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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kathleen O Havelka, Mentor, OH (US);
Joseph W Pialet, Euclid, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Lubrizol Corporation, Wickliffe, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10M / ; C10M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252 77 ; 252 73 ; 252572 ;
Abstract
An electrorheological fluid of a particulate phase and a continuous phase of a hydrophobic liquid medium, a certain dispersed particulate phase, and a low molecular weight polar material exhibits a broad effective temperature range. The dispersed particulate phase comprises a polar solid material which is capable of exhibiting substantial electrorheological activity only in the presence of a low molecular weight polar material, and an organic semiconductor. The weight ratio of the polar solid material to the organic semiconductor is at least about 2:1.