Shell Oil Comapny

Showa Shell Sekiyu K.k.

Yoshihisa Yatsuzuka

Keiji Tanaka

Tetsuo Tsuchiya

Ryuichi Masumori

Masaru Murata

A lubricant composition and a ball joint are disclosed. The lubricant composition has about 100 parts by weight of a viscous material chosen from polyisoprene rubber or a viscous composition of a polyisoprene rubber viscous substance, about 15-45 parts by weight of at least one compound chosen from a specific group of aliphatic amides or a specific group of aliphatic bisamides and about 5-30 parts by weight of at least one wax chosen from polyethylene wax, paraffin wax and microcrystalline wax. A ball joint is disclosed that contains this lubricant composition.

Lubricant composition and its use in a ball joint

A lubricant additive including a borate dispersion, wherein the lubricant additive is a dispersion of an alkali metal salt of boric acid in a mixture of an alkaline earth metal salt of a salicylic acid and an alkenylsuccinimide. The lubricant additive provides a high dropping point for grease used under a high temperature condition of 130.degree. C. or higher and per se exhibits anti-oxidant performance. A lubricant grease composition containing the lubricating additive is also disclosed.

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Yoshihisa Yatsuzuka