Afton Chemical Corporation

Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Ford Motor Company Limited

Chintan Ved

Kevin M Strait

William F Riley

Timothy J Henly

Joseph B Carroll

Mark Steward

Matthew Stephen Eiszler

Christopher Cleveland

David P Aeschliman

Srinivas Venkata Arcota

Jason Bardallis

Jayesh Patel

Yanhua Li

Bruce Wilburn

A transmission in a vehicle includes a gearbox and a differential. Torque is transferred from an output of the gearbox to an input of the differential via a drive member. This transfers torque to enable the differential to distribute the torque amongst wheels of the vehicle. A transmission housing and a torque converter housing are mounted to one another to at least partially house the gearbox and the differential, respectively. A transmission fluid sump is provided between the housings where transmission fluid gathers. A fluid pump pressurizes the fluid and distributes it amongst working parts in the transmission. A baffle assembly partially contains the drive member and segregates the fluid sump from the drive member. One of the baffles in the assembly includes a lip engaging a portion of an outer flange of the pump to provide a seal between the fluid pump and components within the transmission.

Baffle for automotive transmission

A lubricant composition, a method for improving lubrication and a method for lubricating a machine. The lubricant composition includes a) a major amount of a base oil having a kinematic viscosity between 2 and 4 cSt at 100&#xb0; C.; and b) dioctyl phosphite in an amount providing from about 100 to about 1000 ppm phosphorus to the lubricant composition. The lubricant composition has a phosphorus weight ratio of component (b) to total phosphorus in the lubricant composition of from 0.4:1 to less than about 0.8:1.

Low viscosity transmission fluids with enhanced gear fatigue and frictional performance

A method for evaluating antifoam additives for lubricants. The method includes a step of aging a quantity of fluid containing an antifoam additive in one or more high shear simulator(s) for a period of time to provide an aged fluid. After the aging step, the fluid is evaluated in a foam tendency evaluation test to provide the foaming tendency for the fluid.

Bench test screening method for fluid antifoam additives

There is provided a power transmitting fluid top treat composition including at least one carbodiimide. The top treat composition may be added to a power transmitting fluid comprising at least one carboxylic acid comprising about 2 to about 24 carbon atoms.

Compositions comprising at least one carbodiimide

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