Patents by Inventor Kevin P. Kovanda

Kevin P. Kovanda 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).

  • Hydrocarbon-based lubricants with polyether
    Patent number: 8685905
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods in which an aliphatic polyether selected from polyalkylene oxides with monomer units having 3 to about 10 carbon atoms and polyvinyl ethers with ether groups having 2 to about 8 carbon atoms is added to a hydrocarbon lubricant; such methods in which the hydrocarbon lubricant comprises oxidation products that are dissolved by the addition of the polyether or polyvinyl ether; hydrocarbon lubricants containing a polyether selected from polyalkylene oxides with monomer units having 3 to about 10 carbon atoms and polyvinyl ethers with ether groups having 2 to about 8 carbon atoms; methods of lubricating machines with these lubricants; lubrication systems including these hydrocarbon lubricants; and machines including these lubrication systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: American Chemical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin P. Kovanda, Mark D. Latunski
  • Hydrocarbon-Based Lubricants with Polyether
    Publication number: 20130261035
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods in which an aliphatic polyether selected from polyalkylene oxides with monomer units having 3 to about 10 carbon atoms and polyvinyl ethers with ether groups having 2 to about 8 carbon atoms is added to a hydrocarbon lubricant; such methods in which the hydrocarbon lubricant comprises oxidation products that are dissolved by the addition of the polyether or polyvinyl ether; hydrocarbon lubricants containing a polyether selected from polyalkylene oxides with monomer units having 3 to about 10 carbon atoms and polyvinyl ethers with ether groups having 2 to about 8 carbon atoms; methods of lubricating machines with these lubricants; lubrication systems including these hydrocarbon lubricants; and machines including these lubrication systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: AMERICAN CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin P. Kovanda, Mark D. Latunski