Patents by Inventor Frederic Tort

Frederic Tort 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: 9663736
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the use of at least one modified alkylphenol-aldehyde resin as additive for improving the oxidation and/or storage stability of a motor fuel or liquid hydrocarbon-containing fuel composition. The modified alkylphenol-aldehyde resin can be obtained by Mannich reaction of an alkylphenol-aldehyde condensation resin with at least one aldehyde and/or one ketone having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, preferably from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and at least one hydrocarbon-containing compound having at least one alkylmonoamine or alkylpolyamine (alkylamine) group, having between 1 and 30 carbon atoms. The alkylphenol-aldehyde condensation resin itself can be obtained by condensation of at least one alkylphenol substituted with at least one linear or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, preferably a monoalkylphenol, with at least one aldehyde and/or one ketone having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, preferably from 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICES
    Inventors: Géraldine Papin, Frédéric Tort, Christian Vermorel, Pauline Croc
  • Patent number: 9657250
    Abstract: Modified alkylphenol-aldehyde resins include one or more alkylamines, having preferably at least one primary amine type group as well as their use for improving the flow properties of motor fuels and hydrocarbon fuels, such as in particular jet fuel, gas oil, fuel oil domestic, heavy fuel oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: TOTAL RAFFINAGE MARKETING
    Inventors: Nelly Dolmazon, Géraldine Papin, Frédéric Tort
  • Publication number: 20170037332
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use, in a hydrocarbon distillate with a boiling temperature of between 150 and 450° C. and a crystallization onset temperature as measured by Differential Calorimetric Analysis of greater than or equal to ?50° C., preferably of ?5° C. to +10° C., of a homopolymer obtained from an olefinic ester of carboxylic acid of 3 to 12 carbon atoms and from a fatty alcohol containing a chain of more than 16 carbon atoms and optionally an olefinic double bond, as a compound for revealing the efficiency of filterability additives based on copolymer and/or terpolymers of ethylene and of vinyl ester of a carboxylic acid of 3 to 12 carbon atoms, and of a monoalcohol containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms. The invention is also directed to an additive composition comprising a conventional hydrocarbon filterability additive in combination with an efficiency reveal additive, and also to the combustion fuels, motor fuel and oil fuel that comprise these additive combinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Nelly DOLMAZON, Laurent DALIX, Erwan CHEVROT, Frédéric TORT
  • Publication number: 20170002283
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use, in a hydrocarbon distillate with a boiling temperature of between 150 and 450° C. and a crystallization onset temperature as measured by Differential calorimetric Analysis of greater than or equal to ?50° C., preferably of ?5° C. to +10° C., of a homopolymer obtained from an olefinic ester of carboxylic acid of 3 to 12 carbon atoms and from a fatty alcohol containing a chain of more than 16 carbon atoms and optionally an olefinic double bond, as a compound for revealing the efficiency of filterability additives based on copolymer and/or terpolymers of ethylene and of vinyl ester of a carboxylic acid of 3 to 12 carbon atoms, and of a monoalcohol containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms. The invention is also directed to an additive composition comprising a conventional hydrocarbon filterability additive in combination with an efficiency reveal additive, and also to the combustion fuels, motor fuel and oil fuel that comprise these additive combinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: TOTAL RAFFINAGE MARKETING
    Inventors: Nelly Dolmazon, Laurent Dalix, Erwan Chevrot, Frederic Tort
  • Patent number: 9534183
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to additive compositions and their use for improving the low temperature properties of motor fuels and fuels. The additive compositions include at least one modified alkylphenol-aldehyde resin and at least one filterability additive chosen from: the terpolymers of C4 to C22 alkyl (meth)acrylate, C20 to C24 alpha-olefin and maleimide N-substituted by a hydrocarbon chain having between 4 and 30 carbon atoms, the homopolymers of C1 to C40 alkyl (meth)acrylate, preferably the C8 to C24 alkyl polyacrylates, the ammonium salts of mono- or poly-carboxylic acid comprising at least one linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon chain, having between 4 and 30 carbon atoms. The present disclosure also relates to compositions of motor fuels or liquid hydrocarbon fuels including such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Total Marketing Services
    Inventors: Géraldine Papin, Nelly Dolmazon, Frédéric Tort
  • Patent number: 9481845
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use, in a hydrocarbon distillate with a boiling temperature of between 150 and 450° C. and a crystallization onset temperature as measured by Differential Calorimetric Analysis of greater than or equal to ?50° C., preferably of ?5° C. to +10° C., of a homopolymer obtained from an olefinic ester of carboxylic acid of 3 to 12 carbon atoms and from a fatty alcohol containing a chain of more than 16 carbon atoms and optionally an olefinic double bond, as a compound for revealing the efficiency of filterability additives based on copolymer and/or terpolymers of ethylene and of vinyl ester of a carboxylic acid of 3 to 12 carbon atoms, and of a monoalcohol containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms. The invention is also directed to an additive composition comprising a conventional hydrocarbon filterability additive in combination with an efficiency reveal additive, and also to the combustion fuels, motor fuel and oil fuel that comprise these additive combinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Total Raffinage Marketing
    Inventors: Nelly Dolmazon, Laurent Dalix, Erwan Chevrot, Frédéric Tort
  • Publication number: 20160068776
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the use of at least one modified alkylphenol-aldehyde resin as additive for improving the oxidation and/or storage stability of a motor fuel or liquid hydrocarbon-containing fuel composition. The modified alkylphenol-aldehyde resin can be obtained by Mannich reaction of an alkylphenol-aldehyde condensation resin with at least one aldehyde and/or one ketone having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, preferably from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and at least one hydrocarbon-containing compound having at least one alkylmonoamine or alkylpolyamine (alkylamine) group, having between 1 and 30 carbon atoms. The alkylphenol-aldehyde condensation resin itself can be obtained by condensation of at least one alkylphenol substituted with at least one linear or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, preferably a monoalkylphenol, with at least one aldehyde and/or one ketone having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, preferably from 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICES
    Inventors: Géraldine PAPIN, Frédéric TORT, Christian VERMOREL, Pauline CROC
  • Publication number: 20160046884
    Abstract: Modified alkylphenol-aldehyde resins include one or more alkylamines, having preferably at least one primary amine type group as well as their use for improving the flow properties of motor fuels and hydrocarbon fuels, such as in particular jet fuel, gas oil, fuel oil domestic, heavy fuel oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: TOTAL RAFFINAGE MARKETING
    Inventors: Nelly Dolmazon, Géraldine PAPIN, Frédéric TORT
  • Patent number: 9169452
    Abstract: Modified alkylphenol-aldehyde resins include one or more alkylamines, having preferably at least one primary amine type group as well as their use for improving the flow properties of motor fuels and hydrocarbon fuels, such as in particular jet fuel, gas oil, fuel oil domestic, heavy fuel oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: TOTAL RAFFINAGE MARKETING
    Inventors: Nelly Dolmazon, Géraldine Papin, Frédéric Tort
  • Patent number: 9102767
    Abstract: The subject of the disclosure concerns C8 or higher, linear or branched fatty chain (meth)acrylic polymers possibly containing at least one ethylene unsaturation, having a weight average molecular weight Mw of less than 20,000 g/mole, free of sulphur-containing, metallic and halogenated compounds and with a residual monomer content measured by GPC of no more than 10% by weight, preferably no more than 7% by weight. A further subject of the disclosure is the synthesis method and the uses of these polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: TOTAL RAFFINAGE MARKETING
    Inventors: Nelly Dolmazon, José Santiago, Yvan Storet, Frédéric Tort
  • Publication number: 20150113863
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to additive compositions and their use for improving the low temperature properties of motor fuels and fuels. The additive compositions include at least one modified alkylphenol-aldehyde resin and at least one filterability additive chosen from: the terpolymers of C4 to C22 alkyl (meth)acrylate, C20 to C24 alpha-olefin and maleimide N-substituted by a hydrocarbon chain having between 4 and 30 carbon atoms, the homopolymers of C1 to C40 alkyl (meth)acrylate, preferably the C8 to C24 alkyl polyacrylates, the ammonium salts of mono- or poly-carboxylic acid comprising at least one linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon chain, having between 4 and 30 carbon atoms. The present disclosure also relates to compositions of motor fuels or liquid hydrocarbon fuels including such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICES
    Inventors: Géraldine Papin, Nelly Dolmazon, Frédéric Tort
  • Publication number: 20140157655
    Abstract: An additive composition improves the stability and the engine performances of gas oils, including gas oils of the non-road type in compliance with the decree of 10 Dec. 2010, including: (a) at least one metal deactivator or chelating agent, (b) at least one antioxidant of the hindered phenol type (alkylphenol), (c) at least one dispersant and/or detergent, (d) at least one metal passivator, where the compositions include improved properties, in particular relative to the oxidation resistance, storage stability, thermal stability, reduction in fouling of the injectors, reduction in loss of power, reduction in the tendency of the filters to clog.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICES
    Inventors: Frédéric Tort, Christian Vermorel
  • Publication number: 20130305596
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes liquid compositions that can be used for marking liquid hydrocarbon-based fuels and combustibles; these compositions include at least one marker, one or more solvents and, optionally, one or more functional additives other than the markers. The disclosure also includes a process for qualitative and quantitative detection of these markers present in a liquid hydrocarbon-based composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICES
    Inventors: Bénédicte Amblard, Denis Fadel, Jean-Paul Mercier, Frédéric Tort, Christian Tremoliere
  • Publication number: 20130255139
    Abstract: Modified alkylphenol-aldehyde resins include one or more alkylamines, having preferably at least one primary amine type group as well as their use for improving the flow properties of motor fuels and hydrocarbon fuels, such as in particular jet fuel, gas oil, fuel oil domestic, heavy fuel oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: TOTAL RAFFINAGE MARKETING
    Inventors: Nelly Dolmazon, Géraldine Papin, Frédéric Tort
  • Patent number: 8409304
    Abstract: Cetane improver for diesel fuels, characterized in that it comprises at least one ester of stearic acid, selected from the esters of linear or branched monoalcohols containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms: a) added in the pure state to a mixture of at least one vegetable or animal oil ester in crude or partially hydrogenated form b) or else included in a mixture of esters of one or more vegetable and/or animal oils, in crude or partially hydrogenated form, the mixtures of saturated or unsaturated esters being such that the ratio by mass of the amount of stearic ester(s) to the total sum of the amounts of unsaturated esters present in the vegetable or animal oil esters varies from 1% to 12%, and the unsaturated fatty acid esters being esters of mono or polyunsaturated acids containing at least 18 carbon atoms with monoalcohols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Total France
    Inventors: Satoshi Furuta, Frédéric Tort, Daniel Meyet
  • Publication number: 20120216452
    Abstract: Cetane improver for diesel fuels, characterized in that it comprises at least one ester of stearic acid, selected from the esters of linear or branched monoalcohols containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms: a) added in the pure state to a mixture of at least one vegetable or animal oil ester in crude or partially hydrogenated form b) or else included in a mixture of esters of one or more vegetable and/or animal oils, in crude or partially hydrogenated form, the mixtures of saturated or unsaturated esters being such that the ratio by mass of the amount of stearic ester(s) to the total sum of the amounts of unsaturated esters present in the vegetable or animal oil esters varies from 1% to 12%, and the unsaturated fatty acid esters being esters of mono or polyunsaturated acids containing at least 18 carbon atoms with monoalcohols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: TOTAL FRANCE
    Inventors: Satoshi Furuta, Frédéric Tort, Daniel Meyet
  • Publication number: 20120102825
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to the use as an additive improving cold resistance and filterability of fuels, of at least one copolymer including: from 81 to 87 mol % of at least one ?-olefin, preferably of at least ethylene, from 10.5 to less than 12% by moles of at least one vinyl ester, preferably of at least vinyl acetate, and 1 to 8% by moles of at least one ?,?-unsaturated mono-carboxylic acid ester, preferably of at least ethyl-2-hexyl acrylate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: TOTAL RAFFINAGE MARKETING
    Inventors: Erwan Chevrot, Laurent Dalix, Frédéric Tort
  • Publication number: 20120077721
    Abstract: The subject of the disclosure concerns C8 or higher, linear or branched fatty chain (meth)acrylic polymers possibly containing at least one ethylene unsaturation, having a weight average molecular weight Mw of less than 20,000 g/mole, free of sulphur-containing, metallic and halogenated compounds and with a residual monomer content measured by GPC of no more than 10% by weight, preferably no more than 7% by weight. A further subject of the disclosure is the synthesis method and the uses of these polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: TOTAL RAFFINAGE MARKETING
    Inventors: Nelly Dolmazon, José Santiago, Yvan Storet, Frédéric Tort
  • Publication number: 20100281762
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to the use as an additive improving the resistance to cold and the filterability of motor fuels, of at least one copolymer including: 78 to 87% in moles of at least one alpha-olefin, preferably at least ethylene, 12 to 18% in moles of at least one vinyl ester, preferably at least vinyl acetate, 1 to 4% in moles of at least one alpha-beta unsaturated mono carboxylic acid ester, preferably at least ethyl-2,hexyl acrylate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: Total Raffinage Marketing
    Inventors: Erwan Chevrot, Laurent Dalix, Frédéric Tort
  • Publication number: 20100275508
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to the synthesis and the use of copolymers based on ethylene and/or of propylene and of vinyl ester(s) modified by grafting, effective for improving both the resistance to cold and the lubricity of liquid hydrocarbons in particular the middle distillates originating from the distillation of petroleum and crude oils, in particular those with a low sulphur content and relates to a copolymer including: a) units derived from ethylene of formula A —(CH2—CH2)n1— and/or propylene of formula A? —((CH3)CH2—CH2)n2 with n1+n2=n ranging from 98 to 643, preferably ranging from 124 to 515; n1 being advantageously equal to n; b) units of formula B: —(CH2—CHOOCR1)m-x— in which R1 represents a C1-C15 linear or branched alkyl group preferably methyl, propyl, and/or a C5 to C15 branched alkyl group, in which the branching is situated at any point of the alkyl radical, preferably in position 2 or 3 of the alkyl chain; preferably chosen from the preferred C5-C15 vinyl comonomers, preferably chosen from t
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: TOTAL RAFFINAGE MARKETING
    Inventors: Nelly Dolmazon, Géraldine Papin, Frédéric Tort, Valérie Heroguez