Patents Examined by James Goloboy
  • Patent number: 9850447
    Abstract: Provided are lubricant compositions comprising a base oil, a polyoxypropylene polymer, and a butyleneoxy based polyoxyalkylene polymer. The base oil, polyoxypropylene polymer and polyoxyalkylene polymer are soluble with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Martin R. Greaves, Evelyn A. Zaugg-Hoozemans
  • Patent number: 9845441
    Abstract: A nanocomposite coating and method of making and using the coating. The nanocomposite coating is disposed on a base material, such as a metal or ceramic; and the nanocomposite consists essentially of a matrix of an alloy selected from the group of Cu, Ni, Pd, Pt and Re which are catalytically active for cracking of carbon bonds in oils and greases and a grain structure selected from the group of borides, carbides and nitrides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Erdemir, Osman Levent Eryilmaz, Mustafa Urgen, Kursat Kazmanli
  • Patent number: 9828563
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for applying a coating to a non-ferrous or ferrous material that includes providing a material, a heat source, an immersion tank, and a drying environment. The material is placed within the heat source and heated to a temperature between the range of between about 204.44° C. to about 537.78° C. (400° F. to about 1000° F.). The material is immersed within an immersion containing a ratio of molybdenum disulfide solution to water of between about 2:1 to about 4:1 at a temperature between about 26.67° C. to about 48.89° C. (about 80° F. to 120° F.), and the material is dried at a temperature between about 51.67° C. to about 98.89° C. (125° F. and 210° F.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Thermal Metal Treating, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A Scott, Jeremiah L. Ritter
  • Patent number: 9828566
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates, in certain aspects, to corrosion inhibiting compositions useful for metalworking fluids, as well as concentrates, additives and metalworking fluids containing such compositions. The invention furthermore relates, in some aspects, to the use of such compositions for providing to a metalworking fluid one or more of anticorrosion performance, antifoam performance, antiwear performance, load carrying capacity, long fluid life, biological stability, lubricity, hard water tolerance, formulation stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: AFTON CHECMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Anderson, Carl Williams
  • Patent number: 9816045
    Abstract: An automotive engine oil and/or fuel comprising a base stock and an organic polymeric friction reducing additive is claimed. A method of reducing friction in an automotive engine oil and/or fuel by the addition of the organic polymeric friction reducing additive to the base stock is also claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: CRODA INTERNATIONAL PLC
    Inventors: Lee Thompson, Steven James Randles, Stephen Boyde, John Gamwell, Nicola Readman
  • Patent number: 9809520
    Abstract: Provided are methods for removing one or more components from a butanol based composition. The methods comprise providing a butanol based composition comprising one or more components, targeting at least one component or a combination thereof for reduction, and processing said butanol based composition such that the at least one targeted component is substantially removed. The butanol based composition can, for example, be bio-produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC
    Inventors: Cecilia Cheng, Ian David Dobson, Andrew John Hogben, Andrew Richard Lucy, John Glenn Sunley, Leslie William Bolton
  • Patent number: 9809778
    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: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Rogers E. Harry-O'Kuru, Girma Biresaw, Rex E. Murray
  • Patent number: 9802912
    Abstract: The invention relates to liquid hydrocarbons containing cyclic ortho esters as dehydrating dehydrating icing inhibitors and to methods of using the compounds. The liquid hydrocarbons include fuels such aviation fuels, lubricants, hydraulic fluids and hydrocarbon solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Joseph K-W Lam, Norman Ratcliffe, Benjamin De Lacy Costello, Sonia Repetto, James Costello, David Parmenter
  • Patent number: 9790447
    Abstract: [Technical Problem] An object is to provide a sliding system which can drastically reduce the friction coefficient on a sliding portion by means of a novel combination of a chromium nitride film and a lubricant oil. [Solution to Problem] The sliding system according to the present invention includes: a pair of sliding members having sliding surfaces that can relatively move while facing each other; and a lubricant oil that can be interposed between the sliding surfaces facing each other. At least one of the sliding surfaces is formed as a coating surface of a chromium nitride film, and the lubricant oil contains an oil-soluble molybdenum compound that has a chemical structure of a trinuclear of Mo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mori, Mamoru Tohyama, Masaru Okuyama, Keiji Hayashi, Naoya Ikeda
  • Patent number: 9777240
    Abstract: The invention provides a lubricating composition containing an aromatic compound and an oil of lubricating viscosity. The invention further relates to the use of the lubricating composition in an internal combustion engine. The invention further relates to the use of the aromatic compound as an antiwear agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew D. Gieselman, Seth L. Crawley, David J. Moreton, Paul R. Stevenson, Jeffry G. Dietz
  • Patent number: 9778242
    Abstract: A wear-indicating metalworking fluid is provided that includes a lubricant base; and a wear-indicating agent. A method of determining wear in a metalworking fluid includes providing wear-indicating metalworking fluid that contains a lubricant base and a wear indicating agent; and observing the visual appearance of the metalworking fluid. A change in visual appearance of the metalworking fluid when compared to an unused metalworking fluid indicates wear of the metalworking fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Emily J. Gibbons, Steven M. Badger, II, Leroy N. Hitchcock, Jacob F. Harkey
  • Patent number: 9771541
    Abstract: The invention provides a lubricating composition containing an oil of lubricating viscosity and a sulfurized aromatic amine compound, especially sulfur coupled aniline. The invention further relates to methods of lubricating an internal combustion engine by supplying the described lubricating composition to the internal combustion engine. The invention further relates to the use of the sulfurized aromatic amine compound as a TBN booster and an antioxidant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Danielle N. Ivancic, Christopher L. Friend, Christopher J. Ciolli, Scott Capitosti, Ewan E. Delbridge, William D. Abraham
  • Patent number: 9765277
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for mixtures, methods for making mixtures, articles, methods for making articles, and methods of using articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Wallace Gregory Sawyer, Brandon Alexander Krick, Jeffrey John Ewin
  • Patent number: 9758742
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of an O/W emulsion, in particular a PIT emulsion, for lubricating conveyor belt systems in food industries as well as a lubricant concentrate based on an O/W emulsion, in particular a PIT emulsion, of wax esters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Küpper, Christina Kohlstedde, Michael Schneider
  • Patent number: 9752094
    Abstract: Provided are a water-soluble metalworking oil agent (cutting oil agent or grinding oil agent) and a metalworking liquid, each of which has excellent cutting machining performance or grinding machining performance of aluminum or aluminum alloys, hardly causes rotting deterioration, and has excellent emulsion dispersion stability and stability of undiluted liquid, by containing specified components (A) to (E) as essential components without containing a machinability-improving agent with a high environmental load, such as chlorine, sulfur, and phosphorus. Provided is also a metalworking method using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Takagi, Tomohiko Kitamura
  • Patent number: 9745533
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards an aqueous lubricant composition comprising hyaluronic acid, organic acid, salts and water, and has a pH of between 5.5 and 7.0 and an osmolality between about 150 and 1,500 mOsm/kg. The lubricant surprisingly has long-lasting lubricity and low osmolality as compared to conventional lubricants on the market.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Cristina Cojocariu, Michael J. Harrison, D. Craig Woodward, Justin Lee Batson, Dennis R. Blum
  • Patent number: 9745534
    Abstract: A shock absorber oil composition of the invention includes a base oil: (A) at least one of phosphate, amine phosphate salt, phosphite and amine phosphite salt; (B) an amide compound; and (C) an N-substituted derivative of sarcosine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Aya Aoki
  • Patent number: 9725672
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition for a continuously variable transmission contains at a specific content: (A) a mineral oil or PAO having a sulfur content of 0.03 mass % or less and a kinematic viscosity at 100 degrees C. from 1.5 mm2/s to 3 mm2/s; (B) a mineral oil or PAO having a sulfur content of 0.03 mass % or less and a kinematic viscosity at 100 degrees C. from 5.5 mm2/s to 8 mm2/s; (C) PAO having a kinematic viscosity at 100 degrees C. from 30 mm2/s to 400 mm2/s; and (D) a polymethacrylate having a mass average molecular weight of 10000 to 40000, in which the total content of the components (C) and (D) is 19 mass % or more and the lubricating oil composition has a kinematic viscosity at 100 degrees C. from 5.5 mm2/s to 6.5 mm2/s and a kinematic viscosity at ?20 degrees C. of 680 mm2/s or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignees: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD, JATCO Ltd., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fujita, Toshihiko Ichihashi, Kenji Kojima, Yoshie Arakawa, Makoto Maeda, Hideki Usuki
  • Patent number: 9725669
    Abstract: Anti-wear and/or friction reducing formulations that include a mixture of at least one first ionic liquid and at least one ashless antiwear compound. The ashless antiwear compound can be a second ionic liquid or an ashless thiophosphate compound. The formulation desirably provides synergistic anti-wear and/or friction reducing properties. The first IL can be a monocationic ionic liquid or a dicationic ionic liquid. The second IL is a dicationic ionic liquid. The ashless thiophosphate is desirably a thiophosphate, such as a fluorothiophosphate (FTP), an alkylphosphorofluoridothiolate, or an alkylthioperoxydithiophosphate. Antiwear and/or friction reduction formulations comprising the above mixtures diluted up to 25% by weight in a base oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Pranesh Aswath, Xin Chen, Vibhu Sharma, Maria Amaya Igartua, Francesco Pagano, Wolfgang Binder, Parvin Zare, Nicole Doerr
  • Patent number: 9719046
    Abstract: A lubricating grease composition for extra heavy duty extreme pressure applications comprises a major amount of a synthetic base oil a lithium complex thickener, at least one extreme pressure agent; and at least 5 wt. % of molybdenum disulfide, based on a total weight of the lubricating grease composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Samil Beret, Gian Lawrence Fagan