Patents by Inventor Werner Reiss

Werner Reiss 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).

  • Process for the manufacture of a gauze for a catalytic converter and a gauze for a catalytic converter manufactured according thereto
    Patent number: 5232891
    Abstract: Catalytic gauzes which have an enlarged surface can be manufactured from a wire made of 90Pt/10Rh, for example, by coating the wire with a base metal, thermally treating the wire under partial conversion of the 90Pt/10Rh into solid solutions with the base metal, dissolving the base metal and weaving a wire gauze. They are used for the oxidation of ammonia and the ammoxidation of methane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: W. C. Heraeus GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Hormann, Stefan Kotowski, David F. Lupton, Werner Reiss, Friedhold Scholz, Bruno Streb, Antje Viel