Patents by Inventor Michael D. Nicholls

Michael D. Nicholls 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).

  • FUEL ADDITIVE COMPOSITIONS FOR GASOLINE DIRECT INJECTION ENGINES
    Publication number: 20220411705
    Abstract: Methods of reducing stochastic pre-ignition events and/or carbonaceous deposits in a gasoline-fueled engine by adding at least 10 ppm by weight of a compound having at least one alkyl succinic acid group to a gasoline fuel, wherein said compound is the product of (a) and (b), wherein: (a) is an amine with at least one tertiary nitrogen, water, or a hydrocarbyl substituted alcohol; and (b) is a hydrocarbyl-substituted succinic acid and/or anhydride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Garrett Parker, Stuart L. Bartley, Alexander Michlberger, Anthony R. Frank, Michael D. Nicholls, Adam E. Franczak, David L. Spivey, Alexander Holmes, George S. Szappanos, Mark C. Davies
  • Composition for cleaning gasoline engine fuel delivery systems, air intake systems, and combustion chambers
    Patent number: 10781411
    Abstract: A cleaning composition, which is suitable for cleaning fuel delivery systems, air-intake systems, intake valves, and combustion chambers, includes at least 3 wt. % of a polyether component, at least 5 wt. % of a polar solvent, and at least 5 wt. % a non-polar solvent. The polyether component is selected from polyethers, polyetheramines, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart L. Bartley, Thomas R. Weyenberg, Michael D. Nicholls, Garrett Parker
  • COMPOSITION FOR CLEANING GASOLINE ENGINE FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEMS, AIR INTAKE SYSTEMS, AND COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
    Publication number: 20180002645
    Abstract: A cleaning composition, which is suitable for cleaning fuel delivery systems, air-intake systems, intake valves, and combustion chambers, includes at least 3 wt. % of a polyether component, at least 5 wt. % of a polar solvent, and at least 5 wt. % a non-polar solvent. The polyether component is selected from polyethers, polyetheramines, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stuart L. Bartley, Thomas R. Weyenberg, Michael D. Nicholls, Garrett Parker