Patents by Inventor Wilfried Knott

Wilfried Knott 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: 8722836
    Abstract: The invention relates to the production of nitrone-bearing siloxanes and their use as additives for radiation-curable coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Evonik Industries AG
    Inventors: Wilfried Knott, Pedro Cavaleiro, Bjoern Eicke, Sadik Amajjahe, Frauke Henning, Kai Steenweg
  • Publication number: 20140094532
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the targeted reorganization of polydimethylsiloxanes over sulphonic acid-containing cation exchange resins which have water contents of 8 to 25% by weight, and polydimethylsiloxanes thus prepared and the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: EVONIK GOLDSCHMIDT GMBH
    Inventors: Wilfried Knott, Martin Glos, Norbert Nilewski
  • Patent number: 8623984
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions containing polyether-siloxane copolymers which are based on branched SiH-functional siloxanes, where at least one of the polyether-siloxane copolymers has a radical —OR8 where R8=hydrogen or an alkyl radical having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms which is bound to a silicon atom, a process for producing polyurethane foam in which these compositions are used as foam stabilizers, polyurethane foams containing these compositions and the use of these polyurethane foams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Evonik Goldschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Frauke Henning, Carsten Schiller, Horst Dudzik, Eva Emmrich, Annegret Terheiden, Martin Glos, Wilfried Knott, Christian Eilbracht
  • Publication number: 20130345318
    Abstract: Silicone polyethers and a process for preparation thereof wherein polyethers modified laterally with methylidene groups are reacted with hydrosiloxanes in a hydrosilylation reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Frank SCHUBERT, Michael Ferenz, Wilfried Knott
  • Patent number: 8609798
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the targeted reorganization of polydimethylsiloxanes over sulphonic acid-containing cation exchange resins which have water contents of 8 to 25% by weight, and polydimethylsiloxanes thus prepared and the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Evonik Goldschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Wilfried Knott, Martin Glos, Norbert Nilewski
  • Patent number: 8598295
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for preparing branched SiH-functional siloxanes by converting a mixture of one or more low molecular weight SiH-functional siloxanes, one or more low molecular weight SiH-free siloxanes and one or more trialkoxysilanes with addition of water and in the presence of at least one Brønsted-acidic catalyst, which is characterized in that the reaction is performed in one process step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Evonik Goldschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Frauke Henning, Wilfried Knott, Horst Dudzik
  • Patent number: 8557944
    Abstract: Endblocked polysiloxanes with lateral amino functions and at least one further lateral and/or terminal functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Evonik Goldschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Frauke Henning, Michael Ferenz, Wilfried Knott, Stefan Silber, Hans Henning Wenk, Dirk Kuppert, Frank Koenig
  • Publication number: 20130261201
    Abstract: The invention relates to the production of nitrone-bearing siloxanes and their use as additives for radiation-curable coatings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Evonik Industries AG
    Inventors: Wilfried Knott, Pedro Cavaleiro, Bjõrn Eicke, Sadik Amajjahe, Frauke Henning, Kai Steenweg
  • Publication number: 20130245304
    Abstract: Polyether alcohols having alkoxysilyl groups, the use thereof and a process for their preparation by means of DMC catalysis, characterized in that one or more epoxy-functional alkoxysilanes are added individually or in a mixture with further epoxide compounds and optionally further comonomers, either in block form or in random distribution, onto a chain starter of the formula (VII): R1—H??(VII); having at least one reactive hydroxyl group, where R1 is a saturated or unsaturated, optionally branched radical, or a polyether radical of the alkoxy-, arylalkoxy or alkylarylalkoxy group type, in which the carbon chain may be interrupted by oxygen atoms or corresponds to a polyetheralkoxy radical or to a singularly or multiply fused phenolic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: EVONIK GOLDSCHMIDT GMBH
    Inventors: Frank SCHUBERT, Wilfried KNOTT
  • Publication number: 20130237616
    Abstract: Alkoxylation products, their preparation, compositions comprising these alkoxylation products, and the use thereof as or for producing adhesives and sealants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Evonik Goldschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Michael FERENZ, Bastian Matthias Brugger, Matthias Lobert, Volker Zellmer, Frank Schubert, Wilfried Knott, Melanie Roessing
  • Publication number: 20130217907
    Abstract: Branched polysiloxanes of formula (I) Ma1MHa2MVia3Db1DHb2DVib3Tc1THc2TVic3Qd??(I) wherein M=[R2R12SiO1/2], MH=[R12HSiO1/2], MVi=[R3R12SiO1/2], D=[R12SiO2/2], DH=[R1HSiO2/2], DVi=[R1R3SiO2/2], T=[R4SiO3/2], TH=[HSiO3/2], TVi=[R3SiO3/2], Q=[SiO4/2], R1 is mutually independently identical or different, linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon moieties, R2 is mutually independently the same as R1, an alkoxy moiety or a hydroxy group, R3 is mutually independently identical or different, linear or branched, olefinically unsaturated hydrocarbon moieties, R4 is mutually independently R1 or identical or different linear, branched and/or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon moieties comprising heteroatoms, a1=from 0 to 50, a2=from 1 to 50, a3=from 1 to 50, b1=from 10 to 5000, b2=from 0 to 30, b3=from 0 to 30, c1=from 0 to 50, c2=from 0 to 50 c3=from 0 to 50, d=from 0 to 50, with the proviso that the sum c1+c2+c3+d is greater than or equal to 1, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Evonik goldschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Frauke Henning, Sadik Amajjahe, Ute Linke, Michael Ferenz, Wilfried Knott, Volker Arning, Bastian Matthias Brugger, Kathrin Lehmann
  • Patent number: 8455603
    Abstract: The invention describes amine-amide-functional siloxanes and a process for the preparation thereof by the chemical reaction of SiOH-functional siloxanes with amino-functional silanes in the presence of carboxylic acid anhydrides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Evonik Goldschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Ferenz, Christian Mund, Wilfried Knott, Stefan Silber
  • Patent number: 8450514
    Abstract: Polyether alcohols having alkoxysilyl groups, the use thereof and a process for their preparation by means of DMC catalysis, characterized in that one or more epoxy-functional alkoxysilanes are added individually or in a mixture with further epoxide compounds and optionally further comonomers, either in block form or in random distribution, onto a chain starter of the formula (VII) R1—H(VII) having at least one reactive hydroxyl group, where R1 is a saturated or unsaturated, optionally branched radical, or a polyether radical of the alkoxy-, arylalkoxy or alkylarylalkoxy group type, in which the carbon chain may be interrupted by oxygen atoms or corresponds to a polyetheralkoxy radical or to a singularly or multiply fused phenolic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Evonik Goldschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Schubert, Wilfried Knott
  • Patent number: 8420748
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for preparing liquid, branched SiH-functional siloxanes by reacting a mixture of one or more low molecular weight SiH-functional siloxanes, one or more low molecular weight SiH-free siloxanes, one or more tetraalkoxysilanes, and optionally one or more trialkoxysilanes with addition of water and in the presence of a Brønsted-acidic ion exchanger, which is characterized in that the reaction is performed in one process step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Evonik Goldschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Frauke Henning, Wilfried Knott, Michael Ferenz
  • Publication number: 20130035408
    Abstract: The present invention provides polysiloxane-polyether copolymers comprising at least one polyether moiety, characterized in that there is at least one polyether moiety capped with at least one —O—C(O)—O—R? unit where R? is identical or different alkyl moieties, a process for preparation thereof and use thereof, especially for polyurethane foam production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: EVONIK GOLDSCHMIDT GMBH
    Inventors: Wilfried Knott, Horst Dudzik, Frauke Henning, Frank Schubert, Michael Ferenz, Roland Hubel
  • Patent number: 8349907
    Abstract: Preparation and use of polyurethane foams with the use of foam stabilizers of the general formula (I)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Evonik Goldschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Frauke Henning, Wilfried Knott, Oliver Thum, Carsten Schiller, Martin Glos, Annegret Terheiden
  • Patent number: 8334355
    Abstract: Silicone-polyether block copolymers prepared by organomodification of branched polysiloxanes having terminal and/or lateral SiH functions or linear polysiloxanes having lateral and/or terminal SiH functions by means of polyethers or polyether mixtures, characterized in that the polyethers used have a polydispersity Mw/Mn in the range from 1.0 to 1.5 and/or ratios Mn/MWIN and Mw/MWIN in the range from 0.7 to 1.3, their preparation and use and also polymer articles produced therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Evonik Goldschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Frauke Henning, Wilfried Knott, Frank Schubert, Roland Hubel, Christian Eilbracht
  • Publication number: 20120308494
    Abstract: Linear polydimethylsiloxane-polyether copolymers with amino and/or quaternary ammonium groups, obtainable by the reaction of organopolysiloxanes functionalized with secondary aminoalkyl groups with the reaction products formed from compounds containing epoxy groups and amines, the use thereof and process for preparation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Frank Schubert, Wilfried Knott, Michael Ferenz, Klaus-Dieter Klein, Tobias Maurer, Ralph Scheurmann, Bernhard William Kluesener, Rajan Keshav Panandiker
  • Patent number: 8324325
    Abstract: Process for preparing polyether alcohols by polymerization by means of double metal cyanide catalysts (DMC catalysts), characterized in that, before or during the polymerization, one or more, optionally mixed additives consisting of compounds having one or more hydridic hydrogen atoms bonded to one silicon atom are added to the reaction mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Evonik Goldschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Wilfried Knott, Frank Schubert
  • Publication number: 20120296125
    Abstract: Novel alkoxylation products containing lateral hydroxyl groups or bearing lateral C—C double bonds and a process for preparing them by means of an alkoxylation reaction of halogenated alkylene oxides using double metal cyanide (DMC) catalysts and subsequent elimination of chlorine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: FRANK SCHUBERT, Wilfried Knott