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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
May. 19, 1999
Rolfe J. Hartley, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Malcolm Waddoups, Westfield, NJ (US);
Ian A. W. Bell, Southmoor, GB;
Thomas R. Bidwell, Delaware, OH (US);
Gordon R. Farnsworth, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Taisuke Miyoshi, Yokohama, JP;
Infineum USA L.P., Linden, NJ (US);
Abstract
A lubricating oil composition exhibiting improved low temperature anti-wear performance and improved fuel economy and fuel economy retention properties, which comprises: (a) an oil of lubricating viscosity; (b) at least one calcium detergent; (c) at least one oil soluble molybdenum compound; (d) at least one nitrogen containing friction modifier; and (e) at least one zinc dihydrocarbyldithiophosphate compound, wherein the composition has a NOACK volatility of about 15.5 wt. % or less and contains from about 0.058 to 0.58 wt. % calcium from the calcium detergent, molybdenum in an amount up to about 350 ppm from a molybdenum compound, and phosphorus in an amount up to about 0.1 wt. % from a zinc dihydrocarbyldithiophosphate compound.