Additional Nitrogen Bonded Directly To The -c(=x)- Group (e.g., Ueas, Etc.) Patents (Class 508/552)
  • Publication number: 20030069144
    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: May 10, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Iso
  • Publication number: 20030069147
    Abstract: Disclosed is a grease that provides a prolonged lubricating lifetime to applied portions for use at high temperature, and a grease sealed bearing in which the bearing is sealed with this grease. This grease comprises a base oil, a thickener, and an amide-based wax. The amide-based wax is contained in an amount of 0.5 to 10% by weight based on the total amount of the grease, has a melting point of 80° C. or more, and an antioxidative ability to the base oil. The base oil is at least one base oil selected from the group consisting of an ether-based oil, an ester-based oil and a synthetic hydrocarbon oil, and has kinematic viscosity of 20 to 150 mm2/s at 40° C. The thickener is an urea-based thickener, and is contained in an amount of 5 to 30% by weight based on the total amount of the grease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Takayuki Kawamura, Hidenobu Mikami, Mitsunari Asao, Yuji Oonuki, Toshiaki Endo
  • Patent number: 6528457
    Abstract: A composition that can be used as lubricant for high electric field including spark plug boots is disclosed. The composition comprises, or is produced by combining, a halogenated oil such as a perfluoropolyether, a polytrichlorofluoroethylene, a fluorosilicone, or combinations of two or more thereof; a basic thickener; and optionally an additional thickener in which the basic thickener is a metal hydroxide, a metal salt, an ammonium salt, or combinations of two or more thereof. The optional additional thickener is polytetrafluoroethylene, talc, silica, clay, boron nitride, metal soaps, titanium dioxide, polydimethylsiloxane, polyurea, polyurethane, or combinations of two or more thereof. Also provided is a spark plug boot that comprises the composition applied thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Jon L. Howell, H. Carl Walther, Gregory A. Bell
  • Publication number: 20030040442
    Abstract: The invention aims to provide a rolling bearing that secures a sufficient bearing life economically even when used under such conditions that water from the outside or water formed by moisture condensation may seep into the lubricant or the bearing is affected by the vibrations, and particularly a rolling bearing suited to the electric parts and accessaries of au automobile engine, such as an alternator. To accomplish the object, the hydrogen ion exponent pH of the grease sealed into the inside of the bearing is adjusted in a range of from 7 to 13. For the same purpose, the hydrogen ion exponent pH of the grease is adjusted in a range of from 5 to 13 where a prescribed amount of an organic metal salt or ADTC is added to the grease, where a prescribed amount of an inorganic compound having an average particle size of 2 □m or smaller is added to the grease, or where a diurea compound containing an aromatic amine or a mixture of the diurea compound is added to the grease as a thickener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yokouchi, Youichi Matsumoto, Kenichi Iso, Kouichi Hachiya, Hideki Koizumi, Michiharu Naka
  • Publication number: 20030027725
    Abstract: A high speed rolling bearing of a long life, having a low rotation torque and a small leakage amount of a grease, is provided. The high speed rolling bearing comprises retainers disposed so as to surround respective rolling elements between an outer member and an inner member thereof, and the respective rolling elements roll against a first contact face which is a contact face thereof with the outer member as well as a second contact face which is a contact face thereof with the inner member. The retainers are made of a polyamide, and the retainers made of the polyamide retains a grease composition, composed of a thickener and a base oil composed of a synthetic hydrocarbon oil having kinematic viscosity at 40° C in a range of 50 to 70 mm2/s, and containing 3 to 6 mass % of hydrocarbon molecules containing 28 to 32 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventor: Motoharu Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20030027728
    Abstract: Grease composition for constant velocity joints, comprising a base oil and a urea-based thickener, which grease additionally contains, (A) molybdenum sulphide dialkyldithiocarbamate and (B) 5,5-dithiobis(1,3,4-thiadiazole-2-thiol); a method of lubricating a constant velocity joint comprising packing it with said grease; and a constant velocity joint packed with said grease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Yasushi Kawamura, Kouichi Nakazawa, Noriaki Shinoda, Keiji Tanaka, Tetsuo Nimura, Kouji Saitou, Tomoyasu Wada
  • Publication number: 20030027731
    Abstract: A heat-resistant, high-speed, high-load rolling bearing for automotive accessories and electric part is provided which develops no abnormal flaking and is sufficiently long in life and superior in durability. It is a heat-resistant, high-speed, high-load rolling bearing in which is sealed a grease composition which comprises a base oil which is a mixture alkyldiphenyl ether oil and aromatic ester oil at the ratio (in weight) of 50:50 to 80:20, a diurea compound expressed by the following formula as a thickening agent, and 0.1 to 5 wt % of a passivating agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Takayuki Kawamura, Hidenobu Mikami, Mitsunari Asao
  • Patent number: 6511946
    Abstract: Described is a water-miscible cooling lubricant concentrate which comprises natural or synthetic mineral oils, emulsifying agents, corrosion protection additives, solubilizers, means of preservation, metal inhibitors and other conventional additives, and, after dilution to form a 2 to 25% by weight aqueous solution, has a pH value between 7.0 and 7.5 as well as additionally as means of preservation and/or anticorrosive additive comprises a mixture of a) a conversion product of boric acid and a primary or tertiary alkanolamine and/or b) an ethoxylated and/or propoxylated fatty acid or a fatty acid alkanolamide as well as at least one further compound selected from the group comprised of c) a carboxylic acid imide, a phosphoric acid ester, a triazole, a thiadiazole, an isothiazolinone, an imidazole, a guanidine, an aromatic carboxylic acid and the 3-iodo-2-propinyl-carbamate and/or d) a methylol urea derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Fuchs Petrolub AG
    Inventors: Heinz Gerhard Theis, RĂ¼diger Schwab
  • Patent number: 6500788
    Abstract: An improved lubricating grease composition is herein disclosed, which comprises a base oil and a thickening agent, wherein the base oil comprises 50 to 100% by weight of a carbonate ester compound represented by the following general formula (I): R1O—CO—OR2  (I) wherein R1 and R2 each independently represents a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched alkyl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, on the basis of the total weight of the base oil. The lubricating grease composition shows remarkably improved acoustic life and an improved frictional coefficient, as compared with those observed for conventional grease compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignees: Kyodo Yushi Co., Ltd., NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Atushi Shibayama, Hiroshi Kimura, Youichiro Sugimori, Masao Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6498130
    Abstract: A grease composition having low noise characteristics is prepared by shearing a mixture of a base oil and a thickener for a time sufficient to reduce substantially all of the thickener to particles below 500 microns in size; and then processing the sheared mixture to a grease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Mark William Baum, Todd Timothy Nadasdi, Jon Carl Root
  • Publication number: 20020183213
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a grease composition which can improve both the acoustic performance and anti-fretting property of a ball bearing, and a rolling bearing which is lubricated by such a grease composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Hiroshi Komiya, Atsushi Yao, Nao Ito, Youzou Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20020173433
    Abstract: Novel non-symmetric, partially fluorinated compositions and method of manufacture which are useful as lubricants or as additives to lubricant formulations involving the molecular structure:
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventor: Richard P. Beatty
  • Publication number: 20020147119
    Abstract: To provide a grease composition for HDD which is excellent in low outgas generation and acoustic properties and a process for production thereof. In a grease composition used in the bearing for a hard disk drive, a basal oil comprising a paraffin-base hydrocarbon and a polyurea as a thickener are contained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: Sumio Shimizu, Tatsumi Yamada, Shigeru Mori, Yoshihisa Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20020137639
    Abstract: Disclosed is a grease sealed bearing for automobile that has the high temperature resistance as well as shear stability, and prevents the noise at low temperature as well as the brittle flaking under high speed rotation and high load. The grease comprises a base oil containing a synthesized hydrocarbon oil and one or more ester oils at a weight ratio of 0.1 to 0.49:0.9 to 0.51; 5 to 30% by weight of a urea based thickener, and 0.1 to 10% by weight of dithiozinc phosphate based on the whole grease. The grease sealed bearing for automobile is obtained by sealing a bearing used in a device driven by an automobile engine with the grease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Mitsunari Asao, Hidenobu Mikami, Takayuki Kawamura, Takahiro Koremoto, Kunio Takemura
  • Patent number: 6444621
    Abstract: A grease composition for steering of motorcars which comprises the following components (a) to (f): (a) a thickening agent; (b) a base oil having a pour point of not higher that −40° C.; (c) an organic molybdenum compound; (d) melamine cyanurate; (e) polytetrafluoroethylene; and (f) molybdenum disulfide. The grease composition has load resistance, or seizure-preventing ability and wear-reducing ability high enough to use the grease under severe lubricating conditions, and can impart, to the steering of motorcars, excellent operability at a low temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignees: Koyodo Yushi Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Okaniwa, Akira Taniguchi, Fumio Ueda
  • Patent number: 6432889
    Abstract: A grease composition is disclosed which contains a lubricating base oil, and: (A) 2 to 30 wt % of a urea thickener, (B) 0.1 to 20 wt % of a sulfur-containing extreme pressure agent selected from the group consisting of dihydrocarbyl polysulfide, sulfurized oils and fats and mixtures thereof, and (C) 0.05 to 10 wt % of a sulfonate selected from the group consisting of an over-based zinc sulfonate, an over-based magnesium sulfonate and mixtures thereof having total base number of 100 to 500 mgKOH/g, each based on a total amount of said composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotugu Kinoshita, Kiyomi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 6432888
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a grease for a rolling bearing containing poly-&agr;-olefin synthetic oil or diphenyl ether synthetic oil, a diurea thickening agent, and an organic antimony compound or an organic molybdenum compound. The present invention is also directed to a rolling bearing in which the grease for a rolling bearing is sealed. The organic antimony compound or the organic molybdenum compound reacts with a metal composing inner and outer bearing rings and a rolling element to form a compound film contributing to the reduction of the force in the tangential direction on a raceway surface of the bearing rings and a surface of the rolling element, thereby preventing an excessively large force in the tangential direction under high-speed rotation. This enables to lengthen the life of the rolling bearing used under particularly severe conditions such as high temperature, high-speed rotation and high road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignees: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd., Nippon Grease Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Komiya, Toshikazu Kouno, Masayuki Kitamura, Toshihiro Kawaguchi, Seiji Okamura, Hiroki Iwamatsu
  • Publication number: 20020107150
    Abstract: There are provided a lubricant composition for use in a ball-and-roller bearing with a smaller diameter, and a ball-and-roller bearing with a smaller diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Hidenobu Mikami, Toshiyuki Mizutani, Masakazu Hirata
  • Patent number: 6420324
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions for defoaming aqueous media, comprising as defoamers urea derivatives of the formula I where R1 is a hydrocarbon radical, preferably having 4 to 30 carbon atoms or a hydrocarbon radical, preferably having 4 to 24 carbon atoms and one nitrogen atom or a hydrocarbon radical, preferably having 4 to 30 carbon atoms and one carbonyl group, R2 is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon radical, preferably having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, R3 is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon radical, preferably having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, R4 is an organic radical, preferably having 2 to 30 carbon atoms, and n is from 0 to 5; in the form of solid particles, which are obtained by crystallization from a clear homogeneous melt dispersed in a carrier medium, and a process of preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Goldschmidt AG
    Inventors: Thomas Ebbrecht, Michael Gippert, Martina Hartmann, Wolfgang Josten, Peter Muss, Stefan Silber, Roland Sucker
  • Publication number: 20020082175
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a rolling bearing suitable for the use under a high temperature, high speed, high load and high vibration condition, having a good rust-preventive performance and the excellent flaking life without a hazard to a human body. A rolling bearing is described, comprising an inner race, an outer race and rolling elements, with a grease composition comprising, as the main components, a base oil, a thickener and at least one kind of a rust-preventive additive made from a naphthenate or a succinic acid derivative, packed in a bearing space formed by at least the inner race, the outer race and the rolling elements, said at least one kind of a rust-preventive additive is present in an amount of 0.1 to 10% by weight based on the total amount of the grease composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Iso, Atsushi Yokouchi, Michiharu Naka
  • Patent number: 6407043
    Abstract: Greases having low noise properties are prepared by cycling kettle contents, during at least the initial stage of soap-forming or other thickening, round a processing loop comprising (i) agitation and heating and (ii) shearing. Lithium complex greases are referred to which have lower noise properties than a polyurea type grease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventor: Soenke Moehr
  • Publication number: 20020072477
    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: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Applicant: NIPPON MITSUBISHI OIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Syouzou Ikejima, Yasuyuki Wakahara, Hirotugu Kinoshita, Kiyomi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 6403538
    Abstract: Grease composition for constant velocity joints comprising a base oil and urea-based thickener, which grease further comprises, (A) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of an optionally substituted molybdenum-organocyclic compound containing at least 5 ring atoms, wherein each ring atom attached directly to the molybdenum atom is a hetero atom, (B) from 0.1 to 5% by weight of at least one sulphur-containing additive chosen from the group consisting of sulphur olefins, sulphur-phosphorus extreme-pressure agents, ashless dithiocarbamates, polysulphides, thiadiazoles and zinc dithiocarbamate, and (C) from 0.1 to 5% by weight of at least one phosphorous-containing additive chosen from the group consisting of molybdenum dithiophosphate, zinc dithiophosphate and triphenylphosphorothionate; a method of lubricating a constant velocity joint comprising packing it with said grease and a constant velocity joint packed with said grease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Takahiro Ozaki, Tsutomu Yoshida, Ryuichi Masumori
  • Publication number: 20020055440
    Abstract: Mixtures of the reaction product of at least one C5-C60 carboxylic acid and at least one amine selected from the group consisting of guanidine, aminoguanidine, urea, thioruea and salts thereof and a phosphorus-containing dispersant are useful as gear oil additives. Lubricant formulations containing said mixtures exhibit excellent low and high temperature rheology and are particularly suited for use in automotive and industrial gear applications. Lubricants of the present invention exhibit improved performance properties such as increased axle efficiencies and lower axle temperatures compared to lubricant formulations that do not contain said mixtures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventor: Vasudevan Balasubramaniam
  • Patent number: 6376432
    Abstract: A silicon elastomer compatible constant velocity joint grease comprises a urea grease composed of a lubricating oil and a urea thickener and an effective amount of a friction reducing additive package comprising vermiculite, molybdenum oxysulfide dithiocarbamate, polyphenylene sulfide and potassium triborate. The additive package solids have particle sizes below about 40 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Walter Logan Leslie, Jon Carl Root
  • Publication number: 20020039973
    Abstract: A grease composition having low noise characteristics is prepared by shearing a mixture of a base oil and a thickener for a time sufficient to reduce substantially all of the thickener to particles below 500 microns in size; and then processing the sheared mixture to a grease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Publication date: April 4, 2002
    Inventors: Mark William Baum, Todd Timothy Nadasdi, Jon Carl Root
  • Patent number: 6355602
    Abstract: A grease composition for constant velocity joints comprises the following components: (a) a base oil; (b) a diurea type thickening agent represented by the following formula (1): R1NH—CO—NH—C6H4—p—CH2—C6H4—p—NH—CO—NHR2  (1) (in the formula (1), R1 and R2 may be the same or different from one another and each represents an aryl group or a cycloalkyl group having 6 or 7 carbon atoms); (c) a molybdenum sulfurized dialkyl dithiocarbamate; (d) a molybdenum sulfurized dialkyl dithiophosphate; (e) molybdenum disulfide; (f) a calcium salt of an alkylaromatic sulfonic acid; and (g) a phosphorus free-and sulfur-containing extreme-pressure additive. The grease composition for constant velocity joints according to the present invention has a high ability of reducing the induced thrust force and is excellent in the durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignees: Kyodo Yushi Co., Ltd., NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Okaniwa, Junichi Imai, Yukio Hasegawa, Shinichi Takabe
  • Patent number: 6352961
    Abstract: The present invention provides a grease composition which is excellent in peel resistance, not to mention lubricity, as compared with the prior art products. A novel grease composition for rolling bearing is provided, comprising a base oil, an extender, an inorganic compound-based filler having an average particle diameter of not more than 2 &mgr;m and zinc dithiocarbamate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Iso, Atushi Yokouchi, Hideki Koizumi, Michiharu Naka
  • Publication number: 20020016267
    Abstract: Use of fluorinated polyurethanes thermally crosslinkable for obtaining coatings having an improved friction coefficient for the dry lubrication of rubbers, plastics, metals, glass, said polyurethanes obtainable from aqueous dispersions of cationic oligourethanes having a molecular weight ≦9,000, formed by: a) polyisocyanates, having NCO functionality higher than 2, b) bifunctional hydrogenated monomers, c) bifunctional hydroxylated (per)fluoropolyethers, e) monofunctional hydroxyl or carboxylic (per)fluoropoly-ethers or monofunctional hydroxyl (per)fluoroalkanes optionally: d) hydrogenated monomers by which it is possible to insert a crosslinkable chemical function in the oligourethane; dI) hydrogen-active compounds, able to form with the NCO functions thermolabile bonds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Applicant: Ausimont S.p.A.
    Inventors: Massimo Scicchitano, Tania Trombetta, Stefano Turri
  • Patent number: 6343682
    Abstract: A one-way clutch has an annular space through which an outer ring and an inner ring face each other, the outer ring and the inner ring being disposed inside and outside each other in a diameter direction and concentrically with each other. A lubricant for lubricating an inner peripheral face of the outer ring and an outer peripheral face of the inner ring on which rollers roll is prepared by mixing a urea-based consistency increasing agent into ester-based or synthetic oil-based base oil with a pressure viscosity coefficient (at a temperature of 25° C.) set at 12 GPa−1 or more. The lubricant provides for movement of state switching components to be stabilized even at a low temperature and wear of the state switching components and operating faces can be suppressed even at a high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahiro Terada, Hajime Tazumi, Yoshitaka Nakagawa, Hideki Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 6333297
    Abstract: A constant-velocity joint for a propeller shaft is provided which can be used with good durability without adding any organic lead compound, which is high in the effect of suppressing temperature rise of grease during high-speed rotation, and which can prevent deterioration of the grease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichi Takabe
  • Patent number: 6319880
    Abstract: A grease composition for constant velocity joints comprises the following components: (a) a base oil; (b) a diurea type thickening agent; (c) a molybdenum sulfurized dialkyl dithiocarbamate; (d) molybdenum disulfide; (e) at least one sulfur-phosphorus-containing extreme-pressure agent selected from the group consisting of zinc dithiophosphate compounds and thiophosphates; and (f) a fatty acid amide. The grease composition of the present invention has a high ability of reducing the induced thrust force and is excellent in the durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignees: Kyodo Yushi Co., Ltd., NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Okaniwa, Junichi Imai, Yukio Hasegawa, Shinichi Takabe
  • Publication number: 20010041662
    Abstract: A lubricating member for food-processing equipment comprising a polyolefin resin and a lubricant usable for food is used at a temperature of not lower than the pour point of the lubricant to not higher than 70° C., to thereby secure a lubricating member for food-processing equipment with safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventor: Yoshinori Muzumura
  • Publication number: 20010034306
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a rolling bearing suitable for the use under a high temperature, high speed, high load and high vibration condition, having a good rust-preventive performance and the excellent flaking life without a hazard to a human body. A rolling bearing is described, comprising an inner race, an outer race and rolling elements, with a grease composition comprising, as the main components, a base oil, a thickener and at least one kind of a rust-preventive additive made from a naphthenate or a succinic acid derivative, packed in a bearing space formed by at least the inner race, the outer race and the rolling elements, said at least one kind of a rust-preventive additive is present in an amount of 0.1 to 10% by weight based on the total amount of the grease composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Inventors: Kenichi Iso, Atsushi Yokouchi, Michiharu Naka
  • Publication number: 20010016563
    Abstract: A constant-velocity joint for a propeller shaft is provided which can be used with good durability without adding any organic lead compound, which is high in the effect of suppressing temperature rise of grease during high-speed rotation, and which can prevent deterioration of the grease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichi Takabe
  • Patent number: 6265359
    Abstract: An organic solvent free process for the preparation of a grease thickener which is at least one of an imide-diurea and an imide-urethane urea includes (a) providing approximately equimolar amounts of reagents including dibasic acid selected from the group consisting of succinic acid, glutaric acid, phthalic acid, and anhydrides thereof, reactant selected from the group consisting of a primary diamine and a primary amino hydroxy compound, and having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, toluene diisocyanate, and primary monoamine having 8 to 22 carbon atoms; (b) reacting the dibasic acid with the reactant to provide a first reaction mixture; (c) reacting the first reaction mixture with the toluene diisocyanate to provide a second reaction mixture; and (d) reacting the second reaction mixture with the primary monoamine to provide said grease thickener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Inventors: Anbanandam Parthiban, Kanta Prasad Naithani, Akhilesh Kumar Bhatnagar
  • Patent number: 6258760
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a grease composition for a constant velocity joint, which has a low coefficient of friction to decrease the vibrations of CVJ, which comprises a base oil, a urea thickening agent, (A) a molybdenum dialkyldithiocarbamate, (B) at least one molybdenum di(alkyl or aryl)dithiophosphate represented by formula (I): wherein R1 represents a primary or secondary alkyl group or an aryl group, and (C) at least one sulfur-containing additive selected from the group consisting of an ashless dithiocarbamate, a polysulfide, zinc dithiocarbamate, sulfurized fat and oil, an olefin sulfide, a sulfur-phosphorus extreme pressure additive, and a thiadiazole extreme pressure additive, wherein each of the components (A), (B) and (C) is in an amount of 10% by weight or less based on the total weight of the grease composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignees: Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Ozaki, Tsutomu Yoshida, Takao Nishimura, Ryuichi Masumori, Keizo Nagasawa, Yukio Asahara
  • Patent number: 6239085
    Abstract: A grease of enhanced thermal stability and improved soap utilization comprises a major amount of a base oil comprising polyalphaolefin, alkyl aromatic synthetic fluid and white oil and a minor amount of soap thickener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Company
    Inventor: David Anthony Slack
  • Patent number: 6235690
    Abstract: An improved lubricating grease composition is herein disclosed, which comprises a base oil and a thickening agent, wherein the base oil comprises 50 to 100% by weight of a carbonate ester compound represented by the following general formula (I): R1O—CO—OR2  (I) wherein R1 and R2 each independently represents a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched alkyl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, on the basis of the total weight of the base oil. The lubricating grease composition shows remarkably improved acoustic life and an improved frictional coefficient, as compared with those observed for conventional grease compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignees: Kyodo Yushi Co., Ltd., NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Atushi Shibayama, Hiroshi Kimura, Youichiro Sugimori, Masao Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6214774
    Abstract: A grease for a bearing of a fan comprises a base oil selected from a various kinds of silicone oils having a viscosity of 30 to 500 mm2/s at 40 degree-C. and a viscosity of 30,000 mm2/s or less at −30 degree-C., and a diurea compound, as a thickening agent, at the compounding ratio of 2 to 30%-wt. The urea compound has a general formula of: R1—NHCONH—R2—NHCONH—R3 wherein R2 indicates a tolylene group, a diphenylmethan group or a dimethylbiphenylene group, and R1 and R3 respectively indicate a straight chain saturated alkyl group having the number of carbon atoms of 6 to 18, and an alicyclic group, and wherein the ratio of the straight chain saturated alkyl group to the alicyclic group is within a range of 5 to 95 mol-% to 95 to 5%-mol. The grease maintains its properties suitable for use in a fan, and effectively restrict or prevent generation of hoot sound, while providing satisfactory durability and cost-effctiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichi Nozaki, Takahiro Koremoto, Kazuhiro Matsumoto, Yosiki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 6187726
    Abstract: Compounds and lubricant compositions are disclosed that comprise a substituted linear thiourea of the structure wherein R1, R2, and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkaryl, aralkyl, and hydrogen; R3 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, and combinations thereof; X is selected from the group consisting of (i) methylene, if, and only if, R3 is alkenyl, (ii) oxygen, and (iii) sulfur; and A is selected from the group consisting of alkylene and aryl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: CK Witco Corporation
    Inventors: Theodore E. Nalesnik, Franklin H. Barrows
  • Patent number: 6136762
    Abstract: A method for preparing urea grease excellent in low noise properties comprises the step of adding a base oil in which an amine (or an isocyanate) is dissolved or dispersed, to a base oil in which an isocyanate (or an amine) is dissolved or dispersed, in the form of liquid drops having a diameter of not more than 300 .mu.m to react the isocyanate with the amine; or the step of directly contacting liquid drops comprising a base oil in which an isocyanate is dissolved or dispersed and having a diameter of not more than 300 .mu.m with liquid drops comprising a base oil in which an amine is dissolved or dispersed and having a diameter of not more than 300 .mu.m to react the isocyanate with the amine. The method permits the production of urea grease excellent in low noise properties at a low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Kyodo Yushi Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Terasu Yoshinari, Yuji Onuki, Yoichi Suzuki, Hiroshi Kimura
  • Patent number: 6133661
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotating electric machine including a coil of a wire having thereon an insulating coating comprising a polybenzimidazole. This rotating electric machine is stably maintained for a long time in dielectric strength even under a highly radioactive environment, due to the use of the special insulating coating. With this, the rotating electric machine can be driven stably for a long time. The invention further relates to another rotating electric machine including (a) a rotor having a rotating shaft; (b) a bearing for supporting the rotating shaft; and (c) a grease applied to the bearing. This grease contains (1) a polyphenyl ether having at least three aromatic rings in the molecule and (2) a urea. The rotor of this rotating electric machine is stably supported in the bearing for a long time even under a highly radioactive environment, due to the use of the special grease. Thus, this rotating electric machine can also be rotated stably for a long time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Meidensha, Kandenko Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinao Okawa, Yoshihiro Murano, Isao Ito, Kenichi Okada, Kazuo Funabashi, Masanori Miyamoto, Kiyohito Mizuide, Yasuhiko Onishi, Masaaki Hoko, Hirotugu Kinoshita, Fumihiro Itano, Makoto Noda, Takeshi Uesugi, Kiyoshi Nagasawa, Shuzo Tanigaki, Yoshiyuki Ema
  • Patent number: 6130190
    Abstract: A lubricating composition comprising a liquid crystal and a surfactant is disclosed. The inventive composition increase the lubricity of lubricant oils, reduce the wear rate or metals being lubricated, and increase the load bearing properties of lubricants between various surfaces, for example, within an engine and in the rolling of metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Pennzoil Products Company
    Inventors: Selda Gunsel, Frances E. Lockwood
  • Patent number: 6093988
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotating electric machine including (a) a rotor having a rotating shaft; (b) a bearing for supporting the rotating shaft; (c) a radiation resistant grease applied to the bearing; and (d) a shield layer for shielding the grease from radiation. The shield layer is made of lead and surrounds the bearing. The shield layer includes (1) a first cylindrical shield member that is positioned to cover the bearing, such that the bearing is shielded from a first radiation that is in a direction substantially perpendicular to an axis of the rotating shaft, and (2) second and third disk shield members that are positioned to interpose therebetween the bearing in a direction along the axis of the rotating shaft, such that the bearing is shielded from a second radiation that is in a direction substantially along the axis of the rotating shaft. Thus, the rotor of this rotating electric machine is stably supported in the bearing for a long time even under a highly radioactive environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Meidensha, Kandenko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinao Okawa, Yoshihiro Murano, Isao Ito, Kenichi Okada, Kazuo Funabashi, Masanori Miyamoto, Kiyohito Mizuide, Hirotugu Kinoshita, Fumihiro Itano, Takeshi Uesugi
  • Patent number: 6066755
    Abstract: The invention relates to amphiphilic compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## which have at least two hydrophilic and at least two hydrophobic groups and are based on carbonic acid derivatives.The spacer A is an aliphatic, cyclic or acyclic or an aromatic di-, oligo- or polycarbonate of the formula II: ##STR2## The amphiphilic compounds according to this invention are mostly surface-active and are suitable as emulsifiers, demulsifiers, detergents, dispersants and hydrotropes for industrial and domestic use, in particular in the fields of metalworking, ore extraction, surface finishing, plastics processing, washing and cleaning, cleaning of hard surfaces, manual dishwashing compositions, cosmetics, medicine and food processing and preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Huels Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Herbert Koch, Klaus Kwetkat
  • Patent number: 6063740
    Abstract: A grease composition for rolling bearing containing a thiocarbamate derivative represented by the formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are the same or different groups and denote a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and X denotes S--Cu--S, S--Ni--S, S, S--S, S--S--S--S, S--CH.sub.2 --S, S--(CH.sub.2).sub.2 --S or S--(CH.sub.2).sub.3 --S, in an amount of 0.05 to 10 mass % with respect to the total amount of the composition. The present grease composition exhibits a long flaking life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotugu Kinoshita, Kiyomi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 6063743
    Abstract: A lubricating grease compound formed of a basic oil and a lower proportion of a thickening agent which is a polyurea (polycarbamide) compound as well as the usual additives, in which the base oil is an ester of an aromatic di-, tri-, or tetra-carboxylic acid with one or more C.sub.7 -C.sub.18 -alkanols and the thickening agent is the reaction product of a compound of the general formulaA(B)n (I)with an amine of the general formula H.sub.2 N--R (II), whereinA=CH.sub.4 -n,B=aromatic mono- or di-isocyanate residue,n=1-3, andR=an alkyl or an alkenyl residue with 8 to 22-C-atoms or an aryl residue with 6 to 10-C-atoms,and in which the mixture of the basic oil and the thickening agent has a consistency with a penetration of 220-385, 0.1 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Kluber Lubrication Munchen K.G.
    Inventors: Edwin Seubert, Dieter Sohn
  • Patent number: 5910470
    Abstract: A grease to be sealed in bearings which shows good lubricating properties within a wide temperature range from low to high temperatures, whereby it can prevent bearing noise while it is cold, and maintain its good properties including excellent high-temperature durability for a long period of time. The grease contains a base oil made up of a synthetic hydrocarbon oil and an ester synthetic oil having eight or more ester groups arranged in a comb-like fashion on one side of an oil chain molecule made up of eight of more carbon atoms, as expressed by Formula below, the ratio of contents in weight of the synthetic hydrocarbon oil and the ester synthetic oil being 0.65-0.75:0.35-0.25, and 5-20 wt % of a urea thickening agent. The grease may further contain 0.1-10 wt % dithiophosphate as an extreme pressure agent. The grease may be used as grease to be sealed in a ball bearing for supporting a pulley engaging belts for transmitting automotive engine torque to prevent noise immediately after the engine is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Masami Minami, Takao Yoshimatsu, Hiroki Iwamatsu, Takahiro Koremoto
  • Patent number: 5856281
    Abstract: Gas contaminants generated from the grease of bearings operating in a magnetic disk device adhere to the magnetic head and causing stiction and magnetic head crash. Such bearings are typically spindle bearings and pivot bearings. In operation, heat is generated that causes the bearing grease to generate the gases. By heat treating the grease, slow evaporating substances of hydrocarbon compounds with carbons of C9 to C13 in the grease are reduced to not more than 0.001 wt. % of the grease. The grease can then be used to lubricate the bearings. The heat treatment is performed at a temperature of 60.degree. to 100.degree. C. at a pressure of 10.sup.-3 to 10.sup.-8 torr. The assembled, lubricated bearings can be heat treated separately from the magnetic disk device or the heat treatment can take place after the bearings have been assembled in the magnetic disk device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Otsuka, Iwao Matsuyama, Mitsuhiko Oguchi, Kazuhisa Murakami, Nobuyuki Ishii, Masayuki Katsumoto, Tsuneyuki Hasegawa, Satomi Yamaguchi