Patents by Inventor Frank Eydoux

Frank Eydoux 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).

  • Multifunctional additive compositions enabling middle distillates to be operable in cold conditions
    Patent number: 7326262
    Abstract: The invention concerns a multifunctional additive enabling fuels to be operable in cold conditions, consisting of copolymers of at least a dicarboxylic compound with at least an olefin, and whereon are grafted nitrogenous functions and/or esters of general formula (I) wherein: R1 and R2, and R4 and R5, R3 and R6 are hydrogen or alkyl radicals, and x is selected among the amine salts and N-alkylpolyalkylenepolyamines and their monohydroxylated and polyhydroxylated derivatives, N-alkylpolyalkylenepolyamine alkylesters and esters, and alkylamines and N-alkylpolyalkylenepolyamines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Elf Antar France
    Inventors: Frank Eydoux, Philippe Flores, Dominique Vichard, Laurent Germanaud
  • Additive for improving the thermal stability of hydrocarbon compositions
    Publication number: 20050223627
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of at least one additive in order to increase the thermal stability of a hydrocarbon composition, said additive being the product of the condensation reaction between at least one alkenyl succinic or alkyl succinic anhydride I and a primary amine II. The invention also relates to a composition comprising the aforementioned additive, an anti-oxidant and a metal deactivator and to fuels containing same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Frank Eydoux, Christian Bernasconi, Celine Vuillet