Lubricant for use in diesel engines
US6187721A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 29, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 13, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC10N2040/253
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Soot in a lubricated diesel engine is effectively dispersed without adversely affecting the viscosity of the lubricant by using a particular lubricant. The lubricant utilized comprises a lubricant base stock (e.g. more than 75% by weight), a dispersant (e.g. from 0.2-less than 4% from a detergent inhibitor (D1) package), and a functionalized viscosity index improver (e.g. from 0.1-2.5% by solids weight). The functionalized viscosity index improver is a highly functionalized graft copolymer reaction product of an oxygen, a nitrogen, or an oxygen and nitrogen containing, ethylenically unsaturated, aliphatic or aromatic monomer having from 2 to about 50 carbon atoms grafted onto a polyolefin copolymer. Also, 0-2.5% by solids weight of another viscosity index improver besides the highly functionalized graft copolymer reaction product may be added, as well as other conventional additives.
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