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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Junichi Deshimaru, Chiba, JP;
Yutaka Takakura, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10M / ; C10M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10M / ; C10M / ;
Abstract
A lubricating oil composition which comprises a lubricating base oil and a sulfonate, phenate or salicylate of an alkaline earth metal and has a friction coefficient between metals of 0.12 or higher at −20° C. as measured in accordance with a block-on-disk test. The friction coefficient between metals in the use of a metal belt can be kept high within a wide range of temperature from low temperatures to high temperatures. In particular, the lubricating oil exhibits a high performance of &mgr;=0.12 or higher at a low temperature of −20° C. in accordance with a block-on-disk test.