Patents by Inventor Álvaro GUTIÉRREZ MUÑIZ

Álvaro GUTIÉRREZ MUÑIZ 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: 11939271
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a warm mix asphalt additive comprising (a) a wax; (b) a phosphoric ester; and (c) a fatty amine. Preferably component (a) is a fatty amide wax and component (b) is a C16-C18 alkyl phosphoric ester. Also disclosed is a warm mix asphalt binder composition comprising asphalt and a warm mix asphalt additive, and methods for its preparation thereof. Additionally disclosed is a warm mix asphalt composition comprising a warm mix asphalt binder and aggregate, and methods for its preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: QUIMIKAO, S.A. DE C.V.
    Inventors: Álvaro Gutiérrez Muñiz, Raúl Terán Orozco, Luis Enrique Ramirez Soto, Luis Felipe Ortiz Cardenas
  • Publication number: 20230140457
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a warm mix asphalt additive comprising (a) a wax; (b) a phosphoric ester; and (c) a fatty amine. Preferably component (a) is a fatty amide wax and component (b) is a C16-C18 alkyl phosphoric ester. Also disclosed is a warm mix asphalt binder composition comprising asphalt and a warm mix asphalt additive, and methods for its preparation thereof. Additionally disclosed is a warm mix asphalt composition comprising a warm mix asphalt binder and aggregate, and methods for its preparation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Álvaro GUTIÉRREZ MUÑIZ, Raúl TERÁN OROZCO, Luis Enrique RAMIREZ SOTO, Luis Felipe CARDENAS
  • Patent number: 9487641
    Abstract: An additive that modifies rheological properties of asphalt under warm conditions, and makes it possible to mix and compact asphalt mixtures with a temperature reduction of up to 35° C., constituted by wax, an adhesion-improving additive and a fluxing agent, which reduces asphalt oxidation, causing it to be less-aged and more resistant to fatigue, reduces the interfacial tension between the aggregate and the asphalt, increases adhesion between them, making the mixture resistant to the damages caused by humidity, increases resistance to permanent deformation, causes gas emissions to be reduced and leads to savings in fuel consumption. The additive of the invention has the following effects: 1) at temperatures between 100° C. and 160° C., it reduces the asphalt viscosity, 2) at temperatures between 58° C. and 82° C., it increases the asphalt viscosity, and 3) at temperatures lower than 25° C., it reduces the asphalt viscosity, as compared to asphalt without the additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Quimikao, S.A. DE C.V.
    Inventors: Alvaro Gutierrez Muniz, Luis Enrique Ramirez Soto, Heleodro Rincon Acha, Raul Teran Orozco, Raymundo Benitez Lopez, Jose Luis Lara Gonzalez
  • Publication number: 20140020599
    Abstract: It is an additive that modifies the Theological properties of asphalt under warm conditions, and makes it possible to mix and compact asphalt mixtures with a reduction in temperature of up to 35° C., which is constituted by wax, an adhesion-improving additive and a fluxing agent, which reduces asphalt oxidation, causing it to be less-aged and more resistant to fatigue, reduces the interfacial tension between the aggregate and the asphalt, increases adhesion between them, making the mixture resistant to the damages caused by humidity, increases resistance to permanent deformation, causes gas emissions to be reduced and leads to savings in fuel consumption. The additive according to the invention has the following effects:—At high temperatures (between 100° C. and 160° C.), IT REDUCES the asphalt viscosity, as compared to asphalt without the additive.—At temperatures between 58° C. and 82° C., IT INCREASES the asphalt viscosity, as compared to asphalt without the additive.—At temperatures lower than 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: QUIMIKAO, S.A. DE C.V.
    Inventors: Alvaro Gutierrez Muniz, Luis Enrique Ramirez Soto, Heleodro Rincon Acha, Raul Teran Orozco, Raymundo Benitez Lopez, Jose Luis Lara Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 6013681
    Abstract: A liquid amine compound which can be applied to various uses such as emulsification for bitumens since it has as high surface activity as those of solid amines and is more excellent in workability as compared with the solid amines, and an emulsifier for bitumens produced by using the amine compound. Furthermore, a process for producing an emulsifier a bituminous emulsion by reacting an aliphatic amine having at least one hydrocarbon group having not less than 8 carbon atoms with a carbonyl compound and adding an acid thereto to adjust the pH of the amine compound so as to be not more than 5, and a process for producing a bituminous emulsion composition by using the amine compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Asamori, Ryoichi Tamaki, Hitoshi Funada, Takao Taniguchi, Francisco Castaneda Juarez, Cesar Alvarez Ortiz, Alvaro Gutierrez Muniz, Humberto Ramirez Hernandez