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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
May. 09, 2017
Applicant:
Basf SE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE;
Inventors:
Jeffrey Alan Levine, White Plains, NY (US);
Si Wu, Ossining, NY (US);
David E. Chasan, Teaneck, NJ (US);
Philippe Rabbat, New York, NY (US);
Ryan J. Fenton, Norwalk, CT (US);
Glenn C. Phillips, Marboro, NY (US);
Assignee:
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10M 169/04 (2006.01); C10M 173/00 (2006.01); C10M 129/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10M 169/04 (2013.01); C10M 129/08 (2013.01); C10M 173/00 (2013.01); C09K 2208/28 (2013.01); C09K 2208/34 (2013.01); C10M 2201/02 (2013.01); C10N 2230/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lubricant composition for improving fuel economy of a vehicle having an internal combustion engine includes a base oil and a friction-reducing compound. The friction reducing compound has the following general formula: wherein R is an alkyl or alkenyl group having 8 or more carbon atoms, each Ris an independently selected hydrocarbon group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and n is 1.