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Lubricating oil compositions containing hydroxamide compounds as friction reducers
Assignee: Mecatool AG
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Filing: 1983-12-30
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Granted: 1985-12-10
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Expires: 2003-12-30
Abstract
Abstract A lubricating oil composition having improved friction reducing properties and the method of reducing friction in internal combustion engines by lubricating said engines with said lubricating oil which contains an effective friction reducing amount of a selected hydroxyamide compound.
Inventors
- 👤 Max J. Wisotsky
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-08 21:14
CPC Classifications
C; C10; C10M; C10M133/00; C10M133/02; C10M133/16; C10M2205/00; C10M2215/00; C10M2215/02; C10M2215/04; C10M2215/042; C10M2215/08; C10M2215/082; C10M2215/24; C10M2215/28; C10M2219/00; C10M2219/04; C10M2219/046; C10M2223/00; C10M2223/02; C10M2223/04; C10M2223/045; C10N; C10N2010/00; C10N2010/04; C10N2040/00; C10N2040/25; C10N2040/251; C10N2040/255; C10N2040/28
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
132 words
A lubricating oil composition having improved friction reducing properties comprising a major amount of lubricating base oil and from about 0.01 to about 2.0 percent by weight of a hydroxyamide compound having the formula: ##STR5## where R is the hydrocarbon radical of dimer carboxylic acid having a total of about 24 to about 90 carbon atoms with about 9 to about 42 carbon atoms between carboxylic acid groups and Z is (a) a hydroxy substituted alkyl group having about 1 to about 20 carbon atoms or (b) an oxyalkylene group of the formula: ##STR6## where A and B are each alkyl of 1 to 2 carbon atoms or hydrogen and m is an integer of 1 to 50; x is 0 or 1; y is 1 or 2 and n is 2.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
132 words
A lubricating oil composition having improved friction reducing properties comprising a major amount of lubricating base oil and from about 0.01 to about 2.0 percent by weight of a hydroxyamide compound having the formula: ##STR5## where R is the hydrocarbon radical of dimer carboxylic acid having a total of about 24 to about 90 carbon atoms with about 9 to about 42 carbon atoms between carboxylic acid groups and Z is (a) a hydroxy substituted alkyl group having about 1 to about 20 carbon atoms or (b) an oxyalkylene group of the formula: ##STR6## where A and B are each alkyl of 1 to 2 carbon atoms or hydrogen and m is an integer of 1 to 50; x is 0 or 1; y is 1 or 2 and n is 2.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
47 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein said dimer acid has a total of about 24 to about 60 carbon atoms and about 12 to about 42 carbon atoms between the carboxylic acid groups and said hydroxy substituted alkyl group has about 1 to about 4 hydroxy groups.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The composition of claim 2 wherein said hydroxy substituted alkyl group has about 1 to about 10 carbon atoms.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The composition of claim 3 wherein in said oxyalkylene group, A and/or B are hydrogen, and m is 1 to 40.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The composition of claim 4 wherein about 0.01 to about 1.0 percent by weight of said hydroxyamide compound is used.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
47 words
The composition of claim 5 wherein said dimer acid has a total of about 24 to about 44 carbon atoms and about 16 to about 22 carbon atoms between the carboxylic acid groups and said Z group in said hydroxyamide compound is a hydroxy substituted alkyl group.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
The composition of claim 6 wherein said hydroxy substituted alkyl group has 1 to 2 hydroxy groups and 2 to 6 carbon atoms.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The composition of claim 7 wherein from about 0.05 to about 0.5 weight percent of said hydroxyamide compound is used.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
44 words
The composition of claim 8 wherein the hydroxyamide compound is prepared from the combination of a dimer acid selected from the group consisting of linoleic acid, oleic acid and mixtures thereof, and a hydroxyamine compound selected from the group consisting of ethanolamine and diethanolamine.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
133 words
A method of reducing friction in an internal combustion engine comprising lubricating said engine using a lubricating oil composition containing an effective friction reducing amount of an additive which is a hydroxyamide compound having the formula: ##STR7## where R is the hydrocarbon radical of dimer carboxylic acid having a total of about 24 to about 90 carbon atoms with about 9 to about 42 carbon atoms between carboxylic acid groups, Z is (a) a hydroxy substituted alkyl group having about 1 to about 20 carbon atoms, or (b) an oxyalkylene group of the formula: ##STR8## where A and B are each alkyl of 1 to 2 carbon atoms or hydrogen and m is an integer of 1 to 50; x is 0 or 1, y is 1 or 2, and n is 2.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
133 words
A method of reducing friction in an internal combustion engine comprising lubricating said engine using a lubricating oil composition containing an effective friction reducing amount of an additive which is a hydroxyamide compound having the formula: ##STR7## where R is the hydrocarbon radical of dimer carboxylic acid having a total of about 24 to about 90 carbon atoms with about 9 to about 42 carbon atoms between carboxylic acid groups, Z is (a) a hydroxy substituted alkyl group having about 1 to about 20 carbon atoms, or (b) an oxyalkylene group of the formula: ##STR8## where A and B are each alkyl of 1 to 2 carbon atoms or hydrogen and m is an integer of 1 to 50; x is 0 or 1, y is 1 or 2, and n is 2.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 10 wherein said composition contains about 0.01 to about 2.0 percent by weight of said hydroxyamide compound.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method of claim 11 wherein said dimer acid has a total of about 24 to about 60 carbon atoms and about 12 to about 42 carbon atoms between the carboxcylic acid groups and said substituted hydroxyalkyl group has about 1 to about 4 hydroxy groups.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of claim 12 wherein said hydroxy substituted alkyl group has about 1 to about 10 carbon atoms and said composition contains about 0.01 to about 1.0 percent by weight of said hydroxyamide compound.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 13 wherein in said oxyalkylene group, A and/or B are hydrogen, and m is 1 to 40.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
47 words
The method of claim 14 wherein said dimer acid has a total of about 24 to about 44 carbon atoms and about 16 to about 22 carbon atoms between the carboxylic acid groups and said Z group in said hydroxyamide compound is a hydroxy substituted alkyl group.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 15 wherein said hydroxy substituted alkyl group has 1 to 2 hydroxy groups and 2 to 6 carbon atoms.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 16 wherein said composition contains about 0.05 to about 0.5 weight percent of said hydroxyamide compound.
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