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Vehicular Impact Signaling Device

An apparatus for the deployment of a visible plume to alert other motorists that a proximate motor vehicle has been involved in a collision.

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Assignee: Texaco Inc.


Location: NewYork, NY
No. of patents: 612

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NumberTitleIssue Date
3934469Method and steam samplers
Two methods and two steam samplers are disclosed for sampling steam, as at the bottom of a steam injection well for determining the quality of the saturated steam just prior to penetrating the formation. The samplers each comprises an elongated cylindrica...
01/27/1976
3933623Desulfurization process
The deactivation rate of a catalyst used for the high temperature, high space velocity desulfurization of heavy oils is reduced by the incorporation in the catalyst of a small amount of a noble metal....
01/20/1976
3933884Process for preparing thiol esters
This invention concerns the preparation of linear saturated and unsaturated aliphatic thiol esters by the catalytic addition of carbon monoxide plus a sulfur containing nucleophile having a mobile hydrogen atom, to the carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bond of...
01/20/1976
3933873Preparation of omega-aminoalkanoic acids
A method for preparing omega-aminoalkanoic acids by the steps of (1) nitro-oxidizing a cycloalkene to a cyclic alpha-nitroketone, (2) cleaving and esterifying a cyclic alpha-nitroketone with an alcohol to form an alkyl omega-nitroester, (3) catalytically ...
01/20/1976
3933657Lubricant with synergistic extreme pressure additives
A grease may be made having synergistic extreme pressure properties using a major amount of a base oil and a thickener and a minor amount of low density polyethylene and known extreme pressure enhancing additives....
01/20/1976
3934012Method of separating hydrogen sulfide from carbon dioxide
Hydrogen sulfide gas may be separated from a mixture of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide by passing the gaseous mixture through an aqueous solution of bicarbonate ions....
01/20/1976
3932583Method of removing hydrogen sulfide from a gas containing carbon dioxide
A process wherein hydrogen sulfide present in a gas mixture comprising hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide is preferentially removed from the gas stream into an aqueous solution where the hydrogen sulfide is oxidized. The aqueous solution has dissolved th...
01/13/1976
3932460Method for the preparation of a tetraalkyl-tetraoxa-undecane
Method of preparing a tetraalkyl-tetraoxaundecane by the reaction of a C10 - C16 aliphatic ketone with pentaerythritol in the presence of an active acid catalyst in an inert solvent at 120°-150°C. for 8 to 70 hours....
01/13/1976
3932484Preparation of monocarboxylated cyclododeca derivatives
This invention concerns an improved process for preparing monocarboxylated derivatives of cyclododecatriene by the catalytic addition of carbon monoxide using certain homogeneous, experimentally selected, three component, ligand-stabilized, platinum(II) o...
01/13/1976
3932130Inhibition of aluminum corrosion by sulfuric acid solutions
Corrosion of aluminum metal by sulfuric acid solution is inhibited by addition of soluble fluoride compounds to the acid solutions. Such corrosion inhibition allows use of aluminum as a construction material in process units, particularly sulfuric acid al...
01/13/1976
3931022Turbine lubricant and method
Described herein is a lubricating composition exhibiting vapor space rust protection, improved oxidation stability and air release properties comprising a mineral lubricating oil containing from 0.02 to 3.0 weight percent vapor space rust inhibitor such a...
01/06/1976
3930457Conduit-mounted valve-vent interlock especially for tank ships
A conduit vent-and-valve combination especially adapted for tank ships employing gas-inerting of cargo tanks. It includes location of the vent and valve adjacent to one another in the conduit, and employs mechanical interlock between the valve hatch cover...
01/06/1976
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