Polymer Of Alpha, Beta-olefinically Unsaturated Carboxylate Monomer (e.g., Polymethylmethacrylate, Etc.) Patents (Class 508/469)
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Patent number: 8778857Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 6, 2009Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Afton Chemical CorporationInventor: Peter Growcott
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Patent number: 8759265Abstract: An aqueous hydraulic fluid composition comprising of one or more lubricants such as a monovalent metal salt, ammonium, or alkanolamine salt of a dicarboxylic acid, such as a C21 dicarboxylic acid is described in which the aqueous hydraulic fluid composition demonstrates increased thermal stability when exposed to elevated temperatures for a prolonged period of time while being able to tolerate the presence of 10% v/v synthetic seawater. The aqueous hydraulic fluid composition contains less than about 20% by weight (preferably none or substantially none) of an oil selected from the group consisting of mineral oils, synthetic hydrocarbon oils, and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2008Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Inventor: Ian D. Smith
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Patent number: 8754018Abstract: The invention relates to the use of polyalkyl ester for reducing the temperature in a lubricating oil composition. The polyalkyl ester has a specific viscosity ?sp/c of between 5 and 30 ml/g, measured in chloroform at 25° C.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2005Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: EVONIK ROHMAX ADDITIVES GmbHInventors: Markus Scherer, Klaus Hedrich, Michael Alibert, Michael Mueller, Roland Schweder
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Patent number: 8735335Abstract: A base oil for hydraulic oil suitably used for hydraulic systems having filters of which micropore diameter is 50 ?m or less is disclosed. The disclosure also provides a hydraulic oil composition using the above base oil, especially a hydraulic oil composition suitably used for such as tractors, transmissions, and common systems thereof having the hydraulic systems. The base oil has mineral oil, and the mineral oil is defined by kinematic viscosity at 100° C.: 1.5˜6 mm2/s, pour-point: ?10° C. or less, viscosity index: 100 or more, % CP: 70 or more, % CA: 2 or less, and aniline point: 106° C. or more, and the mineral base oil is treated by catalytic dewaxing process and/or contains tertiary carbon atoms at a ratio of 7.4% or more to the total carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2012Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Nippon Oil CorporationInventors: Shinichi Shirahama, Tooru Aoki, Mitsuaki Ishimaru
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Patent number: 8728997Abstract: The present invention provides a lubricating oil composition which is less in evaporation loss even having a low viscosity and excellent in lubricating properties such as low-temperature viscosity characteristics and anti-seizure properties and in oxidation stability, suitable for use in engines, automatic transmissions, manual transmissions, final reduction gear units, and continuously variable transmissions. The lubricating oil composition comprises (A) a lubricating base oil and (B) a poly(meth)acrylate additive in such an amount that the kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of the composition (Vc) is from 3 to 15 mm2/s, the viscosity index of the composition is from 95 to 200, and the ratio of the kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of (A) the lubricating base oil (Vb) to (Vc) (=Vb/Vc) is 0.60 or greater, further, (C) a metallic detergent, (D) an ashless dispersant and (E) zinc dithiophosphate, each in a specific amount.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2007Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Nippon Oil CorporationInventors: Osamu Kurosawa, Masaaki Itou, Masato Takahashi
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Patent number: 8722600Abstract: The invention relates to lubricating oil formulations comprising copolymers or graft copolymers produced by radically polymerising polymerisable monomers and, in addition comprising long-chain ethylenically unsaturated compounds containing alkyl, in particular acrylate or methacrylate substitutes provided with hydrogen-bridge donator functions. The monomer exhibiting a hydrogen-bridge donator property is contained, according to said invention, in the polymer backbone or in graft side branches. Apart from the polymers containing monomers provided with hydrogen-bridge donator functions, said invention relates to polymers containing monomers simultaneously carrying donator and acceptor functions. It was found that the hydrogen-bridge donator functions of a polymer, in particular a simultaneous availability of the hydrogen-bridge donator and acceptor functions produce the positive effects on the anti-wear protection and on a detergency and dispersancy action.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2005Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Evonik Rohmax Additives GmbHInventors: Markus Scherer, Roland Schweder
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Patent number: 8722601Abstract: Copolymers are 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), b) 10% to 99.9% by weight of one or more ethylenically unsaturated ester compounds of the formula (II), c) 0% to 80% by weight of one or more ethylenically unsaturated ester compounds of the formula (III), d) 0.1% to 30% by weight of one or more ethylenically unsaturated, polar ester compounds of the formula (IV), e) 0% to 50% by weight of comonomer, based in each case on the total weight of the ethylenically unsaturated monomers.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: RohMax Additives GmbHInventors: Michael Mueller, Torsten Stoehr, Boris Eisenberg
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Publication number: 20140113848Abstract: The present invention provides a lubricating oil composition for an internal combustion engine used mainly to drive a generator and to improve the fuel economy thereof. The composition comprises (A) a base oil being a hydrocarbon base oil having a ratio (CA/CB) of the proportion of the component of 24 or fewer carbon atoms (CA) and the proportion of the component of 25 or more carbon atoms (CB) in the carbon number distribution obtained by gas chromatography distillation of 2.0 or higher, the composition having a ratio (Vs/Vk) of the 80° C. high-temperature high-shear (HTHS) viscosity (Vk) and the 150° C. HTHS viscosity (Vs) of 0.35 or higher and a 100° C. kinematic viscosity of 2.5 mm2/s or higher and 5.2 mm2/s or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2012Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroya Miyamoto, Shigeki Matsui
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Patent number: 8703670Abstract: Method of adjusting the viscosity of a salt having a melting point of less than 100° C. at atmospheric pressure (referred to as ionic liquid for short), wherein an oligomeric or polymeric compound which has a content of at least 0.01 mol of covalently bound acid groups/100 g of compound with at least 1% of the acid groups being present as a salt with an organic cation comprising at least one heteroatom selected from among nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur and phosphorus is added to the ionic liquid.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Aurelie Alemany, Dirk Gerhard, Bolette Urtel
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Patent number: 8691739Abstract: To provide a fuel-efficient lubricating oil composition, particularly suitable for internal combustion engines, which has a reduced shear viscosity in an intermediate temperature range from 80 to 100° C., an effective temperature range for reducing fuel consumption. The present invention provides a lubricating oil composition comprising a base oil incorporated with a viscosity index improver, wherein the viscosity index improver has a peak area at a chemical shift between 3.4 and 3.7 ppm in a spectral pattern observed by nuclear magnetic resonance analysis (1H-NMR) accounts for 5% or more of the total peak area.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2006Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Exxonmobil Research and Engineering CompanyInventors: Yasuharu Yokoyama, Miyoshi Marumo, Satoshi Ogano
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Publication number: 20140080742Abstract: The present invention provides a lubricating oil composition for an internal combustion engine used mainly to drive a generator and to improve the fuel economy thereof. The composition comprises (A) a base oil being a hydrocarbon base oil having a ratio (CA/CB) of the proportion of the component of 24 or fewer carbon atoms (CA) and the proportion of the component of 25 or more carbon atoms (CB) in the carbon number distribution obtained by gas chromatography distillation of 2.0 or higher, the composition having a ratio (Vs/Vk) of the 80° C. high-temperature high-shear (HTHS) viscosity (Vk) and the 150° C. HTHS viscosity (Vs) of 0.4 or higher and a 100° C. kinematic viscosity of 5.2 mm2/s or higher and 8 mm2/s or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2012Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroya Miyamoto, Akira Yaguchi
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Patent number: 8673829Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a grease composition (7) which can be used for a long term in a wide temperature range from low to high temperatures by using comparatively inexpensive base oil. It is another object of the present invention to provide a rolling bearing and a universal joint in which the grease composition (7) is enclosed. The grease composition (7) is composed of base grease, consisting of base oil and a thickener, to which an additive is added. The base oil contains not less than 50 wt % of highly refined oil having a viscosity index of 120 to 180. The additive contains at least ZnDTP and 0.2 to 6 parts by weight of poly (metha) acrylate having a kinematic viscosity of not less than 100 mm2/s and less than 850 mm2/s at 100° C. for 100 parts by weight of the base grease. The grease composition (7) is enclosed in the circumferences of rolling elements (4) of a rolling bearing (1).Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2009Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: NTN CorporationInventor: Takayuki Kawamura
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Patent number: 8673828Abstract: A thin adhesive lubricating composition that can cover at least one thread and a screwing abutment of a threaded element of a component of a tubular threaded joint. The screwing abutment can bear against another abutment of another component of the tubular threaded joint in a terminal make up phase. The lubricating composition includes a matrix in which there is dispersed at least one braking additive selected to impart thereto, in addition to lubrication, a coefficient of friction to make it possible to obtain a torque on shoulder resistance value at least equal to a threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2008Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignees: Vallourec Mannesmann Oil & Gas France, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal CorporationInventors: Eliette Pinel, Eric Gard, Nicolas Baudin
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Patent number: 8664169Abstract: The present disclosure relates to lubricating compositions for transmissions, in particular for gear boxes, and to the use thereof for limiting the fuel consumption of motor vehicles. The compositions according to the disclosure are suitable for all types of vehicles, especially light vehicles, and are particularly suitable for hybrid engine vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2009Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Total Marketing ServicesInventor: Alain Bouffet
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Patent number: 8658579Abstract: Lubricating grease composition comprising: (i) a base oil; and (ii) a thickener system comprising (i) a lithium soap of a first carboxylic acid selected from C12-C24 hydroxy carboxylic acids and (ii) a lithium soap of a second carboxylic acid selected from C12-C24 branched carboxylic acids, C12-C24 dihydroxy carboxylic acids and mixtures thereof. The lubricating grease compositions according to the present invention have improved oil bleeding and shear stability properties, as well as improved grease lifetime and increased relubrication intervals.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2009Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventor: Stefan Daegling
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Patent number: 8658578Abstract: The disclosure provides a lubricating oil composition and method for manufacturing the same. The lubricating oil composition substantially consists of a base lubricant oil, and an organic-inorganic composite particle uniformly dispersed in the base lubricant oil. This lubricating oil composition is applicable to a sliding section or sliding member of an automotive internal combustion engine or power transmission apparatus to significantly reduce friction coefficient, temperature of oil and wear rate.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2011Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Yu-Lin Hsin, Mei Hua Wang, Chih Kuang Chang, Ting-Yao Su
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Patent number: 8658575Abstract: This invention provides a composition of insulating fluid and process for the preparation thereof that mainly contains alkyl benzenes. In addition to alkyl benzenes, the composition also contains an antioxidant, an antifoaming agent, a pour point dispersant, a corrosion inhibitor and a detergent-dispersant additive. The product of this invention has utility as an insulating fluid in electrical installations such as transformer.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2006Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Council of Scientific & Industrial ResearchInventors: Arun Kumar Singh, Naval Kishore Pandey, Ashok Kumar Gupta
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Publication number: 20140045053Abstract: A dispersant of the present invention is used after being added to a dispersant obtained by dispersing fine particles of a crystalline polymer as a dispersed particle and is characterized by containing a copolymer of a first monomer and a second monomer, the first monomer being a monomer that can be crystallized as a polymer having the molecular structure identical to that of the dispersed particle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2011Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: Fukuoka UniversityInventors: Satoshi Ichikawa, Kazuhiro Oda, Shigeru Yao
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Patent number: 8648021Abstract: A hydrocarbon-based lubricating base oil wherein a urea adduct value is not greater than 4% by mass, a viscosity index is 100 or higher, an average of carbon atoms number is 23-31 as determined by gas chromatography distillation, a value obtained by dividing an integral value of a peak in 30 ppm by an integral value of total peaks in the range of from 0 ppm to 50 ppm for the 13C-NMR spectrum is 0.1-0.2, and a product of a value obtained by dividing an integral value of peaks attributed to tertiary carbon atoms by an integral value of total peaks in the range of from 0 ppm to 50 ppm for the 13C-NMR spectrum, and the average of carbon atoms number, is 1.8-2.5.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2009Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy CorporationInventors: Kazuo Tagawa, Shigeki Matsui
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Patent number: 8633141Abstract: An aqueous hydraulic fluid composition comprising of one or more lubricants such as a monovalent metal salt, ammonium, or amine salt of a dicarboxylic acid, such as a C21 dicarboxylic acid is described in which the aqueous hydraulic fluid composition demonstrates increased thermal stability when exposed to elevated temperatures for a prolonged period of time while being able to tolerate the presence of 10% v/v synthetic seawater. The aqueous hydraulic fluid composition contains less than about 20% by weight (preferably none or substantially none) of an oil selected from the group consisting of mineral oils, synthetic hydrocarbon oils, and mixtures thereof. The hydraulic fluid hereof preferably comprises a cyclical or ring base tertiary amine with no hydroxyl functionality such as 1,4-dimethyl piperazine.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2009Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Inventor: Ian D. Smith
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Publication number: 20140011724Abstract: A lubricating oil composition which exceeds the fuel saving performance of a conventional low viscosity lubricating oil composition, contains (A) a lubricating base oil having a % CA of 2 or less, adjusted to a 100° C. kinematic viscosity of 1.5 to 4.5 mm2/s and (B) a viscosity index improver including (B1) a poly(meth)acrylate having a weight-average molecular weight of 50,000 or less in an amount of 1 to 10 percent by mass and (B2) a poly(meth)acrylate having a weight-average molecular weight of 100,000 to 250,000 in an amount of 0.1 to 5 percent by mass of the total composition. The composition has a 80° C. high-shear viscosity (Vs: mPa·s) and a 80° C. kinematic viscosity (Vk: mm2/s) ratio (Vs/Vk) of less than 1, a coefficient of traction of 0.02 or less at 40° C., an average speed of 3.0 m/s, a slip ratio of 10%, and a contact pressure of 0.4 GPa.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2011Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Yasushi Onumata, Noriko Abe
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Publication number: 20140005087Abstract: A two-stroke or four-stroke marine engine lubricating oil composition comprising an oil of lubricating viscosity in a major amount and (A) additives in respective minor amounts; and (B) a polymethacrylate viscosity modifier. Preferably, brightstock is completely or substantially absent from the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Minh Doan, Terence Garner, Frederick W. Girshick
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Patent number: 8618032Abstract: Provided are a polymer which, when wetted, enables a medical apparatus for use in MRI diagnosis and therapy to be easily visible under MRI and, simultaneously, develops surface lubricity, and a medical apparatus coated with the polymer. The polymer including a copolymer composed of a substance for shortening relaxation time of a nuclear species capable of being detected by magnetic resonance, a moiety having a reactive group, and a moiety for developing lubricity is used to coat the medical apparatus, whereby excellent peel resistance, high lubricity, visibility under magnetic resonance, easy applicability, and high safety can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2007Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tomoka Kurita
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Patent number: 8598101Abstract: The invention relates to dispersions comprising I) at least one polymer that is effective for mineral oils as a cold extrusion improver and is soluble in oil, II) at least one organic solvent that cannot be mixed with water, III) water, IV) at least one alkanolamine salt of a polycyclic carboxylic acid as a dispersing agent, and V) possibly at least one organic solvent that can be mixed with water.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2012Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Michael Feustel, Matthias Krull, Christoph Kayser, Mario Loew
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Publication number: 20130310291Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a polymer, employing the steps of: (1) contacting a free radical initiator; a chain transfer agent containing a thiocarbonyl thio group and a free radical leaving group; and a radically polymerisable monomer, to form a polymer chain; and (2) contacting the polymer chain of step (1) with at least one of a polyvalent coupling agent, a polymerisation inhibitor, a grafting acylating agent, an amine and an oil of lubricating viscosity. The invention further provides compositions and uses for the polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATIONInventors: Marina Baum, Barton J. Schober, Mark C. Davies, Daniel C. Viger, John R. Johnson
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Patent number: 8586520Abstract: Provided is a method of improving the pour point of lubricating compositions comprising in admixture a base stock selected from the group consisting of Group I, Group II, Group III, Group IV and Group V base stocks, or any combination thereof, one or more polyalkylene glycol mono ethers and one or more pour point depressant by premixing at least one polyalkylene glycol mono ether with at least one pour point depressant prior to blending the premixed polyalkylene glycol mono ethers and pour point depressant with the base stock.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2012Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering CompanyInventors: Jacob Joseph Habeeb, Dominick Nicholas Mazzone
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Patent number: 8575077Abstract: An aqueous hydraulic fluid composition comprising (i) a salt of formic acid, and (ii) one or more lubricants such as a monovalent metal salt, ammonium, or amine salt of a dicarboxylic acid, is described in which the aqueous hydraulic fluid composition demonstrates increased thermal stability when exposed to elevated temperatures for a prolonged period of time while being able to tolerate the presence of 10% v/v synthetic seawater. The aqueous hydraulic fluid composition contains less than about 20% by weight (preferably none or substantially none) of an oil selected from the group consisting of mineral oils, synthetic hydrocarbon oils, and mixtures thereof. The hydraulic fluid preferably contains no glycols in some embodiments. The pH of the hydraulic fluid is preferably from 8 to 10 and is maintained by a buffer which preferably comprises borax in some embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2009Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Inventors: Ian D. Smith, John C. Kennedy
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Patent number: 8563486Abstract: A lubricating oil composition comprising: a lubricating base oil comprising a first lubricating base oil component having a urea adduct value of not greater than 4% by mass, a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 14-25 mm2/s and a viscosity index of 120 or higher and a second lubricating base oil component having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of less than 14 mm2/s, wherein the content of the first lubricating base oil component is 10-99% by mass and the content of the second lubricating base oil component is 1-50% by mass, based on the total amount of the lubricating base oil; and a viscosity index improver, the lubricating oil composition having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 4-12 mm2/s and a viscosity index of 200-350.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2009Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy CorporationInventors: Teppei Tsujimoto, Shigeki Matsui, Kazuo Tagawa
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Publication number: 20130252866Abstract: The present invention relates to copolymers comprising ester groups and having at least one nonpolar segment P and at least one polar segment D, the polar segment D having at least 8 repeat units and the proportion by weight of dispersing repeat units in the polar segment D being at least 30%, based on the weight of the polar segment D, wherein the copolymer comprising ester groups is obtainable by NMP (nitroxide mediated polymerization). The invention further relates to lubricant oils having improved friction properties and comprising said copolymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2012Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: Evonik Oil Additives GmbHInventors: Torsten Stoehr, Boris Eisenberg, Ellen Suchert
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Patent number: 8540869Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 10, 2007Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventors: John A. Zakarian, Angelito T. Tirona
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Patent number: 8513172Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a polymer, employing the steps of: (1) contacting a free radical initiator; a chain transfer agent containing a thiocarbonyl thio group and a free radical leaving group; and a radically polymerisable monomer, to form a polymer chain; and (2) contacting the polymer chain of step (1) with at least one of a polyvalent coupling agent, a polymerization inhibitor, a grafting acylating agent, an amine and an oil of lubricating viscosity. The invention further provides compositions and uses for the polymer.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2005Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: The Lubrizol CorporationInventors: Marina Baum, Barton J. Schober, Mark Davies, Daniel C. Visger, John R. Johnson
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Patent number: 8507422Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 17, 2008Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: The Lubrizol CorporationInventors: David Price, Patrick E. Mosier, Jonathan S. Vilardo, Marina Baum
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Publication number: 20130196888Abstract: A lubricant composition includes: (a) one or more base oils, (b) at least one comb polymer formed by a polyalkyl(meth)acrylate main chain, and hydrocarbon side chains including at least 50 carbon atoms, (c) at least one nitrogen-containing organic friction modifier chosen from the optionally alkoxylated fatty amines, fatty amides or imides obtained by the condensation of fatty amines and carboxylic acids, alone or in a mixture, (d) optionally, one or more organometallic organomolybdenum-type friction modifiers. This is used for the lubrication of 4-stroke gasoline or diesel engines of light vehicles, preferentially of hybrid vehicles.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2011Publication date: August 1, 2013Inventor: Nguyen Truong-Dinh
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Patent number: 8450253Abstract: The present invention provides a lubricating oil composition that is excellent in anti-fatigue properties for metals and load bearing properties while having improved fuel efficiency. The lubricating oil composition comprises (A) one type or a mixture of two or more types of mineral base oil having a 40° C. kinematic viscosity of from 5 to 15 mm2/s; and (B) one type or a mixture of two or more types of ester-based base oil having a 40° C. kinematic viscosity of from 3 to 25 mm2/s and a 0° C. kinematic viscosity of from 10 to 130 mm2/s, the 40° C. kinematic viscosity of the mixed base oil of (A) and (B) being 18 mm2/s or lower, the blend ratio of the ester-based base oil being from 0.58 to 80 percent by mass, and the 40° C. kinematic viscosity of the composition being from 4 to 23 mm2/s.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2009Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy CorporationInventor: Hitoshi Komatsubara
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Patent number: 8445418Abstract: A lubricating oil composition for an internal combustion engine contains: a base oil having a viscosity index of 120 or more; and a polymer compound that includes a first constituent having a mass average molecular weight of less than 100,000 and a second constituent having a mass average molecular weight of 100,000 or more, the first constituent of 0.01 mass % to 10 mass % being contained relative to a total amount of the lubricating oil composition, preferably 0.1 mass % to 10 mass %, the second constituent of less than 0.5 mass % being contained relative to the total amount of the lubricating oil composition. A viscosity index of the lubricating oil composition is 130 or more.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2009Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ryo Yamada
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Patent number: 8415284Abstract: A lubricating oil composition and methods of operating an internal combustion engine to provide improved engine operation. The lubricating composition includes a major amount of oil of lubricating viscosity and a minor amount of at least one olefin copolymer having a number average molecular weight greater than about 10,000 up to about 300,000. The olefin copolymer is grafted with (A) a vinyl-substituted aromatic compound, and (B) a compound selected from the group consisting of a C5-C30 olefin, a polyalkylene compound, and mixtures thereof. A mole ratio of A/B in the reaction mixture ranges from about 0.25:1 to about 5:1. The lubricating composition optionally includes a minor amount of at least one non-grafted olefin copolymer, styrene-isoprene copolymer, methacrylate copolymer, or styrene butadiene copolymer have number average molecular weight greater than about 50,000 up to about 300,000.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2009Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Afton Chemical CorporationInventor: Akhilesh Duggal
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Publication number: 20130040864Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising at least one microgel and at least one functional additive, to processes for the preparation thereof, to uses of the compositions, and to microgel-containing polymers, rubbers, lubricants, coatings, etc. prepared therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2012Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicants: RHEIN CHEMIE RHEINAU GMBH, LANXESS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: LANXESS Deutschland GmbH, Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH
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Publication number: 20130029892Abstract: Provided is a lubricant oil composition for an internal combustion engine which is characterized by including a base oil having a viscosity index of 125 or higher and a Noack evaporation amount (250° C.×1 h) of 15% by mass or less, and, based on a total amount of the composition, from 0.1 to 10% by mass of (A) a C2 to C20 olefin polymer having a mass average molecular weight of 500 or more and 10,000 or less and/or (B) a polymeric compound having a mass average molecular weight of 10,000 or more and less than 100,000, wherein a content of (C) a polymeric compound having a mass average molecular weight of 100,000 or more is less than 1.0% by mass. The lubricant oil composition can, despite of its low viscosity, reduce noise during running, prevent fatigue damage such as gear pitting, reduce the consumption of the oil, and provide excellent fuel saving performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.Inventor: Ryou Yamada
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Publication number: 20130017984Abstract: The present invention provides a lubricating oil composition exhibiting more excellent flame retardancy and biodegradability. The biodegradable lubricating oil composition of the invention has flame retardancy and contains (1) a base oil containing a plant-derived oil in an amount of 60 mass % or more, and a polyol ester in an amount of 40 mass % or less, and (2) a polymethacrylate having a mass average molecular weight of 20,000 to 300,000 in an amount of 0.1 to 5 mass %.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.Inventor: Jitsuo Shinoda
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Patent number: 8354362Abstract: The invention provides a lubricating composition containing an oil of lubricating viscosity and a hydrogenated copolymer of an olefin block and vinyl aromatic block, wherein the copolymer is optionally functionalized. The invention further provides a method for preparing a hydrogenated copolymer; and the use of the lubricating composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2007Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: The Lubrizol CorporationInventors: David Price, William Barton, Chor Huang, Michael Sutton, Mark Davies, Rodney J. McAtee, Mark F. Wilkes, Stephen J. Cook
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Patent number: 8349779Abstract: The invention relates to graft copolymers produced by radically polymerizing polymerisable monomers and, in addition comprising long-chain ethylenically unsaturated compounds which contain alkyl substitutes, in particular acrylates or methacrylates and monomers with hydrogen bridge donator functions. According to said invention, said hydrogen bridge donator monomer is introduced into a polymer backbone and into graft side branches. The inventive polymers are particularly usable for lubricating oil formulations.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2005Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Evonik Rohmax Additives GmbHInventors: Markus Scherer, Klaus Hedrich, Wolfgang Tschepat
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Patent number: 8338344Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 16, 2007Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Frank-Olaf Maehling, Thomas Pfeiffer, Uwe Rebholz, Irene Troetsch-Schaller, Thomas Zelinski
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Publication number: 20120316092Abstract: A lubricating oil composition for a continuously variable transmission contains at a specific content: (A) a mineral oil or PAO having a sulfur content of 0.03 mass % or less and a kinematic viscosity at 100 degrees C. from 1.5 mm2/s to 3 mm2/s; (B) a mineral oil or PAO having a sulfur content of 0.03 mass % or less and a kinematic viscosity at 100 degrees C. from 5.5 mm2/s to 8 mm2/s; (C) PAO having a kinematic viscosity at 100 degrees C. from 30 mm2/s to 400 mm2/s; and (D) a polymethacrylate having a mass average molecular weight of 10000 to 40000, in which the total content of the components (C) and (D) is 19 mass % or more and the lubricating oil composition has a kinematic viscosity at 100 degrees C. from 5.5 mm2/s to 6.5 mm2/s and a kinematic viscosity at ?20 degrees C. of 680 mm2/s or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2010Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicants: JATCO Ltd., IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Fujita, Toshihiko Ichihashi, Kenji Kojima, Yoshie Arakawa, Makoto Maeda, Hideki Usuki
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Publication number: 20120302476Abstract: The invention relates to a (meth)acrylate polymer for improving the viscosity index, which comprises a) from 5 to 60 wt % of repeating units that are derived from (meth)acrylates of formula (I), where R represents hydrogen or methyl and R1 is an alkyl radical having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, b) from 5 to 80 wt % of repeating units that are derived from (meth)acrylates of formula (II), where R is hydrogen or methyl and R2 is an alkyl radical having from 7 to 30 carbon atoms, and c) from 15 to 90 wt % of repeating units that are derived from (meth)acrylates of formula (III), where R is hydrogen or methyl, n is an integer in the range of 2 to 500 and A is C2-C4 alkylene and R3 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl radical having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2010Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: Evonik RohMax Additives GmbHInventors: Rene Koschabek, Sandra Kuenzel, Markus Weber, Thorsten Bartels, Christoph Wincierz
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Publication number: 20120302477Abstract: The present invention describes a polymer useful as viscosity index improver comprising units derived from one or more ethylenically unsaturated ester compounds of formula (I), where R is hydrogen or methyl, R1 means a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl residue with 1-6 carbon atoms, R2 and R3 independently represent hydrogen or a group of the formula —COOR?, where R? means hydrogen or a alkyl group with 1-6 carbon atoms, units of one or more ethylenically unsaturated ester compounds of formula (II), where R is hydrogen or methyl, R4 means a 2-alkyl branched alkyl residue with 12-18 carbon atoms, R5 and R6 independently are hydrogen or a group of the formula —COOR?, where R? means hydrogen or an alkyl group with 12-18 carbon atoms, and units of one or more ethylenically unsaturated ester compounds of formula (III), where R is hydrogen or methyl, R7 means a linear alkyl residue with 12-24 carbon atoms, R8 and R9 independently are hydrogen or a group of the formula —COOR?, where R? means hydrogen or an alkyl grouType: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2011Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: Evonik RohMax Additives GmbHInventors: Justin August Langston, Jen-Lung Wang, Peter Moore
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Patent number: 8293690Abstract: The invention relates to dispersions comprising I) at least one polymer that is effective for mineral oils as a cold extrusion improver and is soluble in oil, II) at least one organic solvent that cannot be mixed with water, III) water, IV) at least one alkanolamine salt of a polycyclic carboxylic acid as a dispersing agent, and V) possibly at least one organic solvent that can be mixed with water.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2007Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Michael Feustel, Matthias Krull, Christoph Kayser, Mario Loew
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Patent number: 8293689Abstract: The invention provides a lubricating composition containing an oil of lubricating viscosity and polymer with pendant groups. The invention further provides for a method of controlling viscosity index by supplying to an oil of lubricating viscosity the polymer with pendant groups.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2007Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: The Lubrizol CorporationInventors: Bryan A. Grisso, Mark R. Baker, Daniel C. Visger, Marina Baum, Barton J. Schober, Calvin A. James
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Patent number: 8288325Abstract: The present invention provides a lubricant composition for hot forming which makes it possible to provide lubricity at 80° C. or more without being peeled or washed by the roll cooling water, and which is easily washed under 40° C. without having water resistance. The lubricant composition for hot forming of the present invention comprises: a solid lubricant from 10 to 40% by mass; water-dispersible synthetic resin from 5 to 20% by mass; inorganic acid amine salt from 0.5 to 5% by mass; and water from 45 to 80% by mass.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2010Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Sasaki, Sumio Iida, Shizuo Mori, Kazuo Tanaka
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Patent number: 8288327Abstract: The invention relates to a lubricating oil composition with good frictional properties, the composition having a lubricating oil and at least one additive having friction-reducing properties. The additive with friction-reducing properties is a block copolymer having hydrophobic segments P and polar segments D. The hydrophobic segments are obtained by polymerization of monomer compositions having a) between 0 and 40 wt. %, in relation to the weight of the monomer compositions for producing the hydrophobic segments, of at least one ethylenically unsaturated ester compound of formula (I), in which R represents hydrogen or methyl, R1 represents a linear or branched alkyl radical having between 1 and 5 carbon atoms, and R2 and R3 independently represent hydrogen or a group of formula —COOR?, in which R? represents hydrogen or an alkyl group having between 1 and 5 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2004Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Evonik Rohmax Additives GmbHInventors: Alexander Dardin, Michael Mueller, Boris Eisenberg
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Patent number: 8278255Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 27, 2009Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Inventor: David G. L. Holt