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Patent No.:

US 12742130 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026

Filed:

Nov. 25, 2024

Conductive grease formulations and grounding solutions for electric drive unit

Applicant:

Tesla, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Wenyang Zhang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jacob Brito, Pal Alto, CA (US);

Kris Karpinski, Mountain View, CA (US);

Matthew Jansen, San Bruno, CA (US);

Corbin Johnston, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Nicolas Malecek, San Francisco, CA (US);

Long Tran, San Jose, CA (US);

Aakash Todakar, Milpitas, CA (US);

Ford Price, San Francisco, CA (US);

Nicolas Verzeni, Redwood City, CA (US);

Assignee:

Tesla, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:

Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Ellen M Mcavoy

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10M 169/00 (2006.01); C10M 101/02 (2006.01); G01N 27/07 (2006.01); G01N 33/30 (2006.01); C10N 30/02 (2006.01); C10N 40/02 (2006.01); C10N 50/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10M 169/00 (2013.01); C10M 101/02 (2013.01); G01N 27/07 (2013.01); G01N 33/30 (2013.01); C10M 2203/1025 (2013.01); C10N 2030/02 (2013.01); C10N 2040/02 (2013.01); C10N 2050/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A conductive grease comprising a base oil, an organic lubricant additive for enhancing lubrication of the base oil, and a conductive additive for increasing electrical conductivity and thickening of the base oil. The conductive additive comprising ionic lubricant additives and/or inorganic lubricant additives. A testing method to quantitatively measure the effectiveness of conductive grease and a grounding solution utilizing the conductive grease.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Zhang, Wenyang. (2026). Conductive grease formulations and grounding solutions for electric drive unit (U.S. Patent No. 12742130). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12742130

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