Abstract: A lubricating oil composition is provided by blending a base oil and an additive, the additive including (a) at least one of an alkaline earth metal sulfonate, an alkaline earth metal salicylate and an alkaline earth metal phenate, (b) a sulfur-containing phosphorus compound, and (c) a thiadiazole compound. A product ((c)×P) of a mass (mass %) of the component (c) and a mass (mass ppm) of a phosphorus element in the component (b) in the composition is in a range from 1 to 50.

Abstract: A transmission oil composition for an automobile characterized in that it contains a base oil selected from the group consisting of a mineral oil, a synthetic oil and mixtures thereof; and a phosphate compound selected from the group consisting of (A) a zinc dithiophosphate having a hydrocarbon group, (B) a triaryl phosphate (C) a triaryl thiophosphate, and mixtures thereof at 0.1 to 15.0% by mass with respect to the total composition; wherein the composition has a volume resistivity of 1×107 ohm·m or more at 80° C.

Abstract: An additive for lubricants exhibiting high oxidation stability, high thermal stability, and high Nox resistance, and having excellent functions as an extreme-pressure additive or wear-resistant agent and a lubricant composition containing the additive are provided The present invention provides an additive for lubricants comprising a phosphate ester derivative represented by the general formula [I]: wherein Y represents sulfur (S) or oxygen (O); R1 represents a monovalent organic group having 4 to 24 carbon atoms; R2 represents a divalent organic group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and n represents an integer of 1 to 3. The present invention also provides a lubricant composition containing the derivative.

Abstract: New sulfur-containing organophosphorus compounds of general formulae (I) and (II) and processes for producing the same; additives for lubricating oils, which contain the sulfur-containing organophosphorus compounds; and lubricating oil compositions satisfying requirements of extreme-pressure lubrication and abrasion resistance under severe conditions of high loads imposed, on automatic or continuously variable transmissions or the like. In said formulae, R1 is a hydrocarbon group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms; R2 is a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; n is an integer of 1 to 3; p is an integer of 0 to 2; and q is an integer of 0 or 1, with the proviso that p and q cannot be 0 at the same time.

Abstract: A zinc-free lubricating composition for lubricating a continuously variable transmission is disclosed, the lubricating composition comprising a mixture of a major amount of a lubricating oil and an effective amount of a performance enhancing additive combination comprising: (a) an ashless polyisobutenyl succinimide dispersant; (b) at least one organic thioether phosphite; (c) a calcium phenate overbased detergent at a concentration such that the total amount of calcium in the fluid is less than about 500 ppm; (d) friction modifiers comprising one or more succinimides and one or more ethoxylated amines; and (e) a primary amide of a long chain carboxylic acid.

Abstract: There is disclosed a traction drive fluid which comprises a base oil blended with (A) an active phosphate ester base compound, (B) a boron-containing imide base dispersant (e.g. polyalkenyl succinimide treated with a boron compound) and (C) a boron-free imide base dispersant (e.g. polyalkenyl succinimide) in such blending amounts that the phosphorus content derived from the component (A) and the boron content derived from the component (B) are each 100 to 600 ppm, preferably 60 to 300 ppm by weight, and at least 60 ppm by weight, respectively based on the base oil, and the boron-free imide base dispersant (C) is blended so that the ratio by weight of the nitrogen in the component(C) to the boron in the component (B) is at least 1, preferably 1 to 6.

Abstract: A zinc-free lubricating composition for lubricating a continuously variable transmission, the lubricating composition comprising a mixture of a major amount of a lubricating oil and an effective amount of a performance enhancing additive combination comprising: (a) an ashless dispersant; (b) at least one organic phosphite; (c) a calcium detergent; (d) one or more friction modifiers selected from the group consisting of: succinimides and ethoxylated amines; and (e) a primary amide of a long chain carboxylic acid.

Abstract: The present invention generally pertains to a power transmission fluid composition comprising: (a) a major amount of lubricating oil; (b) an oil soluble phosphorus compound; (c) an ashless dispersant; and (d) an amine (i.e., alkyl primary amine) having the following Structure I:R--NH.sub.2wherein R is about a C.sub.8 to C.sub.30 alkyl. Optionally, the power transmission fluid composition may include an amine containing friction modifier.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition containing a lubricant or hydraulic fluid and in an effective amount to improve extreme pressure and anti-wear properties of said lubricant or hydraulic fluid of at least one compound of the formula II ##STR1## R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 together with the C atom to which they are bound are tert-C.sub.4 -C.sub.14 -alkyl. R.sup.4 is phenyl, --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --NH.sub.2, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, --CH.sub.2 CH(OH)--CH.sub.2 --OH, tert-C.sub.4 -C.sub.14 alkyl, --(CH.sub.2).sub.2 --S--CH(OH)--CH.sub.2 --S-(tert-C.sub.8 -C.sub.12 alkyl), --CH.sub.2 --COOH, --CH.sub.2 --COO--(i-C.sub.8 H.sub.17), --CH.sub.2 --CO--OH.H.sub.2 N-(tert-C.sub.10 -C.sub.16 -alkyl), --P(S)--[O--(i-C.sub.3 H.sub.7)].sub.2, --P(S)--[O--(i-C.sub.8 H.sub.17)].sub.2, .alpha.-naphthyl, benzothiazolyl, benzimidazolyl, thiazolyl, --CH.sub.2 --CH--(OH)--CH.sub.2 --S--R.sup.10 wherein R.sup.10 is tertiary C.sub.4 -C.sub.14 -alkyl, or R.sup.4 is radical ##STR2## R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.