Patents Represented by Attorney R. C. Gaffney
  • Patent number: 4615827
    Abstract: Lubricating oils containing borated 1,2-alkane diols have been found to reduce brake noise for oil-immersed disc brakes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1986
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventor: Vernon R. Small, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4615826
    Abstract: Amine-containing dispersants, such as succinimides, Mannich Bases and Viscosity-index improvers are reacted with fluorophosphoric acid. The reaction of the dispersant with the fluorophosphoric acid passivates the dispersant to fluorocarbon compositions used as seals, for example in automobile engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1986
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventor: Timothy R. Erdman
  • Patent number: 4614603
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are additives which are useful as dispersants and detergents in lubricating oils. In particular, this invention is directed toward polyamino alkenyl or alkyl succinimides which have been modified by treatment with a compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein W is oxygen or sulfur; X is oxygen, sulfur or R.sub.5 N< wherein R.sub.5 is hydrogen, and alkyl of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and R.sub.4 is an alkylene group of from 2 to 5 carbon atoms or an alkylene group of from 2 to 5 carbon atoms substituted with from 1 to 3 alkyl groups of from 1 to 2 carbon atoms each with the proviso that both W and X are not both oxygen. The modified polyamino alkenyl or alkyl succinimides of this invention have been found to possess dispersancy and detergency in lubricating oils. These modified succinimides are also useful as dispersants and detergents in fuels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1986
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventor: Robert H. Wollenberg
  • Patent number: 4614522
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are additives which are useful as dispersants and detergents in lubricating oils and fuels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1986
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventor: Thomas F. Buckley
  • Patent number: 4612132
    Abstract: Disclosed are additives which are useful as dispersants in lubricating oils, gasolines, marine crankcase oils and hydraulic oils. In particular, disclosed are polyamino alkenyl or alkyl succinimides which contain carbamate functionalities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1986
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventors: Robert H. Wollenberg, Frank Plavac, Timothy R. Erdman
  • Patent number: 4609378
    Abstract: Disclosed are polyaminoalkenyl or alkyl succinimides which have been modified by treatment with a compound of the formula: ##STR1## R.sub.4 is an alkylene group of from 2 to 3 carbon atoms or an alkylene group of from 2 to 3 carbon atoms substituted with from 1 to 3 alkyl groups of from 1 to 2 carbon atoms each. The modified polyamino alkenyl or alkyl succinimides of this invention have been found to possess dispersancy and detergency in lubricating oils. These modified succinimides are also useful as dispersants and detergents in fuels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1986
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventor: Robert H. Wollenberg
  • Patent number: 4608185
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are additives which are useful as dispersants and detergents in lubricating oils and fuels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1986
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventor: Thomas F. Buckley
  • Patent number: 4608137
    Abstract: Hydrogen is produced in a continuous cyclic electrolytic/carbon oxidation process wherein ferrous ion is oxidized at the anode and hydrogen is generated at the cathode of an electrolytic cell. The ferric ions produced at the anode are thereafter reduced to ferrous ions by contact with a solid carbonaceous material and the ferrous ions recycled for electrochemical reoxidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1986
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventors: Ronald J. Vaughan, deceased, By Bank of America NT&SA, administrator
  • Patent number: 4608136
    Abstract: A metal is electrodeposited in a continuous cyclic electrolytic/carbon oxidation process wherein ferrous ion is oxidized at the anode and a metal is deposited at the cathode of an electrolytic cell. The ferric ions produced at the anode are thereafter reduced to ferrous ions by contact with a solid carbonaceous material and the ferrous ions are recycled for electrochemical reoxidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1986
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventors: Ronald J. Vaughan, deceased, by Bank of America NT&SA, administrator
  • Patent number: 4604103
    Abstract: Additives for internal combustion engines are provided which in fuels maintain cleanliness of intake system without contributing to combustion chamber deposits. The additives are hydrocarbylopoly(oxyalkylene) polyamine ethanes comprising a hydrocarbyl-terminated poly(oxyalkylene) chain of 2-5 carbon oxyalkylene units bonded to an ethane or branched ethane chain in turn bonded to a nitrogen atom of a polyamine having from 2 to 12 amine nitrogens and from 2 to 40 carbon atoms with a carbon:nitrogen ratio between 1:1 and 10:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1986
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventor: Curtis B. Campbell
  • Patent number: 4600409
    Abstract: A fuel composition is disclosed containing 30 to 10,000 ppm of an additive comprising quaternized polyoxyalkylene amine salts of molecular weight 500 to about 2500, the polyoxyalkylene moiety comprising 1 to 30 oxyalkylene units, the units having 2 to 4 carbon atoms and the amine comprising 1 to 12 amine nitrogen atoms and 2 to 40 carbon atoms and having a connecting moiety linking the polyoxyalkylene moiety to the amine moiety. Also disclosed are lubricating oil compositions containing the additive, concentrates of this additive and the composition of the additive itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1986
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventor: Curtis B. Campbell
  • Patent number: 4599474
    Abstract: Disclosed is a catalytic process for the production of higher molecular weight hydrocarbons from lower molecular weight hydrocarbons. More particularly, disclosed is a catalytic process for the conversion of methane to C.sub.2 + hydrocarbons, particularly hydrocarbons rich in ethylene or benzene, or both. The process utilizes a metal-containing catalyst, high reaction temperature of greater than 1000.degree. C., and a high gas hourly space velocity of greater than 3200 hr.sup.-1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1986
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventors: Louis Devries, P. R. Ryason
  • Patent number: 4595469
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the production of gaseous hydrogen chloride and aqueous alkali metal hydroxide from brine, utilizing an electrolytic cell containing a hydroxyl ion producing cathode and a gaseous hydrogen chloride producing hydrogen-consuming gas anode. Brine is fed to the anolyte compartment of the cell while alkali metal hydroxide is removed from the catholyte compartment of the cell, and gaseous hydrogen chloride is removed from the gaseous side of the hydrogen-consuming gas anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1986
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventor: Peter C. Foller
  • Patent number: 4592814
    Abstract: A continuous cyclic electrolytic/carbon oxidation process wherein ferrous ion is oxidized at the anode and hydrogen is generated at the cathode of an electrolytic cell. The ferric ions produced at the anode are thereafter reduced to ferrous ions by contact with a solid carbonaceous material and the ferrous ions recycled for electrochemical reoxidation. The process produces partially oxidized organic products from the combustion process in high yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1986
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventors: Ronald J. Vaughan, deceased, by Bank of America NT&SA, administrator
  • Patent number: 4585566
    Abstract: Disclosed are additives which are useful as dispersants in marine crankcase oils and hydraulic oils, lubricating oils. In particular, disclosed are nitrogen-containing lubricating oil dispersants having at least one primary or secondary amino group which have been modified by treatment with a cyclic carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1986
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventor: Robert H. Wollenberg
  • Patent number: 4584117
    Abstract: Disclosed are additives which are useful as dispersants in lubricating oils, gasolines, marine crankcase oils and hydraulic oils. In particular, disclosed are additives prepared by first reacting a polyamine with a cyclic carbonate followed by reaction of this intermediate with an alkenyl or alkyl succinic anhydride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1986
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventor: Robert H. Wollenberg
  • Patent number: 4584023
    Abstract: Disclosed is a one-step method of producing an industrial asphalt from a bituminous material which comprises mixing together without air-blowing:(a) a feed material comprising a bituminous material having a viscosity of at least 50 centistokes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit and wherein the feed petroleum residuum forms a single phase when mixed with 5 weight percent phytic acid; and(b) from about 0.1 to 20.0 percent by weight of phytic acid, said mixing being done at a temperature in the range of 351 to 600 degrees Fahrenheit, whereby the softening point of the feed is substantially increased and the penetration is significantly decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1986
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventor: Judson E. Goodrich
  • Patent number: 4584112
    Abstract: The fuel economy of an internal combustion engine can be improved by adding to the lubricating oil used to lubricate the crankcase of said engine from 0.25 to 2 weight percent of pentaerythritol mono-oleate in combination with 15 to 25 millimols per kilogram of zinc O,O-di(2-ethylhexyl)phosphorodithioate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1986
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventor: Timothy R. Erdman
  • Patent number: 4584233
    Abstract: A patch for the underwater patching of a urethane-based coating membrane is provided. The patch comprises a section of nonwoven, fabric-reinforced urethane-based membrane coated with a composition comprising a polyurethane; non-volatile extender; a volatile solvent; and a water-insoluble, heavier-than-water, inert filler material dense enough to make the composition denser than water. Methods for effecting the patching or repair using the patch are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1986
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventor: Arthur L. Meader, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4581151
    Abstract: A fuel composition is disclosed containing 30 to 10,000 ppm of an additive comprising quaternized polyoxyalkylene amine salts of molecular weight 500 to about 2500, the polyoxyalkylene moiety comprising 1 to 30 oxyalkylene units, the units having 2 to 4 carbon atoms and the amine comprising 1 to 12 amine nitrogen atoms and 2 to 40 carbon atoms and having a connecting moiety linking the polyoxyalkylene moiety to the amine moiety. Also disclosed are lubricating oil compositions containing the additive, concentrates of this additive and the composition of the additive itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1986
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventor: Curtis B. Campbell