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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2011
Applicants:
Richard P. Beatty, Newark, DE (US);
Denis John Smit, Middlesbrough, GB;
Inventors:
Richard P. Beatty, Newark, DE (US);
Denis John Smit, Middlesbrough, GB;
Assignee:
INVISTA North America S.a r.l., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10M 113/00 (2006.01); C10M 117/00 (2006.01); C10M 117/04 (2006.01); C10M 169/02 (2006.01); C10M 141/02 (2006.01); C10M 129/72 (2006.01); C10M 129/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10M 141/02 (2013.01); C10M 117/00 (2013.01); C10M 2203/1025 (2013.01); C10M 2207/022 (2013.01); C10M 2207/123 (2013.01); C10M 2207/128 (2013.01); C10M 2207/1285 (2013.01); C10M 2207/281 (2013.01); C10M 2207/282 (2013.01); C10M 2207/289 (2013.01); C10N 2210/01 (2013.01); C10N 2250/10 (2013.01); C10N 2270/00 (2013.01); C10M 129/72 (2013.01); C10M 129/76 (2013.01); C10M 2201/062 (2013.01); C10M 2207/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thickened grease composition is provided by process of heating a mineral oil and 12-hydroxystearic acid with lithium hydroxide and forming a simple lithium grease to which at least one component selected from the group comprising succinic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, 6-hydroxycaproic acid, dimethyl succinate, dimethyl glutarate, dimethyl adipate, methyl hydroxycaproate, cyclohexanediols, methyl 5-hydroxyvalerate, methyl valerate, gamma butyrolactone, and methyl levulinate or mixtures thereof.