Leroy R Schieler

US Patent:

46682457, May 26, 1987

Filed:

Oct 22, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/921860

Inventors:

Leroy Schieler - Auburn CA

Assignee:

BankAmerica Corporation - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

C10L 102

US Classification:

44 53

Abstract:

The present invention provides a method for inhibiting corrosion and elastomer swelling and degradation caused by alcohol and alcohol-containing fuels and for increasing lubricity of alcohol or alcohol-containing fuels, comprising the step of adding to alcohol or alcohol-containing fuels, a fuel additive comprising one or more reaction products of a carboxylic acid or acid chloride selected from the group consisting of unsubstituted aromatic carboxylic acids, aliphatic carboxylic acids, nitro-substituted aromatic carboxylic acids and their corresponding acid chlorides, and an amine selected from the group consisting of aliphatic amines, cycloaliphatic amines, and aromatic amines. The present invention also provides a fuel composition for internal combustion engines, comprising: (a) a major portion of fuel comprising from about 1 to 100% by volume of an alcohol having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and from about 99 to 0% by volume of a non-alcohol fuel selected from the group consisting of gasoline, individual hydrocarbon components of gasoline, and dimethoxymethane, and (b) a minor portion of the fuel additive described above.

US Patent:

46711210, Jun 9, 1987

Filed:

Nov 6, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/795658

Inventors:

Leroy Schieler - Auburn CA

Assignee:

BankAmerica Corporation - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

G01F 2336

US Classification:

73317

Abstract:

A liquid level indicating device for a fuel tank adaptable for use in any size fuel tank comprising a mounting plate, a support arm depending therefrom, a float arm, a float, a linear wire-wound resistor, a sliding contact member, a device for varying the angle of tilt of the float arm, a device for varying the distance of the arc through which the float sweeps relative to the support arm, and a device for adjusting the effective resistance range of said resistor by controlling the length of travel of the sliding contact member along the linear wire-wound resistor.