Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7960323 | Nitrated extreme pressure additives This invention relates to processes for making nitro compounds derived from C2-C30 unsaturated fatty acids; C2-C30 unsaturated fatty oils; esters derived from the reaction of C1-C20 alcohols with unsa... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7928044 | Lubricating oil additive composition and method of making the same An oil-soluble lubricating oil additive composition prepared by the process which comprises reacting a copolymer, with at least one ether compound and with at least one aromatic compound. ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7858566 | Lubricating oil additive composition and method of making the same An oil-soluble lubricating oil additive composition prepared by the process which comprises reacting a copolymer, with at least one polyether aromatic compound, and with at least one polyether aliphatic compound. ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7820604 | Lubricating oil additive composition and method of making the same An oil-soluble lubricating oil additive composition prepared by the process which comprises reacting a copolymer, with at least one polyether aliphatic amine compound. ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7795192 | Lubricant composition suitable for direct fuel injected, crankcase-scavenged two-stroke engines A lubricant composition suitable for lubricating a direct fuel injection two-stroke engine comprises at least one condensation product of a fatty acid with an amine or ammonia and of at least one Mannich dispersant, each in an amount of 0.5 to 8 percent by weight, a... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7514393 | Preparation of functional monomers for grafting to low molecular weight polyalkenes and their use in the preparation of dispersants and lubricating oil compositions containing dispersant polyalkenes A polyalkene dispersant comprised of low MW polyalkene having an average molecular weight range of about 300 to about 10,000 and an ethylenically-unsaturated, aliphatic or aromatic, nitrogen- and oxygen-containing graftable monomer and methods of making the same are... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7407917 | Lubricating oil composition for automatic transmissions An additive compound comprising a non-borated and/or borated reaction product, in which the reaction product is obtained by reacting a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated monovalent aliphatic acid having 8 to 22 carbon atoms, urea, and polyalkylenepolyamine... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7371713 | Preparation of monomers for grafting to polyolefins, and lubricating oil compositions containing grafted copolymer A graft copolymer containing one or more ethylenically-unsaturated, aliphatic or aromatic, nitrogen- and oxygen-containing graftable monomers grafted to a polyolefin is disclosed. Novel monomers, methods of making such monomers, and graft copolymers comprising such ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7273833 | Water-soluble lubricant for warm or hot metal forming This invention relates to a water-soluble lubricant for warm or hot metal forming, comprising a high polymer compound which comprises an imide group, which has a weight-average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 1,000,000. The water-soluble lubricants of the inventio... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7264646 | Lubricant system for use in powdered metals The present invention provides a lubricant system in the pressing of powders to form a part. The lubricant system is a solid at ambient conditions. However, upon application of pressure during the pressing of the metal parts, the lubricant system forms a liquid phas... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7243563 | Friction applying apparatus and linear guide apparatus having the same A friction applying apparatus and a linear guide apparatus having the same, according to the present invention can uniformly contact allover contacting faces of sliding members to the contacted members so as to reduce abrasion in the sliding members and the contacte... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7244522 | Lubricant for magnetic recording medium and use thereof A magnetic recording medium and method for forming the magnetic recording medium are described. The magnetic recording medium includes a magnetic layer formed on a non-magnetic support, and a lubricant layer over the magnetic layer. The lubricant layer includes a co... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238650 | Low-chlorine, polyolefin-substituted, with amine reacted, alpha-beta unsaturated carboxylic compounds A composition of matter comprising an amine acylated with a hydrocarbyl group substituted carboxylic acylating agent containing an average of from 1.3 to 1.6 groups derived from α,β-unsaturated carboxylic compounds per Mn of the hydrocarbyl group... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7183242 | Lubricant system for use in powdered metals The present invention provides a lubricant system in the pressing of powders to form a part. The lubricant system is a solid at ambient conditions. However, upon application of pressure during the pressing of the metal parts, the lubricant system forms a liquid phas... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7049273 | Hybridized olefin copolymer additives This invention relates to a novel multi-functional fuel and lubricant additive that provides dispersancy properties as well as viscosity index improver credit and, improved fuel economy. The invention further relates to concentrates, and to fuel and lubricating oil ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7022653 | Friction modifiers for engine oil composition A lubricating oil composition which exhibits improved fuel economy and fuel economy retention which contains a mono-, di- or triester of a tertiary hydroxyl amine and a fatty acid as a friction modifying fuel economy additive. ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7022639 | Catalytic activity accelerant used in petroleum hydrogenation The present invention provides a catalytic activity accelerant. The accelerant is added to stock oil for increasing the catalyst activity, the depth of catalytic hydrogenation and the yield of catalytic hydrogenation product, degrading the reaction conditions of cat... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7009030 | High-melting wax useful for sintering metals A wax containing the reaction product of: (a) a C6–C12 linear dicarboxylic acid; and (b) a diamine of formula H2N(CH2)nNH2, wherein n is an integer from 2 to 6, and the molar ratio of the C6 | 03/07/2006 |
| 6916767 | Antioxidant amines based on n-(4aniliophenyl) amides antioxidant amines based on n-(4-anilinophenyl) amides A composition of matter is disclosed wherein the composition comprises an N-aromatic substituted acid amide compound selected from the group consisting of compounds of formula (I) wherein A and B are independently selected alkylene groups; R1 is selected ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6872235 | Iron powder composition The invention concerns a method of preparing an iron-based powder comprising the steps of mixing and heating an iron-based powder, at least one oligomer amide type lubricant, at least one fatty acid and optionally one or more additives to a temperature above the mel... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6846783 | Acylatign agents and dispersants for lubricating oil and fuels Hydrocarbyl substituted carboxylic compositions and derivatives thereof useful as additives for lubricating oil and fuel compositions. Carboxylic composition are derived from (A) an olefinically unsaturated hydrocarbon, said hydrocarbon having at least one allylic h... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6844299 | Polyol ester derivatives of polyamines and use in turbine oils to improve cleanliness This invention generally relates to new polyol ester derivatives of polyamines for use as dispersant additives compatible in synthetic ester-based turbo oils. The dispersant additives of the present invention consist of a hydrocarbon acid, a polyol, an amine carrier... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6743757 | Dispersants and lubricating oil compositions containing same A dispersant that is a reaction product of a polyalkenyl-substituted mono- or dicarboxylic acid, anhydride or ester; and a polyamine, wherein the reaction product has from greater than about 1.3 to less than about 1.7 mono- or di-carboxylic acid producing moieties p... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6677282 | Dispersant-viscosity improvers for lubricating oil and fuels Hydrocarbyl substituted carboxylic compositions and derivatives thereof useful as dispersant/viscosity improvers for lubricating oil and fuel compositions. Carboxylic compositions are derived from (A) a hydrocarbon polymer having Mn ranging fro... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6511945 | Lubricant powder for powder metallurgy The invention concerns new lubricants comprising a combination of a polyethylene oxide and an oligomer amide and an improved metallurgical powder composition comprising a major amount of an iron-based powder and a minor amount of this new lubricant. Furth... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6492306 | Nitrogen containing dispersant-viscosity improvers A composition comprising a hydrocarbon polymer having attached thereto pendant groups Aa and Bb wherein each A is independently selected from members of the group consisting of: groups of the formula ##STR1## and each B is independen... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6486101 | Nitrogen containing dispersant-viscosity improvers A composition comprising a hydrocarbon polymer having Mn ranging from 20,000 to about 500,000, when the polymer is not a star polymer, and up to about GPC peak molecular weight of 4,000,000 when the polymer is a star polymer having attached the... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6444622 | Friction modified lubricants Mixtures of the reaction product of at least one C5 -C60 carboxylic acid and at least one amine selected from the group consisting of guanidine, aminoguanidine, urea, thioruea and salts thereof and a phosphorus-containing dispersant ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6395687 | Method of lubricating a die cavity and method of making metal-based components using an external lubricant A method is provided for lubricating a die cavity that includes applying a lubricant composition containing a high melting point polymeric wax lubricant to the wall of a die cavity. Preferably, the lubricant is a polyamide lubricant that has a melting tem... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6303547 | Friction modified lubricants The reaction product of at least one C5 -C60 carboxylic acid and at least one amine selected from the group consisting of guanidine, aminoguanidine, urea, thioruea and salts thereof is useful as a gear oil additive. The lubricant for... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6284716 | Copolymers and their reaction products with amines as fuel and lubricant additives Copolymers I carrying functional groups and comprising a) 20-60 mol % of at least one monoethylenically unsaturated C4 -C6 -dicarboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof, b) 10-70 mol % of at least one oligomer of propene or of a branched 1-o... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6265358 | Nitrogen containing dispersant-viscosity improvers A composition comprising a hydrocarbon polymer having Mn ranging from 20,000 to about 500,000, when the polymer is not a star polymer, and up to about GPC peak molecular weight of 4,000,000 when the polymer is a star polymer having attached the... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6258761 | Lubricating oil additives A composition prepared by reacting (A) an esterified carboxy-containing interpolymer, said interpolymer being derived from at least two monomers, (i) one of said monomers being at least one vinyl aromatic monomer and (ii) the other of said monomers being ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6211122 | Carboxylic compositions and derivatives thereof and use as lubricating oil and fuel additives A carboxylic composition comprising hydrocarbon substituted carboxylic acylating agents prepared by reacting a polyolefin and a terpolymer, simultaneously or individually in any order, with at least one carboxylic reactant selected from the group consisti... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6147036 | Process for preparing compositions useful as intermediates for preparing lubricating oil and fuel additives and derivatives thereof A process for reacting certain carboxylic reactants with olefinic compounds then reacting the intermediate prepared thereby with ammonia, a hydrazine or an amine, and/or a reactive metal or reactive metal compound, products prepared thereby and, additive ... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6133206 | Lubricating oil additives A compound comprising i) 20-80 mol % of at least one monoethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid or anhydride thereof, ii) 5-30 mol % of at least one unsaturated oligomer of an optionally branched olefin having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, having an average ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6127325 | Viscosity index improver, process for preparing the same and lubricating oil composition A viscosity index improver for addition to lubricating oil or the like, which comprises a graft copolymer having structural units of an oil-soluble polymer (a) comprising an olefin polymer and structural units of a copolymer (b) of a monomer having a pero... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6107257 | Highly grafted, multi-functional olefin copolymer VI modifiers A novel additive comprising a highly grafted, multi-functional olefin copolymer comprising a graft and amine-derivatized copolymer prepared from ethylene and at least one C3 to C23 alpha-monoolefin and, optionally, a polyene, wherein... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6071862 | Lubricating oil additives A composition, comprising from about 20% to about 80% by weight of a diluent, prepared by reacting a mixture comprising (A) an esterified carboxy-containing interpolymer, said interpolymer being derived from at least two monomers, (i) one of said monomers bein... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6030929 | Mixed carboxylic compositions and derivatives and use as lubricating oil and fuel additives A carboxylic composition comprising a mixture of hydrocarbon substituted carboxylic acylating agents, said mixture comprising (A) a polyolefin substituted carboxylic acylating agent prepared by reacting a polyolefin with an ,ଲ-unsaturated car... | 02/29/2000 |
