Patents by Inventor Vernon Small

Vernon Small 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).

  • Publication number: 20070021312
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a crankcase lubricating oil composition for protection of silver bearings in locomotive diesel engines comprising (A) a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity, and (B) a silver wear protection additive composition, and (C) one or more detergents. The silver wear protection additive composition of the present invention comprises a mixture of (i) a hydrocarbylamine salt of a di-alkyl di-thiophosphoric acid and (ii) a hydrocarbylamine salt of an alkyl acid phosphate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Inventors: Melanie Tobias, Kenneth Nelson, Elaine Yamaguchi, Vernon Small
  • Publication number: 20050288194
    Abstract: A process for preparing an oligomeric phenolic detergent composition comprising contacting an oil soluble alkylphenol with an alkaline earth metal base, an alpha amino acid, and a C1 to C6 aldehyde, in the in the presence of a C2 to C6 alkylene glycol and a C2 to C4 carboxylic acid; and reacting under reactive conditions at a temperature of from 150° C. to 225° C. The oligomeric phenolic detergent product can be employed in a lubricating oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: Vernon Small, Jesse Meyer