Patents by Inventor Timothy G. Hueston

Timothy G. Hueston 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).

  • Process for preparing alkyl halides
    Patent number: 4935564
    Abstract: A process for preparation of an alkyl halide, RX, from reaction between the corresponding alcohol, ROH, and a hydrogen halide, HX, which improves conversion of the hydrogen halide to the alkyl halide in a single pass through a reactor. The process comprises (A) contacting and reacting the hydrogen halide with a stoichiometric excess of the alcohol in a plug-flow reactor in which flow of a mixture comprising unreacted alcohol, unreacted hydrogen halide, the alkyl halide, and water is co-current; and (B) isolating and separating the alkyl halide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1990
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy R. Bunce, Ronald S. Evanko, Timothy G. Hueston