Patents Examined by Ellen M. McAvoy
  • Patent number: 12252659
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lubricating composition according to the classification of grade SAEJ300 defined by the formula (X) and W (Y), wherein X is 0 or 5; and Y is an integer ranging from 4 to 20 or X is 0 and Y is 30; said composition comprising at least: at least a base oil; and at least a Molybdenum or Tungsten chalcogenide nanoobject having an object size ranging from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: TotalEnergies OneTech
    Inventors: Benoit Thiebaut, Stéphane Gavand
  • Patent number: 12247176
    Abstract: The present application relates to the use of a lubricant composition comprising a base oil and a hydrogenated diene styrene polymer to reduce engine particulate emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: TotalEnergies OneTech
    Inventors: Gautier Burette, François Paoloni
  • Patent number: 12247178
    Abstract: The application concerns the use of a lubricant composition of grade 0W-8 according to the SAEJ300 classification, comprising at least one base oil, from 1 to 1000 ppm of at least one friction modifying additive and from 0.1 to 10% by weight of at least one polymer improving the viscosity index, said lubricant composition having kinematic viscosity measured at 40° C. according to standard ASTM D445 lower than or equal to 20 mm2/s, kinematic viscosity measured at 100° C. according to standard ASTM D445 lower than 5 mm2/s, and Noack volatility measured at 250° C. according to standard CEC-L-40-A-93 of between 10 and 85%, preferably between 25 and 85%, more preferably between 60 and 85%, for the lubrication of a rechargeable hybrid vehicle engine or a hybrid vehicle engine comprising a range extender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: TotalEnergies OneTech
    Inventors: Gautier Burette, Mickael Debord, David Senard
  • Patent number: 12241474
    Abstract: A compressor including a housing, a shaft configured to be rotated relative to the housing to compress a refrigerant, a motor configured to drive the shaft, a lubrication system configured to supply lubricant to the compressor, and a bearing configured to support the shaft. The shaft includes a wear-resistant sleeve-like treatment on at least a portion of an outer surface of the shaft adjacent the bearing. The lubricant is POE oil or a lubricant blend composition that includes two or more lubricants, the two or more lubricants including a first lubricant and a second lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Michael T. Siegersma, Daniel A. Strange, Russell T. Abbott, Todd W. Smith, Elyse M. Sorenson, Morgan Elizabeth Herried Leehey, Curtis E. Everson, Mohammad Akram
  • Patent number: 12241034
    Abstract: Lubricity additives for fuels compositions are provided which are hydrocarbyl-containing oxygenated polyamines according to Formula I: wherein one or more of —R1, —R2, —R3, and —R4 is a carbon- and oxygen-containing group including a hydrophobic hydrocarbyl portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Ashish Dhawan, Nestor U. Soriano, Jr., Karina Eureste
  • Patent number: 12241030
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an additized blended fuel composition comprising of 97 to 50 weight % of liquified petroleum gas (LPG); 3 to 50 weight % of dimethyl ether (DME); and a nanocatalyst. More particularly, the present invention relates to an improvement in the combustion efficiency of the DME blended LPG fuel by using catalytic amount of the nano-catalyst, when introduced in ppm level enhances the combustion properties, thereby increasing the flame temperature and reducing the consumption of fuel gas mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Koushik Bhowmik, Ruchi Jain, Jyotiranjan Ota, Samik Kumar Hait, Chandrasekaran Kannan, Sankara Sri Venkata Ramakumar
  • Patent number: 12241031
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition of additives comprising: at least one first compound selected from: (i) copolymers of ethylene and vinyl acetate having a molar mass Mn included in the range ranging from 10,000 to 60,000 g·mol?1, optionally grafted by at least one alkyl (meth)acrylate group, the alkyl chain of which is saturated and contains from 12 to 30 carbon atoms; and (ii) polymers comprising at least 90 mol % of units derived from alkyl. (meth)acrylate monomer, the alkyl chain of which is saturated and contains from 18 to 22 carbon atoms; and at least one second compound selected from the modified alkylphenol-aldehyde resins. The invention also relates to the use of this composition of additives for lowering the viscosity of a liquid petroleum product such as a crude oil and for reducing the deposition of paraffins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: TotalEnergies OneTech
    Inventors: Frederic Tort, Thomas Fritsch
  • Patent number: 12241039
    Abstract: A graphene-based lubricant is provided that includes a graphene-based additive. The graphene-based additive, along with and other optional additives is dispersed in a base liquid. A method of lubrication is also provided that includes the application of the composition to two mating surfaces to form a protective coating between the two mating surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: NanoXplore Inc.
    Inventors: Allan James, Hiroyuki Fukushima, Liya Wang
  • Patent number: 12234413
    Abstract: A method and system desulfurizes fuel produced from pyrolysis of waste tires and includes hydroprocessing tire pyrolysis oil to desulfurize the tire pyrolysis oil and obtain a hydroprocessed pyrolysis oil. The hydroprocessed oil is distilled into at least two environmentally fuel products selected from the group consisting of kerosene, naphtha, fuel oil, fuel and diesel. By combining hydroprocessing with distillation, and advantageously recycling byproducts, the methods of this disclosure allow for conversion of waste tires into fuel in a manner that is commercially viable and sustainable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Wastefront AS
    Inventors: Henrik Selstam, Jorge Moreno Trejo, John William Hemmings
  • Patent number: 12234422
    Abstract: A method for producing a deposit resistant fluid includes combining a base stock and one or more additives to form a blended fluid configured to resist forming deposits in an oxidizing environment. The base stock has a viscosity index of at least 80, and either a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of at least 320 cSt or a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of at least 14 cSt. The base stock includes greater than or equal to about 90 wt % saturates, less than or equal to about 10 wt % aromatics, and a sum of terminal/pendant propyl groups and terminal/pendant ethyl groups of at least 1.7 per 100 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Exxon Mobil Technology and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Lisa I. Yeh, Camden N. Henderson, Percy R. Kanga
  • Patent number: 12228025
    Abstract: A system for recovering natural gas liquid from a source, comprising: a heat exchanger for cooling wellstream fluid directed therethrough; a first separator for receiving the fluid from the heat exchanger for separating liquid and gas; in a first configuration, the gas from the first separator being directed to a turbo-expander for reducing the temperature and pressure of the gas to form a cold fluid; the cold fluid being directed to a second separator for separating liquid and gas; gas from the second separator being directed to the heat exchanger where it flows therethrough for cooling the wellstream fluid; wherein if the turbo-expander is not operating, the first configuration may be a changed to a second configuration to bypass the turbo-expander and direct the gas from the second separator to a Joule-Thomson valve to form the cold fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: PETROLIAM NASIONAL BERHAD (PETRONAS)
    Inventors: Shahrul Azman B Zainal Abidin, Lukman B A Karim, Roslan B Hamid, Arfahsaadah Aripin, Karthikeyan S, Zafirah M Ritzaudeen
  • Patent number: 12227701
    Abstract: An apparatus for mixing wash water and crude oil includes a crude oil pipe, a wash water manifold, a plurality of conduits, and a flow controller. The crude oil pipe includes a wall having an interior surface, an exterior surface, and a plurality of wash water injectors. The plurality of wash water injectors are angularly distributed on a circumferential band of the wall of the crude oil pipe. The flow controller is operable to regulate wash water flow through the plurality of conduits. Each of the plurality of wash water injectors is fluidly coupled to the wash water manifold by one of the plurality of conduits. The plurality of wash water injectors are arranged to provide mixing of the wash water and the crude oil when the wash water is injected into the crude oil pipe through the plurality of wash water injectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ahmed Khurshid, Mishal Alkhaldi
  • Patent number: 12228333
    Abstract: While operating a compressor system equipped with compression train(s), condensate is collected from within stages of the compression train(s), and directed to a blowdown system. Gas from a later stage of the compression train is routed to the blowdown system and used to drive the condensate to a condensate destination at a pressure that avoids flashing of the condensate until it reaches the condensate destination. Inside the blowdown system the condensate is stored in a tank and directed to parallel piped vessels. Operation of the vessels includes (1) receiving the condensate, (2) pressurization with gas from a later stage of compression, (3) flowing the pressurized condensate from the vessel to the condensation destination, (4) depressurizing the vessel, and (5) repeating steps (1)-(4). A flow of condensate from the blowdown system is continuous by staggering the phases of operation between the two vessels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Nisar Ahmad Ansari, Mohamed Soliman, Samusideen Adewale Salu, Talal Al-Zahrani
  • Patent number: 12227716
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a driveline for an electric or hybrid-electric vehicle including an electric motor with an insulated magnet wire and a lubricating and cooling fluid configured to maintain the durability of the magnet wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Afton Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Piotr Grzyska, Yungwan Kwak
  • Patent number: 12227714
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a lubricating composition for lubricating gear, wherein the lubricating composition comprises: at least a base oil; and at least a Molybdenum or Tungsten chalcogenide nanoobject having an object size ranging from 0.1 to 500 nm and from 1 to 99% by weight of molecules of formula (I) with respect to the total weight of the nanoobject A-X-B??(I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: TotalEnergies OneTech
    Inventors: Benoit Thiebaut, Stéphane Gavand
  • Patent number: 12221588
    Abstract: There is provided a grease composition which is supplied between a plurality of lips provided in a sealing device that seals between a pair of members that rotate relative to each other, wherein the grease composition comprises a base oil (A), a thickening agent (B) and a rust preventive agent (C); a kinematic viscosity of the base oil (A) at 40° C. is 30 to 80 mm2/s; the thickening agent (B) is a diurea compound represented by Formula (1); and the composition comprises 5 to 15% by mass of the thickening agent (B) and 0.1 to 2.0% by mass of the rust preventive agent (C) based on the total of the grease composition. R1—NHCONH—R2—NHCONH—R3??(1) wherein R2 is a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms, and R1 and R3 are a linear or branched alkyl group having 8 to 22 carbon atoms. Thus, a grease composition is provided, which can suppress a torque difference due to a rotation direction and exhibits excellent sealing properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignees: UCHIYAMA MANUFACTURING CORP., KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Shibayama, Koki Ando, Hiroyuki Saito, Michitaka Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 12221581
    Abstract: A lignocellulosic starting material can be converted into an aqueous phase and a hydrocarbon phase in a one-step process by subjecting a mixture of the lignocellulosic starting material, an amorphous and unsupported sulfided nickel-molybdenum catalyst, and optionally a co-feed, to not less than a stoichiometric amount of hydrogen, elevated pressure and a temperature in the interval of 350-450° C. A novel catalyst for use in said process and a method for its production are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: RISE RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: Christian Bernlind, Martin Hedberg
  • Patent number: 12215287
    Abstract: The inventive technology includes methods and apparatus for the generation and application of segregated catalytic additives for the pre-combustion treatment of carbonaceous fuel and/or feedstocks. The application of such segregated additives results in the reduction of environmentally harmful emissions during combustion as well as gasification processes. Specifically, pre-combustion treatment of carbonaceous materials with the inventive additives results in the reduction of NOx and/or mercury emissions by least 20% and 40% respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: VRC Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Marcus A. Wiley, Matthew A. Cotton, Darlene K. Sherrod, Marcus K. Wiley, Timothy P. Lenneman, Thomas Kenyon Gale
  • Patent number: 12215297
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of imparting a customized aroma of coffee and creamer to an environment. The method includes placing coffee-scented wax melts and creamer-scented wax melts on a surface and heating the surface to a temperature sufficient to melt the coffee-scented wax melts and the creamer-scented wax melt and to impart a desired customized aroma of coffee and creamer to an environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Inventor: Gena Swift
  • Patent number: 12215304
    Abstract: An integrated facility for the co-production of ethanol and the pretreatment of impure vegetable oils, waxes and (animal) fats is provided. A by-product from the ethanol plant, such as distillers corn oil or distillers sorghum oil, can be directly refined on site to remove contaminants such as metals, phospholipids and inorganic anions, to enable use as ready feedstocks for a renewable diesel hydrotreatment plant. The utility of the ethanol plant infrastructure can be directly harnessed to pretreat and purify a variety of impure feedstock materials. The pretreatment reduces catalytic poisoning in the reduction process at refining facilities during the synthesis of renewable diesel. By-products of the pretreatment process are recycled to various parts of the ethanol plant for incorporation into the animal feed(s) produced by the ethanol plant or incorporated into the existing wastewater treatment and disposal system within the ethanol plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: CHEMTOR, LP
    Inventors: Scott D. Kohl, Rana K. Mohamed, Wade Gossett