Patents by Inventor Kristin Fletcher

Kristin Fletcher 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: 11155764
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition and method of operating a boosted internal combustion engine. The lubricating oil composition includes greater than 50 wt. % of a base oil of lubricating viscosity, calcium, nitrogen, molybdenum and boron. The weight ratio of Ca:N (ppm/ppm) in the lubricating oil composition is greater than 1.3 to less than 3.0, the weight ratio of Ca:Mo (ppm/ppm) in the lubricating oil composition is greater than 6.7 to less than 56.3, and the weight ratio of Ca:B (ppm/ppm) in the lubricating oil composition is greater than 5.0 to less than 9.8. The lubricating oil composition does not contain added magnesium from a magnesium-containing detergent. The lubricating oil composition is resistant to deposit formation in the boosted internal combustion engine, as shown by its ability to ensure a TCO Temperature Increase of less than 9.0% as measured using the 2015 version of the General Motors dexos1® Turbocharger Coking Test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: AFTON CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kongsheng Yang, Kristin Fletcher, William Y. Lam, Jeremy Styer
  • Patent number: 10550349
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition and method of operating a boosted internal combustion engine. The lubricating oil composition includes a major amount of a base oil, one or more overbased calcium-containing detergents having a total base number of greater than 225 mg KOH/gram, to provide greater than 900 ppm by weight to less than 2400 ppm by weight of calcium to the lubricating oil composition, and a low speed pre-ignition reducing amount of one or more titanium-containing compounds to provide from 10 ppm to 3000 ppm titanium and/or one or more tungsten-containing compounds to provide from 125 ppm to 3000 ppm tungsten, all based on the total weight of the lubricating composition. The low speed pre-ignition events in the boosted internal combustion engine may be reduced relative to a number of low speed pre-ignition events in the same engine lubricated with the same lubricating oil without the titanium- and/or tungsten-containing additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: AFTON CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kristin Fletcher, William Y. Lam, Kongsheng Yang, Jeremy Styer
  • Publication number: 20190330555
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition including greater than 50 wt. % of a base oil, from 100 ppm to less than 1800 ppm by weight of total metal from metal-containing detergent(s) including an overbased calcium detergent and a magnesium containing detergent. The composition has a total nitrogen of 900 ppm to less than 1600 ppm by weight, and a ratio of total metal from the detergent(s) in ppm to the total nitrogen in ppm of less than 1.9. The composition also includes a borated compound to provide greater than 50 ppm by weight to 1000 ppm by weight of boron, and a ppm ratio of metal from the detergent(s) in ppm to the total boron is less than 7.5 and a molybdenum compound to provide greater than 80 ppm to 1200 ppm by weight molybdenum and a ppm ratio of total metal from the detergent(s) to the molybdenum is less than 23.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Afton Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kongsheng Yang, Kristin Fletcher, William Y. Lam, Jeremy Styer
  • Patent number: 10443011
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition and method of operating a boosted internal combustion engine. The lubricating oil includes greater than 50 wt. % of a base oil, one or more overbased calcium-containing detergents, one or more overbased magnesium-containing detergents and one or more molybdenum compounds and leads to a more than 60% reduction in LSPI compared to the LSPI of a reference oil and passes the Ball Rust Test. The ratio of wt % calcium from the overbased detergents to wt. % of magnesium from the overbased detergents is less than 11.9. A ratio of total ppm of magnesium to total TBN of the lubricating oil in mg KOH/g is greater than 19. A ratio of the total ppm of calcium to the total TBN of the lubricating oil is less than 222. The oil and method may reduce low-speed pre-ignition events in a boosted internal combustion relative to commercially available lubricating oils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: AFTON CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kristin Fletcher, Lisa Dingwell
  • Patent number: 10443558
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition and method of operating a boosted internal combustion engine with reduced low-speed pre-ignition events and corrosion resistance. The oil composition includes a base oil, one or more overbased calcium sulfonate detergents, one or more overbased calcium phenate detergents, and one or more overbased magnesium-containing detergents. A ratio of ppm of calcium to TBN of the oil composition is less than 170; a ratio of ppm of magnesium to total soap content in wt. % is greater than 700; and there are limited amounts of boron and molybdenum, and all weight percentages and ppm values being based on the total weight of the oil composition. The compositions give low LSPI ratios and pass the Ball Rust test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: AFTON CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul Ransom, Guillaume Carpentier, Kristin Fletcher
  • Patent number: 10421922
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition and method of operating a boosted internal combustion engine. The lubricating oil composition includes greater than 50 wt. % of a base oil, one or more overbased calcium-containing detergents having a TBN greater than 225 mg KOH/g and one or more magnesium-containing detergents. A total amount of calcium from the one or more overbased calcium-containing detergents is from 900 ppm to less than 2400 ppm by weight, and a total amount of magnesium from the one or more magnesium-containing detergents is from 50 ppm to 500 ppm by weight, both based on a total weight of the lubricating oil composition. The lubricating oil composition and the method of using it are effective to reduce low speed pre-ignition events in a boosted internal combustion engine lubricated with the lubricating oil composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: AFTON CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kristin Fletcher, William Y. Lam, Kongsheng Yang, Jeremy Styer
  • Patent number: 10377963
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition and method of operating a boosted internal combustion engine. The lubricating oil composition is formulated to be resistant to turbocharger deposit formation in the boosted internal combustion engine, as shown by its ability to ensure a TCO Temperature Increase of less than 9.0% as measured using the 2015 version of the General Motors Dexos1® Turbocharger Coking Test. The lubricating oil composition may also have a low NOACK volatility, as measured by the method of ASTM D-5800 at 250° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Afton Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kongsheng Yang, Kristin Fletcher, William Y. Lam, Jeremy Styer
  • Patent number: 10370615
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition and method of operating a boosted internal combustion engine. The lubricating oil composition includes greater than 50 wt. % of a base oil, one or more overbased calcium sulfonate detergent(s) and one or more overbased calcium phenate detergent(s). The calcium, boron, nitrogen, and amount of soap are maintained within certain ratios, and the total base number contribution from all detergents to the lubricating oil composition is less than 4.2 mg KOH/g of the lubricating oil composition, as measured by the method of ASTM D-2896. The lubricating oil composition and method may be effective to reduce low-speed pre-ignition events in a boosted internal combustion engine lubricated with the lubricating oil composition relative to capable lubricating oil compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Afton Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Guillaume Carpentier, Paul Ransom, Kristin Fletcher
  • Patent number: 10336959
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition and method of operating a boosted internal combustion engine. The lubricating oil composition includes greater than 50 wt. % of a base oil, an overbased detergent having a TBN greater than 225 mg KOH/g and a low-based/neutral detergent having a TBN up to 175 mg KOH/g. A total amount of calcium from the overbased and low-based/neutral detergent is greater than 1100 ppm to less than 2400 ppm by weight based on a total weight of the lubricating oil composition. The lubricating oil composition and method may be effective to reduce low-speed pre-ignition events in a boosted internal combustion engine lubricated with the lubricating oil composition relative to commercially available lubricating oil compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: AFTON CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kristin Fletcher, William Y. Lam, Kongsheng Yang, Jeremy Styer
  • Patent number: 10323205
    Abstract: A method for reducing timing chain stretch in an engine comprising a step of lubricating said timing chain with a lubricating oil composition that includes a major amount of a base oil; and a minor amount of an additive package including (a) at least one overbased calcium detergent, (b) at least one borated dispersant, (c) a metal dialkyl dithiophosphate, and (d) at least one molybdenum compound. The lubricating oil composition has a TBN value of at least 7.5 mg KOH/g of the lubricating oil composition, at least 80 ppm of molybdenum, based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition, a weight ratio of total calcium in the lubricating oil composition to total molybdenum in the lubricating oil composition of less than 8.4; and a weight ratio of nitrogen from the dispersant in the lubricating composition to total boron in the lubricating oil composition of from 2.6 to 3.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: AFTON CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kristin Fletcher, William Y. Lam
  • Patent number: 10280383
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition and method of operating a boosted internal combustion engine. The lubricating oil composition has not more than 150 ppm sodium and includes a major amount of a base oil and an additive composition that includes one or more overbased calcium-containing detergents having a total base number of greater than 225 mg KOH/gram, in an amount sufficient to provide greater than 1100 ppm by weight to less than 2400 ppm by weight of calcium to the lubricating oil composition, and one or more molybdenum-containing compounds in an amount sufficient to provide at least about 80 ppm by weight molybdenum to the lubricating oil composition, all based on the total weight of the lubricating composition. The oil and method may reduce low-speed pre-ignition events in the boosted internal combustion engine relative to a number of low-speed pre-ignition events in the same engine lubricated with a reference lubricating oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Afton Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kristin Fletcher, William Y. Lam, Kongsheng Yang, Jeremy Styer
  • Patent number: 10214703
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition and method of for providing an acceptable number of low-speed pre-ignition events in a boosted internal combustion engine using the lubricating oil composition. The lubricating oil composition includes greater than 50 wt. % of a base oil of lubricating viscosity, and an additive composition that includes an overbased calcium-containing detergent having a TBN greater than 225 mg KOH/g, and one or more zinc dialkyl dithiophosphate compounds are derived from a molar ratio of secondary alcohol to primary alcohol of 20:100 to about 100:0 and have an average total carbon content of greater than 10 carbon atoms per mole of phosphorous. The lubricating oil compositions contains the overbased calcium-containing detergent in an amount to provide greater than 900 ppm to less than 2400 ppm by weight calcium, and at least 0.01 wt. % of the zinc dialkyl dithiophosphate, both amounts based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: AFTON CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kristin Fletcher, William Y. Lam, Kongsheng Yang, Jeremy Styer
  • Publication number: 20180346839
    Abstract: A method for reducing timing chain stretch in an engine comprising a step of lubricating said timing chain with a lubricating oil composition that includes a major amount of a base oil; and a minor amount of an additive package including at least one overbased calcium phenate detergent having a total base number of at least 150 mg KOH/g, measured by the method of ASTM D-2896, at least one calcium sulfonate detergent; and at least one magnesium-containing detergent. The lubricating oil composition has a weight ratio of total calcium from the at least one calcium sulfonate detergent to total calcium and magnesium in the lubricating oil composition of from about 0.06 to less than about 0.45.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Afton Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kristin Fletcher, Paul Ransom, Guillaume Carpentier
  • Publication number: 20180201860
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition and method of operating a boosted internal combustion engine with reduced low-speed pre-ignition events and corrosion resistance. The oil composition includes a base oil, one or more overbased calcium sulfonate detergents, one or more overbased calcium phenate detergents, and one or more overbased magnesium-containing detergents. A ratio of ppm of calcium to TBN of the oil composition is less than 170; a ratio of ppm of magnesium to total soap content in wt. % is greater than 700; and there are limited amounts of boron and molybdenum, and all weight percentages and ppm values being based on the total weight of the oil composition. The compositions give low LSPI ratios and pass the Ball Rust test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: Afton Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Ransom, Guillaume Carpentier, Kristin Fletcher
  • Publication number: 20180201861
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition and method of operating a boosted internal combustion engine. The lubricating oil includes greater than 50 wt. % of a base oil, one or more overbased calcium-containing detergents, one or more overbased magnesium-containing detergents and one or more molybdenum compounds and leads to a more than 60% reduction in LSPI compared to the LSPI of a reference oil and passes the Ball Rust Test. The ratio of wt % calcium from the overbased detergents to wt. % of magnesium from the overbased detergents is less than 11.9. A ratio of total ppm of magnesium to total TBN of the lubricating oil in mg KOH/g is greater than 19. A ratio of the total ppm of calcium to the total TBN of the lubricating oil is less than 222. The oil and method may reduce low-speed pre-ignition events in a boosted internal combustion relative to commercially available lubricating oils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: Afton Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kristin Fletcher, Lisa Dingwell
  • Publication number: 20180201859
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition and method of operating a boosted internal combustion engine. The lubricating oil composition includes greater than 50 wt. % of a base oil, one or more overbased calcium sulfonate detergent(s) and one or more overbased calcium phenate detergent(s). The calcium, boron, nitrogen, and amount of soap are maintained within certain ratios, and the total base number contribution from all detergents to the lubricating oil composition is less than 4.2 mg KOH/g of the lubricating oil composition, as measured by the method of ASTM D-2896. The lubricating oil composition and method may be effective to reduce low-speed pre-ignition events in a boosted internal combustion engine lubricated with the lubricating oil composition relative to capable lubricating oil compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: Afton Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Guillaume Carpentier, Paul Ransom, Kristin Fletcher
  • Publication number: 20170321146
    Abstract: A method for reducing timing chain stretch in an engine comprising a step of lubricating said timing chain with a lubricating oil composition that includes a major amount of a base oil; and a minor amount of an additive package including (a) at least one overbased calcium detergent, (b) at least one borated dispersant, (c) a metal dialkyl dithiophosphate, and (d) at least one molybdenum compound. The lubricating oil composition has a TBN value of at least 7.5 mg KOH/g of the lubricating oil composition, at least 80 ppm of molybdenum, based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition, a weight ratio of total calcium in the lubricating oil composition to total molybdenum in the lubricating oil composition of less than 8.4; and a weight ratio of nitrogen from the dispersant in the lubricating composition to total boron in the lubricating oil composition of from 2.6 to 3.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Afton Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kristin Fletcher, William Y. Lam
  • Publication number: 20170321145
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition and method of operating a boosted internal combustion engine. The lubricating oil composition includes greater than 50 wt. % of a base oil of lubricating viscosity, calcium, nitrogen, molybdenum and boron. The weight ratio of Ca:N (ppm/ppm) in the lubricating oil composition is greater than 1.3 to less than 3.0, the weight ratio of Ca:Mo (ppm/ppm) in the lubricating oil composition is greater than 6.7 to less than 56.3, and the weight ratio of Ca:B (ppm/ppm) in the lubricating oil composition is greater than 5.0 to less than 9.8. The lubricating oil composition does not contain added magnesium from a magnesium-containing detergent. The lubricating oil composition is resistant to deposit formation in the boosted internal combustion engine, as shown by its ability to ensure a TCO Temperature Increase of less than 9.0% as measured using the 2015 version of the General Motors dexos1® Turbocharger Coking Test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Kongsheng Yang, Kristin Fletcher, William Y. Lam, Jeremy Styer
  • Publication number: 20170247627
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition and method of operating a boosted internal combustion engine. The lubricating oil composition is formulated to be resistant to turbocharger deposit formation in the boosted internal combustion engine, as shown by its ability to ensure a TCO Temperature Increase of less than 9.0% as measured using the 2015 version of the General Motors dexos1® Turbocharger Coking Test. The lubricating oil composition may also have a low NOACK volatility, as measured by the method of ASTM D-5800 at 250° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: Afton Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kongsheng Yang, Kristin Fletcher, William Y. Lam, Jeremy Styer
  • Patent number: 9738825
    Abstract: Metal deco ink formulations are improved by the use of fluorescent dyes, UV-absorbing dyes and/or IR-absorbing dyes. These may be premixed with a phenol-formaldehyde resin without microencapsulation to protect the dye from other ink ingredients that have chemistries which are incompatible with that of the dye, in order to obtain photochromic ink formulation with a good shelf life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Chromatic Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Owen, Eric Cathie, Kristin A. Fletcher