Patents Examined by James Goloboy
  • Patent number: 9593290
    Abstract: This invention relates to a lubricating oil composition and production thereof. The lubricating oil composition comprises a Mannich base represented by the following formula (III) (wherein A and R2 are as defined in the specification) and a lubricant base oil. The lubricating oil composition according to this invention exhibits excellent cleansing and dispersing performance and excellent anticorrosion performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM PROCESSING SINOPEC
    Inventors: Shihao Xin, Xin Xie, Zuoxin Huang, Qinghua Duan, Zhiqiang Wu, Lihua Wang
  • Patent number: 9587198
    Abstract: This invention relates to a Mannich base, production and use thereof in producing a detergent. The Mannich base is represented by the following formula (III), wherein A and R2 are as defined in the specification. The Mannich base can be used to produce a detergent and a fuel oil composition exhibiting excellent deposit formation suppressing performance and excellent anticorrosion performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM PROCESSING, SINOPEC
    Inventors: Shihao Xin, Qinghua Duan, Zuoxin Huang
  • Patent number: 9587200
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition of the present invention for an internal combustion engine is prepared by blending (A) a perbasic calcium sulfonate and/or a perbasic calcium phenate having a TBN of 200 mgKOH/g or higher, (B) predetermined binuclear and/or trinuclear organic molybdenum compounds, and (C) a polyalkyl (meth)acrylate having an SSI of 30 or lower into a lubricating base oil composed of a mineral oil and/or a synthetic oil, in which the total content of molybdenum derived from the binuclear and trinuclear organic molybdenum compounds is 0.025% by mass or higher based on the total amount of the composition, and in which the lubricating oil composition has a high-temperature high-shear viscosity at 100° C. of 4.0 to 5.0 mPa·s, a high-temperature high-shear viscosity at 150° C. of 2.5 mPa·s or lower and a NOACK value (250° C., 1 hr) of 15% by mass or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshimasa Utaka, Hideki Kamano
  • Patent number: 9574157
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition contains a lubricating base oil and components (A) to (D): (A) a primary amine; (B) a tertiary amine; (C) at least one of metal sulfonate, metal phenate and metal salicylate; and (D) at least one of acid phosphate and acid phosphite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Narita, Toshiaki Iwai
  • Patent number: 9574155
    Abstract: A lubricating composition and method of making the same are provided. The lubricating composition comprises a lubricant fluid, water, and carbon nanoparticles comprising nanodiamonds. The method comprises mixing the lubricating composition under high shear followed by ultrasonication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: NanoTech Lubricants, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Markovitz, Guy Verdino, Andrey Factor
  • Patent number: 9562202
    Abstract: A synergistic mixture comprising from 1 to 99.9% by weight of compounds having structural elements (I) in which the free valencies on the oxygen atom and on the nitrogen atom may be combined to form a five-, six- or seven-membered ring and the benzene ring may also bear substituents at one or more of the free positions, and from 0.1 to 99% by weight of sulfur-containing organic compounds with antioxidant action. This synergistic mixture is suitable as a stabilizer for stabilizing inanimate organic material, especially mineral oil products and fuels, against the action of light, oxygen and heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Arno Lange, Dietmar Posselt
  • Patent number: 9561992
    Abstract: A compound of the formula (2) wherein R3 and R4 are the same or different and are a branched hydrocarbon group having 10 to 26 carbon atoms, 42 to 100 mole % of the benzylic carbons of each R3 and R4 are quaternary, m and n are each a real number of at least zero, and 2.0?m+n?3.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: MORESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mayumi Hayashi, Shingo Maruyama
  • Patent number: 9550957
    Abstract: Provided are formulations, methods of making, and methods of using a functional fluid of the present invention to achieve and maintain optimal frictional characteristics in machines housing that fluid, wherein the functional fluid comprises, among others, a friction-modifying amount of an alkyl toluene sulfonate salt or a mixture of alkyl toluene sulfonate salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: CHEVRON ORONITE COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Christine Gandon, Gilles P. Sinquin, Pierre Tequi, Stephanie Palotiai, Michael Shrout
  • Patent number: 9550954
    Abstract: The invention pertains to certain (per)fluoropolyether triazine derivatives comprising at least one triazine group and at least one fluoropolyoxyalkene chain (chain Rf) comprising a fluorocarbon segment having ether linkages in main chain, said chain Rf comprising at least one hydroxyl group, to a method for their manufacture and to their use in lubrication, in particular for lubricating sliding or moving parts of magnetic recording media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS ITALY S.P.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Valsecchi, Fabrizio Mutta, Claudio Adolfo Pietro Tonelli
  • Patent number: 9546340
    Abstract: A low-phosphorus lubricating composition has less than 600 ppm phosphorus, comprising at least 85 weight % of a lubricating base blend, and an additive comprising the following, as weight % of the total composition: (1) an organomolybdenum compound at an amount which provides about 0.1-800 ppm Mo; (2) a hindered phenol at about 0.1-2%; and (3) a dithiocarbamate at about 0.1-2%; with a first proviso that where the dithiocarbamate does not comprise a metal dithiocarbamate, the additive additionally comprises: (4) an alkylated diphenylamine at about 0.1-2%, and with a second proviso that where the organomolybdenum compound comprises molybdenum dithiocarbamate, it is considered a metal dithiocarbamate for purposes of the first proviso, but is considered an organomolybdenum compound for the purposes of calculation of the amount present in the total composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: VANDERBILT CHEMICALS, LLC
    Inventors: Glenn A. Mazzamaro, Steven G. Donnelly, Ronald J. Hiza
  • Patent number: 9546338
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, systems, hydraulic fluids and additives for reducing the rate of surface current degradation for components in a hydraulic system, wherein the hydraulic system is exposed to phosphate-ester-based hydraulic fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Harold E Hager
  • Patent number: 9546335
    Abstract: Lubricant compositions include: (a) one or more polyalkylene glycol base oils obtained by polymerization or copolymerization of alkylene oxides comprising from 3 to 8 carbon atoms, include at least one butylene oxide and (b) at least one detergent chosen from salicylates or phenates. The present disclosure also relates to: 1) use of a lubricant composition as engine oil, preferably as oil for the engines of petrol or diesel motor vehicles; 2) use of a group of additives for an engine lubricant comprising polyalkylene glycol bases obtained by polymerization or copolymerization of alkylene oxides comprising from 3 to 8 carbon atoms; and 3) use of at least one additive chosen from salicylates, phenates, dithiocarbamates, amine-based or phenol-based antioxidants, preferably from salicylates or phenates, for reducing the Noack volatility of the base oils of polyalkylene glycol type, obtained from alkylene oxides comprising from 3 to 8 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignees: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, TOTAL MARKETING SERVICES
    Inventors: Nicolas Obrecht, Julien Guerin, Nadjet Khelidj
  • Patent number: 9540584
    Abstract: There is provided an ultraviolet curable resin composition for a self-lubricating liner. The composition includes a first (meth)acrylate compound having an isocyanuric acid ring represented by the following formula (1); a second (meth)acrylate compound different from the first (meth)acrylate compound; a first polytetrafluoroethylene resin with an average particle size in the range of 75 ?m to 180 ?m; and a second polytetrafluoroethylene resin with an average particle size in the range of 1 ?m to 15 ?m, wherein the total amount of the first polytetrafluoroethylene resin and the second polytetrafluoroethylene resin is in the range of 30% by weight to 50% by weight with respect to the entire amount of the ultraviolet curable resin composition; and the second polytetrafluoroethylene resin is contained in an amount of 20% by weight to 75% by weight with respect to the total amount of the first and second polytetrafluoroethylene resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadahiko Karaki, Koichiro Sagiyama, Hirotaka Toyama, Kentaro Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9540585
    Abstract: The invention provides a lubricating composition containing an antiwear agent and an oil of lubricating viscosity. The invention further relates to the use of the lubricating composition in a mechanical device such as an internal combustion engine, or a driveline device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: William R. S. Barton, Matthew D. Gieselman
  • Patent number: 9540582
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of lubricating a mechanical device by supplying a lubricating composition containing an oil of lubricating viscosity and a compound having 2 to 20 hydroxy-carboxylic acid residues. The invention further relates to the use of the compound in a driveline device to provide at least one of antiwear performance, friction modification (particularly for enhancing fuel economy).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: William R. S. Barton, Gareth Brown, Mark R. Baker, Michael E. Huston
  • Patent number: 9523060
    Abstract: Compositions comprise first antioxidants and first additives, such as, a surface additives, performance enhancing additives and lubricant protective additives and optionally second additives and/or second antioxidants. The compositions are useful to improve lubricants, lubricant oils and other lubricant materials. The compositions and methods generally provide longer shelf lives, increased oxidative resistance, improved quality and/or enhanced performance to lubricants or lubricant oils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Polnox Corporation
    Inventors: Ashok L. Cholli, Ashish Dhawan, Rajesh Kumar, Vijayendra Kumar, Suizhou Yang, Taizoon Canteenwala
  • Patent number: 9512380
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel hindered phenol compound of Formula (I) (wherein the groups R and R? are as defined in the specification), preparation thereof and use thereof as an antioxidant. By using the hindered phenol compound of this invention as an antioxidant, it is possible to produce a lubricant oil composition exhibiting excellent oxidation resistance at elevated temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM PROCESSING, SINOPEC
    Inventors: Shuo Su, Jun Long, Qinghua Duan, Han Zhou, Zhiqiang Wu, Xinhua Li, Yi Zhao, Xiaoguang Zhao
  • Patent number: 9506003
    Abstract: The invention relates to lubricants for magnetic recording media, and in particular, to such lubricants containing cyclotriphosphazene. Methods for preparing the lubricants are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Jianwei Xu, Rong Ji, Xiaobai Wang, Ching Mui Cho, Yan Xuan Angeline Tan, Chaobin He, Huiqing Xie, Wen Huei Jack Tsai
  • Patent number: 9493724
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, it has been discovered that an additive which is substantially insoluble in, has low solubility in and/or is otherwise incompatible with a functional fluid, may be supplied to the functional fluid by use of a gel composition and/or a solid additive composition containing the additive, such that the functional fluid can receive the benefit of the supplied additive and/or contain levels of the additive not otherwise achievable by conventional delivery method due to the incompatibility of the additive with the functional fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Calvin W. Schroeck, Michael R. Sutton, James D. Burrington, John K. Pudelski, Ewan E. Delbridge, Jody A. Kocsis, Deborah A. Langer, Matthew D. Gieselman
  • Patent number: 9493722
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cylinder lubricant having a BN, determined according to the ASTM D-2896 standard, of greater than or equal to 40 milligrams of potassium hydroxide per gram of lubricant, comprising a lubricant base oil for a marine engine and at least one overbased detergent that is based on alkali or alkaline-earth metals, and which also contains an amount of 0.01% to 10% by weight relative to the total weight of the lubricant, of one or more compounds (A) chosen from esters of saturated fatty monoacids comprising at least 14 carbon atoms and of alcohols comprising at most 6 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Total Raffinage Marketing
    Inventors: Valérie Doyen, Chantal Herault