Patents by Inventor Brett Wessler

Brett Wessler 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).

  • Patent number: 9758743
    Abstract: A lubricant composition of an oil of lubricating viscosity; an esterified copolymer with a backbone comprising units derived from (i) an ?-olefin monomer of at least about 6 carbon atoms and (ii) an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid in a mole ratio of 1:3 to 3:1; and a polymer comprising olefin monomer units of 3 to 5 carbon atoms, wherein at least 50 percent by weight of such units contain fewer than 6 carbon atoms and wherein less than 5 percent by weight of such units are ethylene monomer units; exhibits good power transfer efficiency and elastohydrodynamic film thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel J. Knapton, William R. S. Barton, Brett Wessler, Mark R. Baker
  • Publication number: 20170022443
    Abstract: This invention relates to an additive comprising a functional group derived from a first hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent and a functional group derived from a second hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent, where the functional groups are coupled by a functional group derived from an alkylene glycol. The invention also relates to an emulsifier component prepared by a process that utilizes the described additive and converts it to an emulsifier component by reacting it with a neutralizing component. The invention also relates to a process of making the described emulsifier component, and a method of customizing an emulsifier component in a composition by using the described additive and the described process for converting it to the described emulsifier component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas P. Oleksiak, Derek T. Phillips, Christopher H. Wise, Brett Wessler, Frank L. Kroto
  • Publication number: 20140364349
    Abstract: A lubricant composition of an oil of lubricating viscosity; an esterified copolymer with a backbone comprising units derived from (i) an ?-olefin monomer of at least about 6 carbon atoms and (ii) an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid in a mole ratio of 1:3 to 3:1; and a polymer comprising olefin monomer units of 3 to 5 carbon atoms, wherein at least 50 percent by weight of such units contain fewer than 6 carbon atoms and wherein less than 5 percent by weight of such units are ethylene monomer units; exhibits good power transfer efficiency and elastohydrodynamic film thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Daniel J. Knapton, William R. S. Barton, Brett Wessler, Mark R. Baker