Patents by Inventor Wayne Turner
Wayne Turner 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).
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Patent number: 8766017Abstract: Disclosed is an integrated process for the preparation of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol from terephthalic acid. Terephthalic acid is esterified with (4-methylcyclohexyl)methanol and the terephthalate ester hydrogenated to 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol in a 2-stage process. The (4-methylcyclohexyl)methanol that is formed during the hydrogenation step is recycled to the esterification reaction. Also disclosed is a method for purifying and recovering the 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol product.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Benjamin Fredrick Barton, Steven Leroy Cook, Jeff Scott Howell, Noah Glenn McMillan, Damon Bryan Shackelford, Brent Alan Tennant, Phillip Wayne Turner
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Patent number: 8734805Abstract: A method for harvesting algae according to embodiments of the present invention includes filling a reservoir at least partially with a liquid, submerging a bag at least partially in the liquid, the bag containing media, the media comprising algae, the bag comprising a first end, a second end, a harvesting port located closer to the first end than to the second end, and a gas port, delivering gas into the bag through the gas port, and raising the second end of the bag by accumulating the gas at the second end to flow the media toward the harvesting port.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignees: Solix Biosystems, Inc., Colorado State University Research FoundationInventors: Peter F. Hentges, Thomas Carroll Barlow, Jeff Tyler Penoyer, David Scott Gorham, Jason Charles Quinn, Peter Allen Letvin, Christopher Wayne Turner, Guy Robert Babbitt, Nicholas Paul Echter, James William Howland
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Patent number: 8622859Abstract: A system for hydraulic hybridization of a motor vehicle according to embodiments of the present invention includes a planetary gear mechanism including a first, second, and third planetary member and planet gears, wherein one of the first, second, and third planetary members is a sun gear, one is a ring gear, and one is a carrier; an engine, the engine including a crank shaft; a transmission, the transmission including a transmission input shaft; and a hydraulic pump/motor, the pump/motor including a pump shaft; and wherein the first planetary member is mechanically coupled to the pump shaft, wherein the second planetary member is mechanically coupled to the crank shaft, wherein the third planetary member is mechanically coupled to the transmission input shaft, and wherein the hydraulic pump/motor is not part of a hydrostatic transmission system.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2010Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Czero Holding Company, LLCInventors: Guy Robert Babbitt, Christopher Wayne Turner, Nicholas Paul Echter, James William Howland, James Mathew Quinlan
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Patent number: 8410317Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol from terephthalic acid. Terephthalic acid is esterified with (4-methylcyclohexyl)methanol and the terephthalate ester hydrogenated to 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol in a 2-stage process. The (4-methylcyclohexyl)methanol that is formed during the hydrogenation step is recycled to the esterification reaction. After removal of the (4-methylcyclohexyl)methanol from the crude hydrogenation product, the 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol product can be recovered and purified by a phase separation and distillation.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2011Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Phillip Wayne Turner, Steven Leroy Cook, Benjamin Fredrick Barton, Jeff Scott Howell, Noah Glenn McMillan, Damon Bryan Shackelford, Brent Alan Tennant
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Patent number: 8410318Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol from terephthalic acid. Terephthalic acid is esterified with (4-methylcyclohexyl)methanol and the terephthalate ester hydrogenated to 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol in a 2-stage process. The (4-methylcyclohexyl)methanol that is formed during the hydrogenation step is recycled to the esterification reaction. Also disclosed is a method for purifying and recovering the 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol product.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2011Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Benjamin Frederick Barton, Steven Leroy Cook, Jeff Scott Howell, Noah Glenn McMillan, Damon Bryan Shackelford, Brent Alan Tennant, Phillip Wayne Turner
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Publication number: 20130030219Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol from terephthalic acid. Terephthalic acid is esterified with (4-methylcyclohexyl)methanol and the terephthalate ester hydrogenated to 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol in a 2-stage process. The (4-methylcyclohexyl)methanol that is formed during the hydrogenation step is recycled to the esterification reaction. After removal of the (4-methylcyclohexyl)methanol from the crude hydrogenation product, the 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol product can be recovered and purified by a phase separation and distillation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANYInventors: Phillip Wayne Turner, Steven Leroy Cook
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Publication number: 20130030222Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of 1,3-cyclohexanedimethanol from isophthalic acid. Isophthalic acid is esterified with (3-methylcyclohexyl)methanol and the isophthalate ester hydrogenated to 1,3-cyclohexanedimethanol in a 2-stage process. The (3-methylcyclohexyl)methanol that is formed during the hydrogenation step is recycled to the esterification reaction. Also disclosed is a method for purifying and recovering the 1,3-cyclohexanedimethanol product.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANYInventors: Benjamin Fredrick Barton, Steven Leroy Cook, Jeff Scott Howell, Noah Glenn McMillan, Damon Bryan Shackelford, Brent Alan Tennant, Phillip Wayne Turner
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Patent number: 8183420Abstract: An alkylaromatic hydrocarbon composition prepared by the process which comprises oligomerizing an olefin selected from the group consisting of propylene, n-butene and mixtures thereof over an oligomerization catalyst, to form a oligomerization product comprising at least 95% by weight of mono-olefin oligomers of the empirical formula: CnH2n wherein n is greater than or equal to 10, the mono-olefin oligomers comprise at least 20% by weight of olefins having at least 12 carbon atoms, and the olefins having at least 12 carbon atoms having an average of from 0.8 to 2.0 C1-C3 alkyl branches per carbon chain. Sulfonation of the alkylaromatic hydrocarbon product produces an alkylaryl sulfonate mixture that exhibits advantageous properties, such as biodegradability and hard and cold water performance.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2009Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Carolyn B. Duncan, David Wayne Turner, Jane C. Cheng, Charles M. Yarbrough, Raphael Frans Caers, Ramzi Y. Saleh, James L. Propp
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Publication number: 20120107792Abstract: Photobioreactors according to embodiments of the present invention deliver nutrient gas intermittently to the photobioreactor media. In some embodiments, one or more gases are delivered according to a duty cycle or timing pattern. According to some embodiments, algae is grown in a photobioreactor using intermittent introduction of carbon dioxide. In other embodiments, carbon dioxide is supplied to algae grown in a photobioreactor in whole or in part from a head space above the media of the photobioreactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2010Publication date: May 3, 2012Inventors: Guy Robert Babbitt, Michael Ryan Buehner, David Jacob Rausen, Richard Charles Schoonover, Christopher Wayne Turner, Kristina Weyer-Geigel, Bryan Dennis Willson, Peter Michael Young, David Eli Sherman, Jason Charles Quinn
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Publication number: 20120077632Abstract: A system for hydraulic hybridization of a motor vehicle according to embodiments of the present invention includes a planetary gear mechanism including a first, second, and third planetary member and planet gears, wherein one of the first, second, and third planetary members is a sun gear, one is a ring gear, and one is a carrier; an engine, the engine including a crank shaft; a transmission, the transmission including a transmission input shaft; and a hydraulic pump/motor, the pump/motor including a pump shaft; and wherein the first planetary member is mechanically coupled to the pump shaft, wherein the second planetary member is mechanically coupled to the crank shaft, wherein the third planetary member is mechanically coupled to the transmission input shaft, and wherein the hydraulic pump/motor is not part of a hydrostatic transmission system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2010Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: CZERO HOLDING COMPANY, LLCInventors: Guy Robert Babbitt, Christopher Wayne Turner, Nicholas Paul Echter, James William Howland, James Mathew Quinlan
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Publication number: 20110281340Abstract: A top reference photobioreactor system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a flexible floating photobioreactor having a buoyancy tube filled with a gas that is less dense, and a ballast tube filled with a substance, such as saltwater, that is more dense, than the liquid in which the photobioreactor floats. A top reference photobioreactor method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes controlling a depth of the top reference photobioreactor by controlling a volume and/or density of ballast in the ballast tube and/or by controlling a volume and/or density of gas in the buoyancy tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2011Publication date: November 17, 2011Inventors: Christopher Wayne TURNER, Bryan Rhea MCCARTY, Peter Allen LETVIN, Bryan Dennis WILLSON, Daniel Robert HERBOLDSHEIMER
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Publication number: 20110120070Abstract: A method for harvesting algae according to embodiments of the present invention includes filling a reservoir at least partially with a liquid, submerging a bag at least partially in the liquid, the bag containing media, the media comprising algae, the bag comprising a first end, a second end, a harvesting port located closer to the first end than to the second end, and a gas port, delivering gas into the bag through the gas port, and raising the second end of the bag by accumulating the gas at the second end to flow the media toward the harvesting port.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2010Publication date: May 26, 2011Inventors: Peter F. HENTGES, Thomas Carroll BARLOW, Jeff Tyler PENOYER, David Scott GORHAM, Jason Charles QUINN, Peter Allen LETVIN, Christopher Wayne TURNER, Guy Robert BABBITT, Nicholas Paul ECHTER, James William HOWLAND
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Patent number: 7799942Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of a terephthalic acid di-ester by the esterification of terephthalic acid with an alcohol at elevated and normal temperature and pressure while the water of the reaction is removed from the reaction mixture via an inert gas or a column.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2007Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Vickie Haygood Osborne, Phillip Wayne Turner, Steven Leroy Cook
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Patent number: 7741509Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of di-n-butyl terephthalate by the esterification of terephthalic acid with n-butanol in the presence of a strong acid while employing a fractionating column.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2007Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Steven Leroy Cook, Phillip Wayne Turner, Vickie Haygood Osborne
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Patent number: 7674931Abstract: A method for maximizing the yield of 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,3-pentanediol di-2-ethylhexanoate (TMPD di-2-ethylhexanoate) from the reaction of 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,3-pentanediol (TMPD Glycol) and 2-ethylhexanoic acid through the intermediate compound 2,2,4-Trimethyl-1,3-pentanediol-2-ethylhexanoate (TMPD mono-2-ethylhexanoate) is disclosed. The method involves maintaining a water level in the reactor of at least 0.10 weight %, and preferable above 0.20 weight %, thereby reducing formation of 2,2,4-trimethylpent-3-enyl-2-ethylhexanoate, an undesirable by-product.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2008Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Ruairi Seosamh O'Meadhra, Elden Mills Bailey, II, Steven Leroy Cook, Phillip Wayne Turner
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Publication number: 20100022802Abstract: An alkylaromatic hydrocarbon composition prepared by the process which comprises oligomerizing an olefin selected from the group consisting of propylene, n-butene and mixtures thereof over an oligomerization catalyst, to form a oligomerization product comprising at least 95% by weight of mono-olefin oligomers of the empirical formula: CnH2n wherein n is greater than or equal to 10, the mono-olefin oligomers comprise at least 20% by weight of olefins having at least 12 carbon atoms, and the olefins having at least 12 carbon atoms having an average of from 0.8 to 2.0 C1-C3 alkyl branches per carbon chain. Sulfonation of the alkylaromatic hydrocarbon product produces an alkylaryl sulfonate mixture that exhibits advantageous properties, such as biodegradability and hard and cold water performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2009Publication date: January 28, 2010Inventors: Carolyn B. Duncan, David Wayne Turner, Jane C. Cheng, Charles M. Yarbrough, Raphael Frans Caers, Ramzi Y. Saleh, James L. Propp
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Publication number: 20090305389Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include photobioreactors with membranes to introduce carbon dioxide into media contained within film photobioreactors. Such membranes can also be used to remove dissolved oxygen from the media. In some embodiments, one or more membrane tubes are welded into a plastic film photobioreactor to make a one-piece reactor. According to some embodiments of the present invention, algae is grown in a photobioreactor using pressure, gas composition, and surface area along with sparging to control the pH in the photobioreactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2009Publication date: December 10, 2009Inventors: Bryan Dennis WILLSON, Christopher Wayne TURNER, Guy Robert BABBITT, Peter Allan LETVIN, Sumith Ranil WICKRMASINGHE
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Patent number: 7622621Abstract: In a process for preparing an alkylaromatic hydrocarbon composition an olefinic hydrocarbon mixture and an aromatic compound are contacted under alkylation conditions with an aromatic alkylation catalyst selected from a homogeneous acid catalyst and heterogeneous acid catalyst comprising a molecular sieve having an X-ray diffraction pattern including d-spacing maxima at 12.4±0.25, 6.9±0.15, 3.57±0.07 and 3.42±0.07 Angstroms. The olefinic hydrocarbon mixture comprises at least 5 wt % by weight of mono-olefin oligomers of the empirical formula: CnH2n wherein n is greater than or equal to 10, the mono-olefin oligomers comprising at least 20 percent by weight of olefins having at least 12 carbon atoms, and the olefins having at least 12 carbon atoms having an average of from 0.8 to 2.0 C1-C3 alkyl branches per carbon chain.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2003Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Carolyn B. Duncan, David Wayne Turner, Jane C. Cheng, Charles M. Yarbrough, Raphael Frans Caers, Ramzi Y. Saleh, James L. Propp
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Publication number: 20090101365Abstract: The design of this shoeing system is specifically produced to ensure the maintenance of the breakover function of the hoof. The breakover built into the shoe is specifically produced to ensure the tip of the pedal bone remains the central point of rotation following the addition of a shoe. The dimension of this breakover can be calculated using the following equation: R=A+(B?b)+C. This equation can be used on all horses, all shoes and all terrains offering the trainer/owner/farrier the opportunity to shoe the horse using the most efficient breakover possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2006Publication date: April 23, 2009Inventors: Wayne Turner, Emily Rimmer
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Patent number: 7425662Abstract: A selectivated molecular sieve, e.g., ZSM-22 or ZSM-23, is used as olefin oligomerization catalyst to provide product, e.g., octenes and dodecenes from butene, having a low degree of branching and hindered double bonds.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2003Date of Patent: September 16, 2008Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Jon E. Stanat, Georges M. K. Mathys, David Wayne Turner, Jane C. Cheng, Stephen W. Beadle, Cesar M. Cheng Guajardo, Roger Eijkhoudt, Allen D. Godwin, Ernest E. Green, Charles M. Yarbrough, Raphael Frans Caers, Carolyn B. Duncan, Ramzi Y. Saleh