Afton Chemical Corporation

W. R. Grace Co.-conn.

Sage Automotive Interiors, Inc.

Xinggao Fang

Scott D Schwab

Scott Anthony Culley

Julienne Galante-Fox

Jason Lagona

May Duffield Thomas

Jason G Chay

Daniel Taylor

Michel Nuckols

Timothy A Boyer

Michelle Purdy

Paul A Maclure

John Henry Hain, Jr

Julie Galante-Fox

Randy Rousseau

Sidney S Locke

A method of lubricating at least a portion of a powertrain in a vehicle with an electric motor with a functional fluid composition containing greater than 50 wt % of a base oil; and an additive composition prepared by mixing: wherein R is a C-Chydrocarbyl group and Ris selected from hydrogen and a C-Chydrocarbyl group;

Synergistic lubricants with reduced electrical conductivity

The present disclosure describes a lubricating composition including 

Lubricant containing thiadiazole derivatives

A lubricating oil composition including greater than 50 wt. % of a base oil; a reaction product of a hydrocarbyl acid phosphate and a nitrogen containing compound; and an oil soluble hydrocarbyl borate. A method for reducing gear scuffing in a transmission including a step of lubricating the transmission with the above-mentioned lubricating oil composition and a method of operating a transmission including steps of lubricating said transmission with the lubricating oil composition described above and operating the transmission, are also described.

Lubricants containing amine salt of acid phosphate and hydrocarbyl borate

A fuel composition, a lubricant composition, and methods for reducing friction or wear of moving parts. The fuel composition includes gasoline and from about 10 to about 500 ppm by weight of a dialkylaminoalkanol of the formula R(R)NCHCH(R)R. The lubricant composition includes base oil of lubricating viscosity and from about 0.05 to about 5.0 weight percent of a dialkylaminoalkanol of the formula R(R)NCHCH(R)R. In the above formulas wherein Ris an alkyl group or a hydroxy alkyl group containing from 8 to 50 carbon atoms; Ris an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; Ris selected from H and OH; and Ris selected from H, an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and CHOH and wherein at least one of Rand Rcontains a hydroxyl group and provided that when Ris a hydroxyalkyl group, Ris OH and Ris CHOH.

Dialkylaminoalkanol friction modifiers for fuels and lubricants

A fuel composition, a lubricant composition, and methods for reducing friction or wear of moving parts. The fuel composition includes gasoline and from about 10 to about 500 ppm by weight of a dialkylaminoalkanol of the formula R(R)NCHCH(R)R. The lubricant composition includes base oil of lubricating viscosity and from about 0.05 to about 5.0 weight percent of a dialkylaminoalkanol of the formula R(R)NCHCH(R)R. In the above formulas wherein Ris an alkyl group or a hydroxyalkyl group containing from 8 to 50 carbon atoms; Ris an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; Ris selected from H and OH; and Ris selected from H, an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and CHOH and wherein at least one of Rand Rcontains a hydroxyl group and provided that when Ris a hydroxyalkyl group, Ris OH and Ris CHOH.

Dialkyaminoalkanol friction modifiers for fuels and lubricants

Methods for improving the injector performance, unsticking fuel injectors, and reducing an amount of alkali metal carboxylate deposits on internal components of fuel injectors. The method includes operating the diesel engine on a fuel composition comprising a major amount of diesel fuel and from about 45 to about 550 ppm by weight based on a total weight of fuel composition of a fuel additive consisting essentially of a compound of the formula wherein R is an alkyl or alkenyl group containing from 20 to 170 carbon atoms. The additive has a total acid number (TAN) ranging from about 50 to about 290 mg KOH/g. Fuel injectors of the fuel injected diesel engine have an average injector hole diameter of less than 160 &#x3bc;m and an average smallest clearance between injector needle and injector barrel/casing of less than about 10 &#x3bc;m.

Fuel additives for treating internal deposits of fuel injectors

A fuel additive composition, fuel composition, method of improving the injector performance of a fuel injected engine, method for preventing or cleaning up deposits in an engine or fuel system, method of reducing wear in a fuel system of an engine, and method of improving the demulsibility of a fuel composition. The fuel composition includes from about 5 to about 300 ppm by weight based on a total weight of the fuel composition of a hydrocarbyl soluble quaternary ammonium carboxylate derived from a quaternary ammonium carbonate and an organic acid.

Hydrocarbyl soluble quaternary ammonium carboxylates and fuel compositions containing them

A fuel composition for a direct fuel injected diesel engine, a method for improving performance of fuel injectors and a method for cleaning fuel injectors for a diesel engine. The fuel composition includes a major amount of fuel and a minor, effective amount of a quaternary ammonium salt having a thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) weight loss of greater than 50 wt. % at 350&#xb0; C. The amount of quaternary ammonium salt present in the fuel is sufficient to improve performance of the direct fuel injected diesel engine having combusted the composition compared to the performance of such engine having combusted a fuel composition that does not contain the quaternary ammonium salt.

Fuel additive for improved performance of direct fuel injected engines

A fuel soluble additive for a diesel engine, a method for improving performance of fuel injectors and a method for cleaning fuel injectors for a diesel engine. The fuel soluble additive includes a quaternary ammonium salt derived from the reaction of (a) a hydrocarbyl amine containing at least one tertiary amino group, (b) an epoxide compound selected from a glycidol, a glycidyl ether, glycidyl ester, polyglycidyl ether, a polyglycidyl ester, and combinations thereof, wherein substituents of the glycidyl group have, on average, less than five carbon atoms per hetero atom, and (c) optionally a proton donor.

Quaternary ammonium detergent fuel additives

A fuel composition for a direct fuel injected gasoline engine comprising, a method for improving performance of fuel injectors and a method for cleaning fuel injectors for an internal combustion gasoline engine. The fuel composition includes a major amount of fuel and a minor, effective amount of a quaternary ammonium salt having a thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) weight loss of greater than 50 wt. % at 350&#xb0; C. The amount of quaternary ammonium salt present in the fuel is sufficient to improve performance of the direct fuel injected engine having combusted the composition compared to the performance of such engine having combusted a fuel composition that does not contain the quaternary ammonium salt.

Fuel additive for improved performance in direct fuel injected engines

A fuel additive and method for improving fuel economy in an engine. The method includes providing a fuel composition to an engine, wherein the fuel composition includes gasoline and from about 10 to about 750 ppm by weight based on a total weight of the fuel composition of a fuel stable additive of the formula wherein Rcomprises a saturated hydrocarbyl group having from 6 to 30 carbon atoms, Ris an alkyl, polyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl or polyalkoxyalkyl group containing from 2 to 25 carbon atoms, Ris an alkyl group containing from 2 to 5 carbon atoms, Ris a linear alkyl group containing 2 to 3 carbon atoms, and x is an integer selected from 0 and 1, and

Polyhydroxyalkyl ether amines and fuels containing them

A fuel additive for a gasoline fuel composition, a gasoline fuel composition and a method for reducing wear in a gasoline delivery system of an engine. The fuel additive includes a synergistic mixture of (i) N,N-bis(hydroxyalkyl)-alkylamine, and (ii) an amide reaction product of a hydroxy acid, hydroxy ester, or lactone and an amine or ether amine, wherein a weight ratio of (i) to (ii) in the synergistic mixture ranges from about 1:5 to about 5:1.

Synergistic fuel additives and fuels containing the additives

The disclosure provide a sulfur-free and halogen-free synergistic additive concentrate for a fuel injected engine. The additive concentrate includes (a) an alkoxylated quaternary ammonium salt of the formula (R)N[(RO)H], wherein Rcontains from 1 to 25 carbon atoms, Rcontains from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, n and m are each integers from 1 to 3, provided n+m=4, and x is an integer of from 1 to 5; and (b) a material containing a hydrogen-bonding group other than an alkyl hydroxyl group selected from the group consisting of a hydrocarbyl acid; hydrocarbyl polyacid; hydrocarbyl substituted hydroxybenzene; hydrocarbyl substituted succinic diamide, acid/amide, diacid, diester, ester/acid, amide/ester, imide; aminotriazole, and mixtures thereof, wherein the hydrocarbyl substituent has a number average molecular weight of from about 100 to about 1500, and wherein a weight ratio of (a) to (b) in the additive ranges from about 1:5 to about 1:1.

Fuel additive for improved injector performance

A fuel composition and method for reducing friction or wear and improving fuel economy in an engine. The fuel composition includes gasoline and from about 10 to about 750 ppm by weight based on a total weight of the fuel composition of a hydroxyalkyl hydrocarbyl-substituted succinimide compound having at least two hydroxyl groups attached to a tertiary nitrogen atom of a polyamino group through a hydrocarbyl link, wherein the hydroxyalkyl hydrocarbyl-substituted succinimide is devoid of primary and secondary amino groups.

Hydroxyalkyl substituted succinimides and fuels containing them

A fuel composition and method for cleaning up internal components of a fuel injector and for improver injector performance for a diesel engine. The composition includes major amount of middle distillate fuel having a sulfur content of 50 ppm by weight or less, and from about 1 to about 30 ppm by weight based on a total weight of fuel of a fuel soluble hydrocarbyl sulfonic acid or salt such as an alkyl aryl sulfonic acid or salt thereof, wherein the alkyl aryl sulfonic acid or salt thereof is effective to improve injector performance.

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Midlothian, VA, United States of America

Xinggao Fang