Patents by Inventor Uwe Ferner

Uwe Ferner 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: 11220453
    Abstract: A color-stable, antimicrobial glass powder obtained by partial ion exchange at a temperature of 300° C. to 350° C. and an exchange time of 1 to 120 minutes, is formed of a mixture of porous glass particles having micropores and macropores made of borosilicate glass continuously foamed by extrusion having a Fe2O3 content <0.2 wt %, in which the obtained glass foam is subsequently comminuted by dry grinding to average particle sizes of 1.0 to 8.0 ?m. The mixture includes color stabilizers containing 0.1% to 0.2% of ammonium ions and antimicrobial metal ions from dissolved metal salts, wherein the metal ions may be silver and/or zinc and/or copper ions. A method for the production of a color-stable, antimicrobial glass powder and applications for using the color-stable, antimicrobial glass powder are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: TROVOTECH GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Ferner, Hans-Juergen Voss, Hans-Udo Lugner
  • Publication number: 20190152840
    Abstract: A color-stable, antimicrobial glass powder obtained by partial ion exchange at a temperature of 300° C. to 350° C. and an exchange time of 1 to 120 minutes, is formed of a mixture of porous glass particles having micropores and macropores made of borosilicate glass continuously foamed by extrusion having a Fe2O3 content <0.2 wt %, in which the obtained glass foam is subsequently comminuted by dry grinding to average particle sizes of 1.0 to 8.0 ?m. The mixture includes color stabilizers containing 0.1% to 0.2% of ammonium ions and antimicrobial metal ions from dissolved metal salts, wherein the metal ions may be silver and/or zinc and/or copper ions. A method for the production of a color-stable, antimicrobial glass powder and applications for using the color-stable, antimicrobial glass powder are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: UWE FERNER, HANS-JUERGEN VOSS, HANS-UDO LUGNER
  • Patent number: 9487645
    Abstract: A flame retardant composition for thermoplastic molding materials, and also moldings, fibers or films that can be prepared from the flame retardant molding materials. The composition includes 30 to 70% by weight of melamine cyanurate and of 30 to 70% by weight of porous amorphous glass particles. The composition is prepared from foam glass produced continuously in a high-temperature extruder. The sum of the components is 100% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Trovotech GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Voss, Uwe Ferner
  • Publication number: 20150018453
    Abstract: A flame retardant composition for thermoplastic molding materials, and also moldings, fibers or films that can be prepared from the flame retardant molding materials. The composition includes 30 to 70% by weight of melamine cyanurate and of 30 to 70% by weight of porous amorphous glass particles. The composition is prepared from foam glass produced continuously in a high-temperature extruder. The sum of the components is 100% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Voss Hans-Juergen, Uwe Ferner
  • Publication number: 20100196487
    Abstract: A composition with antimicrobial efficacy has at least one or more polymers; or polymerizable or crosslinkable monomers; or polymerizable or crosslinkable prepolymers; or polymerizable or crosslinkable polymers; and porous glass particles which contain an antimicrobial silver additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: TROVOTECH GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Jurgen Voss, Uwe Ferner, Günther Rossa