Patents by Inventor William Colucci

William Colucci 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: 20200040274
    Abstract: Fuel additive compositions that include synergistic mixtures of one or more neutral lubricity additives and one or more monoacidic lubricity additives to provide wear and/or friction reduction in fuels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: William Colucci, Joseph Calderone, Joseph Russo
  • Publication number: 20190177632
    Abstract: A fuel composition including a fuel and a fuel additive including a fuel soluble detergent selected from succinimide compounds of the Formula (I), Mannich detergents of the formulae (IIa), and amine detergents of the formulae (IIIa) and (IIIb). The fuel soluble detergents are derived from a specific class of ethylene-alpha olefin copolymers having an Mn of less than 5,000 g/mol, an ethylene unit content of more than 40 mol % to less than 90 mol %; a terminal unsaturation of 70 mol % or greater; at least 70 mol % of the unsaturation is terminal vinylidene, one or more tri-substituted isomers of the terminal vinylidene or any combination thereof, an average ethylene run length of less than 2.6; and wherein nC2,Actual>nC2,Statistical. Methods employing the fuel compositions for operating diesel and gasoline engines to reduce injector valve deposits, valve sticking and injector nozzle fouling, and a method for stabilizing a diesel fuel composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: AFTON CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nathaniel Cain, Michel Nuckols, John Loper, Lawrence Cunningham, William Colucci
  • Patent number: 10308889
    Abstract: Fuel additive compositions that include synergistic mixtures of one or more neutral lubricity additives and one or more monoacidic lubricity additives to provide wear and/or friction reduction in fuels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignees: Afton Chemical Corporation, Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: William Colucci, Joseph Calderone, Joseph Russo
  • Patent number: 7846224
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an amide friction modifier which exhibits improved low temperature compatibility with fuel. The amide friction modifier is formed from a hyper-branched fatty acid and an amine. Methods to reduce the frictional property of a fuel and a fuel composition including the amide friction modifier are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Afton Chemical Intangibles, LLC
    Inventors: William Colucci, Kyle Fricke
  • Publication number: 20070169408
    Abstract: New, highly effective Mannich detergents for use in hydrocarbon fuels are described which reduce engine deposits in spark and compression ignition internal combustion engines. They are Mannich condensation reaction products obtained from reacting: (i) a polyamine having a sterically-hindered primary amino group, (ii) a hydrocarbyl-substituted hydroxyaromatic compound, and (iii) an aldehyde. These Mannich detergent compounds may be dispersed in a liquid carrier to provide a fuel additive concentrate for hydrocarbon engine fuels which effectively control engine deposit formation in intake valves and also other engine regions such as port fuel injectors and combustion chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Peter Hou, Dennis Malfer, May Thomas, William Colucci
  • Publication number: 20070151144
    Abstract: There is disclosed a Mannich reaction product and a reaction to create a Mannich reaction product prepared from an amino alcohol, a high molecular, weight hydroxy aromatic compound, and an aldehyde. Compositions comprising a hydrocarbon fuel and the reaction product are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peter Hou, William Colucci, Dennis Malfer
  • Publication number: 20070094921
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an amide friction modifier which exhibits improved low temperature compatibility with fuel. The amide friction modifier is formed from a hyper-branched fatty acid and an amine. Methods to reduce the frictional property of a fuel and a fuel composition including the amide friction modifier are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: William Colucci, Kyle Fricke
  • Publication number: 20060196111
    Abstract: A fuel additive composition including a Mannich product, a polyetheramine, and a friction modifier is disclosed. Also, disclosed are a fuel composition comprising the fuel additive composition, an engine combusting the fuel composition, and a method of preventing and/or forming deposits in an engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Inventor: William Colucci
  • Publication number: 20060168876
    Abstract: A fuel composition and methods for using it for controlling deposit formation in a spark-ignition internal combustion engine, such as a direct injection engine, comprising a spark-ignition fuel, a detergent, and a deposit inhibitor compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: William Colucci, John Loper, Allen Aradi
  • Publication number: 20050268538
    Abstract: An improved process for preparing a Mannich product employs an intermediate or pre-formed triazine. The product is useful as a detergent in fuel compositions. The fuel compositions containing the Mannich product are useful for controlling intake valve deposits in engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Dennis Malfer, May Thomas, William Colucci
  • Publication number: 20050139804
    Abstract: A method and composition for suppressing coal dust include a metal-containing compound, such as an organo-manganese, that provides the additional benefit of being a combustion improver. The organometallic compound is mixed with any appropriate dust suppressant liquid. The organometallic compound may include methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventor: William Colucci
  • Publication number: 20050066572
    Abstract: A fuel composition and methods for using it for controlling deposit formation in a spark-ignition internal combustion engine, such as a direct injection engine, comprising a spark-ignition fuel, a detergent, and a deposit inhibitor compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: William Colucci, John Loper, Allen Aradi
  • Publication number: 20050045853
    Abstract: A method and composition for suppressing coal dust include a metal-containing compound, such as an organo-manganese, that provides the additional benefit of being a combustion improver. The organometallic compound is mixed with any appropriate dust suppressant liquid. The organometallic compound may include methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventor: William Colucci
  • Publication number: 20050035045
    Abstract: The invention provides a device containing an ion-exchange resin to which is chemically bound a fuel additive material which will gradually be released from the resin into a fuel in which the device is placed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventor: William Colucci
  • Publication number: 20050034360
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling deposit formation on intake valves while simultaneously exhibiting “no-harm” on combustion chamber deposits in engines by combusting in the engine a fuel composition containing an ethanol content greater than about 5% by volume and a Mannich-base detergent additive. The invention also relates to a high ethanol-content gasoline fuel containing a Mannich-base detergent in an amount effective for improving the reduction of intake valve deposits resulting from the combustion in an engine of the fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Allen Aradi, William Colucci, Kelly Copley, Thomas Zahalka
  • Patent number: 4269630
    Abstract: Optical components and highly-polished metal surfaces are cleaned with a first composition comprising 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane, isopropyl alcohol, dimethylformamide and 2-ethoxyethanol; then, while the surface is still wet with said first composition, a second composition, comprising at least about 85% 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane and containing less than 10 ppm of non-volatile residues, is applied to rinse the surface; and the surface is permitted to dry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1981
    Assignee: George M. Stephenson
    Inventors: George M. Stephenson, William Colucci