Slow release lubricant additives gel

US6843916B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Lubrizol Corporation · US

Inventors

• James D. Burrington · Gates Mills, US
• Bruce H. Grasser · Chardon, US
• Herman F. George · Chardon, US
• John R. Martin · Birkenhead, GB
• John K. Pudelski · Cleveland Heights, US
• James P. Roski · Euclid, US
• Barbara L. Soukup · Mentor-on-the-Lake, US
• Melinda E. Bartlett · Willowick, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 16, 2002
• Grant date: Jan 18, 2005
• Expiry date: Jan 14, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F01M2001/1014
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A lubricant additive gel formed by the gellation of two or more lubricant additives for the slow release of the additive components into a fluid. The lubricant additive gel slowly releases into its component lubricant additives when contacted with the fluid such as an oil thereby serving as a lubricant fluid such as an oil thereby.