Patents by Inventor Mauriello D. Kieke

Mauriello D. Kieke 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).

  • Preactivated organophilic clay gellant lubricating grease thickened with preactivated organophilic clay gellant and process for preparing preactivated organophilic clay gellants
    Patent number: 4664820
    Abstract: A preactivated organophilic clay gellant that may be used to thicken organic compositions, especially, lubricating greases without the presence of a polar activator. The preactivated organophilic clay gellant may be prepared using certain process parameters namely shearing of the smectite-type clay prior to reaction with the organic cation, dilute reaction conditions and gentle drying of the organophilic clay or the preactivated organophilic clay gellant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1987
    Assignee: NL Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward D. Magauran, Charles A. Cody, William W. Reichert, Mauriello D. Kieke, Steven J. Kemnetz, Araxi Chiavoni