Patents by Inventor Laurence H. Hiltzik

Laurence H. Hiltzik 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: 11286823
    Abstract: An evaporative emission control canister system comprises an initial adsorbent volume having an effective incremental adsorption capacity at 25° C. of greater than 35 grams n-butane/L between vapor concentration of 5 vol % and 50 vol % n-butane, and at least one subsequent adsorbent volume having an effective incremental adsorption capacity at 25° C. of less than 35 grams n-butane/L between vapor concentration of 5 vol % and 50 vol % n-butane, an effective butane working capacity (BWC) of less than 3 g/dL, and a g-total BWC of between 2 grams and 6 grams. The evaporative emission control canister system has a two-day diurnal breathing loss (DBL) emissions of no more than 20 mg at no more than 210 liters of purge applied after the 40 g/hr butane loading step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: INGEVITY SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC
    Inventors: Laurence H. Hiltzik, Peter D. McCrae, James R. Miller, Roger S. Williams
  • Publication number: 20220074331
    Abstract: An evaporative emission control canister system comprises an initial adsorbent volume having an effective incremental adsorption capacity at 25° C. of greater than 35 grams n-butane/L between vapor concentration of 5 vol % and 50 vol % n-butane, and at least one subsequent adsorbent volume having an effective incremental adsorption capacity at 25° C. of less than 35 grams n-butane/L between vapor concentration of 5 vol % and 50 vol % n-butane, an effective butane working capacity (BWC) of less than 3 g/dL, and a g-total BWC of between 2 grams and 6 grams. The evaporative emission control canister system has a two-day diurnal breathing loss (DBL) emissions of no more than 20 mg at no more than 210 liters of purge applied after the 40 g/hr butane loading step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Laurence H. Hiltzik, Peter D. McCrae, James R. Miller, Roger S. Williams
  • Patent number: 11253836
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a porous gas sorbent monolith with superior gravimetric working capacity and volumetric capacity, a gas storage system including a porous gas sorbent monolith of the present disclosure, methods of making the same, and method for storing a gas. The porous gas sorbent monolith includes a gas adsorbing material and a non-aqueous binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: INGEVITY SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC
    Inventors: Billy-Paul M. Holbrook, Laurence H. Hiltzik, Robert W. Mims, Rey P. Bongalonta, Kenechukwu Onubogu
  • Publication number: 20220008895
    Abstract: The present description provides high working capacity adsorbents with low DBL bleed emission performance properties that allows the design of evaporative fuel emission control systems that are lower cost, simpler and more compact than those possible by prior art. Emission control canister systems comprising the adsorbent material demonstrate a relatively high gasoline working capacity, and low emissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Laurence H. Hiltzik, James R. Miller, Roger S. Williams, Cameron I. Thomson, Michael G. Heim, Emma M. Card, Stephan Charles Cronin
  • Patent number: 11154838
    Abstract: The present description provides high working capacity adsorbents with low DBL bleed emission performance properties that allows the design of evaporative fuel emission control systems that are lower cost, simpler and more compact than those possible by prior art. Emission control canister systems comprising the adsorbent material demonstrate a relatively high gasoline working capacity, and low emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: INGEVITY SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC
    Inventors: Laurence H. Hiltzik, James R. Miller, Roger S. Williams, Cameron I. Thomson, Michael G. Heim, Emma M. Card, Stephan Charles Cronin
  • Publication number: 20210317803
    Abstract: The present description provides low DBL bleed emission performance properties that allows the design of evaporative fuel emission control systems that are simpler and more compact than those possible by prior art by inclusion of a vent-side volume comprising a parallel passage adsorbent such as a carbon honeycomb with narrow channel width and low cell pitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Stephan Charles Cronin, Marta Leon Garcia, Laurence H. Hiltzik, Eyma Y. Marrero-Alfonso, Erik W. Versen
  • Publication number: 20210220800
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a porous gas sorbent monolith with superior gravimetric working capacity and volumetric capacity, a gas storage system including a porous gas sorbent monolith of the present disclosure, methods of making the same, and method for storing a gas. The porous gas sorbent monolith includes a gas adsorbing material and a non-aqueous binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Billy-Paul M. Holbrook, Laurence H. Hiltzik, Robert W. Mims, Rey P. Bongalonta, Kenechukwu Onubogu
  • Patent number: 11052376
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a porous gas sorbent monolith with superior gravimetric working capacity and volumetric capacity, a gas storage system including a porous gas sorbent monolith of the present disclosure, methods of making the same, and method for storing a gas. The porous gas sorbent monolith includes a gas adsorbing material and a non-aqueous binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: INGEVITY SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC
    Inventors: Billy-Paul M. Holbrook, Laurence H. Hiltzik, Robert W. Mims, Rey P. Bongalonta, Kenechukwu Onubogu
  • Publication number: 20210172402
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an evaporative emission control canister system that includes: one or more canisters comprising at least one vent-side particulate adsorbent volume comprising a particulate adsorbent having microscopic pores with a diameter of less than about 100 nm; macroscopic pores having a diameter of about 100-100,000 nm; and a ratio of a volume of the macroscopic pores to a volume of the microscopic pores that is greater than about 150%, and having a retentivity of about 1.0 g/dL or less. The system may further include a high butane working capacity adsorbent. The disclosure also describes a method for reducing emissions in an evaporative emission control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Timothy M. Byrne, Laurence H. Hiltzik, Marta Leon Garcia, Cameron I. Thomson
  • Publication number: 20210170324
    Abstract: An evaporative emission control canister system comprises an initial adsorbent volume having an effective incremental adsorption capacity at 25° C. of greater than 35 grams n-butane/L between vapor concentration of 5 vol % and 50 vol % n-butane, and at least one subsequent adsorbent volume having an effective incremental adsorption capacity at 25° C. of less than 35 grams n-butane/L between vapor concentration of 5 vol % and 50 vol % n-butane. The evaporative emission control canister system has a two-day diurnal breathing loss (DBL) emissions of no more than 20 mg at no more than 210 liters of purge applied after the 40 g/hr BETP butane loading step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Laurence H. Hiltzik, Peter D. Mccrae, James R. Miller, Roger S. Williams
  • Patent number: 10968870
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an evaporative emission control canister system that includes: one or more canisters comprising at least one vent-side particulate adsorbent volume comprising a particulate adsorbent having microscopic pores with a diameter of less than about 100 nm; macroscopic pores having a diameter of about 100-100,000 nm; and a ratio of a volume of the macroscopic pores to a volume of the microscopic pores that is greater than about 150%, and having a retentivity of about 1.0 g/dL or less. The system may further include a high butane working capacity adsorbent. The disclosure also describes a method for reducing emissions in an evaporative emission control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: INGEVITY SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy M. Byrne, Laurence H. Hiltzik, Marta Leon Garcia, Cameron I. Thomson
  • Patent number: 10960342
    Abstract: An evaporative emission control canister system comprises an initial adsorbent volume having an effective incremental adsorption capacity at 25° C. of greater than 35 grams n-butane/L between vapor concentration of 5 vol % and 50 vol % n-butane, and at least one subsequent adsorbent volume having an effective incremental adsorption capacity at 25° C. of less than 35 grams n-butane/L between vapor concentration of 5 vol % and 50 vol % n-butane. The evaporative emission control canister system has a two-day diurnal breathing loss (DBL) emissions of no more than 20 mg at no more than 210 liters of purge applied after the 40 g/hr BETP butane loading step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: INGEVITY SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC
    Inventors: Laurence H. Hiltzik, Peter D. Mccrae, James R. Miller, Roger S. Williams
  • Publication number: 20200376462
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a porous gas sorbent monolith with superior gravimetric working capacity and volumetric capacity, a gas storage system including a porous gas sorbent monolith of the present disclosure, methods of making the same, and method for storing a gas. The porous gas sorbent monolith includes a gas adsorbing material and a non-aqueous binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Billy-Paul M. Holbrook, Laurence H. Hiltzik, Robert W. Mims, Rey P. Bongalonta, Kenechukwu Onubogu
  • Publication number: 20200291904
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an evaporative emission control canister system that includes: one or more canisters comprising at least one vent-side particulate adsorbent volume comprising a particulate adsorbent having microscopic pores with a diameter of less than about 100 nm; macroscopic pores having a diameter of about 100-100,000 nm; and a ratio of a volume of the macroscopic pores to a volume of the microscopic pores that is greater than about 150%, and having a retentivity of about 1.0 g/dL or less. The system may further include a high butane working capacity adsorbent. The disclosure also describes a method for reducing emissions in an evaporative emission control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Timothy M. Byrne, Laurence H. Hiltzik, Marta Leon Garcia, Cameron I. Thomson
  • Patent number: 10704501
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an evaporative emission control canister system that includes: one or more canisters comprising at least one vent-side particulate adsorbent volume comprising a particulate adsorbent having microscopic pores with a diameter of less than about 100 nm; macroscopic pores having a diameter of about 100-100,000 nm; and a ratio of a volume of the macroscopic pores to a volume of the microscopic pores that is greater than about 150%, and having a retentivity of about 1.0 g/dL or less. The system may further include a high butane working capacity adsorbent. The disclosure also describes a method for reducing emissions in an evaporative emission control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: INGEVITY SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy M. Byrne, Laurence H. Hiltzik, Marta Leon Garcia, Cameron I. Thomson
  • Patent number: 10688467
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a porous gas sorbent monolith with superior gravimetric working capacity and volumetric capacity, a gas storage system including a porous gas sorbent monolith of the present disclosure, methods of making the same, and method for storing a gas. The porous gas sorbent monolith includes a gas adsorbing material and a non-aqueous binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: INGEVITY SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC
    Inventors: Billy-Paul M. Holbrook, Laurence H. Hiltzik, Robert W. Mims, Rey P. Bongalonta, Kenechukwu Onubogu
  • Publication number: 20190390585
    Abstract: An evaporative emission control canister system comprises an initial adsorbent volume having an effective incremental adsorption capacity at 25° C. of greater than 35 grams n-butane/L between vapor concentration of 5 vol % and 50 vol % n-butane, and at least one subsequent adsorbent volume having an effective incremental adsorption capacity at 25° C. of less than 35 grams n-butane/L between vapor concentration of 5 vol % and 50 vol % n-butane, an effective butane working capacity (BWC) of less than 3 g/dL, and a g-total BWC of between 2 grams and 6 grams. The evaporative emission control canister system has a two-day diurnal breathing loss (DBL) emissions of no more than 20 mg at no more than 210 liters of purge applied after the 40 g/hr butane loading step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Laurence H. Hiltzik, Peter D. McCrae, James R. Miller, Roger S. Williams
  • Patent number: 10422261
    Abstract: An evaporative emission control canister system comprises an initial adsorbent volume having an effective incremental adsorption capacity at 25° C. of greater than 35 grams n-butane/L between vapor concentration of 5 vol % and 50 vol % n-butane, and at least one subsequent adsorbent volume having an effective incremental adsorption capacity at 25° C. of less than 35 grams n-butane/L between vapor concentration of 5 vol % and 50 vol % n-butane, an effective butane working capacity (BWC) of less than 3 g/dL, and a g-total BWC of between 2 grams and 6 grams. The evaporative emission control canister system has a two-day diurnal breathing loss (DBL) emissions of no more than 20 mg at no more than 210 liters of purge applied after the 40 g/hr butane loading step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: INGEVITY SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC
    Inventors: Laurence H. Hiltzik, Peter D. McCrae, James R. Miller, Roger S. Williams
  • Publication number: 20190226426
    Abstract: The present description provides high working capacity adsorbents with low DBL bleed emission performance properties that allows the design of evaporative fuel emission control systems that are lower cost, simpler and more compact than those possible by prior art. Emission control canister systems comprising the adsorbent material demonstrate a relatively high gasoline working capacity, and low emissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Laurence H. Hiltzik, James R. Miller, Roger S. Williams, Cameron I. Thomson, Michael G. Heim, Emma M. Card
  • Publication number: 20190211724
    Abstract: An evaporative emission control canister system comprises an initial adsorbent volume having an effective incremental adsorption capacity at 25° C. of greater than 35 grams n-butane/L between vapor concentration of 5 vol % and 50 vol % n-butane, and at least one subsequent adsorbent volume having an effective incremental adsorption capacity at 25° C. of less than 35 grams n-butane/L between vapor concentration of 5 vol % and 50 vol % n-butane, an effective butane working capacity (BWC) of less than 3 g/dL, and a g-total BWC of between 2 grams and 6 grams. The evaporative emission control canister system has a two-day diurnal breathing loss (DBL) emissions of no more than 20 mg at no more than 210 liters of purge applied after the 40 g/hr butane loading step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Laurence H. Hiltzik, Peter D. McCrae, James R. Miller, Roger S. Williams