Patents by Inventor Volker Wunder

Volker Wunder 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).

  • Method for manufacturing coated short fibers
    Patent number: 6143376
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing coated short fibers, in which the short fibers are coated in a reactor with at least one coating agent. The method includes exposing a short fiber bundle having a coating or a plastic matrix to a high-frequency field which dissolves the coating or the plastic matrix. The fiber bundle is separated into individual fibers and are coated by chemical vapor deposition on all sides by at least one coating agent present in a gas phase. A combination of mechanical and microwave treatment is preferably provided to loosen the short fiber bundles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignees: DaimlerChrysler, Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet
    Inventors: Horst Linn, Kolja Rebstock, Gerhard Emig, Helmut Gerhard, Nadejda Popovska, Volker Wunder