Patents by Inventor Daniel Christopher Garska

Daniel Christopher Garska 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).

  • Process of making aircraft deicing/anti-icing fluids thickened by associative polymers
    Patent number: 5863973
    Abstract: A glycol- and/or glycerin-based "universal" aircraft fluid (i.e., usable as any of Type I, II, III, or IV fluids), and having good resistance to degradation of viscosity and other critical properties caused by exposure to heat and/or shear, is disclosed. The fluid may optionally be prepared as a concentrate, and thereafter significantly diluted in the field for diverse uses. The improved performance is achieved by neutralizing a latex of a hydrophobe-containing, polymeric thickener with a base, preferably an alkali metal hydroxide, and preferably in combination with a weak base, such as a salt of a weak acid, and a surfactant which associates with the thickener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Hobert Carder, Daniel Christopher Garska, Richard Duane Jenkins, Mark Joseph McGuiness
  • Aircraft deicing/anti-icing fluids thickened by associative polymers
    Patent number: 5708068
    Abstract: A glycol- and/or glycerin-based "universal" aircraft fluid (i.e., usable as any of Type I, II, III, or IV fluids), and having good resistance to degradation of viscosity and other critical properties caused by exposure to heat and/or shear, is disclosed. The fluid may optionally be prepared as a concentrate, and thereafter significantly diluted in the field for diverse uses. The improved performance is achieved by neutralizing a latex of a hydrophobe-containing, polymeric thickener with a base, preferably an alkali metal hydroxide, and preferably in combination with a weak base, such as a salt of a weak acid, and a surfactant which associates with the thickener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Hobert Carder, Daniel Christopher Garska, Richard Duane Jenkins, Mark Joseph McGuiness