Polymer Of Alpha, Beta-olefinically Unsaturated Carboxylate Monomer (e.g., Polymethylmethacrylate, Etc.) Patents (Class 508/469)
  • Patent number: 7820605
    Abstract: An oil-soluble lubricating oil additive composition prepared by the process which comprises reacting a copolymer, with at least one polyether aromatic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Chevron Oronite Company LLC
    Inventors: Casey D. Stokes, William R. Ruhe, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7820604
    Abstract: An oil-soluble lubricating oil additive composition prepared by the process which comprises reacting a copolymer, with at least one polyether aliphatic amine compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Chevron Oronite Company LLC
    Inventors: William R. Ruhe, Jr., Casey D. Stokes
  • Patent number: 7816309
    Abstract: 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 aliphatic compound capable of reacting with at least one monocarboxylic acid or ester thereof, or dicarboxylic acid, anhydride or ester thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Chevron Oronite Company LLC
    Inventors: Casey D. Stokes, William R. Ruhe, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7811977
    Abstract: A sliding member formed of a resinous material is in sliding contact with a steel member in an automotive internal combustion engine. The resinous material includes a thermoplastic resin composition which includes a fluororesin in an amount ranging from 5 to 40 parts by weight, and a thermoplastic resin other than the fluororesin, in an amount ranging from 95 to 60 parts by weight. The fluororesin contains crosslink formed between at least a part of carbon atoms forming part of a molecule chain of the fluororesin and at least a part of carbon atoms forming part another molecular chain of the fluororesin, and active end group formed at least a part of the molecule chain of the fluororesin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohito Ota, Tomihito Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20100190671
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of comb polymers comprising, in the main chain, repeat units which are derived from polyolefin-based macromonomers, and repeat units which are derived from low molecular weight monomers selected from the group consisting of styrene monomers having 8 to 17 carbon atoms, alkyl (meth)acrylates having 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the alcohol group, vinyl esters having 1 to 11 carbon atoms in the acyl group, vinyl ethers having 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the alcohol group, (di)alkyl fumarates having 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the alcohol group, (di)alkyl maleates having 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the alcohol group and mixtures of these monomers, where the molar degree of branching is in the range of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: EVONIK ROHMAX ADDITIVES GMBH
    Inventors: Torsten Stoehr, Dieter Janssen, Juergen Schnabel, Boris Eisenberg, Hans Goerlitzer, Michael Mueller
  • Patent number: 7759293
    Abstract: Hydraulic oil compositions for shock absorbers comprises a lubricating base oil and at least one type of silicone oil selected from the group consisting of silicone oils with a kinematic viscosity at 25° C. of 10,000 to 350,000 mm2/s and fluorine-modified silicone oils with a kinematic viscosity at 25° C. of less than 10,000 mm2/s. The compositions may further comprise a viscosity index improver. The compositions can enhance the damping force and initial damping properties of a shock absorber and thus improve the ride comfort of an automobile equipped with such a shock absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Shirahama, Toru Aoki, Naozumi Arimoto
  • Publication number: 20100167970
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer comprising 50-100% by weight, with regard to the weight of the polymers, of repeating units, which are derived from one or more ethylenically unsaturated ester compounds of formula (I), in which R represents hydrogen or methyl; R1 represents a linear or unbranched alkyl radical with 7 to 30 carbon atoms, and; R2 and R3 independently represent hydrogen or a group of formula —COOR?, wherein R? represents hydrogen or an alkyl group with 7 to 30 carbon atoms. The polymer is a star polymer with 3 to 21 arms and at least 3 of the arms consist of at least 40% by weight, with regard to the weight of the arms, of repeating units, which are derived from one or more ethylenically unsaturated ester compounds of formula (I), in which R1 represents a linear or unbranched alkyl radical with 7 to 30 carbon atoms, and; R2 and R3 independently represent hydrogen or a group of formula —COOR?, wherein R? represents hydrogen or an alkyl group with 7 to 30 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: EVONIK ROHMAX ADDITIVES GMBH
    Inventors: Torsten Stoehr, Michael Mueller, Boris Eisenberg, Harald Becker, Axel Mueller
  • Patent number: 7741258
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition comprising base oil, one or more glycerol esters selected from glycerol monooleate and/or glycerol dioleate, optionally in combination with glycerol trioleate, wherein said composition further comprises one or more dispersant-viscosity index improver compounds and an additive amount of one or more additional polyhydric alcohol esters; and a method of lubricating an internal combustion engine comprising applying said lubricating oil composition thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Takashi Fujitsu, Joanna Griffiths
  • Publication number: 20100144569
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a polyalkylmethacrylate polymer to improve the air release of a functional fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: ROHMAX ADDITIVES GMBH
    Inventors: Douglas G. Placek, Christian D. Neveu, Roland Schweder, Robert P. Simko, Charles W. Hyndman
  • Publication number: 20100144566
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lubricating composition containing (a) an ester-containing viscosity index improver; and (b) a polyoxyalkylene polyol. The invention further provides a method for lubricating a mechanical device with the lubricating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: James H. Bush, James N. Vinci, David Price
  • Patent number: 7723275
    Abstract: An anti-seize composition which is non-flowable and dimensionally stable at temperatures greater than about 120° F. and dispensable at room temperature without the application of heat is provided. The composition includes a solid anti-seize lubricant, such as of metallic copper, metallic nickel, metallic aluminum, metallic lead, metallic zinc, graphite, calcium oxide, calcium carbonate, calcium fluoride, calcium stearate, lithium, molybdenum disulfide, boron nitride, barium sulfate. or combinations thereof. The anti-seize lubricant is dispersed in a carrier which is a solid at about room temperature. The carrier includes a grease with an ASTM D 217 penetration at 25° C. from about 200 to about 400 mm, a matrix material, and a naphthenic petroleum oil having a viscosity of less than about 300 SUS at 100° F. and having an API gravity at 60° F. from about 23 to about 25. The matrix material is a polymeric material. Optionally, a refined petroleum wax may also be included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Prakash S. Patel, Shabbir Attarwala
  • Patent number: 7718588
    Abstract: A lubricating oil additive containing at least one acrylic block copolymer having a weight-average molecular weight of 10,000 to 1,000,000 and a molecular weight distribution [ratio of weight-average molecular weight (Mw) to number-average molecular weight (Mn), i.e., Mw/Mn ratio] of 1.5 or below; and lubricating oil compositions containing the additive. The lubricating oil additive exhibits a thickening effect higher than those of conventional acrylic lubricating oil additives and can improve the viscosity index of lubricating oil even when added in a small amount. Further, the additive can also improve the low-temperature characteristics, flow characteristics, and shear stability. The lubricating oil compositions enable energy saving and can lengthen the lifetime of lubricating oil and reduce the load on the global environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Morishita, Noboru Higashida, Hidetaka Oonuma, Kenichi Hamada, Kazushige Ishiura
  • Patent number: 7700527
    Abstract: A composition of matter resistant to foaming comprising a hydrocarbon oil and an acrylate copolymer dispersed in the said hydrocarbon oil, which acrylated copolymer contains at last one polymerised fluorinated (meth)acrylate monomer wherein not more than three neighbouring carbon atoms in the said fluorinated (meth)acrylate monomer carry one or more fluorine substituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Cytec Surface Specialties
    Inventors: John Zheng Fang, Ming Zhao
  • Publication number: 20100093578
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lubricating oil composition improved in fuel-saving properties by reducing lubrication resistance within the same viscosity grade oils. The lubricating oil composition comprises a lubricating base oil and a viscosity index improver with a PSSI of 30 or lower blended such that the viscosity index of the composition is 160 or greater and the 100° C. kinematic viscosity loss after shearing is 15 percent or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: NIPPON OIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teppei Tsujimoto, Akira Yaguchi
  • Patent number: 7691797
    Abstract: The present invention relates to acrylic block copolymers synthesized by a controlled radical process, and their use as thickeners in oil-based compositions. The acrylic copolymers are especially useful as viscosity index improvers in lubricating oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Arkema Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Charles Schmidt, Peter Anthony Callais, Noah Eliot Macy, Olivier Guerrett
  • Patent number: 7674364
    Abstract: A hydraulic fluid composition having excellent seal compatibility is prepared from an isomerized base oil is provided. The composition comprising (i) 80 to 99.999 wt. % of a lubricating base oil having consecutive numbers of carbon atoms, less than 10 wt % naphthenic carbon by n-d-M, less than 0.10 wt. % olefins and less than 0.05 wt. % aromatics, a molecular weight of greater than 600 by ASTM D 2503-92 (Reapproved 2002), a wt % total molecules with cycloparaffinic functionality greater than 25 and a ratio of molecules with monocycloparaffinic functionality to molecules with multicycloparaffinic functionality greater than 10; and (ii) optionally from 0.001 to 6 wt % of a viscosity modifier; and (iii) 0-10 wt % of at least an additive package. When used in operations, the composition results in an average volume change in a rubber seal of less than 3% and an average hardness change in the rubber seal of less than 1 pts. when tested under ASTM D 471-06 (SRE NBR1 at 100° C., 168 hours).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: William Loh, John M. Rosenbaum, Nancy J. Bertrand, Patricia V. Lemay
  • Publication number: 20100048439
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of polymers which comprise, in copolymerized form, an ?-olefin, at least one alkenyl ester and at least one ester of an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid with higher alcohols as an additive for fuel oils and lubricants and especially as a cold flow improver in fuel oils; to the fuel oils and lubricants additized with these polymers; and to additive packages comprising such copolymers. The invention also relates to quaternary and higher copolymers which comprise the abovementioned monomers in copolymerized form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank-Olaf Maehling, Thomas Pfeiffer, Uwe Rebholz, Irene Troetsch-Schaller, Thomas Zelinski
  • Publication number: 20100041572
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lubricating base oil comprising saturated components of 90% by mass or greater, wherein the proportion of cyclic saturated components among the saturated components is not greater than 40% by mass, and by having a viscosity index of 110 or higher and an iodine value of not greater than 2.5. The lubricating base oil of the invention exhibits excellent viscosity-temperature characteristics and heat and oxidation stability while also allowing additives to exhibit a higher level of function when additives are included. The lubricating base oil of the invention is suitable for use in various lubricating oil fields, and is especially useful for reducing energy loss and achieving energy savings in devices in which the lubricating base oil is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Takashi Sano, Shinichi Shirahama, Kazuo Tagawa, Kenichi Komiya, Shigeki Matsui, Osamu Kurosawa
  • Publication number: 20100035774
    Abstract: A lubricant composition, additive concentrate, and method for lubricating an engine. The crankcase lubricant has less than 30 weight percent of a relatively low Noack volatility base oil and a viscosity additive. The viscosity additive has a minor effective amount of sacrificial polymeric viscosity index improver having a shear stability index (SSI) of greater than about 45 and a major amount of a viscosity index improver having an SSI of less than about 26. The minor amount of sacrificial viscosity index improver additive is effective to provide a lubricant composition having a ratio of absolute viscosity increase at 40° C. to an absolute viscosity increase at 40° C. of an RL 216 reference oil of less than about 0.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: AFTON CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Peter GROWCOTT
  • Publication number: 20100035777
    Abstract: The lubricating base oil of the invention is characterized by satisfying at least one of the following conditions (a) or (b). (a) A saturated compound content of 95% by mass or greater, and a proportion of 0.1-10% by mass of cyclic saturated compounds among the saturated compounds. (b) The condition represented by the following formula (1). 1.435?n20?0.002×kv100 ?1.450??(1) wherein n20 represents the refractive index of the lubricating base oil at 20° C., and kv100 represents the kinematic viscosity (mm2/s) of the lubricating base oil at 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Takashi Sano, Hitoshi Komatsubara, Hisayuki Wada, Osamu Kurosawa, Masaaki Itou, Shigeki Matsui, Masato Takahashi, Kai Fu, Shinichi Shirahama, Izuru Sugiura, Masahiro Taguchi, Shozaburo Konishi
  • Publication number: 20100016195
    Abstract: The lubricating base oil of the invention satisfies at least one of conditions (a) or (b) below. The lubricating oil composition for an internal combustion engine according to the invention comprises the lubricating base oil of the invention, an ashless antioxidant containing essentially no sulfur as a constituent element, and at least one compound selected from among ashless antioxidants containing sulfur as a constituent element and organic molybdenum compounds. Also, a lubricating oil composition for a power train device according to the invention comprises the lubricating base oil of the invention, a poly(meth)acrylate-based viscosity index improver and a phosphorus-containing compound. (a) The saturated component content is 90% by mass or greater, and the proportion of cyclic saturated components among the saturated components is 10-40% by mass. (b) The condition represented by the following formula (1) is satisfied. 1.440?n20?0.002×kv100?1.453 (1) [wherein n20 represents the 20° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Shinichi Shirahama, Masahiro Taguchi, Kazuo Tagawa, Takashi Sano, Shozaburo Konishi, Shigeki Matsui, Osamu Kurosawa
  • Patent number: 7648950
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a polyalkylmethacrylate polymer to improve the air release of a functional fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Rohmax Additives GmbH
    Inventors: Douglas G. Placek, Christian D. Neveu, Roland Schweder, Robert P. Simko, Charles W. Hyndman
  • Publication number: 20090298729
    Abstract: The invention provides a lubricating composition containing (a) 0.001 wt % to 15 wt % of a polymer with radial or star architecture; (b) an overbased detergent; (c) a dispersant; and (d) an oil of lubricating viscosity. The invention further provides a method for lubricating a mechanical device with the lubricating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Barton J. Schober, Mark C. Davies, Michael R. Sutton, Marina Baum, Daniel C. Visger, David Price, Brent R. Dohnar, Mark F. Wilkes
  • Patent number: 7615522
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a block copolymer prepared by ATRP, wherein the polymer chain terminal group is structurally modified with the functionally effective group of a lubricant or polymer additive selected from the group consisting of antioxidants, metal deactivators, antiwear and extreme pressure additives and corrosion inhibitors. The invention also relates to a composition comprising the structurally modified block copolymer and a composition of matter subject to oxidative, thermal or light induced degradation, such as lubricants or polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Hugo Camenzind, Paul Dubs, Peter Hänggi, Roger Martin, Andreas Mühlebach, François Rime
  • Publication number: 20090270294
    Abstract: The application pertains to multifunctional lubricating fluids for use in the different assemblies of automotive vehicles, mainly the engine, the transmission or a hydraulic circuit, and relates to a lubricant composition containing at least one oil of the groups I to V and a mixture of at least two polymers having a difference of the permanent shearing stability index (PSSI), as measured by the standardised KRL test for 20 hours at 1000° C., of at least 50, and having a viscosity profile such that: (a) at 1000° C., after a 30 cycle Bosch test following the CEC-L-14-A-93 standard, the viscosity of the final lubricant composition is higher than 9.0 cSt, preferably in range of 9.0 to 12.0 cSt for a 30 grade starting oil, or the viscosity of the final lubricant composition is higher than 12.0 cSt, preferably in range of 12.0 to 15.0 cSt for a 40 grade starting oil; (b) at 1000° C., after a 20 hour KRL test following the CEC-L-45-A-99 standard, the viscosity of the final lubricant composition is higher than 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: TOTAL RAFFINAGE MARKETING
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Souchez, Bernard-Victor Lamy
  • Publication number: 20090247440
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a lubricating oil with favorable shear stability is disclosed. The lubricating oil comprising a major amount of base stock selected from the group consisting of Group II, Group III, Group IV, Group V, and any combination thereof, a viscosity index improver comprising a polymethacrylate with a permanent shear stability index of less than 45 defined by ASTM 5621 with 10 percent polymer in a Group I mineral oil, an antioxidant additive and a corrosion additive. In a second embodiment a method of improving shear stability is disclosed. In a third embodiment, a method of blending an oil to provide improved shear stability and favorable viscosity index is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventor: David G.L. Holt
  • Patent number: 7579305
    Abstract: The present invention provides a friction modifier for a lubricating oil which comprises an oil-soluble copolymer (A) containing at least one unit of a monomer (a) represented by the general formula (1) and at least one unit of a monomer (b) represented by the general formula (2), and having a weight average molecular weight of 3,000 or more; CH2?C(R1)-Q-(Z-A1)m-X??(1) CH2?C(R3)—CO—(O—A2)n—OR4??(2) a friction modifier composition comprising the above copolymer (A), and at least one species selected from the group consisting of a diluent and other additives; a lubricating oil composition comprising base oil, and the above friction modifier or friction modifier composition. These are excellent in the friction regulation effect, capable of reducing transmission shock, are high in the friction coefficient required for power transmission, and in addition, are excellent in wear resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yuki, Minoru Nishida
  • Patent number: 7572361
    Abstract: Lubricant blends and finished gear oils comprising a lubricant base oil fraction derived from highly paraffinic wax, a petroleum derived base oil, and a pour point depressant are provided. The lubricant base oil fraction derived from highly paraffinic wax comprises less than 0.30 weight percent aromatics, greater than 5 weight percent molecules with cycloparaffinic functionality, and a ratio of weight percent of molecules with monocycloparaffinic functionality to weight percent of molecules with multicycloparaffinic functionality greater than 15. The petroleum derived base oils comprises greater than 90 weight percent saturates and less than 300 ppm sulfur and is preferably selected from the group consisting of a Group II base oil, a Group III base oil, and mixtures thereof. These lubricant blends have surprising low Brookfield viscosities at ?40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Rosenbaum, Stephen J. Miller, Joseph M. Pudlak
  • Publication number: 20090186787
    Abstract: Disclosed are lubricant compounds with a good shear stability defined by the loss of the kinematic viscosity at 100° C., containing base oil and a synthetic complex ester, the complex ester having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of greater than 400 and up to 50,000 mm2/s and being obtained by reaction of a) polyols and monocarboxylic acids and dicarboxylic acids, or of b) polyols and mono-alcohols and dicarboxylic acids, or of c) polyols and mono-alcohols and monocarboxylic acids and dicarboxylic acids. In addition the use of said lubricant compounds containing the complex esters as oils for vehicle transmission, axle, industrial drives, compressors, turbines or engines is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2007
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: Cognis IP Management GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Scherer, Stefan Busch, Jürgen Röder, Rudolf Iking, Dirk Rettemeyer, Vasu Bala
  • Publication number: 20090186786
    Abstract: Haze formation in heavy Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) base stock is mitigated by the addition to said GTL base stock of one or more particular additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Marc-Andre Poirier, Charles Lambert Baker, JR., Nicholas Anthony Hilder, Dorothy Wong, Chung-Lai Wong, James William Gleeson, Vera Minak-Bernero
  • Patent number: 7560420
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a lubricating oil composition, a diesel engine comprising a lubricating oil composition, and a method of lubricating a diesel engine provided with an exhaust gas recirculation system, comprising lubricating said engine with a lubricating oil composition comprising an oil of lubricating viscosity, and a polymeric N-dispersant booster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: RohMax Additives GmbH
    Inventors: Bernard Kinker, Matthias Fischer, Martin Bollinger, Robert Cybert, Ernst Bielmeier, David Cooper, Angelika Fischer, Melanie Croessmann
  • Publication number: 20090163391
    Abstract: A power transmission fluid composition meeting required specifications of manufactures is provided. The power transmission fluid composition contains a sufficient amount of a Pour Point Reducing Blend Component for the power transmission fluid to have a Brookfield viscosity at ?40° C. of less than or equal to 16,000 cP. The Pour Point Reducing Blend Component is selected from an isomerized Fischer-Tropsch derived bottoms product, a bottoms product prepared from an isomerized highly waxy mineral oil, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: John M. Zakarian, John M. Rosenbaum, Nancy J. Bertrand, Stephen J. Miller
  • Publication number: 20090156446
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lubricating composition containing (a) an oil of lubricating viscosity; (b) a corrosion inhibitor; and (c) an antiwear agent comprising at least one of (i) polyhydric alcohol with oxyalkylene groups, (ii) a fatty amine, or (iii) mixtures thereof, wherein the lubricating composition has a total sulphated ash content of less than 0.8 wt %. The invention further provides for the use of the lubricating composition in an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Rodney J. McAtee, Michael B. Boyer
  • Publication number: 20090156442
    Abstract: A lubricant composition that exhibits low high temperature high shear viscosity is disclosed. The lubricant composition is made up of a first polymer having a kinematic viscosity ratio less than or equal to 0.25 and a shear stability index (SSI) equal to or greater than 20 percent and base oil having a viscosity index equal to or greater than 120.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Laurent Chambard, Jai G. Bansal
  • Publication number: 20090149360
    Abstract: A method for forming a finished lubricant comprises selecting a target high temperature viscosity for the finished lubricant. A target high temperature viscosity for a base oil blend is selected. The target high temperature viscosity for the base oil blend is less than the target high temperature viscosity for the finished lubricant. At least two base oils from at least three viscosity grades of base oils are selected and mixed to form a base oil blend that meets the target high temperature viscosity for the base oil blend. The base oil blend is mixed with performance additive package and viscosity modifier to provide a finished lubricant that meets the target high temperature viscosity for the finished lubricant. The at least two base oils for the base oil blend having the target high temperature viscosity are selected such that less viscosity modifier is needed to meet the target high temperature viscosity of the finished lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Zakarian, Angelito T. Tirona
  • Publication number: 20090143263
    Abstract: A lubricant composition is disclosed. The lubricant composition is made up of (a) an API Group III base stock; (b) one or more semi-crystalline viscosity modifier; and (c) one or more LOFIs having a side-chain distribution which satisfies the following requirements: (1) the distribution contains side chains ranging from C8 to C18 with an average carbon number ranging from 12.4 to 14.4; (2) the side chain distribution is bi-modal with a lower portion of the bi-modal distribution made up primarily of C12 and an upper portion of the distribution made up primarily of C16, C18 or combinations thereof (3) the total mole % of the upper portion of the distribution must be less than that of the lower portion of the distribution; and (4) the amount of C12 on the side chain must be at least 40 mole % of the total side chain distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Ricardo A. Bloch, Doyle H. Boese, David J. Martella
  • Publication number: 20090105103
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition for use in oil-impregnated sintered bearings together with a resin member having C?C bonds or C?O groups in the molecules, which comprises a base oil comprising a synthetic hydrocarbon oil as the main component, and 0.1-30% by weight of an ester-based oil on the basis of total composition, and free from zinc dialkyldithiophosphate and molybdenum dialkyldithiocarbamate, where the synthetic hydrocarbon oil as the main component of the base oil has substantially no adverse effect on resin, can minimize an adverse effect on various metal species of sintered materials by suppressing a mixing amount of a wear inhibitor or an extreme pressure agent to a minimum, without deteriorating a good lubricability required for the lubricating oil in oil-impregnated sintered bearings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Miyuki Hashida, Wataru Sawaguchi, Toshio Nitta
  • Publication number: 20090093383
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for improving the melt processing of polymeric materials, and more particularly to the use of compatibilized polymer processing additives to enhance the melt processing of polymeric matrices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventor: Jeffrey Jacob Cernohous
  • Patent number: 7473345
    Abstract: Lubricant blends and finished gear oils comprising a lubricant base oil fraction derived from highly paraffinic wax, a petroleum derived base oil, and a pour point depressant are provided. The lubricant base oil fraction derived from highly paraffinic wax comprises less than 0.30 weight percent aromatics, greater than 5 weight percent molecules with cycloparaffinic functionality, and a ratio of weight percent of molecules with monocycloparaffinic functionality to weight percent of molecules with multicycloparaffinic functionality greater than 15. The petroleum derived base oils comprises greater than 90 weight percent saturates and less than 300 ppm sulfur and is preferably selected from the group consisting of a Group II base oil, a Group III base oil, and mixtures thereof. These lubricant blends have surprising low Brookfield viscosities at ?40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Rosenbaum, Stephen J. Miller, Joseph M. Pudlak
  • Publication number: 20080305973
    Abstract: A lithium grease composition which can be sealed in a small motor bearing to reduce noise, composed of 5-20% by weight of a thickener and 95-80% by weight of a base oil, wherein said grease composition adopts lithium soap as the thickener, which is synthesized from lithium hydroxide and a higher fatty acid with 10 to 20 carbon atoms and/or a higher hydroxyfatty acid with one or more hydroxyl groups and 10 or more carbon atoms, and the base oil includes, as a main component, a polymer ester oil (A) in which 8 or more ester groups are arranged in a comb tooth form on one side of chain molecules constituted by eight or more carbon atoms which is expressed by general formula 1: (In the formula, each of R1, R2, R3 and R4 is an alkyl group, where x is an integer and x?2, and y is an integer and y?2.) and the base oil (40 C) has a viscosity of 25 to 80 mm2/s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroki Iwamatsu, Motoharu Akiyama, Yasuhiro Miyamoto, Seiji Okamura
  • Publication number: 20080269093
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a RAFT polymer as an antiwear agent in a lubricant. The lubricant may be useful in a number of mechanical devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventor: David Price
  • Patent number: 7432231
    Abstract: A gun oil composition consisting essentially of: 2.0 to 15% by weight of isopropanol; 20 to 60% by weight of heptane or a petroleum distillate; 3 to 20% by weight of a mixture of viscosity modifiers, antioxidants and reducing agents including benzyl acetate, t-dibutyl-p-cresol, at least one alkyl succinic acid, at least one zinc alkyl thiophosphate, polymethacrylate, and methyl silicone polymer, wherein the alkyl is C1 to C6 alkyl; and the balance, lube oil bright stock to 100% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Inventor: Paul J. Gibbons
  • Patent number: 7429555
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lubricating greases comprising at least one thickening agent and at least one lubricating oil, wherein the lubricating grease contains at least one polymeric structure improver that can be obtained by polymerization of monomer compositions, which are composed of a) 0 to 40 wt %, relative to the weight of the monomer compositions for synthesis of the polymeric structure improvers, of at least one (meth)acrylate of formula (I) in which R represents hydrogen or methyl, R1 denotes a straight-chain or branched alkyl moiety having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, b) 40 to 99.99 wt %, relative to the weight of the monomer compositions for synthesis of the polymeric structure improvers, of at least one (meth)acrylate of formula (II) in which R represents hydrogen or methyl, R2 denotes a straight-chain or branched alkyl moiety having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, c) 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Rohmax Additives GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Scherer, Matthias Fischer, Michael Mueller, Bernard Kinker, Alexandra Pauker
  • Patent number: 7419942
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lubricious anti-traction material for effectively denying the mobility and access of personnel and vehicles to selected areas. The anti-traction material is composed of a slurry combined with water. The slurry is composed of an emulsion or dispersion and an anionic acrylamide polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Southwest Research Institute
    Inventors: Nancy J. Mallow, legal representative, Ronald J. Mathis, Andrew Warren, Christian J Schwartz, Errol M. Brigance, Kenneth R. Collins, Nicholle K. Reinhardt, Mary C. Marshall, William A. Mallow
  • Patent number: 7414015
    Abstract: A method for lubricating a metal workpiece during a metalworking process includes delivering supercritical carbon dioxide to the workpiece during the metalworking process. The supercritical carbon dioxide acts as a lubricant, coolant, chip evacuator, and/or carrier for another lubricant or corrosion inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: The Regents of The University of Michigan
    Inventors: Steven J. Skerlos, Kim F. Hayes, Andres F. Clarens
  • Publication number: 20080194443
    Abstract: The invention relates to comb polymers which comprise, in the main chain, repeating units which are derived from polyolefin-based macromonomers, and repeating units which are derived from low molecular monomers which are selected from the group consisting of styrene monomers having 8-17 carbon atoms, alkyl(meth)acrylates having 1-10 carbon atoms in the alcohol group, vinyl esters having 1-11 carbon atoms in the acyl group, vinyl ethers having 1-10 carbon atoms in the alcohol group, (Di)alkylfumarates having 1-10 carbon atoms in the alcohol group, (Di)alkylmaleates having 1-10 carbon atoms in the alcohol group and mixtures of said monomers. The molar branching degree lies in the region between 0.1-10 mol. % and the comb polymer represents the sum of at least 80 wt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: ROHMAX ADDITIVES GMBH
    Inventors: Torsten Stohr, Boris Eisenberg, Michael Muller
  • Patent number: 7405184
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lubricious anti-traction material for effectively denying the mobility and access of personnel and vehicles to selected areas. The anti-traction material includes an acrylic polymer particle mixed with water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Southwest Research Institute
    Inventors: Ronald J. Mathis, Mary C. Marshall, Nicholle K. Reinhardt, Errol M. Brigance, Geronimo I. Elias, Jr., Kenneth R. Collins
  • Publication number: 20080146475
    Abstract: (EN) The present invention relates to copolymers obtainable by polymerizing a monomer composition composed of a) 0% to 40% by weight of one or more ethylenically unsaturated ester compounds of the formula (I) in which R is hydrogen or methyl, R1 is a linear or branched alkyl radical having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R2 and R3 independently are hydrogen or a group of the formula —COOR?, in which R1 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, b) 10% to 99.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: ROHMAX ADDITIVES GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Mueller, Torsten Stohr, Boris Eisenberg
  • Patent number: 7384536
    Abstract: Lubricant blends and finished gear oils comprising a Fischer-Tropsch derived lubricant base oil fraction, a petroleum derived base oil, and a pour point depressant are provided. The Fischer-Tropsch derived lubricant base oil fraction comprises less than 0.30 weight percent aromatics, greater than 5 weight percent molecules with cycloparaffinic functionality, and a ratio of weight percent of molecules with monocycloparaffinic functionality to weight percent of molecules with multicycloparaffinic functionality greater than 15. The petroleum derived base oils comprises greater than 90 weight percent saturates and less than 300 ppm sulfur and is preferably selected from the group consisting of a Group II base oil, a Group III base oil, and mixtures thereof. These lubricant blends have surprising low Brookfield viscosities at ?40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Rosenbaum, Stephen J. Miller, Joseph M. Pudlak
  • Patent number: 7378379
    Abstract: A grease composition containing a polymer with (a) monomers (i) at least one unsaturated ?,?-carboxylic acid ester containing an alkyl group with about 10 to about 20 carbon atoms; and (ii) at least one unsaturated ?,?-carboxylic acid ester containing an alkyl group with about 4 to about 11 carbon atoms different from monomer (i); and (iii) at least one unsaturated dicarboxylic acid anhydride or derivatives thereof; and (iv) optionally at least one unsaturated ?,?-carboxylic acid ester containing an alkyl group with about 1 to about 3 carbon atoms; and optionally (b) at least one non-monomeric amine with primary functionality, secondary functionality or mixtures thereof; and optionally (c) other performance additives; and (d) at least one thickening agent, and (e) an oil of lubricating viscosity. The invention further relates to the process to make the composition and its use in greases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew R. Sivik, Mohamed G. Fahmy