Esters for Use as a Base Stock in Lubricant Applications
AssigneeTrent University
InventorsSuresh Narine, Shaojun Li, Ali Mahdevari, Laziz Bouzidi, Stephen Augustine DiBiase, Syed Q.A. Rizvi
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Abstract
This invention relates to base ester compounds and complex ester compounds that can be used as a base stock for lubricant applications or a base stock blend component for use in a finished lubricant or for particular applications, and methods of making the same. The base ester compounds and complex esters described herein comprise dimer and/or trimer esters, and their respective branched derivatives.
Claims14
A lubricant base stock composition comprising a base ester having the formula (III)
- wherein n1=between 0 and 8;
- wherein n2=between 0 and 8;
- wherein m1=between 5 and 9;
- and wherein m2=between 5 and 9.
A lubricant base stock composition comprising a base ester having the formula (IV):
- wherein n1=between 0 and 8;
- wherein n2=between 0 and 8;
- wherein m1=between 5 and 9;
- wherein m2=between 5 and 9;
- and wherein k1=k2=5.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.