Patents Examined by Prem G Singh
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Patent number: 11499118Abstract: An industrial fluid additive composition comprises one or more sequestering agents one or more compounds of formula (A): (A) wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from substituted hydrocarbyl moieties containing from 1 to 10 carbon atoms or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl moieties containing from 1 to 10 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2018Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: CASTROL LIMITEDInventor: Thomas Peter Hardt
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Patent number: 11459514Abstract: In the hydrocracking process in accordance with the invention, which comprises a hydrocracking section, a high pressure hot separator and a fractionation section, upstream of the fractionation section, a stripper or reboiler column type separation column is added which treats at least a portion of the heavy effluent obtained from the high pressure hot separator. All or a portion of the bottom fraction from said column, which is rich in polynuclear aromatic compounds, is purged. At least a portion of the bottom fraction obtained from the fractionation section, which is constituted by unconverted products, is recycled to the reaction section.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: AXENSInventor: Nicolas Pupat
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Patent number: 11453833Abstract: The present invention relates to esters of at least one polyol and of a mixture of fatty acids comprising at least one C5-C12 saturated fatty acid and at least one C10-C12 unsaturated fatty acid.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCEInventors: Stéphanie Lebrun, Salomé Gravelat, Guillaume Le
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Patent number: 11421173Abstract: A sliding member includes: a base material; a coating layer formed on the base material and made of a resin composition including: a binder resin including polyamideimide; PTFE dispersed in the binder resin; and at least one of graphite and MoS2 dispersed in the binder resin; wherein a surface roughness of the coating layer after a sliding test is equal to or less than the surface roughness of the coating layer before the sliding test.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Inventors: Kyohei Yamane, Masanori Akizuki
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Patent number: 11407950Abstract: A process for steam cracking a whole crude including a volatilization step performed to maintain a relatively large hydrocarbon droplet size. The process may include contacting a whole crude with steam to volatilize a portion of the hydrocarbons, wherein the contacting of the hydrocarbon feedstock and steam is conducted at an initial relative velocity of less than 30 m/s, for example. The resulting vapor phase, including volatilized hydrocarbons and steam may then be separated from a liquid phase comprising unvaporized hydrocarbons. The hydrocarbons in the vapor phase may then be forwarded to a steam pyrolysis reactor for steam cracking of the hydrocarbons in the vapor phase.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignees: Lummus Technology LLC, Saudi Aramco Technologies CompanyInventors: Dennis Maloney, Kandasamy Sundaram, Raghu Narayan, Abdul Rahman Zafer Akhras
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Patent number: 11390824Abstract: Lubricant compositions and methods of producing die-cast products by applying such a lubricant composition to a working surface of a die prior to casting a product from a molten metal injected into the die. The composition serves as lubricant between the die and resulting product, and contains at least one active component that reacts with an oxide of the metal to remove a layer of the oxide that forms on a surface of the melt during the die casting process.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Xiaoming Wang, Qingyou Han
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Patent number: 11384309Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a refrigerating machine oil containing: a base oil containing an ester of an alcohol and a fatty acid; a compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group, R3 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group, and R4 represents hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group, and the refrigerating machine oil having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 10 mm2/s or less.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: ENEOS CORPORATIONInventors: Yohei Shono, Fumiyuki Nara, Takeshi Okido, Hidetoshi Ogata
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Patent number: 11359148Abstract: Provided here are systems and methods of production of needle coke by processing an aromatic rejects stream containing long chain alkyl monoaromatics and bridged diaromatics through a delayed coking process. Various other embodiments may be disclosed and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Omer Refa Koseoglu, Robert Peter Hodgkins
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Patent number: 11352582Abstract: A lubricant composition comprising an oil of lubricating viscosity and 0.01 to 5 percent by weight of a substantially sulfur-free alkyl phosphate amine salt, where at least 30 mole percent of the phosphorus atoms are in an alkyl pyrophosphate salt structure, exhibits good antiwear performance. In the phosphate amine salt, at least 80 mole percent of the alkyl groups are typically secondary alkyl groups of 3 to 12 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: The Lubrizol CorporationInventors: Jamal Kassir, William R. S. Barton, Paul E. Adams, Lisa Blanazs
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Patent number: 11345873Abstract: New ashless TBN molecules are synthesized, and lubricant compositions containing them, boost the total base number. The lubricant compositions further tested for ASTM D6594 copper corrosion test meets ASTM limits.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Valvoline Licensing and Intellectual Property LLCInventors: Rajkumar Rajule, Jesse Dambacher
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Patent number: 11326123Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a durable lubricating fluid for an electric motor or hybrid-electric motor. The disclosed technology relates to a durable lubricating fluid comprising an oil of lubricating viscosity, a thiadiazole or derivative thereof, and an amine salt of a phosphoric acid.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Afton Chemical CorporationInventors: Atanu Adhvaryu, Christopher Cleveland, Yungwan Kwak
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Patent number: 11319490Abstract: An integrated method for mesophase pitch and petrochemicals production. The method including supplying crude oil to a reactor vessel; heating the crude oil in the reactor vessel to a predetermined temperature for a predetermined amount of time; reducing asphaltene content in the crude oil by allowing polymerization reactions to occur in the reactor vessel at an elevated pressure in the absence of oxygen; producing a three-phase upgraded hydrocarbon product comprising gas, liquid, and solid hydrocarbon components, where the liquid hydrocarbon component comprises deasphalted oil and the solid hydrocarbon component comprises mesophase pitch; separating the gas, liquid, and solid hydrocarbon components; directly utilizing the liquid hydrocarbon component for petrochemicals production; and directly utilizing the solid hydrocarbon component for carbon artifact production.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignees: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Remi Mahfouz, Ola Ali, Isidoro Morales Osorio, Wei Xu, Xinglong Dong, Yu Han
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Patent number: 11319503Abstract: The invention concerns additive compositions obtained by mixing at least two thermoassociative and exchangeable compounds and at least one boronic ester compound that enables the association of these two copolymers to be controlled; a lubricating composition obtained by mixing at least one lubricating base oil, at least two thermoassociative and exchangeable compounds, and at least one boronic ester compound that enables the association of these two copolymers to be controlled; a method for adjusting the viscosity of a lubricating composition obtained by mixing at least one lubricating base oil and at least two thermoassociative and exchangeable compounds; and the use of a boronic ester compound to adjust the viscosity of a lubricating composition.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2017Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignees: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARISInventors: Thibault Derouineau, Fanny Briand, Gregory Descroix, Renaud Nicolay
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Patent number: 11319504Abstract: An engine oil additive includes carbon nanotubes and boron nitride particulates dispersed within a fluid. The additive is configured to be mixed with a quantity of oil such that the quantity of oil has a concentration from 0.05 to 0.5 grams of carbon nanotubes and of boron nitride particulates per quart of oil to improve the lubricity of the oil. The additive improves the horsepower and torque of the engine while reducing fuel consumption. The carbon nanotubes have an —OH functionalized exterior surface. The carbon nanotubes have a diameter from 1 nanometer to 50 nanometers and have a length from 1 micron to 1000 microns. The boron nitride particulates are hex-boron nitride structures having an average size from 30 nanometers to 500 nanometers.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignees: Novum Nano LLC, South Dakota Board of RegentsInventors: Craig Bailey, Greg Christensen, Haiping Hong
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Patent number: 11312917Abstract: Provided is a mineral base oil satisfying the following requirements (I) to (III): Requirement (I): a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. is 2 mm2/s or more and less than 7 mm2/s; Requirement (II): a viscosity index is 100 or more; and Requirement (III): a temperature gradient ?|?*| of complex viscosity between two temperature points ?10° C. and ?25° C. is 60 Pa·s/° C. or less as measured with a rotary rheometer under conditions at an angular velocity of 6.3 rad/s and a strain amount of 0.1 to 100%. The foregoing mineral base oil can become a lubricating oil composition having desirable low-temperature viscosity characteristics, including low-temperature fuel consumption and low-temperature engine start-up performance, and also having excellent high-temperature piston detergency.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Moritsugu Kasai, Norihiro Kuroda, Hisao Anzai
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Patent number: 11279899Abstract: A grease composition for a constant-velocity joint includes a mineral oil, a thickener, a molybdenum dithiocarbamate, a potassium borate hydrate, and a zinc dialkyldithiophosphate, wherein a content of the molybdenum dithiocarbamate is 1.2% by mass or more and 8% by mass or less, a content of the zinc dialkyldithiophosphate is 0.3% by mass or more and 2.0% by mass or less, and a content of the potassium borate hydrate is 0.28% by mass or more and 1.9% by mass or less, and wherein a mass ratio of the content of the molybdenum dithiocarbamate to the content of the potassium borate hydrate (molybdenum dithiocarbamate/potassium borate hydrate) is 2 or more and 13 or less, and a mass ratio of the content of the zinc dialkyldithiophosphate to the content of the potassium borate hydrate (zinc dialkyldithiophosphate/potassium borate hydrate) is 0.5 or more and 3.6 or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., ENEOS CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuhito Kusakai, Yasuo Suzuki, Kazuya Matsuoka, Toru Izumi, Yusuke Ayame
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Patent number: 11261913Abstract: Disclosed herein is a sliding member, such as a sliding bearing, including a resin overlay layer having improved conformability. The sliding member includes a bearing alloy layer and a resin overlay layer formed on the bearing alloy layer, wherein the resin overlay layer includes a solid lubricant phase, a binder resin phase, and a cushion phase, and an area ratio of the cushion phase is 0.5% or more but 5.0% or less.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2018Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: DAIDO METAL COMPANY LTD.Inventors: Yuma Haneda, Hiroki Kobayakawa
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Patent number: 11253816Abstract: A process and system for treating a hydroprocessing unit effluent gas stream for recycling includes introducing the effluent gas stream into a hydrogen purification zone and recovering a hydrogen-rich gas stream and a liquid stream containing a mixture that includes C1 to C4 hydrocarbons and H2S which is then mixed with an oxidant and fed to an oxidation unit containing catalyst for conversion of the H2S to elemental sulfur vapors that is separated for recovery of the elemental sulfur, and recovering a sweetened mixture that includes C1 to C4 hydrocarbons.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventor: Omer Refa Koseoglu
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Patent number: 11242492Abstract: The present embodiments generally relate to methods for the treatment of tailings, e.g., oil sands tailings, including methods comprising the use of one or more flocculants, one or more coagulants and one or more oxidants to treat said tailings and/or to improve the performance of said one or more flocculants.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: KEMIRA OYJInventors: Miguel Pelaez, Thomas Fenderson
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Patent number: 11214755Abstract: A lubricating oil composition including: a lubricating base oil; (A) a poly(meth)acrylate having a weight average molecular weight of no more than 50,000, in an amount of 2 to 10 mass %; (B) a phosphite ester of the general formula (1) in an amount of 0.01 to 0.06 mass % in terms of P; (C) a thiadiazole compound in an amount of 0.01 to 0.2 mass %; and (D) a Ca salicylate detergent in an amount of 0.005 to 0.03 mass % in terms of Ca, wherein the lubricating oil composition has a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 4.0 to 20.0 mm2/s, and a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 1.8 to 5.2 mm2/s; and has a ratio [S]/[P] of 2.2 to 4.0, wherein the [S] represents a sulfur content, and the [P] represents a phosphorus content: wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a group having 5 to 20 carbons represented by the general formula (2); and wherein R3 is a C2-17 linear chain hydrocarbon group, and R4 is a C2-17 linear chain hydrocarbon group.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignees: ENEOS CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKIKAISHAInventors: Yohei Susukida, Takahiro Fukumizu, Takatoshi Shinyoshi, Daisuke Tokozakura