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US 11,359,159 B2Granted
Lubricating composition containing a self-assembling polymethacrylate block copolymer and an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer
AssigneeThe Lubrizol Corporation
InventorsReid A. Patterson, Timothy R. Smith, Paul S. O'Hora, Edward P. Sampler, Eugene Pashkovski, Kieran Trickett
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Abstract
The invention provides a lubricating composition comprising an oil of lubricating viscosity and synergistic mixture of a functionalized ethylene-α-olefin copolymer, a poly(meth)acrylate block polymer having a substantially oil soluble block and a substantially oil insoluble block. The invention also provides a method of lubricating a mechanical device using such a lubricating composition.
Claims22
A lubricating composition comprising
- (a) an oil of lubricating viscosity;
- (b) 0.1 wt % to 1 wt % of an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer, wherein the ethylene-α-olefin copolymer is grafted with a polar moiety, wherein the polar moiety comprises an acyl group and wherein the acyl group is provided by 1.5% to 3.5% by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated acylating agent based on the total weight of the ethylene-α-olefin copolymer plus the acylating agent;
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- (c) 0.25 wt % to 15 wt % of a poly(meth)acrylate polymer wherein the poly(meth)acrylate polymer comprises a block or tapered block copolymer (P) comprising a first block (B1) having a Hildebrand solubility parameter greater than 18 (J/m3)1/2 and a second block (B2) having a Hildebrand solubility parameter of 14 to 18 (J/m3)1/2, wherein the poly(meth)acrylate polymer forms a self-assembled colloidally stable particle in the oil of lubricating viscosity,
- wherein the first block (B1) comprises at least 50 mol % at least two of C1, C2, C3 or C4 (meth)acrylate derived units and the second block (B2) comprises at least 50 mol % of at least two of C12, C13, C14, C15, C16, C17, or C18 (meth)acrylate derived units.
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