Patents by Inventor Carl R. Stephens

Carl R. Stephens 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: 7407599
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a carboxylic acid based antifreeze coolant formulation for heavy duty applications such as for diesel engines which may be used for inhibition and prevention erosion and corrosion of aluminum and the corrosion of other metals exposed to an aqueous liquid in automotive coolant systems. The formulation further inhibits mineral scale. It may be packaged as an ethylene glycol based additive for use in new engines or in a concentrated inhibition package as an additive as for reinhibition of used coolant. The combination of a mixture of ethylene or propylene glycol, a monobasic carboxylic organic acid, azoles, low levels of molybdates, a nitrite salt and/or nitrate salt and/or siloxane stabilized silicate, and combinations thereof, polyvinylpyrrolidone, provide a synergistic protective effect against the cavitation corrosion of aluminum in aqueous liquids reducing the corrosion rate and is effective at relatively low concentrations and varying pH ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Ashland Licensingaand Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: David E. Turcotte, Michael Dituro, Alden W. Olsen, Arnold L. Coffey, Jr., Carl R. Stephens
  • Publication number: 20040227124
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a carboxylic acid based antifreeze coolant formulation for heavy duty applications such as for diesel engines which may be used for inhibition and prevention erosion and corrosion of aluminum and the corrosion of other metals exposed to an aqueous liquid in automotive coolant systems. The formulation further inhibits mineral scale. It may be packaged as an ethylene glycol based additive for use in new engines or in a concentrated inhibition package as an additive as for reinhibition of used coolant. The combination of a mixture of ethylene or propylene glycol, a monobasic carboxylic organic acid, azoles, low levels of molybdates, a nitrite salt and/or nitrate salt and/or siloxane stabilized silicate, and combinations thereof, polyvinylpyrrolidone, provide a synergistic protective effect against the cavitation corrosion of aluminum in aqueous liquids reducing the corrosion rate and is effective at relatively low concentrations and varying pH ranges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: ASHLAND INC.
    Inventors: David E. Turcotte, Michael A. Dituro, Arnold L. Coffey, Alden W. Olsen, Carl R. Stephens
  • Patent number: 6676847
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a carboxylic acid based antifreeze coolant formulation for heavy duty applications such as for diesel engines which may be used for inhibition and prevention erosion and corrosion of aluminum and the corrosion of other metals exposed to an aqueous liquid in automotive coolant systems. The formulation further inhibits mineral scale. It may be packaged as an ethylene glycol based additive for use in new engines or in a concentrated inhibition package as an additive as for reinhibition of used coolant. The combination of a mixture of ethylene or propylene glycol, a monobasic carboxylic organic acid, azoles, low levels of molybdates, a nitrite salt and/or nitrate salt and/or siloxane stabilized silicate, and combinations thereof, polyvinylpyrrolidone, provide a synergistic protective effect against the cavitation corrosion of aluminum in aqueous liquids reducing the corrosion rate and is effective at relatively low concentrations and varying pH ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Ashland Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Turcotte, Michael A. Dituro, Arnold L. Coffey, Jr., Alden W. Olsen, Carl R. Stephens
  • Publication number: 20020030177
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a carboxylic acid based antifreeze coolant formulation for heavy duty applications such as for diesel engines which may be used for inhibition and prevention erosion and corrosion of aluminum and the corrosion of other metals exposed to an aqueous liquid in automotive coolant systems. The formulation further inhibits mineral scale. It may be packaged as an ethylene glycol based additive for use in new engines or in a concentrated inhibition package as an additive as for reinhibition of used coolant. The combination of a mixture of ethylene or propylene glycol, a monobasic carboxylic organic acid, azoles, low levels of molybdates, a nitrite salt and/or nitrate salt and/or siloxane stabilized silicate, and combinations thereof, polyvinylpyrrolidone, provide a synergistic protective effect against the cavitation corrosion of aluminum in aqueous liquids reducing the corrosion rate and is effective at relatively low concentrations and varying pH ranges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventors: David E. Turcotte, Michael A. Dituro, Arnold L. Coffey, Alden W. Olsen, Carl R. Stephens
  • Patent number: 6290870
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an acid based antifreeze coolant formulation for heavy duty applications such as for diesel engines which may be used for inhibition and prevention erosion and corrosion of aluminum and the corrosion of other metals exposed to an aqueous liquid in automotive coolant systems. The formulation further inhibits mineral scale. It may be packaged as an ethylene glycol based additive for use in new engines or in a concentrated inhibition package as an additive as for reinhibition of used coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Ashland Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Turcotte, Michael A. Dituro, Arnold L. Coffey, Jr., Alden W. Olsen, Carl R. Stephens
  • Patent number: 6235217
    Abstract: A monobasic carboxylic acid is used with low levels of molybdate and a triazole compound to produce a well balanced corrosion inhibiting formulation with very low solids to minimize potential deposits and exhibit surprising long life characteristics in engine coolant applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Ashland, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Turcotte, Arnold L. Coffey, Jr., Alden W. Olsen, Michael A. Dituro, Carl R. Stephens
  • Patent number: 6126852
    Abstract: A linear monobasic aliphatic carboxylic acid is used with low levels of molybdate and a hydrocarbyl triazole to produce a well balanced corrosion inhibiting formulation with very low solids to minimize potential deposits and exhibit surprising long life characteristics in engine coolant applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Ashland Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Turcotte, Arnold L. Coffey, Jr., Alden W. Olsen, Michael A. Dituro, Carl R. Stephens