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US 2025/0051678 A1Published application
Motor and gearbox fluid formulations and uses thereof
AssigneeTesla, Inc.
InventorsScott Graves, Wenyang Zhang, Jiazheng Hong, Hai Lan, Diego A. Silva Rodriguez, Eric Bellemare, Eric Thibault
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Abstract
Fluid formulations, including low traction fluid, low viscosity motor fluid and high pressure viscosity coefficient fluid formulations, that may be used in vehicle drive trains are described herein. The fluid formulations include a base oil and an additive. The fluid formulations may provide efficiency advantages to electric vehicle drive trains.
Claims32
A fluid formulation, comprising:
- an additive;
- and
- a base oil, wherein the base oil is selected from the group consisting of an American Petroleum Institute (API) group II oil, an API group II+ oil, an API group III oil, an API group III+ oil, an API group IV oil, an API group V oil, and combinations thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.