Patents by Inventor Paul Patrick Wells

Paul Patrick Wells 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).

  • Method for controlling deposit formation in gasoline direct injection engine by use of a fuel having particular compositional characteristics
    Patent number: 6746495
    Abstract: The formation of deposits on the injectors of gasoline direct injection engines controlled by combustion in said engine of a fuel comprising a gasoline containing about 12 to 65 vol % aromatics when the aromatics present in the fuel are attributable to the presence in the fuel of light fluid cat cracker stream product, reformate or a mixture thereof, preferably predominantly reformate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Noyes L. Avery, Paul Patrick Wells
  • Method for controlling deposit formation in gasoline direct injection engine by use of a fuel having particular compositional characteristics
    Publication number: 20020120171
    Abstract: The formation of deposits on the injectors of gasoline direct injection engines controlled by combustion in said engine of a fuel comprising a gasoline containing about 12 to 65 vol% aromatics when the aromatics present in the fuel are attributable to the presence in the fuel of light fluid cat cracker stream product, reformate or a mixture thereof, preferably predominantly reformate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Noyes L. Avery, Paul Patrick Wells