Automotive lubricant
AssigneeExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
InventorsMarcel Alphonse Ostyn, Dominique Alves, Alain Gabriel Bouffet, Edgar Andreas Steigerwald
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Abstract
An automotive lubricant comprising a white oil basestock and one or more additives, at least one additive being an antioxidant. The white oil basestock may be blended with mineral oil and/or synthetic oil basestocks. The lubricant can be used, for example, as an engine oil, gear oil or automatic transmission fluid.
Claims8
An automotive lubricant comprising:
- (a) a basestock of which at least 30 wt. % is a white oil having a naphthenic content of at least 25 wt. %;
- and
- (b) an antioxidant selected from one or more of zinc dialkyldithiophosphate, zinc diaryldithiophosphate, zinc alkylaryldithiophosphate, alkylated diphenylamine, hindered phenol, phosphosulphurised alkylphenol, sulphurised phenol, dimercaptodithiadiazole and copper-based antioxidant compounds;
- with the proviso that the lubricant does not contain a tin-containing antioxidant or an organically substituted phosphite or diphosphite antioxidant.
An automotive lubricant according to any preceding claim in which the lubricant is an engine oil, gear oil or automatic transmission fluid.
In engine oil, gear oil and automatic transmission lubricants comprising a basestock and one or more antioxidant additives other than tin-containing or organically substituted phosphate or diphosphate antioxidants, the improvement comprising:
- using as the basestock at least 30 wt. % of a white oil having at least 25 wt. % naphthenic content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.