Patents by Inventor Kenneth L. Dille

Kenneth L. Dille 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).

  • Corrosion-inhibited alcohol motor fuel composition
    Patent number: 4305730
    Abstract: A corrosion-inhibited alcohol motor fuel composition comprising a major proportion of a lower aliphatic alcohol and a corrosion-inhibiting amount of a trimeric acid is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1981
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Marshal E. Davis, Kenneth L. Dille
  • Anti-rust fuel composition
    Patent number: 4263014
    Abstract: Anti-rust motor fuel composition comprising a major proportion of a mixture of hydrocarbons boiling in the gasoline boiling range, a minor amount of a polymeric acid comprising a dimer or trimer of a dienoic or trienoic acid containing from 16 to 18 carbon atoms and a minor amount of an aminoalkyl or polyalkyl polyamine imidazoline derivative of a hydrocarbon-substituted gamma or delta lactone reaction product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1981
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Marshall E. Davis, Kenneth L. Dille
  • Diesel fuel containing manganese tricarbonyl and oxygenated compounds
    Patent number: 4207078
    Abstract: The amount of soot and invisible particulates emitted with the exhaust of engines run on diesel fuel is reduced by incorporating therein an additive consisting of a mixture of an oxygenated compound and an alkyl cyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl.Also disclosed is a method of operating a diesel engine using the fuel of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1980
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: William M. Sweeney, Kenneth L. Dille
  • Detergent gasoline composition
    Patent number: 4204841
    Abstract: A detergent motor fuel composition is provided comprising a primary aliphatic hydrocarbon amino alkylene-substituted asparagine represented by the formula: ##STR1## in which R is a primary aliphatic hydrocarbon radical and R' is hydrogen or a methyl radical, and an N-primary alkyl-alkylene diamine represented by the formula:R,R'--N--C.sub.3 H.sub.6 --NH.sub.2in which R is a primary aliphatic hydrocarbon radical and R' is hydrogen or a methyl radical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1980
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph B. Biasotti, Peter Dorn, Sheldon Herbstman, Kenneth L. Dille