Patents by Inventor David C. Arters

David C. Arters 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).

  • Publication number: 20170096610
    Abstract: The present technology is related to amide or ester containing quaternary ammonium salts having a hydrocarbyl substituent of number average molecular weight of 1300 to 3000, and the use of such quaternary ammonium salts in fuel compositions to improve the water shedding performance of the fuel composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: James H. Bush, Hannah Greenfield, Paul R. Stevenson, David J. Moreton, David C. Arters
  • Publication number: 20170022438
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of fueling an internal combustion engine, and composition, that provide improved nitrogen-free detergency in the engine, particularly in the area of injector deposit control. The present invention also provides methods of providing both improved detergency and improved corrosion inhibition, while avoiding compatibility problems with fuels and/or while limiting the amount of nitrogen delivered to the fuel from the deposit control additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: David C. Arters, Robert H. Barbour
  • Patent number: 9540581
    Abstract: The present invention relates to functional fluid compositions containing friction modifiers, and specifically stable compositions containing friction modifiers with limited solubility in and/or limited compatibility with the functional fluids with which they are used. In particular the present invention deals with functional fluids used in internal combustion engines, such as engine oils, and friction modifiers derived from hydroxy-carboxylic acids, where the friction modifier is present in the functional fluid composition at levels that would otherwise cause the composition to be unstable and/or hazy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart L. Bartley, Patrick E. Mosier, James D. Burrington, David C. Arters
  • Patent number: 9487719
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of fueling an internal combustion engine, and composition, that provide improved nitrogen-free detergency in the engine, particularly in the area of injector deposit control. The present invention also provides methods of providing both improved detergency and improved corrosion inhibition, while avoiding compatibility problems with fuels and/or while limiting the amount of nitrogen delivered to the fuel from the deposit control additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: David C. Arters, Robert H. Barbour
  • Publication number: 20160032208
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods for inhibiting corrosion and deposit formation in fuel handling equipment, with reduced or eliminated incidence of fuel filter plugging and internal diesel injector deposits (IDID) in the equipment that eventually employs the final commercially blended form of the fuel. More specifically, the invention relates to inhibiting corrosion from the walls of fuel pipelines and storage equipment and preventing deposits in engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Stuart L. Bartley, Mitchell M. Jackson, Zen-Yu Chang, David C. Arters, Anthony R. Frank
  • Publication number: 20150267138
    Abstract: The composition of the present invention related to a quaternary ammonium salt detergent and the use of such quaternary ammonium salt detergents in a fuel composition to reduce diesel injector deposits and remove or clean up existing deposits on the diesel injectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: James H. Bush, Robert H. Barbour, David J. Moreton, Hannah Greenfield, Paul R. Stevenson, David C. Arters
  • Publication number: 20150252278
    Abstract: The composition of the present invention related to a quaternary ammonium salt detergent and the use of such quaternary ammonium salt detergents in a fuel composition to reduce diesel injector deposits and remove or clean up existing deposits on the diesel injectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: James H. Bush, Robert H. Barbour, David J. Moreton, Hannah Greenfield, Paul R. Stevenson, David C. Arters
  • Publication number: 20140345191
    Abstract: The invention relates to heating oils continuing quaternary ammonium salts, including succinimide, Mannich, polyalkylene substituted amine, quaternary ammonium salts. The invention also relates to the use of such salts in heating oil compositions and the use of such heating oil compositions in heating systems such as furnaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: James H. Bush, Sarah J. Harrison, David C. Arters
  • Patent number: 8821596
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nitrogen-free fuel detergent additive, fuel additive and fuel compositions containing the same, as well as a process for making such additives, where the additive may be described as a hydrocarbyl-substituted alkyloxy and/or hydroxy aromatic compound and may be produced by the reaction of (i) an alkyloxy and/or hydroxy aromatic compound and (ii) a polyolefin containing from 4 to 350 carbon atoms, in the presence of an optional solvent and/or catalyst, wherein the resulting nitrogen free additive provides acceptable engine deposit control that is comparable and/or better than the deposit control provided by nitrogen-containing fuel additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Paul R. Stevenson, David J. Moreton, William R. S. Barton, David C. Arters, Jeffry G. Dietz
  • Publication number: 20140080743
    Abstract: The present invention relates to functional fluid compositions containing friction modifiers, and specifically stable compositions containing friction modifiers with limited solubility in and/or limited compatibility with the functional fluids with which they are used. In particular the present invention deals with functional fluids used in internal combustion engines, such as engine oils, and friction modifiers that contain one or more amide functional groups, where the friction modifier is present in the functional fluid composition at levels that would otherwise cause the composition to be unstable and/or hazy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: James D. Burrington, Patrick E. Mosier, David C. Arters, Stuart L. Bartley
  • Publication number: 20140073543
    Abstract: The present invention relates to functional fluid compositions containing friction modifiers, and specifically stable compositions containing friction modifiers with limited solubility in and/or limited compatibility with the functional fluids with which they are used. In particular the present invention deals with functional fluids used in internal combustion engines, such as engine oils, and friction modifiers derived from hydroxy-carboxylic acids, where the friction modifier is present in the functional fluid composition at levels that would otherwise cause the composition to be unstable and/or hazy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stuart L. Bartley, Patrick E. Mosier, James D. Burrington, David C. Arters
  • Publication number: 20130192124
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of fueling an internal combustion engine, and composition, that provide improved nitrogen-free detergency in the engine, particularly in the area of injector deposit control. The present invention also provides methods of providing both improved detergency and improved corrosion inhibition, while avoiding compatibility problems with fuels and/or while limiting the amount of nitrogen delivered to the fuel from the deposit control additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: David C. Arters, Robert H. Barbour
  • Publication number: 20120318225
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nitrogen-free fuel detergent additive, fuel additive and fuel compositions containing the same, as well as a process for making such additives, where the additive may be described as a hydrocarbyl-substituted alkyloxy and/or hydroxy aromatic compound and may be produced by the reaction of (i) an alkyloxy and/or hydroxy aromatic compound and (ii) a polyolefin containing from 4 to 350 carbon atoms, in the presence of an optional solvent and/or catalyst, wherein the resulting nitrogen free additive provides acceptable engine deposit control that is comparable and/or better than the deposit control provided by nitrogen-containing fuel additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul R. Stevenson, David J. Moreton, William R.S. Barton, David C. Arters, Jeffry G. Dietz
  • Patent number: 7704289
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method to clean up or keep clean the fuel system of a direct injection spark-ignited engine by operating the engine with a fuel composition that includes a liquid fuel and a fuel additive composition. The fuel additive composition useful in the present invention has at least one nitrogen-containing dispersant and optionally a fluidizer where the dispersant has a specific lipophilic parameter and the dispersant or the dispersant and the fluidizer have a specific hydrophilic-lipophilic parameter, the dispersant provides about 0.15 to about 50 ppm by weight nitrogen in the fuel composition, and the fluidizer and/or the dispersant provide about 10 to about 10,000 ppm by weight active components in the fuel composition. The method of the present invention is effective in controlling deposits in fuel injectors and combustion chambers of a direct injection spark-ignited engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: David C. Arters, Mitchell M. Jackson, Daniel T. Daly, Malcolm G. J. Macduff
  • Publication number: 20030177692
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method to clean up or keep clean the fuel system of a direct injection spark-ignited engine by operating the engine with a fuel composition that includes a liquid fuel and a fuel additive composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: David C. Arters, Mitchell M. Jackson, Daniel T. Daly, Malcolm G.J. Macduff
  • Publication number: 20030029077
    Abstract: A fuel composition comprises a hydrocarbon fuel, a combination of nitrogen-containing detergents that includes a hydrocarbyl-substituted polyamine and a Mannich reaction product, and optionally a fluidizer. Methods of operating and of controlling deposits in an internal combustion engine involve fueling the engine with the fuel composition which results in unexpectedly effective and efficient control of deposits in the fuel induction system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: The Lubrizol Corporation, a corporation of the State of Ohio
    Inventors: Mitchell M. Jackson, David C. Arters
  • Patent number: 6458172
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to fuel additive compositions of detergents combined with fluidizers and to hydrocarbon fuel compositions containing these fuel additive compositions. The fuel additive compositions of the present invention combine a Mannich detergent, formed from reaction of an alkylphenol with an aldehyde and an amine, with a fluidizer that can be a polyetheramine or a polyether or a mixture thereof and, optionally, with a succinimide detergent. Fuel compositions containing these fuel additive compositions are very effective in reducing intake valve deposits in gasoline fueled engines, especially when the weight ratio of detergent(s) to fluidizer(s) is about 1:1 on an actives basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Malcolm G. J. Macduff, Mitchell M. Jackson, David C. Arters, Rodney J. McAtee
  • Patent number: 5221656
    Abstract: A hydroprocessing catalyst and process of using such catalyst wherein such catalyst has at least one hydrogenation metal deposited on an inorganic oxide support and is further characterized by a surface area of greater than about 220 m.sup.2 /g, a pore volume of about 0.23-0.30 cc/g in pores greater than about 600 Angstroms radius, an average pore radius of about 30-70 Angstroms in pores less than 600 Angstroms, and an incremental pore volume curve with a maximum at about 25-50 Angstroms radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1993
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Frederick T. Clark, Albert L. Hensley, Jr., Simon G. Kukes, David C. Arters