Patents Assigned to Chevron Chemical Company
  • Patent number: 6235688
    Abstract: Non-thixotropic, sodium-free lubricant additive having from 10% to 50% of a liquid organic diluent and from 30% to 90% of a substituted hydrocarbaryl metal salt. At least 30 mole percent of the metal in the metal salt is lithium, and the salt is essentially free of sodium. The BN of the non-thixotropic lubricant additive attributable to the lithium is less than 150. This additive is useful for decreasing black sludge deposits and piston deposits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Chevron Chemical Company LLC
    Inventors: Vernon R. Small, Jean-Louis Le Coent, Gerrit J. Polhaar, Ita Suharti Suwandi, William Woodford Willis, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6221116
    Abstract: Aminocarbamates of polyalkylphenoxyalkanols having the formula: wherein R is a polyalkyl group having an average molecular weight in the range of about 600 to 5,000; R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen or lower alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and A is a polyamine moiety having at least one basic nitrogen atom, wherein the polyamine is connected to the carbonyl group through one of its nitrogen atoms to form a carbamate linkage. The compounds of formula I are useful as fuel additives for the prevention and control of engine deposits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Chevron Chemical Company
    Inventor: Richard E. Cherpeck
  • Patent number: 6217624
    Abstract: A fuel composition comprising a major amount of hydrocarbons boiling in the gasoline or diesel range and about 2,050 to about 10,000 parts per million by weight of a hydrocarbyl-substituted polyoxyalkylene amine having the formula: or a fuel-soluble salt thereof; wherein R is a hydrocarbyl group having from about 1 to about 30 carbon atoms; R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen or lower alkyl having about 1 to about 6 carbon atoms and each R1 and R2 is independently selected in each —O—CHR1—CHR2— unit; A is amino, N-alkyl amino having about 1 to about 20 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, N,N-dialkyl amino having about 1 to about 20 carbon atoms in each alkyl group, or a polyamine moiety having about 2 to about 12 amine nitrogen atoms and about 2 to about 40 carbon atoms; and x is an integer from about 5 to about 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Chevron Chemical Company LLC
    Inventors: Jack Edward Morris, Stephen M. Moore, Edward T. Sabourin
  • Patent number: 6214775
    Abstract: A haze-free post-treated succinimide prepared by treating an alkenyl or alkyl succinimide with an oil-soluble, strong acid and contacting the treated succinimide with a cyclic carbonate to form the haze-free post-treated succinimide. The time, temperature, and acid concentration of the treating step and the time and temperature of contacting step are adjusted, in combination, to form the post-treated succinimide haze-free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Chevron Chemical Company LLC
    Inventor: James J. Harrison
  • Patent number: 6207042
    Abstract: A catalytic reforming process comprising the catalytic conversion of hydrocarbons to aromatics, said process comprising treating a halided zeolite catalyst (hiz-cat) containing a Group VIII metal at commercial startup conditions and then reforming hydrocarbons, wherein said catalyst is prepared by washing a bound zeolite catalyst base or a bound zeolite catalyst before halide addition. A preferred hiz-cat is a non-acidic Pt K L-zeolite catalyst prepared by a process that includes the steps of preparing a calcined silica-bound K L-zeolite catalyst base; washing said bound zeolite catalyst base with a liquid comprising water; and incorporating Pt and halogen-containing compound(s) comprising chlorine and fluorine into said washed catalyst base. Ammonium chloride and ammonium fluoride are preferred halide sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Chevron Chemical Company LLC
    Inventors: Dennis L. Holtermann, Charles R. Wilson, Wayne S. Masumura, Michio Sugimoto, Hiroshi Ohashi
  • Patent number: 6203584
    Abstract: A fuel composition comprising a major amount of hydrocarbons boiling in the gasoline range and a fuel consumption reducing amount of a fuel additive composition comprising: (a) at least one amine compound selected from the group consisting of: (1) a fuel-soluble aliphatic hydrocarbyl-substituted amine having at least one basic nitrogen atom where the hydrocarbyl group has a number average molecular weight of about 700 to 3,000, and (2) a poly(oxyalkylene)amine having at least one basic nitrogen atom and a sufficient number of oxyalkylene units to render the poly(oxyalkylene)amine soluble in hydrocarbons boiling in the gasoline range; and (b) an ester of a carboxylic acid and a polyhydric alcohol, wherein the carboxylic acid has from one to about four carboxylic acid groups and from about 8 to about 50 carbon atoms and the polyhydric alcohol has from about 2 to about 50 carbon atoms and from about 2 to about 6 hydroxy groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Chevron Chemical Company LLC
    Inventors: Peter A. Fuentes-Afflick, Jeffrey A. Gething
  • Patent number: 6190539
    Abstract: A catalytic reforming process comprising the catalytic conversion of hydrocarbons to aromatics, said process comprising treating a halided zeolite catalyst (hiz-cat) containing a Group VIII metal at commercial startup conditions and then reforming hydrocarbons, wherein said catalyst is prepared by washing a bound zeolite catalyst base or a bound zeolite catalyst before halide addition. A preferred hiz-cat is a non-acidic Pt K L-zeolite catalyst prepared by a process that includes the steps of preparing a calcined silica-bound K L-zeolite catalyst base; washing said bound zeolite catalyst base with a liquid comprising water; and incorporating Pt and halogen-containing compound(s) comprising chlorine and fluorine into said washed catalyst base. Ammonium chloride and ammonium fluoride are preferred halide sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Chevron Chemical Company LLC
    Inventors: Dennis L. Holtermann, Charles R. Wilson, Wayne S. Masumura, Michio Sugimoto, Hiroshi Ohashi
  • Patent number: 6177512
    Abstract: In the present invention, a process is provided for producing high impact polystyrene of improved heat resistance. According to the invention, after phase inversion of the rubber-polystyrene system, a slurry of PPE in styrene is added in situ to the process. The PPE slurry in styrene contains greater than 15 wt. % of PPE and is introduced to the process at point past rubber phase inversion, preferably at point where total polymer solids is greater than 40 wt. % of the total weight of the polymerization mixture. Preferably, four continuous stirred tank reactors in series are used in the process and preferably the slurry of PPE in styrene monomer is introduced to the third CSTR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Chevron Chemical Company LLC
    Inventors: Loren K. Gibbons, Chen-Youn Sue, Jeffrey Silloway, Jason J. Miller, Michael J. Hanner, Seldon L. Dotson
  • Patent number: 6165236
    Abstract: A poly(oxyalkylene)pyridyl or piperidyl ester having the formula: ##STR1## or a fuel-soluble salt thereof; wherein A is a nitrogen-containing ring selected from the group consisting of 3-pyridyl, 4-pyridyl, 3-piperidyl and 4-piperidyl; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently hydrogen or lower alkyl having 1 to about 6 carbon atoms and each R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is independently selected in each --O--CHR.sub.1 --CHR.sub.2 -- unit; R.sub.3 is hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to about 100 carbon atoms, phenyl, aralkyl having about 7 to about 100 carbon atoms or alkaryl having about 7 to about 100 carbon atoms; x is an integer from 0 to 4; and n is an integer from about 5 to about 100.The poly(oxyalkylene)pyridyl and piperidyl esters of the present invention are useful as fuel additives for the prevention and control of engine deposits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Chevron Chemical Company LLC
    Inventor: Richard E. Cherpeck
  • Patent number: 6162770
    Abstract: An unsulfurized, alkali metal-free, detergent-dispersant composition having from 40% to 60% alkylphenol, from 10% to 40% alkaline earth alkylphenate, and from 20% to 40% alkaline earth single aromatic-ring alkylsalicylate. This composition may have an alkaline earth double aromatic-ring alkylsalicylate as long as the mole ratio of single-ring alkylsalicylate to double aromatic-ring alkylsalicylate is at least 8:1. This composition may be produced by the three-step process involving neutralization of alkylphenols, carboxylation of the resulting alkylphenate, and filtration of the product of the carboxylation step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Chevron Chemical Company LLC
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Marie Le Coent, Jacques Cazin, Pierre Tequi
  • Patent number: 6159912
    Abstract: A low overbased alkyl phenyl sulfonate prepared by the neutralization of sulfonic acid with a sulfurized high TBN calcium alkylphenate in the absence of chloride and in the absence of additional carboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Chevron Chemical Company LLC
    Inventor: John McDonald
  • Patent number: 6156850
    Abstract: A polyalkenyl derivative of an unsaturated acidic reagent prepared by the process of reacting a polyalkene having a Mn of at least 300 with an unsaturated acidic reagent at elevated temperatures in the absence of a strong acid until at least 25% of the polyalkene is converted to a polyalkenyl derivative of an unsaturated acidic reagent, continuing the reaction of the polyalkene with an excess of the unsaturated acidic reagent at elevated temperatures in the presence of a strong acid to convert at least some of the unreacted polyalkene to additional polyalkenyl derivative of an unsaturated acidic reagent, and removing the unreacted unsaturated acidic reagent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Chevron Chemical Company LLC
    Inventors: James J. Harrison, William R. Ruhe, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6153553
    Abstract: Novel catalysts are provided for the polymerization of olefins such as ethylene. These catalysts comprise a novel amorphous aluminophosphate comprising, on a microlevel, sheets of aluminophosphate as well as spheres of aluminophosphate plus a chromium compound. These new catalysts are surprisingly active; result in more co-monomer incorporation than prior art catalysts and reduce the amount of low molecular weight material in the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Chevron Chemical Company
    Inventors: Pamela R. Auburn, Theresa A. Pecoraro
  • Patent number: 6146431
    Abstract: A polysuccinimide composition is prepared by reacting a mixture of an alkenyl or alkylsuccinic acid derivative, an unsaturated acidic reagent copolymer, and a polyamine under reactive conditions. The alkenyl or alkyl substituent of the alkenyl or alkylsuccinic acid derivative has a Mn of from 140 to 3000. The unsaturated acidic reagent copolymer has an average degree of polymerization of from 2 to 20, and is a copolymer of an unsaturated acidic reagent and an olefin having a Mn of at least 1000. The polyamine has at least three nitrogen atoms and has from 4 to 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Chevron Chemical Company LLC
    Inventors: James J. Harrison, William R. Ruhe, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6139770
    Abstract: An oxygen scavenging composition or system is provided comprising an oxygen scavenging material, a photoinitiator, and at least one catalyst effective in catalyzing an oxygen scavenging reaction, wherein the photoinitiator comprises a benzophenone derivative containing at least two benzophenone moieties. A film, a multi-phase composition, a multi-layer composition, a multi-layer film, an article comprising the oxygen scavenging composition, a method for preparing the oxygen scavenging composition, and a method for scavenging oxygen are also provided. Non-extractable benzophenone derivative photoinitiators and methods for preparing same are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignees: Chevron Chemical Company LLC, Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Katsumoto, Ta Yen Ching, Joseph L. Goodrich, Drew Ve Speer
  • Patent number: 6139909
    Abstract: A process for producing a metallic protective layer whereby a metal-containing plating, cladding, paint or other coating is applied to at least a portion of a reactor system and then contacted with a gaseous stream containing hydrocarbons, such as impure hydrogen, thereby producing a continuous and adherent metallic protective layer. The gaseous stream preferably comprises hydrogen, which may be recycled. A preferred embodiment of the invention is directed to touch-up procedures where a portion of an already protected reactor system is replaced or rewelded and the protective layer is formed as the replaced portion is brought on-stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Chevron Chemical Company
    Inventor: Daniel P. Hagewiesche
  • Patent number: 6136051
    Abstract: A fuel composition has a major portion of hydrocarbons boiling in the gasoline range, at least 1,200 ppm by weight of a detergent, and at least 2,400 ppm by weight of a mineral carrier fluid. The detergent is a hydrocarbyl-substituted amine or polyamine having at least one basic nitrogen. The weight ratio of mineral carrier fluid to detergent of the fuel composition is at least 2:1. Preferably, the detergent is present at a concentration of at least 2,000 ppm by weight, and the weight ratio of mineral carrier fluid to detergent is at least 4:1. Preferably, the detergent is either a polybutene amine or a polybutene succinimide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Chevron Chemical Company
    Inventors: Ralph M. Forde, Majid R. Ahmadi, Richard E. Cherpeck
  • Patent number: 6117197
    Abstract: A fuel composition comprising a major amount of hydrocarbons boiling in the gasoline or diesel range and a fuel additive composition comprising (a) about 15 to 2,000 parts per million by weight of an aromatic ester of a polyalkylphenoxyalkanol, (b) about 30 to 2,000 parts per million by weight of a poly(oxyalkylene) amine, and (c) about 30 to 2,000 parts per million by weight of an aromatic di- or tri-carboxylic acid ester; wherein the total amount of components (a) and (b) is at least about 70 parts per million by weight, and further wherein the weight ratio of component (c) to the total amount of components (a) and (b) is at least about 0.25 to 1. The fuel compositions of this invention are useful for the prevention and control of engine deposits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Chevron Chemical Company LLC
    Inventor: Keith Robert Houser
  • Patent number: 6114542
    Abstract: Ethers of polyalkyl or polyalkenyl N-hydroxyalkyl succinimides having the formula: ##STR1## or a fuel soluble salt thereof. The compounds of formula I are useful as fuel additives for the prevention and control of engine deposits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Chevron Chemical Company LLC
    Inventor: Richard E. Cherpeck
  • Patent number: 6111037
    Abstract: An amorphous aluminophosphate composition is provided which exhibits a microstructure of sheets and spheres of silica-modified aluminophosphate. Also provided is a method for preparing the composition comprising mixing an aqueous solution containing aluminum ions, phosphate ions and silica ions, with a neutralizing solution, wherein the mixing is conducted with sufficient shear to produce on a microlevel, sheets of silica-modified aluminophosphate and spheres of silica-modified aluminophosphate. A polymerization catalyst and a polymerization process are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Chevron Chemical Company LLC
    Inventors: Pamela R. Auburn, Theresa A. Pecoraro, Ignatius Y. Chan