Patents by Inventor Joseph Remias

Joseph Remias 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).

  • Publication number: 20230383211
    Abstract: Methods of reducing particulate emissions from a gasoline engine by lubricating the gasoline engine with select calcium and magnesium-based lubricating oil compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Huifang Shao, Joseph Remias, Joseph W. Roos, Gregory Guinther
  • Patent number: 11584897
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition including a major amount of a base oil, one or more calcium-containing detergents to provide at least 1000 ppmw of calcium, and one or more silicon-containing compound(s) to provide at least 50 ppmw of silicon to the lubricating oil composition, all based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition, wherein a ratio of ppmw of silicon provided by the one or more silicon-containing compound(s) to the lubricating oil composition to the ppmw of calcium provided by the one or more calcium-containing detergent(s) to the lubricating oil composition is from 0.02 to 1. Methods of using these compositions and silicon-containing detergents are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Afton Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Ashutosh Gupta, Ian Bell, Kongsheng Yang, Alexei Neverov, Joseph W. Roos, Joseph Remias
  • Patent number: 11584898
    Abstract: A polymer surfactant for improving engine oil emulsion properties of a lubricating composition mixed with water and/or fuel contamination, particularly at very cold temperatures, is described herein. In approaches, selected polymeric and functionalized compounds can impart both robust emulsion properties and simultaneously deliver good low temperature fluidity for lubricating compositions that may contain residual amounts of water and/or fuel contamination. Lubricating compositions including such surfactants demonstrate robust properties at temperatures down to about ?30° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Afton Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yunhai Bai, Joseph Remias, Yen Tran, Amy M. James, Kristi Engelman
  • Publication number: 20220049180
    Abstract: A polymer surfactant for improving engine oil emulsion properties of a lubricating composition mixed with water and/or fuel contamination, particularly at very cold temperatures, is described herein. In approaches, selected polymeric and functionalized compounds can impart both robust emulsion properties and simultaneously deliver good low temperature fluidity for lubricating compositions that may contain residual amounts of water and/or fuel contamination. Lubricating compositions including such surfactants demonstrate robust properties at temperatures down to about ?30° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yunhai Bai, Joseph Remias, Yen Tran, Amy M. James, Kristi Engelman
  • Publication number: 20210371765
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition, and a method of reducing LSPI events employing the lubricating oil composition, including a base oil of lubricating viscosity, and an additive composition including: one or more overbased calcium-containing detergent(s) sufficient to provide at least 500 ppmw of calcium, and a zirconium-containing nanoparticle(s) and/or one or more zirconium-containing compound(s) sufficient to provide greater than 0 ppmw to 6000 ppmw of zirconium, wherein the nanoparticles have a size of from 1 to 500 nm, as measured by Dynamic Light Scattering, an amount of one or more molybdenum-containing compound present in an amount sufficient to provide no greater than 100 ppmw of molybdenum, and wherein the additive composition has a weight ratio of ppmw of zirconium provided by the zirconium-containing nanoparticle(s) and/or the one or more zirconium-containing compound(s) to the ppmw of calcium provided by the one or more overbased-calcium-containing detergent(s) of greater than about 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Afton Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Remias, Ashutosh Gupta, Joseph W. Roos
  • Publication number: 20210230500
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition including a major amount of a base oil, one or more calcium-containing detergents to provide at least 1000 ppmw of calcium, and one or more silicon-containing compound(s) to provide at least 50 ppmw of silicon to the lubricating oil composition, all based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition, wherein a ratio of ppmw of silicon provided by the one or more silicon-containing compound(s) to the lubricating oil composition to the ppmw of calcium provided by the one or more calcium-containing detergent(s) to the lubricating oil composition is from 0.02 to 1. Methods of using these compositions and silicon-containing detergents are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Afton Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Ashutosh Gupta, Ian Bell, Kongsheng Yang, Alexei Neverov, Joseph W. Roos, Joseph Remias
  • Patent number: 10113133
    Abstract: A random copolymer suitable for reducing friction in lubricant compositions is disclosed. The random copolymer can include a short chain acrylate, a long chain acrylate, and a polar acrylate. The random copolymer can have a ratio of short chain acrylate to long chain acrylate of 0 to 2, and a molecular weight number of 1000 to 10000. The disclosure can include a lubricant containing a base oil and the random copolymer. A process for preparing the random copolymer and polymeric friction modifiers is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: AFTON CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiang Ding, Joseph Remias
  • Publication number: 20170306259
    Abstract: A random copolymer suitable for reducing friction in lubricant compositions is disclosed. The random copolymer can include a short chain acrylate, a long chain acrylate, and a polar acrylate. The random copolymer can have a ratio of short chain acrylate to long chain acrylate of 0 to 2, and a molecular weight number of 1000 to 10000. The disclosure can include a lubricant containing a base oil and the random copolymer. A process for preparing the random copolymer and polymeric friction modifiers is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Jiang Ding, Joseph Remias
  • Publication number: 20060229460
    Abstract: Titanium silicallite crystals useful as catalyst for the production of propylene oxide are prepared by forming a solution of a silicon component, a titanium component and a template, the mol ratio of template to silicon component being 0.25 or less and heating the solution to reaction temperature at a rate not to exceed 0.3° C./min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Joseph Remias, Edrick Morales