Patents by Inventor David R. Bryant
David R. Bryant 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).
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Publication number: 20240123307Abstract: A golf club has a first shaft coupled to a club head, a second shaft configured to slidably engage a portion of the first shaft, a grip coupled to the second shaft, and an adjustable length shaft assembly received by the second shaft and configured to allow a portion of the first shaft to slide in relation to the second shaft in a first configuration, and to restrict a portion of the first shaft from sliding in relation to the second shaft in a second configuration. The grip is restricted from rotation about the first shaft or the second shaft as the first shaft slides in relation to the second shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Travis D. Milleman, Anthony D. Serrano, Eric V. Cole, David S. Kultala, David L. Petersen, Les J. Bryant, Richard D. MacMillan, Rick Solesbee, John A. Solheim, Evan R. Greer
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Patent number: 7446231Abstract: An improved hydroformylation process involving reacting one or more reactants, such as an olefin, with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a hydroformylation catalyst, to produce a reaction product fluid comprising one or more products, preferably aldehydes; wherein said process is conducted in a region of the hydroformylation rate curve that is negative or inverse order in carbon monoxide, which is sufficient to prevent and/or lessen deactivation of the hydroformylation catalyst; and wherein total pressure is controlled at a predetermined target value and/or vent flow rate is controlled at a predetermined target value, by adjusting a flow of a carbon-monoxide containing inlet gas, so as to prevent and/or lessen cycling of process parameters, e.g., reaction rate, total pressure, vent flow rate, and/or temperature.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2005Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: Ronald R Peterson, Thomas C. Eisenschmid, David R. Bryant, Morteza Mokhtarzadeh
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Publication number: 20040087754Abstract: This invention relates to polyurethane compounds, e.g., elastomers, which are the reaction product of a cycloaliphatic diisocyanate, a polyol and a chain extender. The cycloaliphatic diisocyanate comprises (i) trans-1,4-bis(isocyanatomethyl)cyclohexane or (ii) an isomeric mixture of two or more of cis-1,3-bis(isocyanatomethyl)cyclohexane, trans-1,3-bis(isocyanatomethyl)cyclohexane, cis-1,4-bis(isocyanatomethyl)cyclohexane and trans-1,4-bis(isocyanatomethyl)cyclohexane, provided the isomeric mixture comprises at least about 5 weight percent of said trans-1,4-bis(isocyanatomethyl)cyclohexane. This invention also relates to shaped and molded articles prepared from said polyurethane compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2002Publication date: May 6, 2004Inventors: Paul Foley, John N. Argyropoulos, David R. Bryant, Debkumar Bhattacharjee, Aisa Sendijarevic
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Patent number: 5298472Abstract: A process for hydrogenating bound oxygen-containing organic feeds into their corresponding alcohols by contact with a coprecipitated copper-aluminum catalyst that has been activated by contact with reducing gas at a temperature that gradually increases.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 1992Date of Patent: March 29, 1994Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: Richard W. Wegman, David R. Bryant
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Patent number: 5288918Abstract: An improved rhodium-organophosphite complex catalyzed hydroformylation process, the improvement comprising carrying out said process in the presence of a catalytic activity enhancing additive said additive being selected from the class consisting of added water, a weakly acidic compound, or both added water and a weakly acidic compound.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1992Date of Patent: February 22, 1994Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: John M. Maher, James E. Babin, Ernst Billig, David R. Bryant, Tak W. Leung
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Patent number: 5237106Abstract: A process for improving the catalytic activity of a partially deactivated solubilized rhodium-tertiary organophosphine complex hydroformylation catalyst by treating it with propargyl alcohol and a carboxylic acid.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 1992Date of Patent: August 17, 1993Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: James E. Babin, David R. Bryant, Arnold M. Harrison, David J. Miller
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Patent number: 5231222Abstract: An improved esterification process for producing volatile product esters by reacting a lower linear hydrocarbyl carboxylic acid with an alcohol containing from 2 to 10 carbon atoms, in a substantially non-aqueous medium, the improvement comprising minimizing the amount of acidic sulfate contained in the product ester by employing as the esterification catalyst a long chain alkylbenzene sulfonic acid catalyst, the alkyl radical containing from 8 to 20 carbon atoms, or mixtures of such catalysts.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 1991Date of Patent: July 27, 1993Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: Anthony J. Papa, David R. Bryant
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Patent number: 5191091Abstract: A process for hydrogenating bound oxygen-containing organic feeds into their corresponding alcohols by contact with a coprecipitated copper-aluminum catalyst that has been activated by contact with reducing gas at a temperature that gradually increases.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1992Date of Patent: March 2, 1993Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: Richard W. Wegman, David R. Bryant
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Patent number: 5183943Abstract: A process for improving the catalytic activity of a partially deactivated solubilized rhodium - tertiary organophosphine complex hydroformylation catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1991Date of Patent: February 2, 1993Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: David R. Bryant, James E. Babin, James C. Nicholson, Donald J. Weintritt, Jr.
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Patent number: 5180854Abstract: Process for the separation and recovery of aldehyde product from a non-aqueous hydroformylation reaction product composition comprising the aldehyde product, a rhodium-ionically charged phosphorus ligand complex, a free ionically charged phosphorus ligand and an organic solubilizing agent for said complex and said free ligand via phase separation using added water or both added water and an added non-polar hydrocarbon compounds.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1992Date of Patent: January 19, 1993Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: Anthony G. Abatjoglou, David R. Bryant, Ronald R. Peterson
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Patent number: 5142067Abstract: A process for hydrogenating feeds into their corresponding alcohols by contact with a coprecipitated catalyst comprising copper, aluminum, and a metal (X) selected from the group consisting of magnesium, zinc, titanium, zirconium, tin, nickel, cobalt and mixtures thereof; that has been reduced with an increasing temperature during the reduction.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 1991Date of Patent: August 25, 1992Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: Richard W. Wegman, David R. Bryant
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Patent number: 5114473Abstract: A method for recovering a transition metal such as rhodium from a polar or non-polar liquid by contacting said transition metal-containing liquid with an ion-exchange resin having bonded ionically thereto an organophosphorus ligand; the transition metal can be eluted from the bed using a liquid containing a sufficient concentration of organophosphorus ligand.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 1988Date of Patent: May 19, 1992Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: Anthony G. Abatjoglou, David R. Bryant
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Patent number: 5113022Abstract: This invention relates to novel ionic phosphites and the use thereof as ligands in homogenous transition metal catalyzed processes, especially hydroformylation.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 1991Date of Patent: May 12, 1992Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: Anthony G. Abatjoglou, David R. Bryant
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Patent number: 5059710Abstract: This invention relates to novel ionic phosphites and the use thereof as ligands in homogenous transition metal catalyzed processes, especially hydroformylation.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1988Date of Patent: October 22, 1991Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: Anthony G. Abatjoglou, David R. Bryant
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Patent number: 5053380Abstract: A process for hydrogenating bound oxygen-containing organic feeds into their corresponding alcohols by contact with a coprecipitated copper-aluminum catalyst that has been activated by contact with reducing gas at a temperature that gradually increases.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 1989Date of Patent: October 1, 1991Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: Richard W. Wegman, David R. Bryant
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Patent number: 5008235Abstract: A process for hydrogenating feeds into their corresponding alcohols by contact with a coprecipitated catalyst comprising copper, aluminum, and a metal (X) selected from the group consisting of magnesium, zinc, titanium, zirconium, tin, nickel, cobalt and mixtures thereof; that has been reduced with an increasing temperature during the reduction.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 1989Date of Patent: April 16, 1991Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: Richard W. Wegman, David R. Bryant
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Patent number: 4945185Abstract: A hydrocarbonylation process for producing an aldehyde or a mixture of a ketone and an aldehyde which comprises:(I) forming a reaction mixture comprising:(a) a catalytic amount of a complex catalyst consisting essentially of rhodium in complex combination with:(i) a triorganophosphine, and(ii) a carboxylic acid having a phenyl group substituted at the para position with a non-reactive electron-withdrawing group, said phenyl group being free of further substitution and said electron withdrawing group being substantially non-reactive in said process;(b) an alpha-olefin having 2 to 5 carbon atoms,(c) carbon monixide, and(d) hydrogenwith the proviso that the reaction mixture has mole ratio of said carbxoylic acid to rhodium of at least about 2; and(II) maintaining the reaction mixture at a temperature and pressure at which said (b), (c) and (d) react to form an aldehyde or a mixture of an aldehyde and a ketone.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 1989Date of Patent: July 31, 1990Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Company Inc.Inventors: Anthony J. Papa, David R. Bryant
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Patent number: 4935550Abstract: A method for recovering a transition metal, e.g., rhodium, from a non-polar organic solution containing non-polar organic solvent-soluble and polar solvent-insoluble coordination complex of the transition metal and a non-polar organic solvent-soluble and polar solvent-insoluble ligand, e.g., an organophosphorus ligand, by contacting the non-polar organic solution with a polar solution of an ionic organophosphine ligand, the transition metal then can be transferred back into a non-polar solution for reuse. In one embodiment rhodium is rendered amenable for back-extraction by treating the polar solution with a suitable conditioning reagent.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1988Date of Patent: June 19, 1990Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Company Inc.Inventors: David J. Miller, David R. Bryant
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Patent number: 4929767Abstract: A process for treating an organic solution of a partially deactivated solubilized rhodium-tertiary organophosphine complex hydroformylation catalyst with an organic reagent in order to improve the extractability of rhodium therefrom into an aqueous solution containing an ionic organophosphine ligand.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1988Date of Patent: May 29, 1990Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Company Inc.Inventors: David J. Miller, David R. Bryant, Ernst Billig, Bernard L. Shaw
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Patent number: D311668Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 1988Date of Patent: October 30, 1990Assignee: The Scott Fetzer CompanyInventors: David R. Bryant, Werner W. Kochte, Edward F. Trombly