Patents by Inventor Geoffrey A. Canton

Geoffrey A. Canton 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: 4836829
    Abstract: Vehicle driveability problems associated with deposits formed in multiport fuel injectors are alleviated by delivering fuel comprising a particular amine containing various C.sub.6 to C.sub.24 alkyl, aryl, cycloaliphatic, heterocyclic, substituted alkyl or substituted aryl groups and C.sub.1 to C.sub.24 alkyl, aryl, substituted alkyl or aryl, cycloaliphatic or heterocyclic groups. Particular amines include bis(2-hydroxy ethyl) cocoamine, bis(2-hydroxy ethyl tallow amine, bis(2-hydroxy ethyl) stearylamine, dimethylcocoamine, dimethyl hydrogenated tallow amine, dimethylhexadecylamine and mixtures thereof. Fuels containing the amine are stabilized against emulsions by inclusion in the fuel of certain demulsifiers. In the preferred embodiment, the amine is in combination with an oxide derivative thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Abraham A. Zimmerman, Geoffrey A. Canton, Joel R. Siegel, Joseph Vardi