Patents by Inventor Brent R Dunning

Brent R Dunning has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Composition for washing and waxing a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 8349062
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a composition for simultaneously washing and waxing an automotive exterior surface. More particularly, this invention relates to a wash and wax composition that imparts a detergent-resistant wax to the vehicle surface. The composition comprises water, nano-scale particles of a wax, a surfactant, n-octyltriethoxysilane, diethoxyoctylsilyl trimethylsilyl ester of silicic acid, and an amino-functional siloxane or tetra(trimethylsiloxy) silane, wherein the wax particles, n-octyltriethoxysilane, diethoxyoctylsilyl trimethylsilyl ester of silicic acid, and amino-functional siloxane or tetra(trimethylsiloxy) silane form an emulsion or dispersion in the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Brent R Dunning, Gary M Silvers
  • COMPOSITION FOR WASHING AND WAXING A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20110172135
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a composition for simultaneously washing and waxing an automotive exterior surface. More particularly, this invention relates to a wash and wax composition that imparts a detergent-resistant wax to the vehicle surface. The composition comprises water, nano-scale particles of a wax, a surfactant, n-octyltriethoxysilane, diethoxyoctylsilyl trimethylsilyl ester of silicic acid, and an amino-functional siloxane or tetra(trimethylsiloxy) silane, wherein the wax particles, n-octyltriethoxysilane, diethoxyoctylsilyl trimethylsilyl ester of silicic acid, and amino-functional siloxane or tetra(trimethylsiloxy) silane form an emulsion or dispersion in the water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Brent R. Dunning, Gary M. Silvers