Patents by Inventor William D. Abraham

William D. Abraham 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: 12529004
    Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to a method of minimizing electrically conductive deposits in an electrically conducting apparatus by lubricating the apparatus with a lubricant containing a borate ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Mariam Shamszad, William D. Abraham
  • Publication number: 20250364634
    Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to a heat transfer fluid and a heat transfer system and heat transfer method employing the heat transfer fluid. In particular, the technology relates to a heat transfer fluid containing a heat transfer additive, such as, for example, phase change material and/or halogenated hydrocarbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Applicant: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Anil Agiral, Andrew J. Richenderfer, William D. Abraham, Amy L. Short, Christopher F. McFadden, Timothy R. Smith, Gareth Brown, Megan Browning, John R. Johnson, Paige Rockwell
  • Publication number: 20250277162
    Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to a method of minimizing electrically conductive deposits in an electrically conducting apparatus by lubricating the apparatus with a lubricant containing a borate ester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 4, 2025
    Applicant: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Mariam Shamszad, William D. Abraham
  • Publication number: 20250092295
    Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to a heat transfer fluid and a heat transfer system and heat transfer method employing the heat transfer fluid. In particular, the technology relates to a heat transfer fluid with low electrical conductivity, low flammability, and low freeze point that provides excellent peak temperature reduction in a heat transfer system, such as that for cooling a power system of an electric vehicle or computer electronics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: William D. Abraham, Anil Agiral, Douglas T. Jayne, Eugene Pashkovski, Amy L. Short, Alexander Sammut, Andrew J. Richenderfer
  • Publication number: 20250059425
    Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to a heat transfer fluid and a heat transfer system and heat transfer method employing the heat transfer fluid. In particular, the technology relates to a heat transfer fluid with low electrical conductivity, low flammability, and low freeze point that provides excellent peak temperature reduction in a heat transfer system, such as that for cooling a power system of an electric vehicle or a computer server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Frederick McFadden, Andrew J. Richenderfer, William D. Abraham, Alexander Sammut, Amy L. Short
  • Publication number: 20240365516
    Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to a heat transfer fluid and a heat transfer system and heat transfer method employing the heat transfer fluid. In particular, the technology relates to a heat transfer fluid with low electrical conductivity, low flammability, and low freeze point that provides excellent peak temperature reduction in a heat transfer system, such as that for cooling a power system of an electric vehicle or computer electronics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: William D. Abraham, Anil Agiral, Douglas T. Jayne, Eugene Pashkovski, Amy L. Short, Alexander Sammut, Andrew J. Richenderfer
  • Patent number: 11155765
    Abstract: A composition obtained by reacting an O,O?-dialkyldithiophosphoric acid with a hydroxyalkyl acrylate or a hydroxyalkyl methacrylate, and reacting the product thereof with a dialkylphosphite provides good antiwear protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: William D. Abraham, Mahmud M. Hussain, Kurt F. Wollenberg
  • Publication number: 20210040412
    Abstract: A composition obtained by reacting an O,O?-dialkyldithiophosphoric acid with a hydroxyalkyl acrylate or a hydroxyalkyl methacrylate, and reacting the product thereof with a dialkylphosphite provides good antiwear protection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: William D. Abraham, Mahmud M. Hussain, Kurt F. Wollenberg
  • Patent number: 10829713
    Abstract: A composition obtained by reacting an O,O?-dialkyldithiophosphoric acid with a hydroxyalkyl acrylate or a hydroxyalkyl methacrylate, and reacting the product thereof with a dialkylphosphite provides good antiwear protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Inventors: William D. Abraham, Mahmud M. Hussain, Kurt F. Wollenberg
  • Patent number: 10793802
    Abstract: A lubricant composition of an oil of lubricating viscosity and a phosphite ester reaction product of a monomeric phosphorous acid or an ester thereof with a first alkylene diol having two hydroxy groups in a 1,4 or 1,5 or 1,6 relationship and a second, alkyl-substituted, diol being a substituted 1,3-propylene diol, exhibits good wear and frictional performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: William D. Abraham, Nga H. Nguyen, Paul E. Adams, Kurt F. Wollenberg
  • Publication number: 20200216774
    Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to a lubricant composition for use in an automatic transmission of a hybrid electric vehicle, containing an oil of lubricating viscosity, at least one borate ester, and at least one phosphorus containing compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: William D. Abraham, Masafumi Tsubosaka
  • Patent number: 10611981
    Abstract: A lubricant composition of an oil of lubricating viscosity and a phosphite ester reaction product of a monomeric phosphorous acid or an ester thereof with a first alkylene diol having two hydroxy groups in a 1,4 or 1,5 or 1,6 relationship and a second, alkyl-substituted, diol being a substituted 1,3-propylene diol, exhibits good wear and frictional performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: William D. Abraham, Nga H. Nguyen, Paul E. Adams, Kurt F. Wollenberg
  • Publication number: 20200080017
    Abstract: A lubricant composition comprising (a) an oil having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 2.2 to 3.7 mm2/s; at least one borate ester having an alkyl group of 4 to 18 carbon atoms in an amount to provide 25 to 150 parts per million by weight boron to the composition; and (c) at least one phosphorus ester in an amount to provide 150 to 650 parts per million by weight phosphorus to the composition, wherein the kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of the lubricant composition is less than or equal to 4.7 mm2/s, provides wear resistance to a needle bearing in an automatic transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: William D. Abraham, Keita Ishizaki
  • Publication number: 20190292484
    Abstract: A zinc free or substantially zinc free lubricant having a sulfated ash content of less than about 1.0 percent and including (a) an oil of lubricating viscosity; (b) 0.03 to about 3.0 weight percent of a phosphite compound; (c) an metal containing detergent; (d) a polyisobutylene succinimide dispersant derived from an ethylene polyamine and having a carbonyl to nitrogen ratio equal or greater than 1; (e) at least one other dispersant; (f) a boron containing compound in amount to provide at least 25 ppm boron to the lubricant composition is useful for inhibiting siloxane deposits in a stationary gas engine fueled by natural gas having a high silicon concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Virginia A. Carrick, William D. Abraham
  • Publication number: 20190284495
    Abstract: A composition obtained by reacting an O,O?-dialkyldithiophosphoric acid with a hydroxyalkyl acrylate or a hydroxyalkyl methacrylate, and reacting the product thereof with a dialkylphosphite provides good antiwear protection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: William D. Abraham, Mahmud M. Hussain, Kurt F. Wollenberg
  • Publication number: 20180282654
    Abstract: A lubricant composition of an oil of lubricating viscosity and a phosphite ester reaction product of a monomeric phosphorous acid or an ester thereof with a first alkylene diol having two hydroxy groups in a 1,4 or 1,5 or 1,6 relationship and a second, alkyl-substituted, diol being a substituted 1,3-propylene diol, exhibits good wear and frictional performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: William D. Abraham, Nga H. Nguyen, Paul E. Adams, Kurt F. Wollenberg
  • Publication number: 20170335224
    Abstract: A lubricant composition of an oil of lubricating viscosity and a phosphite ester reaction product of a monomeric phosphorous acid or an ester thereof with a first alkylene diol having two hydroxy groups in a 1,4 or 1,5 or 1,6 relationship and a second, alkyl-substituted, diol being a substituted 1,3-propylene diol, exhibits good wear and frictional performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: William D. Abraham, Nga H. Nguyen, Paul E. Adams, Kurt F. Wollenberg
  • Patent number: 9771541
    Abstract: The invention provides a lubricating composition containing an oil of lubricating viscosity and a sulfurized aromatic amine compound, especially sulfur coupled aniline. The invention further relates to methods of lubricating an internal combustion engine by supplying the described lubricating composition to the internal combustion engine. The invention further relates to the use of the sulfurized aromatic amine compound as a TBN booster and an antioxidant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Danielle N. Ivancic, Christopher L. Friend, Christopher J. Ciolli, Scott Capitosti, Ewan E. Delbridge, William D. Abraham
  • Publication number: 20170096613
    Abstract: Mixtures of friction modifiers provide excellent friction performance to transmission fluids, where the friction modifiers include an N-substituted oxalic acid bisamide or amide-ester containing at least two hydrocarbyl groups of 12 to 22 carbon atoms; and an amide or thioamide represented by R1R2N—C(X)R3 where X is O or S, R1 and R2 are hydrocarbyl groups of at least 6 carbon atoms, and R3 is hydroxyalkyl group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a condensate thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventor: William D. Abraham
  • Patent number: 9567547
    Abstract: A lubricant composition comprising (a) an oil of lubricating viscosity; (b) at least two nitrogen-containing materials, comprising (i) at least one amide of the formula R3C(O)NR1R2 and (ii) at least one tertiary amine being represented by the formula R4R5NR6 where R4 and R5 are alkyl groups of at least 6 carbon atoms and R6 is a polyhydroxyl-containing alkyl group or a polyhydroxyl-containing alkoxyalkyl group; (c) a functionalized dispersant component, and (d) at least one diallyl phosphite, provides good lubricant performance for a continuously variable transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: James L. Sumiejski, William D. Abraham, Richard J. Vickerman