Patents Examined by James C. Goloboy
  • Synthetic lubricating oil compositions
    Patent number: 10889777
    Abstract: A lubricating base stock comprising an alkyl aromatic, a blend of additives, a blend of oil soluble polyalkylene glycols and a blend of polyolefins. In the lubricating base stock, the blend of polyolefins comprises at least one metallocene polyolefin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Phillips 66 Company
    Inventor: Gregory S. Hutchison
  • Manufacturing method of lubricant composition and lubricant composition
    Patent number: 10889778
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a lubricant composition includes mixing a composite ester A that contains polyester obtained by condensing trihydric or more polyhydric alcohol a1, a divalent or more polyvalent carboxylic acid a2, and at least one selected from monohydric alcohol a3 or a monovalent carboxylic acid a4, with a compound B having a hydroxyl number of greater than 50 mgKOH/g. A lubricant composition contains the composite ester A and the compound B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Cornoration
    Inventors: Kunihiko Kodama, Yuta Shigenoi
  • Grease composition
    Patent number: 10876065
    Abstract: The invention provides a grease composition used for lubricating a mechanical part having a steel portion to be lubricated which performs a rolling motion and a rolling and sliding motion, containing a base oil, a thickener and an additive, wherein the additive includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polyethylene wax, oxidized polyethylene wax, polypropylene wax, montan wax and amide wax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Saito, Yuta Sato
  • Lubricating oil compositions
    Patent number: 10865359
    Abstract: A lubricating composition comprises a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity and 0.01 to 25 percent by weight, based on the weight of the composition, of a poly(2-oxazoline) polymer. The polymer has the repeat unit: —N(COR1)CH2CH2— wherein the number of repeat units (n) in the polymer is an integer between 4 and 1000, such as between 4 and 500. The polymer carries an inorganic or organic nucleophilic polymerisation terminating group (t), and an initiator group (i) connected to the N atom of a repeat unit, the initiator group (i) being effective to initiate the polymerisation of linear, branched or cyclic hydrocarbyl moieties. At least 5% of the total number of the groups R1 in the polymer comprise alkenyl groups having between 15 and 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew D. Schwarz, Manuel Hartweg, Beatrice Cattoz, Daniel J. Phillips, Anthony J. Strong, Remzi Becer
  • Aqueous polymer dispersions, a method for their preparation and the use thereof as pour-point depressants for crude oil, petroleum, and petroleum products
    Patent number: 10851323
    Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous polymer dispersions comprising at least one polymer obtainable by the reaction of at least one monomer M1 of the general formula H2C?CH—C(O)OR (I), wherein R is an unbranched alkyl chain comprising from 18 to 22 carbon atoms, and optionally at least one monomer M2. The invention relates moreover to a method for the preparing of such aqueous polymer dispersion and the use thereof as pour point depressant for crude oil, petroleum, and petroleum products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Inventors: Judith Christine Braeuer, Kai Gumlich, Stefan Frenzel, Maria Socher, Jennifer Anne Jackson, Edward Bohres
  • Polytriglycerides
    Patent number: 10844315
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are polyketone triglyceride compositions containing 8 to 16 ketone carbonyl moieties per triglyceride unit and methods of making. Also disclosed are polyimine triglyceride compositions having has 8 to 16 nitrogen moieties per triglyceride unit and methods of making. Also disclosed are polyamine triglyceride compositions containing 8 to 16 nitrogen moieties per triglyceride unit and methods of making.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Rogers E. Harry-O'Kuru, Girma Biresaw, Rex E. Murray
  • Lubricating oil composition
    Patent number: 10844306
    Abstract: Provided is a lubricating oil composition, which has low viscosity but also prolonged anti-shudder life without reduction of intermetallic friction coefficient. The lubricating oil composition is characterized in comprising (A) a lubricating base oil, and (C) (C-1) a borated succinimide compound with a mass average molecular weight of 4,000-7,000 and (C-2) a borated succinimide compound with a mass average molecular weight of greater than 7,000-10,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Takafumi Mori, Takehisa Sato, Takahiro Fukumizu, Masashi Ogawa, Junichi Nishinosono
  • Surface treatment agent for substrate, comprising perfluoropolyether group-containing phosphate compound
    Patent number: 10836862
    Abstract: To provide a surface treatment agent capable of imparting excellent water/oil repellency, fingerprint stain removability, abrasion resistance and lubricity to the surface of a substrate. A surface treatment agent for a substrate, comprising a perfluoropolyether group-containing phosphate compound, a coating agent comprising the surface treatment agent and a liquid medium, and a substrate having a surface layer formed from the surface treatment agent or the coating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventor: Kiyotaka Takao
  • Method for producing zeta negative nanodiamond dispersion and zeta negative nanodiamond dispersion
    Patent number: 10836930
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing zeta negative single digit carboxylated nanodiamond dispersion. The method comprises adjusting pH of zeta negative carboxylated nanodiamond suspension to at least 7, and subjecting the pH adjusted suspension to beads milling. The present invention further relates to zeta negative single digit carboxylated nanodiamond dispersion comprising zeta negative single digit carboxylated nanodiamond particles and a liquid medium, wherein zeta potential of the zeta negative single digit carboxylated nanodiamond dispersion is over ?37 mV measured at pH over 7, zeta negative single digit carboxylated nanodiamond particle concentration in the dispersion is over 2 wt-% and D90 average primary particle size distribution of the zeta negative single digit carboxylated nanodiamond particles is from 2 nm to 12 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Carbodeon Ltd. Oy
    Inventors: Vesa Myllymäki, Jesse Syrën
  • High temperature dry film lubricant
    Patent number: 10829650
    Abstract: A coating precursor slurry is provided, along with its methods of formation and use. The coating precursor slurry may include an organic binder comprising a polymeric component and a hardening reagent; an inorganic binder comprising an aluminum-nitrogen compound, a barium-containing organic compound, a nickel-containing organic compound, an ammonia polyphosphate, and phosphorus pentoxide; active components comprising Mo, Te, and graphite; and a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Andrew Niday, Vicky S. Budinger, Martin M. Morra, Hong Zhou, Qijia Fu, Yanfei Gu, Shizhong Wang, Xiaxi Li
  • Thermoplastic composition made of polyphenylene sulphide and polyamide-grafted polyolefin
    Patent number: 10829637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition that comprises a mixture of polymers, which comprises: a first polymer comprising polyphenylene sulphide, making up 55 wt % to 95 wt % of the mixture; a thermoplastic modifier, making up 5 wt % to 45 wt % of the mixture; optionally one or more functional additives, making up at most 10 wt % of the mixture, preferably at most 5 wt % of the mixture, characterised in that the thermoplastic modifier includes a second polymer which comprises a polyolefin backbone containing a group of at least one unsaturated monomer (X) and a plurality of polyamide grafts. The invention also relates to a multilayer structure including a plurality of adjacent layers, at least one of which consists of the aforementioned composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Fumi Ariura, Mathieu Sabard, Dominique Jousset
  • Electrical tracking resistance compositions, articles formed therefrom, and methods of manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 10822496
    Abstract: A composition comprises, based on the total weight of the composition, 25 wt % to 50 wt % of a polyetherimide; and 50 wt % to 75 wt % of a polyphthalamide; wherein the composition has a number of drops to tracking at 250 volts of greater than or equal to 50 drops determined according to ASTM D-3638-85.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Kapil Chandrakant Sheth, Hariharan Ramalingam, Gaurav Mediratta
  • Forward osmosis draw material
    Patent number: 10814279
    Abstract: A hydrogel composite draw material for forward osmosis comprising: a porous elastic polymeric foam element including a three-dimensional continuous network of pores interpenetrated with a polymer hydrogel. In use, the hydrogel composite draw material draws a water flux of at least 3.5 L/m2h.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jing Wei, Ze-Xian Low, Huanting Wang, George Simon
  • Material for the treatment of fluids or fluid mixtures
    Patent number: 10807047
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a porous material in which at least the pores of the porous material are lined with nanoparticles capable of treating fluids or fluid mixtures that pass through the pores of the porous material and whose treating properties can be fully reinstated through heating the porous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: Silana GMBH, Univeristat Zurich
    Inventors: Zonglin Chu, Stefan Seeger
  • Seal swell agents for lubricating compositions
    Patent number: 10808199
    Abstract: A composition comprising an oil of lubricating viscosity and a compound represented by formula (I) wherein x is 0 or 1 and R1 is a hydrocarbyl group containing about 4 to about 18 carbon atoms, which composition is effective at swelling seals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Inventors: Mahmud M. Hussain, Peter Miatt
  • Manual transmission oil composition having enhanced frictional properties and enabling improved fuel efficiency
    Patent number: 10808201
    Abstract: A manual transmission oil composition includes: polyisobutenyl succinimide serving as a detergent-dispersant; and comb polymethacrylate (comb PMA), which has at least one of polar and nonpolar branches connected to a main chain thereof, and serves as a viscosity modifier. Polyisobutenyl succinimide is contained in an amount of 1 wt % to 5 wt % based on a total weight of the manual transmission oil composition, W and comb PMA is contained in an amount of 4 wt % to 12 wt % based on the total weight of the manual transmission oil composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jung Joon Oh
  • Gasoline engine lubricant oil composition and manufacturing method therefor
    Patent number: 10793803
    Abstract: Provided is a lubricating oil composition capable of revealing fuel consumption reducing properties due to a friction reducing effect within a short period of time while having excellent fuel consumption reducing properties, specifically a lubricating oil composition of the present invention includes a base oil, a molybdenum dithiocarbamate, a calcium detergent, a magnesium detergent, and a boron-free succinimide, wherein the content of the molybdenum dithiocarbamate as converted into a molybdenum atom is 1,200 ppm by mass or less on a basis of the whole amount of the composition; the content of the boron-free succinimide as converted into a nitrogen atom is less than 1,200 ppm by mass on a basis of the whole amount of the composition; and a mass ratio of the molybdenum atom (Mo) to a magnesium atom (Mg) of the magnesium detergent [Mo/Mg] is 0.1 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuya Kusumoto
  • Solid lubricant and method of making the same
    Patent number: 10787624
    Abstract: A solid-state lubricant composition is disclosed. The solid-lubricant contains graphene, an oxide of a metal, and one or more polymeric binders. A method of making a solid-state lubricant coating on various substrates is disclosed. The method includes the steps of making a homogeneous slurry comprising powder of an oxide of a metal, graphene, and a polymeric binder with organic volatile solvent; coating a substrate with the homogeneous slurry with desired thicknesses; and drying the slurry on the substrate naturally or applying additional heat, resulting in a solid lubricant coating on the substrate. Substrates with coated solid composite lubricant show wear reduction and lower coefficient of friction compared with uncoated substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Vilas Ganpat Pol, Farshid Sadeghi, Abdullah Alazemi, Arthur D. Dysart
  • Composite separation membrane
    Patent number: 10780403
    Abstract: A composite separation membrane is disclosed prepared by forming a separation layer on a surface of a porous support membrane, characterized in that the porous support membrane contains 50% by mass or more of polyphenylene ether; that the separation layer is constituted from a first separation layer and a second separation layer; that the first separation layer is formed with a thickness of from 50 nm to 1 ?m on the surface of the porous support membrane and is a sulfonated polyarylene ether copolymer which comprises a repeated structure of a specific hydrophobic segment and a specific hydrophilic segment; and that the second separation layer is formed with a thickness of from 1 nm to less than 50 nm on a surface of the first separation layer and is an alternately-layered product constituted from one or more kinds of ionomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Ohkame
  • Lubricant composition for gasoline engine and method for producing same
    Patent number: 10781395
    Abstract: Provided is a lubricating oil composition having excellent detergency and LSPI preventing performance, and specifically a lubricating oil composition including a base oil, a calcium detergent, and a magnesium detergent and/or a sodium detergent, wherein the content of the calcium detergent as converted into a calcium atom and a mass ratio of a magnesium atom (Mg) contained in the magnesium detergent and/or a sodium atom (Na) contained in the sodium detergent to a calcium atom (Ca) [(Mg and/or Na)/Ca] fall within the specific ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazushi Tamura