Patents by Inventor Xinggao Fang
Xinggao Fang 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).
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Patent number: 11066622Abstract: A method of lubricating at least a portion of a powertrain in a vehicle with an electric motor with a functional fluid composition containing greater than 50 wt % of a base oil; and an additive composition prepared by mixing: a) a hydrocarbyl acid phosphate of the formula (I) to provide at least 50 ppmw phosphorus to the functional fluid composition; wherein R is a C1-C6 hydrocarbyl group and R1 is selected from hydrogen and a C1-C6 hydrocarbyl group; b) an amount of one or more calcium-containing detergent(s) sufficient to provide at least 25 ppmw calcium to the functional fluid composition; and c) one or more nitrogen containing dispersants in an amount sufficient to provide greater than 20 ppmw of nitrogen to the functional fluid composition, all based on the total weight of the functional fluid composition. Functional fluid compositions containing the above-mentioned components and lubricating methods are also disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: AFTON CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Xinggao Fang, Randy Rousseau
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Publication number: 20210122994Abstract: A method of lubricating at least a portion of a powertrain in a vehicle with an electric motor with a functional fluid composition containing greater than 50 wt % of a base oil; and an additive composition prepared by mixing: a) a hydrocarbyl acid phosphate of the formula (I) to provide at least 50 ppmw phosphorus to the functional fluid composition; wherein R is a C1-C6 hydrocarbyl group and R1 is selected from hydrogen and a C1-C6 hydrocarbyl group; b) an amount of one or more calcium-containing detergent(s) sufficient to provide at least 25 ppmw calcium to the functional fluid composition; and c) one or more nitrogen containing dispersants in an amount sufficient to provide greater than 20 ppmw of nitrogen to the functional fluid composition, all based on the total weight of the functional fluid composition. Functional fluid compositions containing the above-mentioned components and lubricating methods are also disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2019Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: AFTON CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Xinggao Fang, Randy Rousseau
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Patent number: 10808198Abstract: The present disclosure describes a lubricating composition including a) a major part of a base oil of lubricating viscosity wherein the base oil is selected from API Group I, II, III, IV, V, or mixtures thereof, b) a total of 0.001 to 0.536 wt. %, based on the total lubricating composition, of one or more monohydrocarbyl-substituted dimercaptothiadiazole derivative(s) according to Formula (I), or a tautomer or salt thereof, below wherein R is methyl or C2 to C4 alkyl, wherein the total lubricating composition has a sulfur content of up to 2,500 ppm (wt.), c) less than 0.1 wt % phosphite. The disclosure further describes the use of the lubricating composition for lubricating a driveline, a transmission including a manual or automated transmission, a gear, an automated gear, or an axle, and for enhanced FZG test performance. The disclosure further relates to a method for preparing the lubricating composition.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Afton Chemical CorporationInventor: Xinggao Fang
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Publication number: 20200224114Abstract: The present disclosure describes a lubricating composition including a) a major part of a base oil of lubricating viscosity wherein the base oil is selected from API Group I, II, III, IV, V, or mixtures thereof, b) a total of 0.001 to 0.536 wt. %, based on the total lubricating composition, of one or more monohydrocarbyl-substituted dimercaptothiadiazole derivative(s) according to Formula (I), or a tautomer or salt thereof, below wherein R is methyl or C2 to C4 alkyl, wherein the total lubricating composition has a sulfur content of up to 2,500 ppm (wt.), c) less than 0.1 wt % phosphite. The disclosure further describes the use of the lubricating composition for lubricating a driveline, a transmission including a manual or automated transmission, a gear, an automated gear, or an axle, and for enhanced FZG test performance. The disclosure further relates to a method for preparing the lubricating composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventor: Xinggao Fang
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Patent number: 10640723Abstract: A lubricating oil composition including greater than 50 wt. % of a base oil; a reaction product of a hydrocarbyl acid phosphate and a nitrogen containing compound; and an oil soluble hydrocarbyl borate. A method for reducing gear scuffing in a transmission including a step of lubricating the transmission with the above-mentioned lubricating oil composition and a method of operating a transmission including steps of lubricating said transmission with the lubricating oil composition described above and operating the transmission, are also described.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Afton Chemical CorporationInventor: Xinggao Fang
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Publication number: 20190284496Abstract: A lubricating oil composition including greater than 50 wt. % of a base oil; a reaction product of a hydrocarbyl acid phosphate and a nitrogen containing compound; and an oil soluble hydrocarbyl borate. A method for reducing gear scuffing in a transmission including a step of lubricating the transmission with the above-mentioned lubricating oil composition and a method of operating a transmission including steps of lubricating said transmission with the lubricating oil composition described above and operating the transmission, are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: Afton Chemical CorporationInventor: Xinggao Fang
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Patent number: 10407636Abstract: A fuel composition, a lubricant composition, and methods for reducing friction or wear of moving parts. The fuel composition includes gasoline and from about 10 to about 500 ppm by weight of a dialkylaminoalkanol of the formula R1(R2)NCH2CH(R3)R4. The lubricant composition includes base oil of lubricating viscosity and from about 0.05 to about 5.0 weight percent of a dialkylaminoalkanol of the formula R1(R2)NCH2CH(R3)R4. In the above formulas wherein R1 is an alkyl group or a hydroxy alkyl group containing from 8 to 50 carbon atoms; R2 is an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R3 is selected from H and OH; and R4 is selected from H, an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and CH2OH and wherein at least one of R3 and R4 contains a hydroxyl group and provided that when R1 is a hydroxyalkyl group, R3 is OH and R4 is CH2OH.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Afton Chemical CorporationInventors: Scott Culley, Xinggao Fang, Scott D. Schwab
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Publication number: 20180127675Abstract: A fuel composition, a lubricant composition, and methods for reducing friction or wear of moving parts. The fuel composition includes gasoline and from about 10 to about 500 ppm by weight of a dialkylaminoalkanol of the formula R1(R2)NCH2CH(R3)R4. The lubricant composition includes base oil of lubricating viscosity and from about 0.05 to about 5.0 weight percent of a dialkylaminoalkanol of the formula R1(R2)NCH2CH(R3)R4. In the above formulas wherein R1 is an alkyl group or a hydroxy alkyl group containing from 8 to 50 carbon atoms; R2 is an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R3 is selected from H and OH; and R4 is selected from H, an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and CH2OH and wherein at least one of R3 and R4 contains a hydroxyl group and provided that when R1 is a hydroxyalkyl group, R3 is OH and R4 is CH2OH.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2018Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Scott Culley, Xinggao Fang, Scott D. Schwab
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Patent number: 9873848Abstract: Methods for improving the injector performance, unsticking fuel injectors, and reducing an amount of alkali metal carboxylate deposits on internal components of fuel injectors. The method includes operating the diesel engine on a fuel composition comprising a major amount of diesel fuel and from about 45 to about 550 ppm by weight based on a total weight of fuel composition of a fuel additive consisting essentially of a compound of the formula wherein R is an alkyl or alkenyl group containing from 20 to 170 carbon atoms. The additive has a total acid number (TAN) ranging from about 50 to about 290 mg KOH/g. Fuel injectors of the fuel injected diesel engine have an average injector hole diameter of less than 160 ?m and an average smallest clearance between injector needle and injector barrel/casing of less than about 10 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Afton Chemical CorporationInventors: Xinggao Fang, Scott D. Schwab
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Patent number: 9873849Abstract: A fuel composition, a lubricant composition, and methods for reducing friction or wear of moving parts. The fuel composition includes gasoline and from about 10 to about 500 ppm by weight of a dialkylaminoalkanol of the formula R1(R2)NCH2CH(R3)R4. The lubricant composition includes base oil of lubricating viscosity and from about 0.05 to about 5.0 weight percent of a dialkylaminoalkanol of the formula R1(R2)NCH2CH(R3)R4. In the above formulas wherein R1 is an alkyl group or a hydroxyalkyl group containing from 8 to 50 carbon atoms; R2 is an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R3 is selected from H and OH; and R4 is selected from H, an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and CH2OH and wherein at least one of R3 and R4 contains a hydroxyl group and provided that when R1 is a hydroxyalkyl group, R3 is OH and R4 is CH2OH.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Afton Chemical CorporationInventors: Scott A. Culley, Xinggao Fang, Scott D. Schwab
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Publication number: 20170166826Abstract: A fuel composition, a lubricant composition, and methods for reducing friction or wear of moving parts. The fuel composition includes gasoline and from about 10 to about 500 ppm by weight of a dialkylaminoalkanol of the formula R1(R2)NCH2CH(R3)R4. The lubricant composition includes base oil of lubricating viscosity and from about 0.05 to about 5.0 weight percent of a dialkylaminoalkanol of the formula R1(R2)NCH2CH(R3)R4. In the above formulas wherein R1 is an alkyl group or a hydroxyalkyl group containing from 8 to 50 carbon atoms; R2 is an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R3 is selected from H and OH; and R4 is selected from H, an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and CH2OH and wherein at least one of R3 and R4 contains a hydroxyl group and provided that when R1 is a hydroxyalkyl group, R3 is OH and R4 is CH2OH.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2015Publication date: June 15, 2017Inventors: Scott A. CULLEY, Xinggao FANG, Scott D. SCHWAB
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Patent number: 9677020Abstract: A fuel additive composition, fuel composition, method of improving the injector performance of a fuel injected engine, method for preventing or cleaning up deposits in an engine or fuel system, method of reducing wear in a fuel system of an engine, and method of improving the demulsibility of a fuel composition. The fuel composition includes from about 5 to about 300 ppm by weight based on a total weight of the fuel composition of a hydrocarbyl soluble quaternary ammonium carboxylate derived from a quaternary ammonium carbonate and an organic acid.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Afton Chemical CorporationInventors: Xinggao Fang, Scott D. Schwab, Daniel Taylor
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Publication number: 20170158977Abstract: Methods for improving the injector performance, unsticking fuel injectors, and reducing an amount of alkali metal carboxylate deposits on internal components of fuel injectors. The method includes operating the diesel engine on a fuel composition comprising a major amount of diesel fuel and from about 45 to about 550 ppm by weight based on a total weight of fuel composition of a fuel additive consisting essentially of a compound of the formula wherein R is an alkyl or alkenyl group containing from 20 to 170 carbon atoms. The additive has a total acid number (TAN) ranging from about 50 to about 290 mg KOH/g. Fuel injectors of the fuel injected diesel engine have an average injector hole diameter of less than 160 ?m and an average smallest clearance between injector needle and injector barrel/casing of less than about 10 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2015Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Xinggao FANG, Scott D. SCHWAB
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Patent number: 9574149Abstract: A fuel composition for a direct fuel injected diesel engine, a method for improving performance of fuel injectors and a method for cleaning fuel injectors for a diesel engine. The fuel composition includes a major amount of fuel and a minor, effective amount of a quaternary ammonium salt having a thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) weight loss of greater than 50 wt. % at 350° C. The amount of quaternary ammonium salt present in the fuel is sufficient to improve performance of the direct fuel injected diesel engine having combusted the composition compared to the performance of such engine having combusted a fuel composition that does not contain the quaternary ammonium salt.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2011Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Afton Chemical CorporationInventors: Xinggao Fang, Julienne M. Galante-Fox
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Patent number: 9464252Abstract: A fuel soluble additive for a diesel engine, a method for improving performance of fuel injectors and a method for cleaning fuel injectors for a diesel engine. The fuel soluble additive includes a quaternary ammonium salt derived from the reaction of (a) a hydrocarbyl amine containing at least one tertiary amino group, (b) an epoxide compound selected from a glycidol, a glycidyl ether, glycidyl ester, polyglycidyl ether, a polyglycidyl ester, and combinations thereof, wherein substituents of the glycidyl group have, on average, less than five carbon atoms per hetero atom, and (c) optionally a proton donor.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2013Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Afton Chemical CorporationInventors: Scott D. Schwab, Xinggao Fang
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Patent number: 9458400Abstract: A fuel composition for a direct fuel injected gasoline engine comprising, a method for improving performance of fuel injectors and a method for cleaning fuel injectors for an internal combustion gasoline engine. The fuel composition includes a major amount of fuel and a minor, effective amount of a quaternary ammonium salt having a thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) weight loss of greater than 50 wt. % at 350° C. The amount of quaternary ammonium salt present in the fuel is sufficient to improve performance of the direct fuel injected engine having combusted the composition compared to the performance of such engine having combusted a fuel composition that does not contain the quaternary ammonium salt.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Afton Chemical CorporationInventor: Xinggao Fang
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Patent number: 9382495Abstract: A fuel additive and method for improving fuel economy in an engine. The method includes providing a fuel composition to an engine, wherein the fuel composition includes gasoline and from about 10 to about 750 ppm by weight based on a total weight of the fuel composition of a fuel stable additive of the formula wherein R1 comprises a saturated hydrocarbyl group having from 6 to 30 carbon atoms, R2 is an alkyl, polyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl or polyalkoxyalkyl group containing from 2 to 25 carbon atoms, R3 is an alkyl group containing from 2 to 5 carbon atoms, R4 is a linear alkyl group containing 2 to 3 carbon atoms, and x is an integer selected from 0 and 1, and combusting the fuel composition in the engine.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2015Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Afton Chemical CorporationInventors: Xinggao Fang, Scott A. Culley, Scott D Schwab
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Patent number: 9353326Abstract: A fuel additive for a gasoline fuel composition, a gasoline fuel composition and a method for reducing wear in a gasoline delivery system of an engine. The fuel additive includes a synergistic mixture of (i) N,N-bis(hydroxyalkyl)-alkylamine, and (ii) an amide reaction product of a hydroxy acid, hydroxy ester, or lactone and an amine or ether amine, wherein a weight ratio of (i) to (ii) in the synergistic mixture ranges from about 1:5 to about 5:1.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2016Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Afton Chemical CorporationInventors: Xinggao Fang, Scott A. Culley
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Patent number: 9340742Abstract: The disclosure provide a sulfur-free and halogen-free synergistic additive concentrate for a fuel injected engine. The additive concentrate includes (a) an alkoxylated quaternary ammonium salt of the formula (R1)nN[(R2O)xH]m, wherein R1 contains from 1 to 25 carbon atoms, R2 contains from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, n and m are each integers from 1 to 3, provided n+m=4, and x is an integer of from 1 to 5; and (b) a material containing a hydrogen-bonding group other than an alkyl hydroxyl group selected from the group consisting of a hydrocarbyl acid; hydrocarbyl polyacid; hydrocarbyl substituted hydroxybenzene; hydrocarbyl substituted succinic diamide, acid/amide, diacid, diester, ester/acid, amide/ester, imide; aminotriazole, and mixtures thereof, wherein the hydrocarbyl substituent has a number average molecular weight of from about 100 to about 1500, and wherein a weight ratio of (a) to (b) in the additive ranges from about 1:5 to about 1:1.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2015Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: Afton Chemical CorporationInventors: Xinggao Fang, Scott D. Schwab
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Patent number: 9321976Abstract: A fuel composition and method for reducing friction or wear and improving fuel economy in an engine. The fuel composition includes gasoline and from about 10 to about 750 ppm by weight based on a total weight of the fuel composition of a hydroxyalkyl hydrocarbyl-substituted succinimide compound having at least two hydroxyl groups attached to a tertiary nitrogen atom of a polyamino group through a hydrocarbyl link, wherein the hydroxyalkyl hydrocarbyl-substituted succinimide is devoid of primary and secondary amino groups.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2015Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Afton Chemical CorporationInventors: Xinggao Fang, Scott A. Culley, Scott D. Schwab