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Lubricant oil composition with improved friction reducing properties
Assignee: ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Co
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Filing: 1986-03-31
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Granted: 1987-08-04
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Expires: 2006-03-31
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 an additive which is the reaction product of dimer carboxylic acid and a polyhydric alcohol having at least 2 hydroxyl groups in combination with an oil soluble alkanol or an oil soluble alkyl phosphate.
Inventors
- 👤 Jan Bock
- 👤 Darrell W. Brownawell
- 👤 Antonio Gutierrez
- 👤 Max L. Robbins
- 👤 Harold Shaub
- 👤 Peter L. Steyn
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 09:21
CPC Classifications
C; C10; C10M; C10M141/00; C10M141/10; C10M129/00; C10M129/02; C10M129/04; C10M129/06; C10M129/68; C10M129/76; C10M137/00; C10M137/02; C10M137/04; C10M145/00; C10M145/18; C10M145/22; C10M161/00; C10M2207/00; C10M2207/02; C10M2207/021; C10M2207/28; C10M2207/287; C10M2207/288; C10M2207/289; C10M2209/00; C10M2209/10; C10M2209/102; C10M2223/00; C10M2223/02; C10M2223/04; C10M2223/041; C10M2223/042; C10N; C10N2040/00; C10N2040/25; C10N2040/251; C10N2040/255; C10N2040/28
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
197 words
A lubricating oil composition having improved friction reducing properties comprising: (a) a major amount of a lubricating base oil; (b) from about 0.1 to about 2.0 parts by weight of the reaction product of a 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 a polyhydric alcohol having at least 3 to about 18 carbon atoms per 100 parts by weight of said lubricating oil composition, said reaction product being formed using from about 1 to about 3 moles of alcohol per mole of dimer acid; and (c) from about 1 to about 10 parts by weight of an oil soluble compound per part of the reaction product of (b) wherein said oil soluble compound solubilizing the reaction product of (b) in said lubricating base oil and said oil soluble compound is selected from the group consisting of alkanols and alkyl phosphates, said alkyl phosphate being characterized by the formula: ##STR6## wherein R 1 is an alkyl or alkyl aryl group of 6-18 carbons on the alkyl chain and R 2 is the same as R 1 or H.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
197 words
A lubricating oil composition having improved friction reducing properties comprising: (a) a major amount of a lubricating base oil; (b) from about 0.1 to about 2.0 parts by weight of the reaction product of a 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 a polyhydric alcohol having at least 3 to about 18 carbon atoms per 100 parts by weight of said lubricating oil composition, said reaction product being formed using from about 1 to about 3 moles of alcohol per mole of dimer acid; and (c) from about 1 to about 10 parts by weight of an oil soluble compound per part of the reaction product of (b) wherein said oil soluble compound solubilizing the reaction product of (b) in said lubricating base oil and said oil soluble compound is selected from the group consisting of alkanols and alkyl phosphates, said alkyl phosphate being characterized by the formula: ##STR6## wherein R 1 is an alkyl or alkyl aryl group of 6-18 carbons on the alkyl chain and R 2 is the same as R 1 or H.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein said dimer carboxylic acid has about 24 to about 60 carbon atoms and said polyhydric alcohol has about 3 to about 12 carbon atoms.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The composition of claim 2 wherein from about 0.1 to about 1.0 parts by weight of said reaction product is used.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
The composition of claim 3 wherein said polyhydric alcohol is selected from the group consisting of diethylene glycol, glycerol, 1,2,6 trihydroxyhexane and 2,2',2" nitrilotriethanol.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein from about 0.1 to about 1.0 parts by weight of said reaction product is used and said polyhydric alcohol is selected from the group consisting of diethylene glycol, glycerol, 1,2,6 trihydroxyhexane and 2,2',2" nitrilotriethanol.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein said alkanol is characterized by the formula: ##STR7## where R=2-16 carbon atoms and can be linear or branched and R' is H or a straight or branched hydrocarbon chain containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
165 words
A method of reducing friction in an internal combustion engine comprising lubricating said engine using a lubrication oil composition containing an effective friction reducing amount of an additive which is the reaction product of a dimer carboxylic acid having about 24 to about 90 carbon atoms and a polyhdric alcohol having at least 2 hydroxyl groups and about 3 to about 18 carbon atoms, in combination with an oil soluble compound selected from the group consisting of alkanols and alkyl phosphates wherein said alkanol is characterized by the formula: ##STR8## where R, R' and R" can be H or branched CH 3 , CH 3 CH 2 , CH 3 (CH 2 ), etc., such that the total of R, R' and R"=C 2 to C 14 and said alkyl phosphate is characterized by the formula: ##STR9## wherein R 1 is an alkyl or alkyl aryl group of 16-18 carbons on the alkyl chain and R 2 is the same as R 1 or H.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
165 words
A method of reducing friction in an internal combustion engine comprising lubricating said engine using a lubrication oil composition containing an effective friction reducing amount of an additive which is the reaction product of a dimer carboxylic acid having about 24 to about 90 carbon atoms and a polyhdric alcohol having at least 2 hydroxyl groups and about 3 to about 18 carbon atoms, in combination with an oil soluble compound selected from the group consisting of alkanols and alkyl phosphates wherein said alkanol is characterized by the formula: ##STR8## where R, R' and R" can be H or branched CH 3 , CH 3 CH 2 , CH 3 (CH 2 ), etc., such that the total of R, R' and R"=C 2 to C 14 and said alkyl phosphate is characterized by the formula: ##STR9## wherein R 1 is an alkyl or alkyl aryl group of 16-18 carbons on the alkyl chain and R 2 is the same as R 1 or H.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 7 wherein from about 0.1 to about 2.0 parts by weight of said additive reaction product is used per 100 parts by weight of said lubricating oil composition.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method of claim 8 wherein said dimer carboxylic acid contains about 9 to about 42 carbon atoms between carboxylic acid groups and said reaction product is formed using from about 1 to about 3 moles of polyhydric alcohol per mole of dimer acid.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said polyhydric alcohol is selected from the group consisting of diethylene glycol, glycerol, 1,2,6 trihydroxyhexane and 2,2',2" nitrilotriethanol.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 10 wherein said dimer carboxylic acid is the dimer of linoleic acid, oleic acid or mixtures thereof.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
52 words
The method of claim 7 wherein from about 1 to about 10 parts by weight of said oil-soluble compound is used per part by weight of said friction reducing additive wherein from about 0.1 to about 1.0 parts by weight is used per 100 parts by weight of said lubricating oil composition.
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