Patent ID: 9382495
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: C10L

Claim Text:
1. A method for improving fuel economy in an engine comprising providing a fuel composition to an engine, wherein the fuel composition comprises gasoline and from about 10 to about 750 ppm by weight based on a total weight of the fuel composition of a fuel stable additive of the formula wherein R 1 comprises a saturated hydrocarbyl group having from 6 to 30 carbon atoms, R 2 is an alkylene, polyalkylene, alkoxyalkylene, or polyalkoxyalkylene group containing from 2 to 25 carbon atoms, R 3 is an alkyl group containing from 2 to 5 carbon atoms, R 4 is a linear alkyl group containing 2 to 3 carbon atoms, and x is an integer selected from 0 and 1, and combusting the fuel composition in the engine.