Patents Assigned to Chevron Oronite Company LLC
  • Patent number: 8704006
    Abstract: A process for preparing an alkylated hydroxyl aromatic compound comprising reacting (a) a hydroxyl aromatic compound (I), having the following structure; wherein n 1, 2 or 3; m is 0, 1, 2, or 3 and R1 is Hydrogen or hydrocarbyl group; and (b) at least one ?-branched primary alcohol component in the presence of an alkylating catalyst thereby producing an alkylated hydroxyl aromatic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Chevron Oronite Company LLC
    Inventors: Curtis Bay Campbell, Cedrick Mahieux
  • Patent number: 8703680
    Abstract: Disclosed are friction modifier compositions and a method of lubricating an internal combustion engine, comprising supplying to said engine an oil of lubricating viscosity and from 0.25 to 5 weight percent based upon the total mass of the lubricating oil composition of a friction modifier composition containing: a) an amino alcohol reaction product prepared by isomerizing a C12-C30 normal alpha olefin using at least one of a solid or liquid catalyst to form an internal olefin; epoxidizing said olefin; and reacting with a mono-hydroxyl amine; b) an ester of glycerol and a C12-C22 carboxylic acid containing 0 to 3 double bonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Chevron Oronite Company LLC
    Inventor: Yat Fan Suen
  • Publication number: 20140106998
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition having a sulfur content of up to about 0.4 wt. % and a sulfated ash content of up to about 0.5 wt. % as determined by ASTM D874 is disclosed which comprises (a) a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity; (b) at least one oil-soluble or dispersed oil-stable boron-containing compound having greater than 400 ppm of boron, based upon the total mass of the composition; and (c) at least one oil-soluble or dispersed oil-stable molybdenum-containing compound having at least about 1100 ppm of molybdenum, based upon the total mass of the composition; wherein the lubricating oil composition has a ratio of sulfur to molybdenum of less than or equal to about 4:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicants: Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Chevron Oronite Company LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth D. Nelson, Alexander B. Boffa, William M. Kleiser, Stephen D. Stults, James A. McGeehan, Wim Van Dam, Richard E. Cherpeck
  • Publication number: 20140106999
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition having a sulfur content of up to about 0.4 wt. % and a sulfated ash content of up to about 0.5 wt. % as determined by ASTM D874 is disclosed which comprises (a) a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity; (b) at least one oil-soluble or dispersed oil-stable boron-containing compound having no more than about 600 ppm of boron, based upon the total mass of the composition; and (c) at least one oil-soluble or dispersed oil-stable molybdenum-containing compound having no more than about 800 ppm of molybdenum, based upon the total mass of the composition; wherein the lubricating oil composition has a ratio of sulfur to molybdenum of about 5:1 to about 500:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicants: Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Chevron Oronite Company LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth D. Nelson, Alexander B. Boffa, William M. Kleiser, Stephen D. Stults, James A. McGeehan, Wim Van Dam, Richard E. Cherpeck
  • Publication number: 20140100146
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition having a sulfur content of up to about 0.4 wt. % and a sulfated ash content of up to about 0.5 wt. % as determined by ASTM D874 is disclosed which comprises (a) a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity; (b) at least one oil-soluble or dispersed oil-stable boron-containing compound having no more than about 400 ppm of boron; and (c) at least one oil-soluble or dispersed oil-stable molybdenum-containing compound having at least about 1100 ppm of molybdenum, based upon the total mass of the composition; wherein the lubricating oil composition has a ratio of sulfur to molybdenum of less than or equal to about 4:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicants: Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Chevron Oronite Company LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth D. Nelson, Alexander B. Boffa, William M. Kleiser, Stephen D. Stults, James A. McGeehan, Wim Van Dam, Richard E. Cherpeck
  • Publication number: 20140073814
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing an aryloxyalkylene amine compound via an aminoethylation reaction comprising: a) reacting an aromatic hydroxyl compound in the presence of a basic catalyst with a 2-oxazolidinone compound of the formula II to form an intermediate reaction product; wherein R3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen or lower alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, straight or branched chain alkyl having from one to six carbon atoms, phenyl, alkaryl, or arylalkyl; and b) reacting the intermediate product of step a) with a polyalkylene polyamine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Chevron Oronite Company LLC
    Inventors: Patrick J. McDougall, James Saenz, David Lao
  • Patent number: 8664170
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for preparing an unsulfurized, carboxylate-containing additive for lubricating oils and the product produced by said method, wherein said method comprises a) neutralization of a mixture of at least two alkyl phenols using an alkaline earth base in the presence of a promoter, to produce a mixture of alkyl phenates, wherein the mixture of at least two alkyl phenols comprises at least a first alkyl phenol wherein the alkyl group is derived from an isomerized alpha olefin and a second alkyl phenol wherein the alkyl group is derived from a branched chain olefin; (b) carboxylation of the mixture of alkyl phenates obtained in step (a) using carbon dioxide under carboxylation conditions sufficient to convert at least 20 mole % of the starting alkyl phenols to alkyl salicylate; and (c) removal of at least about 10% of the starting mixture of at least two alkyl phenols from the product produced in step (b) to produce said additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Chevron Oronite Company LLC
    Inventors: Curtis Bay Campbell, Eugene Edward Spala, Willie Horn, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140038869
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition comprising (a) a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity; and (b) an oil soluble epoxide compound having the following structure: wherein X is hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C20 hydrocarbyl group, wherein the substituted hydrocarbyl group is substituted with one or more substituents selected from hydroxyl, alkoxy, ester or amino groups and Y is —CH2OR, —C(?O)OR1 or —C(?O)NHR2, wherein R, R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen or C1 to C20 alkyl or alkenyl groups; and further wherein the oil of lubricating viscosity does not contain a carboxylic acid ester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Chevron Oronite Company LLC
    Inventor: Patrick J. McDougall
  • Publication number: 20140031497
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preparing terminally functionalized telechelic polymers using a cationic living polymer product or a terminal tert-chloride chain end of a carbocationic quasiliving polymer product, which comprises quenching the polymer product with a functionalized N-substituted pyrrole to thereby introduce the functionalized N-substituted pyrrole at the terminal reactive polymer chain end(s). A method is also disclosed whereby the N-substituent may be derivatized to a basic amine containing functional group. Also disclosed are the terminal functionalized polyisobuyl N-substituted pyrrole compounds where the polyisobutyl group is substituted at the 2 and 3 position of the N-substituted pyrrole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicants: The University of Southern Mississippi, Chevron Oronite Company LLC
    Inventors: Robson F. Storey, Casey D. Stokes, James J. Harrison, Nemesio Martinez-Castro
  • Publication number: 20140024567
    Abstract: Disclosed is an oil-soluble lubricating oil additive composition, suitable for use as a dispersant viscosity index improver in lubricating oils; prepared by the process which comprises reacting a hydrocarbon polymer having a number average molecular weight (Mn) between about 7,000 and about 500,000 wherein the polymer backbone has been functionalized with an ethylenically unsaturated acylating agent and an aryloxy-alkylene amine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Chevron Oronite Company LLC
    Inventors: Patrick J. McDougall, Pritesh A. Patel
  • Patent number: 8632638
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for cleaning deposits from one or more parts of an engine fuel delivery system, the method comprising introducing into the engine fuel delivery system a cleaning composition comprising (a) one or more aromatic hydrocarbon solvents; and (b) one or more propylene glycol ethers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Chevron Oronite Company LLC
    Inventors: Felicia Simpson-Green, Damon Vaudrin
  • Publication number: 20140018269
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an oil soluble additive composition prepared by a process comprising reacting a molybdenum component; an imide derived from the reaction product of a hydrocarbyl dicarboxylic acid component and a polyamine component wherein the hydrocarbyl dicarboxylic acid component is the reaction product of a dicarboxylic acid component and a hydrocarbyl component; and a post-treating agent, thereby producing a post-treated molybdated succinimide additive composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Chevron Oronite Company LLC
    Inventors: Gaurav Bhalla, Kenneth Dale Nelson, Man Hon Tsang
  • Patent number: 8623798
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lubricating oil composition containing an oil of lubricating viscosity and a N,N,N?,N?-tetraalkyl-naphthalene-1,8-diamine and at least one additive selected from antioxidants, dispersants, and detergents which together provide superior oxidation inhibition and are suitable lubricants for automotive and truck crankcase lubricants; as well as transmission lubricants, gear lubricants, hydraulic fluids, compressor oils, diesel and marine lubricants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Chevron Oronite Company LLC
    Inventors: Richard E. Cherpeck, Carrie Y. Chan, Gaurav Bhalla
  • Publication number: 20130345104
    Abstract: The present invention provides for polyisobutenyl sulfonates, methods for preparing them, and composition employing them; wherein said polyisobutenyl sulfonates have improved low temperature and high temperature viscometric properties. The polyisobutenyl sulfonates are prepared by sulfonating polyisobutene and reacting the polyisobutenyl sulfonate with an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal, wherein the polyisobutene is characterized by having at least 90 mole percent methyl-vinylidene, a number average molecular weight of about 350 to 5,000, and a ratio of weight average molecular weight to number average molecular weight Mw/Mn of from about 1.01 to about 1.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Chevron Oronite Company LLC
    Inventor: James J. Harrison
  • Publication number: 20130331525
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for preparing vinylidene-terminated polyolefins. Further provided herein are sulfide-terminated polyolefins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Chevron Oronite Company LLC
    Inventor: Casey D. Stokes
  • Patent number: 8603956
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to super overbased polyalkenyl sulfonate and alkylaryl sulfonate composition comprising (a) one or more super overbased polyalkenyl sulfonates and (b) one or more super overbased alkylaryl sulfonates wherein the total base number (TBN) of the sulfonate composition is greater than 400. The present invention is also directed to a process for preparing such super overbased polyalkenyl sulfonate and alkylaryl sulfonate composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Chevron Oronite Company LLC
    Inventor: Eugene E. Spala
  • Publication number: 20130303416
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to Mannich condensation product sequestering agents or mixtures of Mannich condensation product sequestering agents for use in fuels and lubricating oils. The present invention is also directed to a process for preparing the Mannich condensation product sequestering agents. The present invention is also directed to a product formed by combining, under reaction conditions, a polyisobutyl-substituted hydroxyaromatic compound, an aldehyde, an amino acid or ester thereof, and an alkali metal base to form the Mannich condensation product sequestering agent. The present invention is also directed to a lubricating oil composition, a lubricating oil concentrate, a fuel composition, and a fuel concentrate having the Mannich condensation product sequestering agents of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Chevron Oronite Company LLC
    Inventors: James J. Harrison, Kenneth D. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20130298451
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to Mannich condensation product sequestering agents or mixtures of Mannich condensation product sequestering agents for use in fuels and lubricating oils. The present invention is also directed to a process for preparing the Mannich condensation product sequestering agents. The present invention is also directed to a product formed by combining, under reaction conditions, a polyisobutyl-substituted hydroxyaromatic compound, an aldehyde, an amino acid or ester thereof, and an alkali metal base to form the Mannich condensation product sequestering agent. The present invention is also directed to a lubricating oil composition, a lubricating oil concentrate, a fuel composition, and a fuel concentrate having the Mannich condensation product sequestering agents of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Chevron Oronite Company LLC
    Inventors: James J. Harrison, Kenneth D. Nelson
  • Patent number: 8580717
    Abstract: An overbased, sulfurized salt of at least one alkylated hydroxyaromatic compound, wherein the alkyl substituent of the hydroxyaromatic compound is a residue of at least one isomerized olefin having from about 15 to about 99 wt. % branching is disclosed. The overbased, sulfurized salt of at least one alkylated hydroxyaromatic compound is produced by the process comprising: (a) alkylating at least one hydroxyaromatic compound with at least one isomerized olefin having from about 15 to about 99 wt. % branching obtained by isomerizing at least one normal alpha olefin having from about 10 to about 40 carbon atoms, to provide at least one alkylated hydroxyaromatic compound; (b) neutralizing and sulfurizing the alkylated hydroxyaromatic compound in any order to provide at least one neutralized, sulfurized alkylated hydroxyaromatic compound; and (c) overbasing the at least one neutralized, sulfurized alkylated hydroxyaromatic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignees: Chevron Oronite Company LLC, Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Chevron Oronite S.A.
    Inventors: Gilles P. Sinquin, Thomas Francis Buckley, III, Charles Michael Cisson
  • Patent number: 8575279
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for preparation of polyolefins containing exo-olefin chain ends. The method involves quenching a cationic quasi-living polyolefin polymer system with a nitrogen-containing five-membered aromatic ring having at least two hydrocarbyl substituent compounds attached to the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignees: Chevron Oronite Company LLC, The University of Southern Mississippi
    Inventors: Casey Don Stokes, Robson F. Storey, James Joseph Harrison