Patents by Inventor Vinod Kumar Natarajan

Vinod Kumar Natarajan 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).

  • High power diesel fuel compositions comprising metal carboxylate and method for increasing maximum power output of diesel engines using metal carboxylate
    Patent number: 8177865
    Abstract: A high power diesel fuel composition and method for increasing immediate power output of a diesel engine using same, the high power diesel fuel composition comprising: about 50% v/v or more ultra low sulfur diesel fuel; and, from about 40 to about 60 ppmw of one or more metal carboxylate comprising one or more metal selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, manganese, iron, and combinations thereof; the diesel fuel composition having a cetane value of 48 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Shea, Ralph Anthony Cherrillo, Vinod Kumar Natarajan
  • HIGH POWER DIESEL FUEL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING METAL CARBOXYLATE AND METHOD FOR INCREASING MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT OF DIESEL ENGINES USING METAL CARBOXYLATE
    Publication number: 20100236510
    Abstract: A high power diesel fuel composition and method for increasing immediate power output of a diesel engine using same, the high power diesel fuel composition comprising: about 50% v/v or more ultra low sulfur diesel fuel; and, from about 40 to about 60 ppmw of one or more metal carboxylate comprising one or more metal selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, manganese, iron, and combinations thereof; the diesel fuel composition having a cetane value of 48 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Timothy Michael SHEA, Ralph Anthony Cherrillo, Vinod Kumar Natarajan
  • HIGH OCTANE UNLEADED FUEL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING THE MAXIMUM TORQUE OUTPUT VALUE PRODUCED BURNING SAME
    Publication number: 20100018112
    Abstract: An unleaded fuel composition comprising: about 45 volume % or more of one or more branched paraffins; about 34 volume % or less of one or more mono- and di-alkylated benzenes; from about 5 to about 6 volume % of one or more linear paraffins having from about 3 to 5 carbon atoms; and, one or more alkanol having from about 2 to 4 carbon atoms in an amount sufficient to boost the octane number of the unleaded fuel composition to 93 or greater, the unleaded fuel composition being free of any other ingredient or combination of ingredients that increases the octane number of the unleaded fuel composition by more than 1.0 unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Joseph Michael RUSSO, Timothy Michael SHEA, Vinod Kumar NATARAJAN