Patents by Inventor Walter W. Hellmuth

Walter W. Hellmuth 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).

  • Patent number: 4104182
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition comprising a hydrocarbyl oil of lubricating viscosity, a metal-containing additive characterized by promoting the formation of hard deposits in an internal combustion engine, and a hydrocarbon-substituted succinimide represented by the formula: ##STR1## in which R is an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having from about 1 to 50 carbon atoms and R' is a hydrocarbon radical having from 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and a method for lubricating an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1978
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Kechia J. Chou, Walter W. Hellmuth
  • Patent number: 4025445
    Abstract: A nitrogen-boron-containing lubricant additive characterized by containing from 0.5 to 2.5 weight percent nitrogen and from 0.050 to 2.0 weight percent boron and a mineral lubricating oil composition containing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1977
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Walter W. Hellmuth, Edward F. Miller
  • Patent number: 3966622
    Abstract: In the method of preparing sulfurized, alkoxylated, inorganic phosphorus acid free, steam hydrolyzed polyalkene-P.sub.2 S.sub.5 reaction product useful as a detergent-dispersant in lubricating oil compositions of improved antioxidant and odor properties comprising contacting polyalkene and P.sub.2 S.sub.5 in the presence of a catalytic amount of sulfur to form the polyalkene-P.sub.2 S.sub.5 reaction product, contacting the resultant polyalkene-P.sub.2 S.sub.5 reaction product with steam to form an inorganic phosphorus acid containing hydrolyzed polyalkene-P.sub.2 S.sub.5 reaction product, removing inorganic phosphorus acid from the hydrolyzed polyalkene-P.sub.2 S.sub.5 reaction product, contacting the inorganic acid free, hydrolyzed polyalkene-P.sub.2 S.sub.5 reaction product with alkylene oxide, the improvement which comprises the step selected from the group consisting of 1). contacting said inorganic acid free, steam hydrolyzed polyalkene-P.sub.2 S.sub.5 intermediate product with added sulfur, and 2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1976
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Walter W. Hellmuth, Harry Chafetz, William P. Cullen