Polymer Of Alpha, Beta-olefinically Unsaturated Carboxylate Monomer (e.g., Polymethylmethacrylate, Etc.) Patents (Class 508/469)
  • Patent number: 7358216
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for manufacturing a lubricant composition comprising combining a superabsorbent polymer with a material for decreasing friction between moving surfaces. The superabsorbent polymer absorbs from about 25 to greater than 100 times its weight in water and may comprise a polymer of acrylic acid, an acrylic ester, acrylonitrile or acrylamide, including co-polymers thereof or starch graft co-polymers thereof or mixtures thereof. A product produced by the process includes the material for decreasing friction comprising a petroleum lubricant containing an additive, water containing an additive, synthetic lubricant, grease, solid lubricant or metal working lubricant, wherein the synthetic lubricant, grease, solid lubricant or metal working lubricant optionally contain an additive. A process comprising controlling the delivery of a lubricant to at least one of two moving surfaces in order to decrease friction between said moving surfaces, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Lee County Mosquito Control District
    Inventor: Richard Levy
  • Patent number: 7338926
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for manufacturing a lubricant composition comprising combining a superabsorbent polymer with a material for decreasing friction between moving surfaces. The superabsorbent polymer absorbs from about 25 to greater than 100 times its weight in water and may comprise a polymer of acrylic acid, an acrylic ester, acrylonitrile or acrylamide, including co-polymers thereof or starch graft co-polymers thereof or mixtures thereof. A product produced by the process includes the material for decreasing friction comprising a petroleum lubricant containing an additive, water containing an additive, synthetic lubricant, grease, solid lubricant or metal working lubricant, wherein the synthetic lubricant, grease, solid lubricant or metal working lubricant optionally contain an additive. A process comprising controlling the delivery of a lubricant to at least one of two moving surfaces in order to decrease friction between said moving surfaces, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Lee County Mosquito Control District
    Inventor: Richard Levy
  • Publication number: 20080015125
    Abstract: A lubricant composition comprising a phosphorus-containing compound and a base oil comprising less than about 3% by weight of tetracycloparaffins is disclosed. Methods of making and using the lubricant composition are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Mark T. Devlin, Tze-chi Jao, John T. Loper, Roger M. Sheets, Gregory H. Guinther
  • Publication number: 20080015124
    Abstract: A lubricant composition comprising a dispersant and a base oil comprising less than about 3% by weight of tetracycloparaffins is disclosed. Methods of making and using the lubricant composition are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Mark T. Devlin, Tze-chi Jao
  • Publication number: 20080015126
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a control release gel for delivery of additives free of producing ash to substantially free of producing ash into a lubricant. Further, the invention provides for a method of controlled release of additive(s) into the lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: James D. Burrington, John K. Pudelski, Ewa A. Bardasz, Jennifer M. Ineman, Gary A. Garvin, Frank M. van Lier, David B. Skursha
  • Publication number: 20070254820
    Abstract: A method for reducing friction coefficients and wear between lubricated surfaces. The method includes providing an amount of an oil-soluble or oil-dispersible component selected from the group consisting of a photo-crosslinkable poly(2-cinnamoyloxyalkyl acrylate) core and a diblock acrylate copolymer corona in a fully formulated lubricant composition containing a base oil of lubricating viscosity. The lubricant composition containing the component is applied to a surface to be lubricated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Tze-Chi Jao, Mark T. Devlin
  • Patent number: 7273834
    Abstract: Lubricant blends and finished gear oils comprising a Fischer-Tropsch derived lubricant base oil fraction, a petroleum derived base oil, and a pour point depressant are provided. The Fischer-Tropsch derived lubricant base oil fraction comprises less than 0.30 weight percent aromatics, greater than 5 weight percent molecules with cycloparaffinic functionality, and a ratio of weight percent of molecules with monocycloparaffinic functionality to weight percent of molecules with multicycloparaffnic functionality greater than 15. The petroleum derived base oils comprises greater than 90 weight percent saturates and less than 300 ppm sulfur and is preferably selected from the group consisting of a Group II base oil, a Group III base oil, and mixtures thereof. These lubricant blends have surprising low Brookfield viscosities at ?40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Rosenbaum, Stephen J. Miller, Joseph M. Pudlak
  • Publication number: 20070197410
    Abstract: The present invention describes use of a fluid having a VI of at least 130 to improve the energy efficiency of a hydraulic system. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a hydraulic system comprising a hydraulic fluid having a VI of at least 130, a unit for creating mechanical power, a unit that converts mechanical power into hydraulic energy, and a unit that converts hydraulic energy into mechanical work. Preferentially, engine speed can be reduced to decrease load and stress while delivering the same amount of hydraulic power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: ROHMAX ADDITIVES GMBH
    Inventors: Douglas G. Placek, Christian Daniel Georges Neveu, Steven Neil Herzog
  • Patent number: 7214648
    Abstract: An engine lubricant formulated as a complete crankcase motor oil or additive concentrate composed of a combination of chemical constituents including a base oil selected from a synthetic oil, a mineral oil or semi-synthetic base oil (hydrogenated oil) or combination thereof, an oil soluble molybdenum additive, a dispersant inhibitor containing zinc dithiophosphate, and viscosity index improvers and one or more seal swelling agents to lubricate the engine and recondition the seals of new and/or high mileage engines. Addition of a polyalphaolefin and/or one or more esters such as a diester or polyolester may also be utilized therein. The lubricant may be formulated as a complete engine oil crankcase lubricant, or concentrated into an additive for addition to conventional mineral oil based engine oil, synthetic engine oils, or blends thereof in an effective amount of up to 30 percent volume percent, typically from 20 to 25 percent by volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Ashland Licensing and Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: Mandeep S. Saini, Thomas R. Smith, Michael A. Dituro, Richard J. Baumgart, Frances E. Lockwood
  • Patent number: 7189682
    Abstract: A composition of the following components: an oil of lubricating viscosity; a polymethacrylate viscosity modifier; an ester of a maleic acid/styrene copolymer; and optionally, an additive package that imparts to the fluid the capacity to meet bench and dynamometer tests specified by an equipment manufacturer, is suitable for use as a functional fluid such as a tractor hydraulic fluid, under a wide variety of climatic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventor: Richard E. Gapinski
  • Patent number: 7067464
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lubricious anti-traction material for effectively denying the mobility and access of personnel and vehicles to selected areas. The anti-traction material is composed of a slurry combined with water. The slurry is composed of an emulsion or dispersion and an anionic acrylamide polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Southwest Research Institute
    Inventors: Nancy J. Mallow, Ronald J. Mathis, Andrew Warren, Christian J Schwartz, Errol M. Brigance, Kenneth R. Collins, Nicholle K. Reinhardt, Mary C. Marshall, William A. Mallow
  • Patent number: 7067462
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an ultraviolet light curable lubricating composition and method for making such a composition that may be used to produce a lubricating layer. The disclosed composition does not contain any significant amount of volatile organic solvents that do not become incorporated in the lubricating layer after curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Allied PhotoChemical, Inc.
    Inventor: Roy C. Krohn
  • Patent number: 7060662
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a high level of a silicon-containing antifoam agent in automatic transmission fluid (“ATF”) applications. More specifically, the invention relates to a formulation and method for the reduction or elimination of pump whine that occurs in high-pressure pumps used to circulate transmissions fluids in vehicles. The invention also relates to fully formulated ATFs, to transmissions lubricated with such ATFs, and to vehicles containing transmissions lubricated with such ATFs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Afton Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Muchmore, Reuben Sarkar, Anthony J. Rollin, Samuel H. Tersigni, Marc Deweerdt, Stede Granger
  • Patent number: 6890891
    Abstract: A data/information storage and retrieval medium, comprising: (a) a substrate including a surface; and (b) a thin layer or film of an in situ networked or cross-linked polymeric lubricant thin film bonded to the surface, the thin layer or film of polymeric lubricant obtained from a polymerizable perfluoropolyether derivative by supplying thermal or infra-red (IR) energy thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jianwei Liu, Michael Joseph Stirniman, Jing Gui
  • Patent number: 6869919
    Abstract: Soot induced kinematic viscosity increase of lubricating oil compositions for diesel engines equipped with EGR systems can be ameliorated by selection of viscosity modifier, lubricating oil flow improvers, detergents and/or dispersants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Infineum International Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew J. D. Ritchie, Jai G. Bansal, Jacob Emert, Glen P. Fetterman, Antonio Gutierrez, Matthew D. Irving, Christopher J. Locke, Michael T. Minotti
  • Patent number: 6858567
    Abstract: The first lubricating oil composition of the invention comprises a polyol ester (A) as a base oil, a specific amount of a viscosity index improver (B) and a specific amount of an anti-wear agent (C), and the second lubricating oil composition of the invention comprises a paraffinic hydrocarbon oil (F) having at least 30 carbon atoms and a specific amount of a viscosity index improver (B), so that these compositions exert effects that they enable a life of watch battery to last long, they enable a watch to operate in the temperature range of ?30 to 80° C. with one kind of a lubricating oil, and they are free from change of properties over a long period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuji Akao
  • Patent number: 6849583
    Abstract: A lubricant composition containing an anti-deposition component having an anti-deposition effect which is especially useful for the lubrication of refrigeration compressors and in reducing or removal of unwanted deposits in constricted areas in a refrigeration system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries Plc
    Inventors: Stuart Corr, Steven James Randles, Peter Timothy Gibb
  • Publication number: 20040259742
    Abstract: The use in a cooled exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) engine of an olefin copolymer dispersant viscosity index improver to reduce or eliminate oil thickening and sludge formation is provided. Also provided are lubricated cooled EGR engines with ability to pass rigorous oil viscosity and emission standards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra, David A. Venhaus, Charles A. Passut
  • Publication number: 20040242438
    Abstract: A paraffinic hydraulic oil having a shear stability index of from 0 to 20, a shear loss of less than 7% as measured by ASTM D5621 and a Brookfield viscosity the same or better than a naphthenic oil of the same viscosity grade is provided. The hydraulic oil includes 5 wt % to 90 wt % of a first paraffinic oil having a KV at 100° C. of 2 to 6 cSt, 5 wt % to 90 wt % of a second paraffinic oil having a KV at 100° C. of 3 to 14 cSt and 5 wt % to 10 wt % of a polymethacrylate viscosity index improver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Kyle D. Lawrence, Lisa A. Semmel
  • Publication number: 20040235687
    Abstract: The present invention provides a powdery dispersant for hydraulic compositions, which is excellent in pumping before drying and in pressure resistance and humidity resistance, which comprises one or more copolymers obtained by polymerizing a specific vinyl monomer (1) such as an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative having a polyoxyalkylene group with a specific vinyl monomer (b) such as (meth)acrylic acid etc., wherein the average number of C2-4 oxyalkylene groups or oxystyrene groups added is 45 to 150, (a)/[(a)+(b)]×100 ranges from 15 to 45 (mol-%), and at least a part of the copolymers are monovalent or polyvalent metal salts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Shiba, Kyoichi Shirota
  • Publication number: 20040167043
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for manufacturing a lubricant composition comprising combining a superabsorbent polymer with a material for decreasing friction between moving surfaces. The superabsorbent polymer absorbs from about 25 to greater than 100 times its weight in water and may comprise a polymer of acrylic acid, an acrylic ester, acrylonitrile or acrylamide, including co-polymers thereof or starch graft co-polymers thereof or mixtures thereof. A product produced by the process includes the material for decreasing friction comprising a petroleum lubricant containing an additive, water containing an additive, synthetic lubricant, grease, solid lubricant or metal working lubricant, wherein the synthetic lubricant, grease, solid lubricant or metal working lubricant optionally contain an additive. A process comprising controlling the delivery of a lubricant to at least one of two moving surfaces in order to decrease friction between said moving surfaces, is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: Lee County Mosquito Control District
    Inventor: Richard Levy
  • Publication number: 20040138072
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for manufacturing a lubricant composition comprising combining a superabsorbent polymer with a material for decreasing friction between moving surfaces. The superabsorbent polymer absorbs from about 25 to greater than 100 times its weight in water and may comprise a polymer of acrylic acid, an acrylic ester, acrylonitrile or acrylamide, including co-polymers thereof or starch graft co-polymers thereof or mixtures thereof. A product produced by the process includes the material for decreasing friction comprising a petroleum lubricant containing an additive, water containing an additive, synthetic lubricant, grease, solid lubricant or metal working lubricant, wherein the synthetic lubricant, grease, solid lubricant or metal working lubricant optionally contain an additive. A process comprising controlling the delivery of a lubricant to at least one of two moving surfaces in order to decrease friction between said moving surfaces, is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: Lee County Mosquito Control District
    Inventor: Richard Levy
  • Publication number: 20040132629
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition comprising an oil of lubricating viscosity and a total of from about 1 to about 50% by weight of copolymers comprising (A) at least one ethylene-aliphatic olefin copolymer wherein the aliphatic olefins contain from 3 to about 24 carbon atoms, said copolymer (A) having {overscore (M)}n ranging from about 600 to about 5000, and (B) at least one copolymer comprising units derived from alkyl acrylate ester monomers containing from 2 to about 25 carbon atoms in the ester group, and optionally, from about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of at least one member of the group consisting of vinyl aromatic monomers and nitrogen-containing vinyl monomers. said copolymer (B) having {overscore (M)}n ranging from about 10,000 to about 350,000, wherein the weight ratio of (A):(B) ranges from about 99:1 to about 1:99.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: James N. Vinci, Craig D. Tipton, Robert W. Cain
  • Publication number: 20040110647
    Abstract: A composition of the following components: an oil of lubricating viscosity; a polymethacrylate viscosity modifier; an ester of a maleic acid/styrene copolymer; and optionally, an additive package that imparts to the fluid the capacity to meet bench and dynamometer tests specified by an equipment manufacturer, is suitable for use as a functional fluid such as a tractor hydraulic fluid, under a wide variety of climatic conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventor: Richard E Gapinski
  • Patent number: 6746993
    Abstract: Viscosity index improvers, are disclosed, comprising the following polymer (A1) or (A0). Polymer (A1) has a solubility parameter of 8.6-9.4, a crystallizing initiation temperature of −15° C. or less and a steric hindrance factor (F) of 0-13, and comprises units of at least one of (a) C1-40alkyl group-containing (meth)acrylates, (b) alkyl alkenyl ethers, (c) alkenyl carboxylates and (d) nitrogen-containing unsaturated monomers. Polymer (A0) comprises units of a branched C20-40alkyl group-containing (meth)acrylate (a0) capable of providing a homopolymer having a Tc of 5° C. or less and units of another alkyl (meth)acrylate. Monomers, 2-decyl-tetradecyl methacrylate and 2-decyl-tetradecyl acrylate, are also described, suitable for producing polymers for viscosity index improvers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yuki, Yoshihisa Ota
  • Publication number: 20040092409
    Abstract: Alkyl (meth) acrylate copolymers comprising from about 10 to about 23 weight percent C3-C7 alkyl (meth) acrylate; from about 77 to about 90 weight percent C12-C14 alkyl (meth) acrylate(s); and from 0 to about 6 weight percent of at least one C6-C20 alkyl (meth) acrylate, which provide excellent low temperature properties and shear stability to lubricating oils. The preferred embodiment comprises butyl (meth) acrylate as the C3-C7 alkyl (meth) acrylate, and is essentially free from methyl (meth) acrylate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2002
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventor: Gregory Peter Liesen
  • Patent number: 6734147
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for manufacturing a lubricant composition comprising combining a superabsorbent polymer with a material for decreasing friction between moving surfaces. The superabsorbent polymer absorbs from about 25 to greater than 100 times its weight in water and may comprise a polymer of acrylic acid, an acrylic ester, acrylonitrile or acrylamide, including co-polymers thereof or starch graft co-polymers thereof or mixtures thereof. A product produced by the process includes the material for decreasing friction comprising a petroleum lubricant containing an additive, water containing an additive, synthetic lubricant, grease, solid lubricant or metal working lubricant, wherein the synthetic lubricant, grease, solid lubricant or metal working lubricant optionally contain an additive. A process comprising controlling the delivery of a lubricant to at least one of two moving surfaces in order to decrease friction between said moving surfaces, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: LCC County Mosquito Control
    Inventor: Richard Levy
  • Publication number: 20040077509
    Abstract: Viscosity index improvers, are disclosed, comprising oil-soluble copolymer (A) comprising units of 5-90% by weight of a monomer (a) represented by the general formula:
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yuki, Minoru Nishida
  • Patent number: 6712991
    Abstract: A method for making a viscosity index improving copolymer includes heating a reaction mixture including from about 55 weight percent to about 99.5 weight percent of a first monomer selected from the group consisting of (C8-C15)alkyl (meth)acrylates and mixtures thereof, from about 0.5 weight percent to about 45 weight percent of a second monomer selected from the group consisting of (C1-C7)alkyl (meth)acrylates, (C16-C24)alkyl(meth)acrylates and mixtures thereof, a polymerization initiator and a hydrocarbon diluent, to a reaction temperature from about 75° C. to about 100° C. and maintaining the reaction mixture at the reaction temperature for a period of time effective to allow copolymerization of the monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Rohmax Additives GmbH
    Inventors: Robert H. Gore, Bridget M. Stevens
  • Publication number: 20040029748
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for manufacturing a lubricant composition comprising combining a superabsorbent polymer with a material for decreasing friction between moving surfaces. The superabsorbent polymer absorbs from about 25 to greater than 100 times its weight in water and may comprise a polymer of acrylic acid, an acrylic ester, acrylonitrile or acrylamide, including co-polymers thereof or starch graft co-polymers thereof or mixtures thereof. A product produced by the process includes the material for decreasing friction comprising a petroleum lubricant containing an additive, water containing an additive, synthetic lubricant, grease, solid lubricant or metal working lubricant, wherein the synthetic lubricant, grease, solid lubricant or metal working lubricant optionally contain an additive. A process comprising controlling the delivery of a lubricant to at least one of two moving surfaces in order to decrease friction between said moving surfaces, is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Applicant: LEE COUNTY MOSQUITO CONTROL DISTRICT
    Inventor: Richard Levy
  • Patent number: 6642189
    Abstract: Engine oil compositions are provided containing (A) a lubricating base oil having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 3 to 6 mm2/S, a viscosity index of 120 or more, and a total aromatic content of 5 percent by mass or less and (B) a polymethacrylate-based viscosity index improver, preferably having a weight average molecular weight of 180,000 or more, (A) and (B) being blended in such an amount that the composition has a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 4.0 to 9.3 mm2/s. The engine oil compositions may also contain a molybdenumdithiocarbamate, as well as one or more other engine oil additives. The engine oil compositions preferably have a high-temperature, high shear viscosity at 150° C. of 2.4 to 2.7 mPa·s, a NOACK evaporation loss of 16 percent by mass or less, and a CCS viscosity at −25° C. of 3500 mPa·s or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Kurihara, Jinichi Igarashi, Kiyoshi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20030139303
    Abstract: This invention relates to a lubricating composition comprising at least about 30% by weight at least one mineral oil, having a kinematic viscosity of less than about 8 cSt at 100° C., (A) from about 15% to about 40% by weight of at least one polymer, and (B) up to about 30% by weight of at least one fluidizing agent, provided that when the fluidizing agent is a poly&agr;-olefin is present in an amount up about 2 to about 30 cSt at 100° C., then the poly&agr;-olefin is present in an amount up to about 12% by weight, wherein the lubricating composition has a shear loss of less than about 15% in the 20 hour taper bearing shear test. The invention also relates to concentrates used in preparing lubricating compositions. The present combination of components provides good low and high temperature properties especially when used in combination with one or more mineral oils. In one aspect, the compositions provide improved oxidation resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 1997
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: CURTIS R. SCHARF, ROBERT C. RICHARDSON, BERNARD C. ROELL
  • Publication number: 20030125218
    Abstract: A biodegradable lubricating oil composition especially useful as a gear oil employs a synthetic alcohol ester basestock formed from mono- and dipentaerythritol with certain mono- and dicarboxylic acids or dicarboxylic acid anhydrides and an effective amount of a polyoxyalkylene alcohol demulsifying agent, a combination of alkylated organic acid and ashless succinimide rust inhibitors and an ashless dithiocarbamate antiwear and extreme pressure agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Angeline Baird Cardis, Susan Ardito
  • Publication number: 20030104955
    Abstract: Viscosity index improvers, are disclosed, comprising the following polymer (A1) or (A0).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Applicant: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yuki, Yoshihisa Ota
  • Patent number: 6569819
    Abstract: Lubricant compositions comprise a lubricant base oil, and (A) a mono substituted amide type bissuccinimide in an amount from 0.5 to 20 percent by mass, (B) zinc dithiophosphate in an amount from 0.05 to 0.3 percent by mass of phosphorus, and (C) a metal-based detergent in an amount form 0.5 to 4.0 percent by mass of sulfated ash, based on the total mass of the composition. Lubricant compositions preferably further comprises (D) a dispersant type viscosity index improver in an amount from 0.1 to 20 percent by mass, based on the total mass of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yagishita, Jinichi Igarashi, Osamu Kurosawa
  • Patent number: 6548456
    Abstract: Metal working fluids being oil-in-water emulsions comprising alkylated polyvinylpyrrolidones as surfactants for emulsifying the oil in water. The alkylated polyvinyl-pyrrolidones having a molecular weight of about 1,000 up to 50,000 provide emulsions showing a high emulsion stability under varying and severe processing conditions of metal working fluids. Further, advantages of the metal working fluids are the narrow distribution of the droplet size, the high stability against varying temperature, the high stability against varying quality/composition of the make-up water, a high capacity of dispersing metal fines in the metal working fluid as well as excellent film forming characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Quaker Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hendrik Laurens Mulder, Robertus Petrus Jozef Maria Smits, Nicolaas Leonardus Johanna Maria Broekhof
  • Patent number: 6548454
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rolling apparatus comprising a movable member which can undergo rotary or linear motion, a support member which carries the movable member, rolling elements which are interposed between the movable member and the support member and which roll with the movement of the movable member, and a lubricant composition which is disposed between the movable member on which the rolling elements roll and the support member, wherein the lubricant composition is a mixture of (1) a thickening agent which is at least one selected from the group consisting of a solid fluoropolymer, a lamellar mineral powder, an ultrafinely particulate organic material, an organic solid lubricant and an ultrafinely particulate inorganic material, and (2) a base oil comprising a liquid fluorinated polymer oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyohisa Yamamoto, Atsuhiro Yamamoto, Atsushi Yokouchi
  • Publication number: 20030050197
    Abstract: The first lubricating oil composition of the invention comprises a polyol ester (A) as a base oil, a specific amount of a viscosity index improver (B) and a specific amount of an anti-wear agent (C), and the second lubricating oil composition of the invention comprises a paraffinic hydrocarbon oil (F) having at least 30 carbon atoms and a specific amount of a viscosity index improver (B), so that these compositions exert effects that they enable a life of watch battery to last long, they enable a watch to operate in the temperature range of −30 to 80° C. with one kind of a lubricating oil, and they are free from change of properties over a long period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventor: Yuji Akao
  • Publication number: 20030036488
    Abstract: A viscosity index improver, which comprises a polymer (A) having a solubility parameter of 8.6-9.4, a crystallizing initiation temperature of equal to or less than −15° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Applicant: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yuki, Yoshihisa Ota
  • Publication number: 20030017954
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an ultraviolet light curable lubricating composition and method for making such a composition that may be used to produce a lubricating layer. The disclosed composition does not contain any significant amount of volatile organic solvents that do not become incorporated in the lubricating layer after curing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventor: Roy C. Krohn
  • Patent number: 6475964
    Abstract: Motor oils and transmission oils of the usual commercial SAE single- and multiple viscosity classes, which oils contain polymeric additives and which have high dispersivity and good wear protection characteristics, said oils containing the following additives: (i) at least one heavy-duty (HD) additive, which contains phosphorus compounds; and (ii) as dispersive polymeric components PC, cooligomers copolymers, or combinations thereof comprised of: (a) units of C6-24 alkyl (meth)acrylates, (b) units of at least one functionalized alkyl (meth)acrylate, (c) units of one or more C1-5-alkyl (meth)acrylate monomers, and (d) units of 1-alkenes, with the following provisions: (1) the units of formulas I and II together comprise 100 wt. %, (2) the content of polymer components) PC in the additive-containing mineral oils is in the range 0.5-50 wt. %, and (3) the content of phosphorus in the additive-containing mineral oils is less than or equal to 0.08 wt. %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Roehm GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Neudoerfl, Horst Pennewiss, Gerhard Renner
  • Publication number: 20020151443
    Abstract: Automatic transmission fluids are described which contain at least 0.05 weight percent of a dialkyl thiadiazole and sulfurized fat, sulfurized fatty acid, sulfurized fatty acid ester, up to about 0.15 weight % of a metal-containing detergent, and/or a mixture thereof. The transmission fluids according to the present invention exhibit improved anti-wear and extreme pressure performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventor: Sanjay Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 6458749
    Abstract: A method for improving the low temperature fluidity of lubricating oil compositions based on addition to lubricating oils of a mixture of selected high molecular weight and low molecular weight alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymers is disclosed. Combinations of low molecular weight alkyl (meth)acrylate polymers containing zero to 25 weight percent (C16-C24)alkyl (meth)acrylate with high molecular weight alkyl (meth)acrylate polymers containing 25 to 70 weight percent (C16-C24)alkyl (meth)acrylate are especially effective at satisfying different aspects of low temperature fluidity properties simultaneously for a broad range of base oils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Rohmax Additives GmbH
    Inventors: Bernard G. Kinker, Thomas A. Mc Gregor, Joan Marie Souchik
  • Patent number: 6402983
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a flame retardant hydraulic oil excellent in the flame retardancy, unaccompanied by the dangers of pinhole fire at sites of use and giving rise to no environmental contamination. This flame retardant hydraulic oil contain a hydraulic base oil comprising as the essential component an polyol partial ester which is a product formed by reacting (A) a polyol having a total of 6 to 22 carbon atoms and a total of 3 to 6 hydroxyl groups with (B) an acyclic monocarboxylic acid having a total of 6 to 22 carbon atoms. Said polyol partial ester has a hydroxyl value of 35 mg KOH/g or more, a flash point of 290° C. or higher and an average molecular weight of 600 to 1,500.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Abe, Hiromichi Seiki, Mitsuhiro Iwata
  • Patent number: 6361711
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a flame retardant hydraulic oil excellent in the flame retardancy, heat stability and oxidative stability, unaccompanied by the dangers of pinhole fire and giving rise to no environmental contamination. This flame retardant hydraulic oil contains a hydraulic base oil including as the essential component a synthetic ester, which is a product formed by reacting (A) at least one polyol selected from the group consisting of neopentyl glycol, 2,2-dimethyl-3-hydroxypropyl-2′,2′-dimethyl-3′-hydroxypropionate, glycerin and trimethylolpropane with (B) a carboxylic acid including 15 to 85% by mole of oleic acid based on the total carboxylic acid and 15 to 85% by mole of isostearic acid based on the total carboxylic acid or a carboxylic acid obtained by incorporating into the carboxylic acid 85% by mole or less of monocarboxylic acid having 6 to 22 carbon atoms (excluding oleic acids and isostearic acids) based on the total carboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Abe, Hiromichi Seiki, Mitsuhiro Iwata
  • Publication number: 20010056044
    Abstract: A method for improving the low temperature fluidity of lubricating oil compositions based on addition to lubricating oils of a mixture of selected high molecular weight and low molecular weight alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymers is disclosed. Combinations of low molecular weight alkyl (meth)acrylate polymers containing zero to 25 weight percent (C16-C24)alkyl (meth)acrylate with high molecular weight alkyl (meth)acrylate polymers containing 25 to 70 weight percent (C16-C24)alkyl (meth)acrylate are especially effective at satisfying different aspects of low temperature fluidity properties simultaneously for a broad range of base oils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Applicant: ROEHM ROHMAX HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Bernard G. Kinker, Thomas A. McGregor, Joan Marie Souchik
  • Patent number: 6323164
    Abstract: Polyalkyl (meth)acrylate copolymers comprising from about 12 to about 18 weight percent methyl methacrylate; from about 75 to about 85 weight percent of a C10-C15 alkyl (meth)acrylate; and from about 2 to about 5 weight percent of a nitrogen-containing dispersant monomer provide excellent low temperature properties to lubricating oils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Ethyl Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory P. Liesen, Sanjay Srinivasan
  • Publication number: 20010044389
    Abstract: Transmission lubricant compositions comprise a mineral oil as a base oil of which % CP and % CA defined in ASTM D 3238 are 70 or more and 3 or less, respectively, a viscosity index improver, and a friction modifier. The transmission lubricant compositions have excellent low temperature fluidity, shear stability, and durability of anti-shudder properties and thus can be used for extended periods of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Komiya, Akira Yaguchi, Osamu Kurosawa
  • Patent number: 6310012
    Abstract: An extreme pressure agent and a friction coefficient modifier which comprises a compound having, in a molecule, a group represented by general formula (I): wherein R1, R2, and R3 each represents hydrogen atom or methyl group, and at least one of R2 and R3 represents hydrogen atom; a fluid resistant to seizure under load and a wear resistant fluid which each comprises the above additive or the above modifier; and a flame resistant fluid which comprises a thermally polymerizable substance, preferably the above compound. The extreme pressure agent and the friction coefficient modifier have excellent properties and are advantageously used for lubricating oil, metal working oil, and hydraulic oil. The flame resistant fluid suppresses vaporization of flammable substances by thermal polymerization to prevent fire when the fluid is exposed to a high temperature and is advantageously used as lubricating oil, metal working oil, hydraulic oil, heat treatment oil, and grease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Takagi, Kazuaki Abe
  • Patent number: 6303548
    Abstract: A base oil for an SAE 0W-40 lubricant composition comprises a mineral basestock, a polyalpha olefin and synthetic ester lubricant. The SAE 0W-40 lubricant comprises the base oil and a mixture of polymethacylate and olefin copolymer or hydrogenated diene VI improvers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Company
    Inventor: Jason Z. Gao