Patents by Inventor Uwe Stapperfenne

Uwe Stapperfenne 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: 10428193
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a prepreg based on polyurethane, which is notable for high storage stability at room temperature, a two-stage reaction mechanism, and adjustable adhesion on metal surfaces. It is based on the problem of making the surface tack of the prepregs controllable during processing. The solution is to assemble the PU mixture from which the matrix originates at a later stage such that the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic polymer is above 30° C. For this purpose, the invention proposes two basically independent but certainly synergistic measures, namely: i) use of a polyol compound or a mixture of a number of polyol compounds as binder, the OH number or mean OH number of which is above 300 mg KOH/g, ii) choice of the proportion of hardener corresponding to the co-binder in the reactive composition at greater than 2% by weight, based on the total solids content of the reactive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Stapperfenne, Marina-Elena Schmidt, Tobias Gutmann, Christina Cron, Sandra Reemers
  • Patent number: 10245789
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hybrid component part comprising a local stiffening made of a two-stage-crosslinked polyurethane-based fiber composite material, more particularly to the production of such a hybrid component part. Said invention has for its object to specify a technology which makes it possible in cost-effective fashion to effect local stiffening of metal parts with a fiber composite material in order thus to obtain a hybrid component part. It is a fundamental concept of the process according to the present invention to use a particular polyurethane formulation which in a first crosslinking reaction can be converted into a thermoplastic polymer and later in a second crosslinking reaction is fully crosslinked to afford a thermoset matrix material. The thermoplastic polymer is characterized by a good adhesion to metal surfaces. The metal can be subjected to further forming with the attached thermoplastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Christina Cron, Marina-Elena Schmidt, Tobias Gutmann, Uwe Stapperfenne, Sandra Reemers, Leif Ickert
  • Patent number: 9902095
    Abstract: A method of producing a fiber composite component part, contains the following steps: a) providing two or more steel sheets; b) providing at least one textile fabric; c) providing an anhydrous mixture having one or more than one hardener containing a uretdione having an NCO functionality of not less than two, one or more than one binder having hydroxyl groups to an OH functionality of three to six, and one or more than one cobinder having oxirane groups; d) coating the textile fabric with the mixture; e) applying energy to the mixture-coated fabric for the purpose of performing a first crosslinking reaction to react hardener, binder and cobinder to form a thermoplastic polymer adhering to the textile fabric; f) hot pressing the steel sheets and the textile fabric together with the thermoplastic polymer adhering thereto into a sandwich such that the thermoplastic polymer joins the steel sheets together while enclosing the textile fabric; g) forming the sandwich into a shaped article; h) heat treating the shape
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Stapperfenne, Sandra Reemers, Markus Hallack
  • Patent number: 9902096
    Abstract: A method of producing a fiber composite component part has the following steps: a) providing two or more metal sheets each comprising an aluminum material; b) providing at least one textile fabric; c) providing an anhydrous mixture having one or more than one hardener having a uretdione having an NCO functionality of not less than two, one or more than one binder having hydroxyl groups to an OH functionality of three to six, and one or more than one cobinder having oxirane groups; d) coating the textile fabric with the anhydrous mixture, to obtain a mixture-coated fabric; e) applying energy to the mixture-coated fabric for the purpose of performing a first crosslinking reaction to react hardener, binder and cobinder to form a thermoplastic polymer adhering to the textile fabric; f) hot pressing the metal sheets and the textile fabric together with the thermoplastic polymer adhering thereto into a sandwich such that the thermoplastic polymer joins the metal sheets together while enclosing the textile fabric; g
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: EVONIK DEGUSSA GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Stapperfenne, Sandra Reemers, Markus Hallack
  • Publication number: 20170121476
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a prepreg based on polyurethane, which is notable for high storage stability at room temperature, a two-stage reaction mechanism, and adjustable adhesion on metal surfaces. It is based on the problem of making the surface tack of the prepregs controllable during processing. The solution is to assemble the PU mixture from which the matrix originates at a later stage such that the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic polymer is above 30° C. For this purpose, the invention proposes two basically independent but certainly synergistic measures, namely: i) use of a polyol compound or a mixture of a number of polyol compounds as binder, the OH number or mean OH number of which is above 300 mg KOH/g, ii) choice of the proportion of hardener corresponding to the co-binder in the reactive composition at greater than 2% by weight, based on the total solids content of the reactive composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Uwe Stapperfenne, Marina-Elena Schmidt, Tobias Gutmann, Christina Cron, Sandra Reemers
  • Publication number: 20170066179
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hybrid component part comprising a local stiffening made of a two-stage-crosslinked polyurethane-based fibre composite material, more particularly to the production of such a hybrid component part. Said invention has for its object to specify a technology which makes it possible in cost-effective fashion to effect local stiffening of metal parts with a fibre composite material in order thus to obtain a hybrid component part. It is a fundamental concept of the process according to the present invention to use a particular polyurethane formulation which in a first crosslinking reaction can be converted into a thermoplastic polymer and later in a second crosslinking reaction is fully crosslinked to afford a thermoset matrix material. The thermoplastic polymer is characterized by a good adhesion to metal surfaces. The metal can be subjected to further forming with the attached thermoplastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Christina Diehl, Marina-Elena Schmidt, Tobias Gutmann, Uwe Stapperfenne, Sandra Reemers, Leif Ickert
  • Publication number: 20150321392
    Abstract: A method of producing a fibre composite component part, contains the following steps: a) providing two or more steel sheets; b) providing at least one textile fabric; c) providing an anhydrous mixture having one or more than one hardener containing a uretdione having an NCO functionality of not less than two, one or more than one binder having hydroxyl groups to an OH functionality of three to six, and one or more than one cobinder having oxirane groups; d) coating the textile fabric with the mixture; e) applying energy to the mixture-coated fabric for the purpose of performing a first crosslinking reaction to react hardener, binder and cobinder to form a thermoplastic polymer adhering to the textile fabric; f) hot pressing the steel sheets and the textile fabric together with the thermoplastic polymer adhering thereto into a sandwich such that the thermoplastic polymer joins the steel sheets together while enclosing the textile fabric; g) forming the sandwich into a shaped article; h) heat treating the shape
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG
    Inventors: Uwe STAPPERFENNE, Sandra REEMERS, Markus HALLACK
  • Publication number: 20150321393
    Abstract: A method of producing a fibre composite component part has the following steps: a) providing two or more metal sheets each comprising an aluminium material; b) providing at least one textile fabric; c) providing an anhydrous mixture having one or more than one hardener having a uretdione having an NCO functionality of not less than two, one or more than one binder having hydroxyl groups to an OH functionality of three to six, and one or more than one cobinder having oxirane groups; d) coating the textile fabric with the anhydrous mixture, to obtain a mixture-coated fabric; e) applying energy to the mixture-coated fabric for the purpose of performing a first crosslinking reaction to react hardener, binder and cobinder to form a thermoplastic polymer adhering to the textile fabric; f) hot pressing the metal sheets and the textile fabric together with the thermoplastic polymer adhering thereto into a sandwich such that the thermoplastic polymer joins the metal sheets together while enclosing the textile fabric;
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG
    Inventors: Uwe STAPPERFENNE, Sandra REEMERS, Markus HALLACK
  • Patent number: 7198849
    Abstract: A solvent-containing coating composition contains at least one hydroxyl-containing saturated copolyester, a phenol-formaldehyde resin, a benzoguanamine-formaldehyde resin and/or a blocked polyisocyanate, a catalyst and at least one solvent, and can further contain aids and additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Uwe Stapperfenne, Giselher Franzmann, Doris Faber
  • Publication number: 20050014012
    Abstract: A solvent-containing coating composition contains at least one hydroxyl-containing saturated copolyester, a phenol-formaldehyde resin, a benzoguanamine-formaldehyde resin and/or a blocked polyisocyanate, a catalyst and at least one solvent, and can further contain aids and additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Applicant: DEGUSSA AG
    Inventors: Uwe Stapperfenne, Giselher Franzmann, Doris Faber