Patents by Inventor Kenji Sunahara

Kenji Sunahara has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240110121
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition containing a base oil (A), a molybdenum-based friction modifier (B), a metal-based detergent (C), and a dispersant (D), in which the dispersant (D) contains a non-boron-modified polyisobutenyl succinic bisimide (D1). The IR spectrum of the non-boron-modified polyisobutenyl succinic bisimide (D1) is determined by an FT-IR method, having a ratio [Abs (1705 cm?1)/Abs (1390 cm?1)] of a peak intensity Abs (1705 cm?1) at 1705 cm?1 to a peak intensity Abs (1390 cm?1) at 1390 cm?1 is 7.5 or less. A content of the non-boron-modified polyisobutenyl succinic bisimide (D1) is 50 mass % or more based on a total amount of the dispersant (D), and contains a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. is 9.3 mm2/s or less. The lubricating oil composition has an excellent effect of reducing a friction coefficient while containing a molybdenum-based friction modifier and a succinimide compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji SUNAHARA, Jun YAMASHITA, Masaya KUBOTA, Shoichiro FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20240101924
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition may contain a base oil (A) and a dispersant-type viscosity index improver (B), in which the nitrogen atom content based on the solid content of the dispersant-type viscosity index improver (B) is 0.50 to 1.50% by mass, and the weight-average molecular weight (Mw) thereof is 100,000 or more, and the content in terms of the solid content based on the total amount of the composition of the dispersant-type viscosity index improver (B) is more than 0.05% by mass and less than 5.0% by mass. The lubricating oil composition may exert excellent wear resistance in a state contaminated with soot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Shoichiro FUJITA, Kenji SUNAHARA, Tsukasa YAMAGISHI, Masaya KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20230051184
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition, containing a base oil (A), a metal-based detergent (B), and a molybdenum compound (D), the lubricating oil composition having a content of molybdenum atoms derived from the molybdenum compound (D) of 0.05% by mass or more, a base number of 4.0 mg KOH/g or more, and an HTHS viscosity at 150° C. of 1.3 mPa·s or more and less than 2.3 mPa·s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji SUNAHARA, Shoichiro FUJITA
  • Patent number: 11274262
    Abstract: Provided are a lubricating oil composition used in a diesel engine equipped with a forced-induction compressor, containing a base oil (A) containing a poly-?-olefin (A1), and a viscosity index improver (B) having an SSI (shear stability index) of 20 or less, having a distillation amount of a light fraction of 496° C. or less in a gas chromatography distillation test of less than 80% by volume, having a high retention of the effect of suppressing the formation of deposits that may occur inside the compressor, and being capable of retaining a high efficiency of the compressor for a long period of time, in the use thereof in a diesel engine equipped with a forced-induction compressor having an outlet temperature of the compressor becoming a high temperature reaching 190° C. or more, and a method for using the lubricating oil composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignees: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Sunahara, Kazuo Yamamori, Kosuke Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11193080
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lubricating oil composition containing a base oil (A), a molybdenum dithiocarbamate (B), an ester-based ashless friction modifier (C), and a metal salicylate (D), wherein the content of a molybdenum atom derived from the molybdenum dithiocarbamate (B) is 650 ppm by mass or more on the basis of the whole amount of the lubricating oil composition; a content ratio [C/BMo] of the ester-based ashless friction modifier (C) to a molybdenum atom derived from the molybdenum dithiocarbamate (B) is 5.0 to 10 in terms of a mass ratio; the content of a salicylate soap group derived from the metal salicylate (D) is 0.50% by mass or more on the basis of the whole amount of the lubricating oil composition; and a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. is 4.0 mm2/s or more and less than 9.3 mm2/s, and a high-temperature high-shear viscosity at 150° C. is 1.7 mPa·s or more and less than 2.9 mPa·s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignees: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Sunahara, Toyoharu Kaneko, Kazuo Yamamori
  • Publication number: 20210032559
    Abstract: Provided are a lubricating oil composition used in a diesel engine equipped with a forced-induction compressor, containing a base oil (A) containing a poly-?-olefin (A1), and a viscosity index improver (B) having an SSI (shear stability index) of 20 or less, having a distillation amount of a light fraction of 496° C. or less in a gas chromatography distillation test of less than 80% by volume, having a high retention of the effect of suppressing the formation of deposits that may occur inside the compressor, and being capable of retaining a high efficiency of the compressor for a long period of time, in the use thereof in a diesel engine equipped with a forced-induction compressor having an outlet temperature of the compressor becoming a high temperature reaching 190° C. or more, and a method for using the lubricating oil composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicants: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji SUNAHARA, Kazuo YAMAMORI, Kosuke FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200308503
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lubricating oil composition containing a base oil (A), a molybdenum dithiocarbamate (B), an ester-based ashless friction modifier (C), and a metal salicylate (D), wherein the content of a molybdenum atom derived from the molybdenum dithiocarbamate (B) is 650 ppm by mass or more on the basis of the whole amount of the lubricating oil composition; a content ratio [C/BMo] of the ester-based ashless friction modifier (C) to a molybdenum atom derived from the molybdenum dithiocarbamate (B) is 5.0 to 10 in terms of a mass ratio; the content of a salicylate soap group derived from the metal salicylate (D) is 0.50% by mass or more on the basis of the whole amount of the lubricating oil composition; and a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. is 4.0 mm2/s or more and less than 9.3 mm2/s, and a high-temperature high-shear viscosity at 150° C. is 1.7 mPa·s or more and less than 2.9 mPa·s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicants: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji SUNAHARA, Toyoharu KANEKO, Kazuo YAMAMORI
  • Publication number: 20090016660
    Abstract: A solid lubrication roller bearing capable of stably transferring a lubricant from spacers and reducing wear of a solid lubrication film on the surfaces of rollers is provided. The solid lubrication roller bearing comprises a raceway member having two rolling surfaces, a plurality of rollers forming first members disposed between the rolling surfaces to carry a load and covered with a solid lubrication film, and spacers forming second members interposed between the rollers to hold intervals formed of a self-lubricating material and having a recessed surface in contact with the rollers. Metal balls with a hardness higher than that of the spacer forming third members with a diameter smaller than that of the rollers are interposed between the spacers in at least one position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Kenji Sunahara, Michiaki Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20060291762
    Abstract: In some preferred embodiments of the present invention, a long-life rolling element which prevents a solid lubrication film from being broken away near the roots is provided. In a rolling element coated with a solid lubrication film in the form of a molybdenum disulfide sputter film, the solid lubrication film 3 is divided into two layers, a boundary layer 3A corresponding to the boundary between the firm and a roller 2 and an upper layer 3B. The boundary layer 3B has an oxygen content of 5 to 30% in atomic concentration, and the upper layer 3B has an oxygen content of 3% or less in atomic concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Kenji Sunahara, Michiaki Ikeda