Patents by Inventor Yuuki Katoh

Yuuki Katoh 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: 20250011670
    Abstract: A fuel composition is described. The composition contains a hydrocarbon-based fuel boiling in the gasoline or diesel range; a carrier fluid comprising an alkyl polyethoxylate having the following structure: where each R2 and R3 is independently hydrogen, C1-C4 hydrocarbyl group, or C1-C3 alcohol, where R1 is C4-C100 hydrocarbyl group, carboxyl group, ether group, thioether group, or aromatic group, wherein x is from 1 to 20, or a hydrocarbyl phenol having the following structure wherein R is a hydrocarbyl group from C4-C100; an amine-based detergent given by formula 2, R4—O—(CH2)y—NHR5, where the amine-based detergent is present in about 10 ppm to about 750 ppm by weight based on total weight of the fuel composition; where R4 is a hydrocarbyl group having 8 to 20 carbons, R5 is hydrogen or (CH2)zNH2 moiety, and where y, z are independently integers having a value of 2 or greater; and one or more nitrogen-containing detergent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Chung-Hao KUO, Ruth SMOCHA, Satoshi OHTA, Felicia F. SIMPSON-GREEN, Yuuki KATOH, Jiun-Le SHIH, Paul LOEPER
  • Patent number: 8926763
    Abstract: Interior parts of gasoline engines are readily cleaned by a method comprising the steps of connecting an a cleaning liquid supply pipe having a gas supply port thereon airtightly to a port of an intake pipe of the engine below a throttle valve-attached position of the engine; operating the engine to draw cleaning liquid in the form of liquid drop and simultaneously drawing continuously a gas having an oxygen concentration of less than 20 vol. % into the intake pipe; and exhausting the cleaning liquid having been brought into contact with the internal parts of the engine with an exhaust gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Chevron Japan Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ogasawara, Toshio Anami, Yuuki Katoh
  • Publication number: 20080283098
    Abstract: Interior parts of gasoline engines are readily cleaned by a method comprising the steps of connecting an a cleaning liquid supply pipe having a gas supply port thereon airtightly to a port of an intake pipe of the engine below a throttle valve-attached position of the engine; operating the engine to draw cleaning liquid in the form of liquid drop and simultaneously drawing continuously a gas having an oxygen concentration of less than 20 vol. % into the intake pipe; and exhausting the cleaning liquid having been brought into contact with the internal parts of the engine with an exhaust gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ogasawara, Toshio Anami, Yuuki Katoh
  • Publication number: 20080283100
    Abstract: Interior parts of gasoline engines are readily cleaned by a method comprising the steps of connecting an a cleaning liquid supply pipe having a gas supply port thereon airtightly to a port of an intake pipe of the engine below a throttle valve-attached position of the engine; operating the engine to draw cleaning liquid in the form of liquid drop and simultaneously drawing continuously a gas having an oxygen concentration of at least 20 vol. % into the intake pipe; and exhausting the cleaning liquid having been brought into contact with the internal parts of the engine with an exhaust gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ogasawara, Toshio Anami, Yuuki Katoh