Patents by Inventor Keith Corkwell

Keith Corkwell 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: 8425627
    Abstract: A fuel additive concentrate comprises a friction modifier selected from the group consisting of an alkoxylated fatty amine, a fatty acid or derivative thereof, and mixture thereof; an alcohol; and a compatibilizer selected from the group consisting of a low molecular weight carboxylic acid or anhydride or derivative there of, glycol ether, alkylated phenol, and a mixtures thereof wherein the fuel additive concentrate remains fluid at ?80 C or lower wherein the solvent has enough aromatic content to permit the fuel additive concentrate to be a fluid at minus 80 C. A fuel composition comprises fuel and the fuel additive concentrate. A method of operating a gasoline internal combustion engine comprises fueling the engine with the fuel composition and is effective in reducing fuel consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffry G. Dietz, Jonathan S. Vilardo, Keith Corkwell
  • Publication number: 20080282607
    Abstract: A fuel additive concentrate comprises a friction modifier selected from the group consisting of an alkoxylated fatty amine, a fatty acid or derivative thereof, and mixture thereof; an alcohol; and a compatibilizer selected from the group consisting of a low molecular weight carboxylic acid or anhydride or derivative there of, glycol ether, alkylated phenol, and a mixtures thereof wherein the fuel additive concentrate remains fluid at ?80 C or lower wherein the solvent has enough aromatic content to permit the fuel additive concentrate to be a fluid at minus 80 C. A fuel composition comprises fuel and the fuel additive concentrate. A method of operating a gasoline internal combustion engine comprises fueling the engine with the fuel composition and is effective in reducing fuel consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Jeffry G. Dietz, Jonathan S. Vilardo, Keith Corkwell
  • Publication number: 20050166447
    Abstract: A fuel composition of the present invention comprises (a) a diesel fuel, (b) ethanol, (c) a surfactant, and optionally (d) a combustion improver. Methods employ the fuel composition of the present invention to provide a stable fuel composition, to improve lubricity of a fuel composition and to reduce exhaust emissions of a compression-ignited internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Keith Corkwell, Daniel Daly, Mitchell Jackson
  • Publication number: 20050050792
    Abstract: A concentrate composition contains (A) a fatty carboxylic acid based composition selected from (1) a fatty monocarboxylic acid, (2) an ester of (A)(1), (3) an amide of (A)(1), (4) an amine salt of (A)(1), and (5) a mixture thereof, and (B) a low temperature stability improving amount of a composition comprising one or more low temperature stability improving compositions. A fuel composition contains a major amount of a fuel and a minor amount of the concentrate composition. A method to improve the lubricity of a fuel composition containing a fuel comprises adding a lubricity improving amount of the concentrate composition to the fuel. The low temperature stability improving composition (B) is very effective in maintaining clarity, homogeneity and fluidity of a concentrate composition containing a fatty carboxylic acid based composition at low temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Applicant: The Lubrizol Corporation, a corporation of the state of Ohio
    Inventors: Keith Corkwell, David Forester, William Dimitrakis