With Compound Having Ether Group Patents (Class 508/182)
  • Patent number: 11518953
    Abstract: A lithium-based grease and the preparation method thereof are provided. The raw materials for preparing the lithium-based grease include in parts by weight: 75-88 parts of base oil, 0.5-2.5 parts of antiwear agent, 0.1-1.5 parts of antirust agent, 0.1-1.5 parts of antioxidant, 5-25 parts of lubricant, 5-15 parts of thickening agent, and 0.6-2.0 parts of saponifying agent. The raw materials also include hydroxyl compound-containing modified graphene containing quaternary ammonium salt or aromatic ring. The grease has good colloid stability and mechanical stability, can greatly improve the antiwear property. More than that, the grease has excellent oxidation resistance, and can significantly shorten the reaction time of the saponification, reduce the reaction temperature of the saponification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Guangxi LiuGong Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Lin, Jinqiong Luo, Hao Liang, Li Zhang, Mingzhi Lin, Guoqing Hou
  • Patent number: 11168276
    Abstract: Compositions and processes are disclosed for forming hydrophobic coatings and lubricant-infused surface coatings. Coatings may be applied to various substrates without prior chemical or temperature treatment of the substrates and over large and irregular surfaces. Coatings are self-healing, antifouling, and have enhanced lifetimes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Curtis J. Larimer, Raymond S. Addleman
  • Patent number: 9238784
    Abstract: A slide electricity structure according to the present invention uses grease for electrical contacts wherein contact resistance does not gradually increase even when exposed to sliding and lifetime is long, and has a silver-plated spring contact that contacts or separates by way of sliding and grease for electrical contacts that has been applied to the spring contact and contains perfluoropolyether oil having an average molecular weight between 2600 and 12500 as a base oil and PTFE having a primary particle diameter of 1 ?m or less as a thickener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., NOK Klueber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Sato, Kazuhiro Sato, Ayumu Morita, Kenji Tsuchiya, Takao Kanno, Toshio Nitta
  • Patent number: 9057228
    Abstract: A wellbore tool includes a non-hydrocarbon-based grease disposed between a first component and a second component. The grease remains substantially impermeable to hydrocarbons at temperatures up to at least about 150° C. and possibly up to at least about 200° C., and pressures up to at least about 27 MPa and possibly to at least about 50 MPa. Methods of forming such wellbore tools include selecting a grease to comprise a non-hydrocarbon-based grease that remains at least substantially impermeable to hydrocarbons at temperatures up to at least about 150° C. and possibly up to at least about 200° C., and pressures up to at least about 27 MPa and possibly to at least about 50 MPa; and disposing the grease at an interface between a first component of a wellbore tool and a second component of a wellbore tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Karsten Fuhst, Jan C. Bertke
  • Patent number: 9051653
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rolling bearing in which the peeling resistances of a DLC film formed on raceway of inner and outer rings and a sliding surface of a cage are improved to allow the intrinsic properties of the DLC film to be displayed so that the rolling bearing is excellent in its resistance to seizing, wear, and corrosion. A rolling bearing (1) has an inner ring (2), an outer ring (3), a plurality of rolling elements (4), and a cage (5). A hard film (8) is formed on a curved surface such as a raceway (2a) of the inner ring (2), a raceway (3a) of the outer ring (3), and the like. The hard film (8) is composed of a foundation layer, composed mainly of Cr, which is formed directly on the curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Tsutsui, Kouya Oohira, Naoko Ito
  • Patent number: 8883697
    Abstract: A wear resistant lubricious composite includes a synthetic resin binder, a plurality of transfer film forming particles, and a plurality of hard nanoparticles. The hard nanoparticles are selected from the group consisting of metal oxides, metal carbides and metal nitride nanoparticles. A method of forming wear resistant lubricious composite articles includes the steps of providing a liquid phase synthetic resin precursor, adding a plurality of transfer film forming particles and a plurality of hard nanoparticles selected from the group consisting of metal oxide, metal carbide and metal nitride nanoparticles to the resin precursor to form a mixture, adding a hardener to the mixture, and curing the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation
    Inventors: Wallace Gregory Sawyer, Ben Peter Boesl, Nicole Lee McCook, David L. Burris
  • Patent number: 8846586
    Abstract: Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include articles and methods of making articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Wallace Gregory Sawyer, Jennifer Vail
  • Patent number: 8758876
    Abstract: A coating which provides corrosion resistance, wear resistance, and, optionally, lubrication, for deposition on a threaded article is disclosed. The coating comprises a polymer matrix, such as a polyimide, which is modified with small amounts of a fluorine containing polymer modifier, as well as other compounds or additives to improve performance of the coating. Additionally, the coating can further comprise a solid lubricant or an anticorrosion compound dispersed within the polymer matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Tenaris Connections Limited
    Inventors: Gabriel Eduardo Carcagno, Klaus Endres
  • Publication number: 20140038863
    Abstract: The present invention provides a defoaming agent composition in gel form, of number 1 NLGI grade or harder, for application to the inside wall of a container, being a composition for defoaming bubbles generated from lubricating oil present within a container. The present invention further provides a method of defoaming lubricating oil characterised in that it includes a step of applying a defoaming agent composition in gel form, of number 1 NLGI grade or harder, to the inside wall of a container for lubricating oil and characterised in that this step is a step in which said defoaming agent composition is applied to the inside wall face at or above the oil surface of the lubricating oil, or higher than this.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Kumiko Kamata, Tazaki Hiroyuki
  • Patent number: 8530396
    Abstract: The invention provides a grease composition for constant velocity joint containing the components (a) to (g) below and a constant velocity joint containing said composition. (a) a diurea thickening agent having the following formula (1): R1NH—CO—NH—C6H4-p-CH2—C6H4-p-NH—CO—NHR2??(1) wherein R1 and R2 may be the same or different and represent C8-C20 alkyl groups, (b) an ester synthetic oil, (c) a mineral oil and/or a synthetic hydrocarbon oil, (d) a molybdenum dialkyldithiocarbamate, (e) molybdenum disulfide, (f) a polytetrafluoroethylene, and (g) a zinc dithiophosphate compound. The grease composition of the invention reduces variations in rotational resistance of the constant velocity joint at a low temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignees: Kyodo Yushi Co., Ltd., NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Kakizaki, Shinya Kondo, Shinichi Takabe, Takaaki Shibata
  • Patent number: 8501671
    Abstract: A process for producing a grease composition which is capable of homogeneously and surely dispersing a non-fluorine-based base oil blended with a thickening agent and a fluorine-based base oil blended with a thickening agent. A mixture of a non-fluorine-based base oil blended with a first thickening agent and a fluorine-based base oil blended with a second thickening agent that are not mutually compatible is homogeneously treated at a shear rate of 150 s?1 or higher to form a morphology structure in which one of the non-fluorine-based base oil and fluorine-based base oil is homogeneously dispersed in a particulate form having a mean particle diameter of not more than 25 ?m in the other base oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: NOK Klueber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hishinuma, Motoyuki Inai, Toshio Nitta
  • Patent number: 8492320
    Abstract: A lubricant composition which is suitable as a fluorine oil, fluorine grease, and which is excellent in stabilizability, as well as a lubricant composition which is suitable as a fluorine oil, fluorine grease, and which has excellent rust prevention properties while keeping a heat resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: NOK Klueber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Miyamoto, Akihiko Shimura, Toshio Nitta, Jiro Yurimoto
  • Patent number: 8470748
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electroconductive grease comprising a fluorine oil, an electroconductive material, and a thickening agent, the electroconductive grease containing 5 to 20 wt. % of carbon black having a DBP oil absorption amount of 250 ml/100 g or less as the electroconductive material, and 2 to 15 wt. % of fluorine-containing resin particles having an average primary particle size of 1.0 ?m or less as the thickening agent. The electroconductive grease comprises carbon black having specific properties, and fluorine-containing resin particles, preferably PTFE particles, having an average primary particle size of 1.0 ?m or less, and therefore exhibits excellent oil separation characteristics, namely, a remarkably lower degree of oil separation, which can also be reduced to 10 wt. % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: NOK Klueber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Shimura, Yoshihito Tani, Toshio Nitta
  • Publication number: 20130008747
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for feeding a grease composition for grease-feeding to bearing units comprising 35 to 85 wt. % of fluorine-based grease and 65 to 15 wt. % of fluorine-based organic solvent; the method comprising jetting the grease composition into an inner portion of a bearing unit, such as a bearing for a conveyor chain having a grease-feeding hole, so as to feed the fluorine-based grease in an amount accounting for 10 to 45 volume % of the space volume in the bearing. According to the grease-feeding method, the grease composition for grease-feeding can be effectively applied to a bearing unit having a grease-feeding hole (nipple), thereby can be sufficiently supplied to a lubrication part, and allows grease-feeding without leakage from the bearing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Hidenori Wakamatsu, Yuki Ariga
  • Publication number: 20120282456
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for epoxy resin composites, methods of making the epoxy nanocomposites, methods of using the nanocomposites, articles, methods of using articles, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Wallace Gregory Sawyer, Jennifer Vail
  • Publication number: 20120264663
    Abstract: A lubricant composition which is suitable as a fluorine oil, fluorine grease, and which is excellent in stabilizability, as well as a lubricant composition which is suitable as a fluorine oil, fluorine grease, and which has excellent rust prevention properties while keeping a heat resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro MIYAMOTO, Akihiko Shimura, Toshio Nitta, Jiro Yurimoto
  • Patent number: 8247361
    Abstract: A fluorine-based lubricant composition comprising a base oil and a fluorine-containing compound represented by the general formula: CF3(CF2)n O(CF2O)p(C2F4O)q(C3F6O)rRfCONHAr (wherein, Ar is a 2-benzimidazole group, Rf is a fluorocarbon group of carbon number of from 1 or 2, n is 0, 1 or 2, p, q and r are an integer satisfying the condition p+q+r?100, where one or two of p, q and r may be 0, and the CF2O group, the CF2O4 group and the C3F6O group are the groups bound randomly in the main chain) as an additive containing in the base oil. The fluorine-based lubricant composition has an improved long term anti-rust property and thermal resistance property, and further the fluorine-based lubricant composition obtained by adding a thickening agent to the composition reduces abrasion of the sliding member such as electric contact having a noble metal surface including a gold or silver plating surface, a copper surface and a copper alloy surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: NOK Kluber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Shimura, Ayumi Yamazaki, I, Wataru Sawaguchi, Masaki Tahara, Yoshihito Tani, Toshio Nitta
  • Patent number: 8182155
    Abstract: A lubricating grease is provided which is excellent in durability at high temperatures, inhibits the reaction between fluorine and steel and has a long life and a rolling bearing in which the lubricating grease is enclosed. The lubricating grease contains perfluoropolyether oil as a base oil thereof and fluorocarbon resin powder as a thickener thereof, a diurea compound having an —NH— bond in the molecular structure thereof, an organic-acid metal salt or a bismuth-containing compound such as bismuth sulfate. The rolling bearing has an inner ring and an outer ring disposed concentrically with each other, a plurality of rolling elements interposed between the inner ring and the outer ring, and a retainer dividedly holding the rolling elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Egami, Mitsunari Asao
  • Patent number: 8178480
    Abstract: A lubricant for magnetic disks which can form a lubricating layer having a reduced thickness while attaining a high coverage and is excellent in heat resistance and adhesion to a protective layer. The lubricant for magnetic disks comprises a perfluoropolyether compound in which the relationship between the number-average molecular weight and the standardized value of the number of hydroxy groups contained in the molecule satisfies the following: the number-average molecular weight is in the range of 1,000-6,000; the standardized value of the number of hydroxy groups contained in the molecule is 180 or higher; and the compound is in a region located below the line connecting the point where the number-average molecular weight is 1,000 and the standardized value of the number of hydroxy groups in the molecule is 400 to the point where the number-average molecular weight is 6,000 and the standardized value of the number of hydroxy groups in the molecule is 1,600.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: WD Media (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsushi Hamakubo, Koichi Shimokawa, Kota Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8178004
    Abstract: A composition and method for forming a hydrophobic coating on a metallic substrate are disclosed. The composition comprises: (a) a perfluorinated acid, (b) a surfactant, (c) an organic solvent, and (d) water. The composition is applied to the metal surface, the organic solvent and water permitted to evaporate and coalesce to form a substantially continuous film that preferably is in the form of a self-assembled monolayer covalently bonded to the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Aculon, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric L. Hanson
  • Patent number: 8136339
    Abstract: The oil-free chain is obtained by connecting a pair of inner link plates which are connected by oil-impregnated bushings and a pair of outer link plates, which are connected by pins inserted into adjacent oil-impregnated bushings of adjacent inner link plates alternately. The oil-impregnated bushing is obtained by impregnating a bushing made of a metal sintered body with perfluoropolyether having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. equal to or higher than 350 mm2/s. The bushing is impregnated with perfluoropolyether having a kinematic viscosity corresponding to the operating temperature of the oil-free chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Tsubakimoto Chain Co.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kondo, Toshihiko Takashima, Ikutaro Nakagawa, Takahisa Andoh, Masahide Komeda
  • Publication number: 20110306527
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a grease composition comprising: (A) a synthetic base oil in majority consisting of alkylaromatic(s); (B) a thickener in majority consisting of at least one metal soap of fatty acids; and (C) a solid lubricant in majority consisting of nanoparticulate polytetrafluorethylene, at least 85% of the particles of which have a size of less than one micron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Total Rafinage Marketing
    Inventors: Alain Bouffet, Franck Bardin
  • Patent number: 8067344
    Abstract: A lubricating grease composition, which comprises a base oil consisting of a mixture of 100 parts by weight of at least one of a perfluoropolyether oil (A), represented by RfO[CF(CF3)CF2O]p(CF2CF2O)qRf (where Rf is a perfluoroalkyl group having 1-5 carbon atoms, p+q=2-200, q/p=0-2, and q may be 0), and a perfluoropolyether oil (B), represented by F(CF2CF2CF2O)sC2F5 (where s=2-100), and 0-100 parts by weight of at least one of a perfluoropolyether oil (C), represented by RfO(CF2CF2O)m(CF2O)nRf (where m+n=3-200 and m:n=10-90:90-10), and a perfluoropolyether oil (D), represented by RfO[CF(CF3)CF2O]a(CF2CF3O)b(CF2O)cRf (where a+b+c=3-200, b is 0 or an integer of 1 or more, and c is an integer of 1 or more), preferably further admixed with a thickening agent, can suppress corrosion of metallic materials by corrosive gases and also has a good heat resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: NOK Kluber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Shimura, Tetsuhiro Kitahara, Tatsuya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 8044003
    Abstract: A grease composition, which comprises (A) a perfluoropolyether base oil, (B) a thickener, and (C) barium sulfate and/or antimony oxide, where 0.1-50% by weight of the component (B) and 1-25% by weight of the component (C) are contained, has a distinguished effect on improvements of abrasion resistance, friction characteristics, load durability, high-temperature durability and corrosion resistance without any deterioration of heat resistance by adding at least one of barium sulfate and antimony oxide, each having an average primary particle size of 0.1-20 ?m, as component (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: NOK Kluber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Miyamoto, Akihiko Shimura, Tetsuhiro Kitahara, Jiro Yurimoto
  • Patent number: 8012920
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lubricant for forming a lubricating layer which is useful in preventing fly and stiction and/or corrosion at an extremely small flying height of 10 nm or less, which is prevented from migrating at a high rotational speed of 5400 rpm or more, which has high adhesion, and which is suitable for a load/unload method. A crude lubricant containing at least one perfluoropolyether is degassed and then purified. Alternatively, a liquid crude lubricant containing at least one perfluoropolyether is purified by vaporizing the crude lubricant and then liquefying the vapor of the perfluoropolyether within a distance less than the mean free path of molecules of the perfluoropolyether. A magnetic disk is prepared in such a manner that a carbonaceous protective layer is formed above a substrate and a lubricating layer is formed on the protective layer using of the lubricant. The lubricant contains the perfluoropolyether and has a molecular weight distribution of 1.3 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: WD Media (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Koichi Shimokawa
  • Patent number: 7939477
    Abstract: A lubricant composition for oil-impregnated sintered bearings, which comprises at least one base oil selected from a perfluoropolyether oil represented by the following general formula: RfO(CF2CF2O)m(CF2O)nRf (where Rf is a perfluoroalkyl group having 1-5 carbon atoms, m+n=3-200, m:n=10-90:90-10), a perfluoropolyether oil represented by the following general formula: RfO[CF(CF3)CF2O]p(CF2CF2O)q(CF2O)rRf (where Rf is a perfluoroalkyl group having 1-5 carbon atoms, p+q+r=3-200, q and r each may be 0, and (q+r)/p=0-2), and a polyfluoropolyether oil represented by the following general formula: F(CF2CF2CF2O)sC2F5 (where s=2-100), and a fluorine-containing di- or mono-amide-based compound, has further improved lubrication characteristics, particularly wear resistance and friction coefficient characteristics, of perfluoropolyether oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: NOK Kluber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Miyuki Hashida, Toshio Nitta
  • Publication number: 20110034356
    Abstract: A composition is disclosed which comprises an aryl perfluoropolyether, optionally a halogenated oil, and further optionally a thickening agent. The composition can be used as a lubricant itself or as an additive to an oil or grease lubricant and can withstand temperatures higher than 300° C. without decomposition. The halogenated oil can be a perfluoropolyether, a fluorosilicone, a polytrifluorochloroethylene, or combinations of two or more thereof. The thickening agent can be finely divided silica, boron nitride, clay, soap, poly(tetrafluoroethylene), clay, talc, silica, titanium dioxide, polydimethylsiloxane, polyurea, polyurethane, or combinations of two or more thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Jon Lee Howell, Alice Elizabeth Van Der Ende, Erik William Perez, Krista Lynn Laugesen
  • Publication number: 20110034355
    Abstract: A composition is disclosed which comprises an aryl perfluoropolyether, optionally a halogenated oil, and further optionally a thickening agent. The composition can be used as a lubricant itself or as an additive to an oil or grease lubricant and can withstand temperatures higher than 300° C. without decomposition. The halogenated oil can be a perfluoropolyether, a fluorosilicone, a polytrifluorochloroethylene, or combinations of two or more thereof. The thickening agent can be finely divided silica, boron nitride, clay, soap, poly(tetrafluoroethylene), clay, talc, silica, titanium dioxide, polydimethylsiloxane, polyurea, polyurethane, or combinations of two or more thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Jon Lee Howell, Alice Elizabeth Van Der Ende, Erik William Perez, Krista Lynn Laugesen
  • Publication number: 20100298182
    Abstract: A lubricating grease composition, which comprises a base oil consisting of a mixture of 100 parts by weight of at least one of a perfluoropolyether oil (A), represented by RfO[CF(CF3)CF2O]p(CF2CF2O)qRf (where Rf is a perfluoroalkyl group having 1-5 carbon atoms, p+q=2-200, q/p=0-2, and q may be 0), and a perfluoropolyether oil (B), represented by F(CF2CF2CF2O)sC2F5 (where s=2-100), and 0-100 parts by weight of at least one of a perfluoropolyether oil (C), represented by RfO(CF2CF2O)m(CF2O)nRf (where m+n=3-200 and m:n=10-90:90-10), and a perfluoropolyether oil (D), represented by RfO[CF(CF3)CF2O]a(CF2CF3O)b(CF2O)cRf (where a+b+c=3-200, b is 0 or an integer of 1 or more, and c is an integer of 1 or more), preferably further admixed with a thickening agent, can suppress corrosion of metallic materials by corrosive gases and also has a good heat resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: NOK KLUBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko Shimua, Tetsuhiro Kitahara, Tatsuya Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20100190668
    Abstract: A process for producing a grease composition which is capable of homogeneously and surely dispersing a non-fluorine-based base oil blended with a thickening agent and a fluorine-based base oil blended with a thickening agent. A mixture of a non-fluorine-based base oil blended with a first thickening agent and a fluorine-based base oil blended with a second thickening agent that are not mutually compatible is homogeneously treated at a shear rate of 150 s?1 or higher to form a morphology structure in which one of the non-fluorine-based base oil and fluorine-based base oil is homogeneously dispersed in a particulate form having a mean particle diameter of not more than 25 ?m in the other base oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Takeshi Hishinuma, Motoyuki Inai, Toshio Nitta
  • Publication number: 20100105584
    Abstract: Fluorinated lubricants of formula: T-O[A-B]z-[A-B?]z?-A-T? (I) wherein: A=—(X)a—O-A?-(X?)b wherein A? is a perfluoropolyether chain comprising units (CF2O), (CF2CF2O), (CF2CF2CF2O), (CF2CF2CF2CF2O); X, X??—CF2—, —CF2CF2—; a, b=0 or 1; B derives from olefins, of which at least one homopolymerizable by radical route, of formula: —[(CR1R2—CR3R4)j(CR5R6—CR7R8)j?]— (Ia) wherein j=1-5, j?=0-4 and 2<(j+j?)<5; R1-R8=halogen, H, C1-C6 (per)haloalkyl, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 oxy(per)-fluoroalkyl; z?2; z? is 0 or an integer; z, z? are such that the number average molecular weight of the polymer of formula (I) is in the range 500-500,000; B?=(Ia) but at least one of R1-R8 has a meaning different than that in B and 2?(j+j?)<5; T, T?=C1-C3 perfluoroalkyl, C1-C6 alkyl and compositions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: SOLVAY SOLEXIS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Marco Avataneo, Pier Antonio Guarda, Giuseppe Marchionni, Patrizia Maccone, Giovanni Boccaletti
  • Patent number: 7659231
    Abstract: Compounds having the following formula: wherein: A and A1, equal or different, are respectively H or an aromatic end group as defined below; optionally said aromatic group being substituted; n is an integer different from zero, such that the number average molecular weight of the compound of formula (I) is in the range 1,800-50,000, T is the bivalent group —Y—CH2—CFW1—O—Rf—CFW2—CH2—Y— wherein: Y=O, S; W1 and W2, equal or different, are F, CF3; Rf is a (per) fluoropolyoxyalkylene chain formed of one or more repeating units, statistically distributed along the chain; R1, R2, R3, equal to or different from each other, are selected from H; linear or branched C1-C8 perfluoroalkyl, linear or branched C1-C15 (per) fluorooxyalkyl; linear or branched C1-C8 alkyl; linear or branched C1-C8a oxyalkyl, optionally containing one or more oxygen atoms; NO2; CN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Solvay Solexis S.p.A.
    Inventors: Claudio Tonelli, Antonio Russo
  • Patent number: 7608952
    Abstract: A motor (10) for a vehicle includes a stator assembly (14) and a rotor assembly (16). Bearing structure (20, 22) support the rotor assembly to permit rotation of the rotor assembly with respect to the stator assembly. A shaft (30) is threadedly engaged with the rotor assembly and is constructed and arranged such that rotation of the rotor assembly causes linear movement of the shaft. A perfluoropolyether (PFPE) based lubricant (38), having an thermal functionality upper temperature limit of over +200° C., lubricates at least the bearing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Andrew Weldon, Calvin Wang
  • Patent number: 7405296
    Abstract: Compounds of formula wherein Rf is a (per)fluoropolyoxyalkylene chain having a number average molecular weight in the range 500-10,000; W1, W2, equal to or different from each other, are —F or —CF3; T1 is equal to —CHAa—Ba (CH2CH2O)na— wherein Aa=H, CF3; Ba=O, S, NH; na=0 or an integer between 1 and 6; T2 is equal to —F, —CF3, —C2 F5, —(C2 F4) Cl, or a group of formula: Q1, Q2 equal to or different from each other, are a chain of formula -T1-l -CFW1—O—Rf—CFW2-T?2, wherein: T?2 is equal to —F, —CF3, —C2 F5, —(C2F4) Cl; or is a group of formula: wherein B is equal to O, S, NH; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 equal to or different from each other are selected from H, F, NO2, CN, C1-C8 perfluoroalkyl, carboxyl, phenyl (Ph), O- Ph, NH-Ph, S-Ph; wherein B is equal to O, S, NH; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 equal to or different from each other are selected from H, F, NO2, CN, C1-C8 perfluoroalkyl, carboxyl, phenyl (Ph), O- Ph, NH-Ph, S-Ph; with the proviso that at least one of Q1 and Q2a is equal to:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Solvay Solexis S.p.A.
    Inventors: Antonio Russo, Patrizia Maccone
  • Patent number: 7402550
    Abstract: A rolling bearing holding two or more rolling elements 13 between inner ring 10 and outer ring 11 in such a way that these rolling elements can freely roll, and packed with a grease is described, wherein the grease is a mixture of at least one of metal complex soap-based grease and urea-based grease, each incorporated with 8 to 35% by mass of thickening agent, and fluorine-based grease comprising perfluoropolyether oil as a base oil incorporated with 15 to 42.5% by mass of polytetrafluoroethylene as a thickening agent, ratio of said at least one of the metal complex soap-based grease and urea-based grease versus said fluorine-based grease being 40 to 80:60 to 20 by mass, and total content of the thickening agents being 20 to 30% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenichi Iso
  • Patent number: 7399735
    Abstract: Compounds formed of (per)fluoropolyether chains and end groups having a pyridine structure, with structural formula: T1-CW1—O—Rf—CW2-T2??(I) wherein T1, T2, equal to or different from each other, have the following meanings: F, CF3, C2F5, (C2F4)Cl; CH2—B—Y, CH(CF3)O—Y, wherein: B?O, S; wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, equal to or different from each other, are H, F, C1-C8 linear or branched perfluoroalkyl, NO2, CN; with the proviso that at least one of the two end groups T1, T2 is CH2—B—Y or CH(CF3)O—Y as above defined; W1, W2, equal to or different from each other, are —F, —CF3; Rf is a (per)fluoropolyoxyalkylene chain having a number average molecular weight from 400 to 10,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Solvay Solexis S.p.A.
    Inventors: Antonio Russo, Patrizia Maccone
  • Patent number: 7271135
    Abstract: A rolling bearing, for application in electric auxiliaries for a car, durable owing to high resistance to high temperatures and capable of restraining noises from being generated at low temperatures; and lubricant grease, for low and high temperature application, which can be sealed in the rolling bearing. The lubricant grease includes 100 parts by weight of a mixture of fluorine-containing lubricant grease containing perfluoropolyether oil as a base oil thereof and fluorocarbon resin powder as a thickening agent thereof and urea-containing lubricant grease containing polyester oil as a base oil thereof and a urea compound as a thickening agent thereof; and 3 to 30 parts by weight of polyolefin oil added to the mixed grease. The polyolefin oil has a pour point of not more than ?50° C. and a kinematic viscosity of 10 to 70 mm2/s at 40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsunari Asao, Masaki Egami
  • Patent number: 7265080
    Abstract: The rolling bearing of the invention to be incorporated in the compressor for fuel cell system comprises a fluorine-based grease containing a fluororesin and a fluorine-based oil, a urea grease containing a urea compound and a synthetic oil or a lithium complex grease containing a lithium complex and a synthetic oil encapsulated therein. In this arrangement, the grease deterioration of the rolling bearing incorporated in the compressor for force-feeding various fluids between machines can be prevented, making it possible to provide a fuel cell system which can maintain stable operation over an extended period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Iso, Hirotoshi Miyajima, Katsuaki Denpou, Yujiro Toda, Masahiko Yamazaki, Michiharu Naka, Yasunobu Fujita
  • Patent number: 7196042
    Abstract: A grease composition is produced by mixing a thickener comprising a fluoro resin and a second thickener component (a metallic soap, a complex metallic soap, an N-substituted terephthalamic acid metal salt, organic bentonite or a calcium sulfonate complex) into a base oil. This grease composition is excellent in heat resistance, load carring capacity, water resistance, rust protection, lubricating life and the like. A rolling apparatus filled with the above grease composition has excellent lubricating ability and is long-lived under high-temperature conditions. Moreover, a grease composition is produced by mixing a thickener comprising a fluoro resin and carbon black as a second thickener component into a base oil. This grease composition is excellent in heat resistance, water resistance, rust protection, lubricating life, electric conductivity and the like. A rolling apparatus filled with the above grease composition has excellent electric conductivity and is long-lived under high-temperature conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Nakatani, Yasunobu Fujita, Michita Hokao, Hirotoshi Miyajima
  • Patent number: 6946429
    Abstract: A bearing for an electronically controlled throttle motor in an automobile filled with a grease composition with a kinetic viscosity between 40 and 150 mm2/sec (at 40° C.) containing (a) a straight-chain perfluoropolyether oil with a kinetic viscosity less than 25 mm2/sec (at 40° C.) expressed by the formula RfO(CF2O)p(C2F4O)q(C3F6O)rRf (where Rf is a perfluoro lower alkyl group, and p, q and r are integers whose total is between 25 and 45), (b) a base oil containing a straight-chain perfluoropolyether oil with a kinetic viscosity greater than 250 mm2/sec (at 40° C.) expressed by the formula RfO(CF2O)p(C2F4O)q(C3F6O)rRf (where Rf is a perfluoro lower alkyl group, and p, q and r are integers whose total is between 80 and 200) and (c) a polytetrafluoroethylene filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Motoharu Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20040266632
    Abstract: A rolling bearing holding two or more rolling elements 13 between inner ring 10 and outer ring 11 in such a way that these rolling elements can freely roll, and packed with a grease is described, wherein the grease is a mixture of at least one of metal complex soap-based grease and urea-based grease, each incorporated with 8 to 35% by mass of thickening agent, and fluorine-based grease comprising perfluoropolyether oil as a base oil incorporated with 15 to 42.5% by mass of polytetrafluoroethylene as a thickening agent, ratio of said at least one of the metal complex soap-based grease and urea-based grease versus said fluorine-based grease being 40 to 80:60 to 20 by mass, and total content of the thickening agents being 20 to 30% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Iso
  • Patent number: 6828284
    Abstract: A composition that is or comprises a phosphorus-, perfluoropolyether-, and perfluoroalkyl-containing compound is provided. The compound comprises either (i) mono- or polyalkylene oxide linking groups between the phosphorus and the fluorocarbon group, or (ii) no linking group between the phosphorus and fluorocarbon group, or (iii) individual mixtures of (i) and (ii); and the fluorocarbon group can be the perfluoropolyether or perfluoroalkyl group. The compound can also be a partially esterified phosphate, a partially esterified phosphonate, a salt of a partially esterified phosphate, a salt of a partially esterified phosphonate, or mixtures of two or more thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Jon Lee Howell, Erik William Perez
  • Publication number: 20040235685
    Abstract: Compounds formed of (per)fluoropolyether chains and end groups having a pyridine structure, with structural formula:
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: SOLVAY SOLEXIS S.p.A.
    Inventors: Antonio Russo, Patrizia Maccone
  • Publication number: 20040198612
    Abstract: A rolling bearing, for application in electric auxiliaries for a car, durable owing to high resistance to high temperatures and capable of restraining noises from being generated at low temperatures; and lubricant grease, for low and high temperature application, which can be sealed in the rolling bearing. The lubricant grease includes 100 parts by weight of a mixture of fluorine-containing lubricant grease containing perfluoropolyether oil as a base oil thereof and fluorocarbon resin powder as a thickening agent thereof and urea-containing lubricant grease containing polyester oil as a base oil thereof and a urea compound as a thickening agent thereof; and 3 to 30 parts by weight of polyolefin oil added to the mixed grease. The polyolefin oil has a pour point of not more than −50° C. and a kinematic viscosity of 10 to 70 mm2/s at 40° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Mitsunari Asao, Masaki Egami
  • Patent number: 6780823
    Abstract: A process for lubricating a container, such as a beverage container, or a conveyor for containers, by applying to the container or conveyor, a thin continuous, substantially non-dripping layer of a liquid lubricant. The process provides many advantages compared to the use of a conventional dilute aqueous lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventors: Minyu Li, Keight Darrell Lokkesmoe, Guang-Jong Jason Wei
  • Patent number: 6723684
    Abstract: There is provided a grease composition useful for bearings of cars and aircraft which is stable in a wide range of temperature of 40 to 180° C. and exhibits low torque properties under high loading at low temperatures. A low torque grease composition having dynamic viscosity (40° C.) of 40 to 150 mm2/sec which comprises a base oil consisting of (a) straight-chain perfluoropolyether oil having dynamic viscosity (40° C.) of 25 mm2/sec or less and represented by the following general formula: RfO(CF2O)p(C2F4O)q(C3F6O)rRf, wherein Rf is a perfluoro lower alkyl group and all of p, q and r is an integer and a sum thereof is an integer of 25 to 45 and (b) straight-chain perfluoropolyether oil having dynamic viscosity (40° C.) of 250 mm2/sec or more and represented by the following general formula: RfO(CF2O)p(C2F4O)q(C3F6O)rRf, wherein Rf is a perfluoro lower alkyl group and p, q and r are an integer of 10 to 20; and (c) polytetrafluoroethylene as a thickener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoharu Akiyama, Tatsuya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 6673750
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lubricating composition such as a lubricant, a lubricating grease, or a rust preventive oil for use in a torque limiter and a ball-and-roller bearing; the lubricating composition having chemical attack resistance for a synthetic resin molded product. The lubricating composition comprises as a base oil at least one synthetic saturated hydrocarbon oil selected from the group consisting of a poly-&agr;-olefin, and an ethylene-&agr;-olefin copolymer. When a phosphoric acid ester is used as a compounding agent, or at lease one lubricating grease selected from the group consisting of an urea compound, silica powder, and bentonite powder is mixed therein, the lubricating composition is a rust preventive oil using a metal salt of sulfonic acid and the like. The lubricating composition is suitably used for machine parts of a business machine including the synthetic resin molded product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Hirata, Atsushi Morooka, Hidenobu Mikami, Toshiyuki Mizutani, Seiichi Takada, Masaaki Honda, Yoshihiko Oeda, Katsumi Nagano
  • Patent number: 6667281
    Abstract: A grease composition suitable for use with vehicle electrical equipment and vehicle engine starters is disclosed, which has excellent abrasion resistance and anti-seizure property, long service life, excellent lubricity at low temperatures, and has no adverse effect on electric contacts. The composition contains: (A) a silicon-free synthetic oil having a kinematic viscosity of 10 to 60 mm2/s at 40° C.; (B) a urea thickener; (C) melamine cyanurate; and (D) polytetrafluoroethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignees: Nippon Oil Corporation, Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Syouzou Ikejima, Yasuyuki Wakahara, Hirotugu Kinoshita, Kiyomi Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20030195125
    Abstract: A bearing for an electronically controlled throttle motor in an automobile filled with a grease composition with a kinetic viscosity between 40 and 150 mm2/sec (at 40° C.) containing (a) a straight-chain perfluoropolyether oil with a kinetic viscosity less than 25 mm2/sec (at 40° C.) expressed by the formula RfO(CF2O)p(C2F4O)q(C3F6O)rRf (where Rf is a perfluoro lower alkyl group, and p, q and r are integers whose total is between 25 and 45), (b) a base oil containing a straight-chain perfluoropolyether oil with a kinetic viscosity greater than 250 mm2/sec (at 40° C.) expressed by the formula RfO(CF2O)p(C2F4O)q(C3F6O)rRf (where Rf is a perfluoro lower alkyl group, and p, q and r are integers whose total is between 80 and 200) and (c) a polytetrafluoroethylene filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventor: Motoharu Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20030148896
    Abstract: There is provided a grease composition useful for bearings of cars and aircraft which is stable in a wide range of temperature of 40 to 180° C. and exhibits low torque properties under high loading at low temperatures. A low torque grease composition having dynamic viscosity (40° C.) of 40 to 150 mm2/sec which comprises a base oil consisting of (a) straight-chain perfluoropolyether oil having dynamic viscosity (40° C.) of 25 mm2/sec or less and represented by the following general formula: RfO(CF2O)p(C2F4O)q(C3F6O)rRf, wherein Rf is a perfluoro lower alkyl group and all of p, q and r is an integer and a sum thereof is an integer of 25 to 45 and (b) straight-chain perfluoropolyether oil having dynamic viscosity (40° C.) of 250 mm2/sec or more and represented by the following general formula: RfO(CF2O)p(C2F4O)q(C3F6O)rRf, wherein Rf is a perfluoro lower alkyl group and p, q and r are an integer of 10 to 20; and (c) polytetrafluoroethylene as a thickener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Motoharu Akiyama, Tatsuya Hashimoto