Patents Examined by Jerry D. Johnson
  • Patent number: 7067464
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lubricious anti-traction material for effectively denying the mobility and access of personnel and vehicles to selected areas. The anti-traction material is composed of a slurry combined with water. The slurry is composed of an emulsion or dispersion and an anionic acrylamide polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Southwest Research Institute
    Inventors: Nancy J. Mallow, Ronald J. Mathis, Andrew Warren, Christian J Schwartz, Errol M. Brigance, Kenneth R. Collins, Nicholle K. Reinhardt, Mary C. Marshall, William A. Mallow
  • Patent number: 7060663
    Abstract: An process for working a material in which a reverse thermal fluid is used as a cutting fluid and, as a result of heat generated during the working process, the fluid increases in temperature above its transition temperature and viscosifies and thickens. In another embodiment, the invention is an article of manufacture of a material which has been worked to increase its temperature and a reverse thermal fluid in intimate thermal contact with the material above the transition temperature of the reverse thermal fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Inventors: Steven B Leeb, Elmer C Lupton
  • Patent number: 7041626
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lubricating composition usable for lubricating an interface between a tire and a safety support mounted on a wheel rim within said tire, and a mounted assembly for an automobile provided with said lubricating composition. The lubricating composition according to the invention comprises an aqueous or non aqueous lubricating agent, and a polysaccharide intended to thicken said lubricating agent. The lubricating agent comprises glycerine in a mass fraction equal to or greater than about 60% of the lubricating agent and the lubricating agent is present in said composition in a mass fraction of between about 95% and 99%. The invention also relates to the lubrication between the support and the tire when traveling on a flat tire, following a drop in inflation pressure within said tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Georges Salaun, Jean-Louis Mauclin
  • Patent number: 6962897
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of formulations containing selected fluorinated components for reducing friction between conveyor systems and the containers transported thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Küpper, Michael Schneider, Walter Grosse Böwing, Alfred Laufenberg, Harald Kluschanzoff
  • Patent number: 6960556
    Abstract: A tungsten disulfide powder comprised of macro-spherical particles of tungsten disulfide having an average particle diameter of from about 5 to about 50 micrometers is prepared by successively treating spray-dried powders of ammonium metatungstate with heat in air and sulfidizing the resultant tungsten trioxide in a carbon disulfide-containing atmosphere at about 750° C. The tungsten disulfide powder may also be formed to have a bimodal particle size distribution of the macro-spherical particles and smaller, dispersed micro- to submicron-sized fine particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Osram Sylvania Inc.
    Inventor: Richard G. W. Gingerich
  • Patent number: 6946008
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an additive composition for a combustible fuel to produce improved combustion and reduced exhaust pollution of the combusted fuel, which additive composition comprises: a) one or more water-soluble alcohols having between 1 and 5 carbon atoms, in an anhydrous state or as a 0.5-36% aqueous solution, and one or more of the following: b) one or more straight- or branched-chain alcohols having between 6-18 carbon atoms; c) one or more ethoxylated alcohols having between 12 and 18 carbon atoms where the ethylene oxide add-on is less than 5 moles; d) a fatty acid of the structure R—(C?O)—OH having from 10 to 24 carbon atoms with e) a source of nitrogen in an anhydrous state or as an aqueous solution; wherein components a) to e), when combined with mixing with said combustible fuel, form a clear, stable microemulsion having a viscosity similar to the liquid fossil fuel. Combustion is improved and pollutant and particulate levels are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Saga Fuel Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Deborah Wenzel
  • Patent number: 6926870
    Abstract: A scoop is used to collect a liquid slurry upstream of an internal collection tank. The scoop is in fluid communication with a downcomer, which receives at least part of the collected slurry, thereby maintaining a continuous flow of liquid slurry through the scoop to prevent plugging. Collected slurry can be removed for treatment from the scoop or the downcomer. In an application to a wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) scrubber, the scoop collects an effluent slurry of partially reacted liquid scrubbing reagent and scrubbing byproducts before they drain into an internal reaction tank. Partially reacted liquid scrubbing reagent and scrubbing byproducts can therefore be withdrawn for treatment before the addition of fresh reagent alters the pH of the treatment stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: The Babcock & Wilcox Company
    Inventors: Dennis W. Johnson, David W. Murphy, Robert B. Myers
  • Patent number: 6893475
    Abstract: A distillate fuel composition boiling in the range of about 190° C. to 400° C. with a T10 point greater than 205° C., and having a sulfur level of less than about 100 wppm, a total aromatics content of about 15 to 35 wt. %, a polynuclear aromatics content of less than about 3 wt. %, wherein the ratio of total aromatics to polynuclear aromatics is greater than about 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Edward S. Ellis, Lynne Gillespie, Michele S. Touvelle, William E. Lewis, Gordon F. Stuntz, Lisa I. Yeh
  • Patent number: 6884271
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an additive composition for a combustible fuel to produce improved combustion and reduced exhaust pollution of the combusted fuel, which additive composition comprises: a) one or more water-soluble alcohols having between 1 and 5 carbon atoms, in an anhydrous state or as a 0.5-36% aqueous solution, and one or more of the following: b) one or more straight- or branched- chain alcohols having between 6-18 carbon atoms; c) one or more ethoxylated alcohols having between 12 and 18 carbon atoms where the ethylene oxide add-on is less than 5 moles; d) a fatty acid of the structure R—(C?O)—OH having from 10 to 24 carbon atoms with e) a source of nitrogen in an anhydrous state or as an aqueous solution; wherein components a) to e), when combined with mixing with said combustible fuel, form a clear, stable microemulsion having a viscosity similar to the liquid fossil fuel. Combustion is improved and pollutant and particulate levels are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Saga Fuel Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Deborah Wenzel
  • Patent number: 6878678
    Abstract: To provide an oil composition for automatic transmission having high wet friction torque capacity and shudder preventing performance, and excellent also in durability of shudder preventing performance as an automatic transmission oil for lock-up clutch and slip control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Tonen General Sekiyu K.K.
    Inventors: Asep Handaya Saputra, Tomohiro Kato, Narihiko Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 6858049
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method of fueling gas turbines from natural gas reserves with relatively low methane concentrations. The invention permits the use of such reserves to be used to fuel gas turbines to generate electric power. The method of the invention includes providing a natural gas comprising not more than about 40 percent methane on a volume basis and mixing the methane of the natural gas with hydrogen gas to provide a hydrogen enhanced methane/hydrogen gas blend which has sufficient hydrogen to provide flame stability during burning. Thereafter, if required, the hydrogen enhanced methane/hydrogen gas blend is dehydrated to remove a sufficient amount of water to provide a flame stable hydrogen enhanced dehydrated methane/hydrogen gas blend. The hydrogen enhanced natural gas blend is used to fuel gas turbine generators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventor: Frank F. Mittricker
  • Patent number: 6858046
    Abstract: This invention relates to an emulsified water-blended fuel composition comprising: (A) a hydrocarbon boiling in the gasoline or diesel range; (B) water; (C) a minor emulsifying amount of at least one fuel-soluble salt made by reacting (C)(I) at least one acylating agent having about 16 to 500 carbon atoms with (C)(II) ammonia and/or at least one amine; and (D) about 0.001 to about 15% by weight of the water-blended fuel composition of a water soluble, ashless, halogen-, boron-, and phosphorus-free, amine salt, distinct from component (C). In one embodiment, the composition further comprises (E) at least one cosurfactant distinct from component (C); in one embodiment, (F) at least one organic cetane improver; and in one embodiment, (G) at least one antifreeze. The invention also relates to a method for fueling an internal combustion engine comprising fueling said engine with the composition of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel T. Daly, John J. Mullay, Elizabeth A. Schiferl
  • Patent number: 6858567
    Abstract: The first lubricating oil composition of the invention comprises a polyol ester (A) as a base oil, a specific amount of a viscosity index improver (B) and a specific amount of an anti-wear agent (C), and the second lubricating oil composition of the invention comprises a paraffinic hydrocarbon oil (F) having at least 30 carbon atoms and a specific amount of a viscosity index improver (B), so that these compositions exert effects that they enable a life of watch battery to last long, they enable a watch to operate in the temperature range of ?30 to 80° C. with one kind of a lubricating oil, and they are free from change of properties over a long period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuji Akao
  • Patent number: 6855299
    Abstract: The disclosed apparatus includes a stator and a rotor disposed for rotation within the stator. An inner wall of the stator defines one or more collider chambers. Rotation of the rotor causes movement of fluid disposed between the rotor and stator and establishes a rotational flow pattern within the collider chambers. The fluid movement induced by the rotor increases the temperature, density, and pressure of the fluid in the collider chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Inventor: Kenneth J. Southwick
  • Patent number: 6846783
    Abstract: Hydrocarbyl substituted carboxylic compositions and derivatives thereof useful as additives for lubricating oil and fuel compositions. Carboxylic composition are derived from (A) an olefinically unsaturated hydrocarbon, said hydrocarbon having at least one allylic hydrogen atom, and (B) an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic compound prepared by reacting (1) an active methylene compound of the formula ?and (2) a carbonyl compound of the general formula ?wherein Ra is H or hydrocarbyl and Rb is a member of the group consisting of H, hydrocarbyl and ?wherein each R? is independently R or OR and each R is, independently, H or a hydrocarbyl group; and lower alkyl acetals, ketals, hemiacetals and hemiketals of the carbonyl compound (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart L. Bartley, James D. Burrington, Richard Yodice
  • Patent number: 6846780
    Abstract: The invention concerns a lubricating composition, in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion, based on siloxane and not releasing hydrogen comprising: (a) a polydiorganosiloxane oil non-reactive to the lubricating properties having a dynamic viscosity of the order of 5.10?2 to 30.102 Pa.s at 25° C.: (b) a reactive linear polydiorganosiloxane oil having per molecule at least two OH groups, said polydiorganosiloxane having a dynamic viscosity at 25° C. ranging between 5.10?2 to 30.102 Pa.s: (c) a crosslinking agent soluble in the silicone phase comprising at least two functions capable of reacting with the reactive polydiorganicsiloxane oil (b); (d) a water soluble crosslinking agent: (e) a surfactant: (f) a condensation catalyst capable of catalysing the reaction of oil (b) with the crosslinking agent (c) and/or (d): and (g) water: compositions comprising a soluble polyorganosiloxane soluble in the silicone phase and bearing, before emulsification, condensable hydroxyl substitutes being excluded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Rhodia Chimie
    Inventors: Yves Giraud, Gérald Guichard, Ian Hawkins
  • Patent number: 6846779
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating composition comprising a) at least one binder and b) at least one substance which releases gases at elevated temperature, and c) at one friction-reducing additive. With the aid of the coating compositions of the invention it is possible to fill gaps in the case of socket/pin couples or threaded-part couples for the purpose of sealing and locking. The use of the coating compositions allows disassembly of the parts without danger of seizing or jamming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Omnitechnik Mikroverkapselungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Hinterwaldner, Karol Konat, Thomas Trübenbach, Anselm Weckerle
  • Patent number: 6846469
    Abstract: A method for extending the operating life of a fixed bed reactor for reacting a feedstock in which a feedstock is contacted with a fixed bed of catalytic material contained in the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Ramesh Gupta, Salvatore Joseph Rossetti, David Charles Dankworth, Jeffrey L. Kaufman, David Lee Vannauker, James Philip Bailor
  • Patent number: 6846781
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition comprising: (A) a lubricant, and (B) at least one 5-hydrocarbyl-2-mercapto-1,3,4-oxadiazole compound of the formula: wherein R1 is a hydrocarbon or functionalized hydrocarbon of from 1 to 30 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Crompton Corporation
    Inventor: Theodore E. Nalesnik
  • Patent number: RE46736
    Abstract: A polymer comprising 0.5-10 mol % of recurring units having acid generating capability and 50-99.5 mol % of recurring units providing for dissolution in alkaline developer is used to formulate a chemically amplified negative resist composition. When used in a lithography process, the composition ensures an effective sensitivity, makes more uniform the distribution and diffusion of the acid generating component in a resist film, and suppresses deactivation of acid at the substrate interface. The pattern can be formed to a profile which is improved in LER and undercut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Masunaga, Daisuke Domon, Satoshi Watanabe