by reacting(A) a diepoxy compound of an epoxy equivalent weight below 2000B) a compound monofunctionally reactive toward the epoxide groups and containign an alcoholic OH group, a phenolic OH group or an SH group, and(C) an amine,the components (A) and (B) being used in molar ratio of 10:1 to 1:1, preferably 4:1 to 1.5:1 and the positive charges being introduced by protonization of the reaction product and/or by use of amine salts as the component (C). The electrocoating baths used are distinguished by containing at least 7.5% by weight of a polyoxyalkylenepolyamine, the percentage by weight referring to the total amount of binders contained in the electrocoating bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: BASF Lacke+Farben AG
    Inventors: Gunther Ott, Udo Reiter, Walter Jouck, David J. Santure, Dieter Ruhl
  • Patent number: 5374340
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for a cathodic electrocoating process, wherein the electrocoating bath contains at least 7.5% by weight of a polyoxyalkylenepolyamine or a mixture consisting of several polyoxyalkylenepolyamines of different chemical structures, the percentage by weight referring to the total amount of binders contained in the electrocoating bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Assignee: BASF Lacke + Farben AG
    Inventors: Gunther Ott, Udo Reiter, Walter Jouck, David J. Santure, Dieter Ruhl
  • Patent number: 5324402
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cathodic electro-dipping process wherein the electro-dipping primer employed contains a crosslinking agent which can be obtained by(I) reacting, in a first stage,(a) diphenylmethane diisocyanate and(b) a monoalcohol or a mixture of monoalcohols to give an intermediate product (A) containing isocyanate groups, and(II) reacting this intermediate product (A) in a second stage with(c) a polyol or a mixture of polyols to give an intermediate product (B) containing hydroxyl groups which(III) is reacted in a third stage either with(d) a cycloaliphatic, aliphatic or araliphatic polyisocyanate or a mixture of such polyisocyanates and(e) a monofunctional masking agent or a mixture of such masking agents or with(f) a partially-masked polyisocyanate prepared from (d) and (e)to give a crosslinking agent which is free from isocyanate groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Assignee: BASF Lacke+Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gunther Ott, Ulrich Heimann, Walter Jouck, Udo Reiter, David J. Santure
  • Patent number: 5324404
    Abstract: In order to increase the stone chip resistance of automobile finishes aqueous electrocoating paints are used which are produced by the use of a pigment paste which contains as grinding resin an at least partially protonated epoxide-amine adduct which is obtainable by reacting(A) a glycidyl ether of a polyphenol which contains on statistical average at least one epoxide group in the molecule, or a mixture of such glycidyl ethers,(B) a polyglycidyl ether of a polyol which contains on statistical average more than 1.0 epoxide groups in the molecule, or a mixture of such polyglycidyl ethers, and(C) a compound which contains a primary amino group in the molecule or a mixture of such compoundswith each other in such a stoichiometric ratio that an epoxide-amine adduct is obtained in which on statistical average at least 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Assignee: BASF Lacke + Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gunther Ott, Ulrich Heimann, Udo Reiter, David J. Santure, Thomas Brucken, Walter Jouck
  • Patent number: 5262465
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cathodic electro-dipcoating process, wherein the electro-dipcoating composition used contains a cationic, amine-modified epoxy resin, which is obtainable by reacting(A) a polyepoxide,(B) an amine and(C) an adduct, which is obtainable by . . . (sic)(c1) a polyether- or polyester-polyol,(c2) a polyisocyanate and(c3) a compound which contains at least one hydrogen atom which is reactive towards isocyanate groups and at least one ketimine group in the molecule, and/or(D) a hydrolysis product of (C)with one another in a relative proportion such that 20 to 90% of the epoxy groups of component (A) are reacted with component (B) and the remaining epoxy groups are reacted with component (C) and/or (D), and--if still necessary--at least partially protonating the reaction product thus obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: BASF Lacke & Farben Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gunther Ott, Ulrich Heimann, David J. Santure, Udo Reiter
  • Patent number: 5174874
    Abstract: The invention relates to water-dispersible binders for cationic electrocoating paints, a process for the preparation of these binders and a process for electrophoretic coating of an electrically conducting substrate, connected as cathode, from an aqueous bath based on this binder.The water-dispersible binders are reaction products of(A) epoxy resins containing low-molecular, preferably aromatic groups, having an epoxide equivalent weight below 750,(B) 10% to 60% by weight, prerferably 20% to 40% by weight, based on the total binder, of a prepolymer having a molecular weight (mass average) of 500 to 5000 and an average content per molecule of 0.1 to 1.9 hydroxyl groups and 0.1 to 1.0 carboxyl groups, the total of the hydroxyl and carboxyl groups being between 1 and 2, with an aromatic groups content of 10% to 45% by weight, calculated as phenylene groups contained in the resin solids in % by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1992
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Klaus Cibura, Udo Reiter, Walter Jouck
  • Patent number: 5114993
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous coating agent, obtained from an epoxy resin, ethylenically unsaturated monomers, some of which contain carboxyl groups, a peroxide initiator in a proportion of at least 2% by weight, relative to the total weight of the monomers, a crosslinking agent, a neutralizing agent, organic solvents, and, if appropriate, further conventional additives, such as plasticizers, stabilizers, wetting agents, dispersion auxiliaries, catalysts and pigments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: BASF Lacke & Farben AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Scherping, Hans-Jorg Holscher, Uwe Reichelt, Udo Reiter
  • Patent number: 4997865
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous coating agent, obtained from an epoxy resin, ethylenically unsaturated monomers, some of which contain carboxyl groups, a peroxide initiator in a proportion of at least 2% by weight, relative to the total weight of the monomers, a crosslinking agent, a neutralizing agent, organic solvents, and, if appropriate, further conventional additives, such as plasticizers, stabilizers, wetting agents, dispersion auxiliaries, catalysts and pigments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Assignee: BASF Lacke & Farben AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Scherping, Hans-Jorg Holscher, Uwe Reichelt, Udo Reiter
  • Patent number: 4751107
    Abstract: Heat-curable hot-melt enamels, a process for their preparation, and the production of highly heat-resistant wire windings. These heat-curable hot-melt enamels are solutions of a nylon in organic solvents, which contain, as the nylon, a nylon possessing functional amino groups and additionally contain a blocked di- or polyisocyanate. They are useful for the production of highly heat-resistant wire windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1988
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Udo Reiter, Hans-Josef Oslowski, Horst Reimann, Helmut Lehmann
  • Patent number: 4740576
    Abstract: Polyamidoimide coatings having a long shelf life are prepared by a process in which a tricarboxylic anhydride, some of which may have been replaced by tetracarboxylic dianhydrides or dicarboxylic acids, is reacted with a polyisocyanate possessing 2 or more isocyanate groups in an organic solvent which is inert to isocyanate groups, from 0.7 to 0.98 isocyanate group being employed per anhydride and carboxyl group, and completely blocked polyisocyanate being added to the reaction mixture before, during or after the reaction in an amount such that the ratio of the total amount of anhydride and carboxyl groups employed to the total amount of isocyanate groups used, including those present in blocked form, is from 1:1 to 1:1.1.The polyamidoimide coatings are useful for coating electric conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Udo Reiter, Hans-Josef Oslowski, Paul Boerzel
  • Patent number: 4728713
    Abstract: Wholly aromatic mesomorphic polyester imides which form a liquid-crystalline fiber-forming melt below 320.degree. C. and are composed of(a) from 5 to 35 mole % of repeat units of the formulae I and/or II ##STR1## where the Xs and n's can be identical or different, each X being --O--, --S--, --SO.sub.2 --, --CO--, --CH.sub.2 -- or .dbd.C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 and n being 0 or 1,(b) from 0 to 30 mole % of repeat units of the formulae III and/or IV ##STR2## (c) a molar amount corresponding to the total amount of components a and b of one or more of the repeat units of the formulae V, VI, VII or VIII ##STR3## (d) not less than 10 mole % of repeat units of the formula IX ##STR4## (e) if desired from 5 to 25 mole % of repeat units of the formula X ##STR5## the molar proportions of components a, b, c, d, and e adding up to 100 mole % in each case,and the preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1988
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Hisgen, Michael Portugall, Udo Reiter