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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7018959 | Water-based metal working fluid A water-based, recyclable metalworking fluid comprises a polyalkylene glycol, an alkanolamine, a polyglycol surfactant, a polyol surfactant, a biocide and a corrosion inhibitor. The biocide may comprise a mixture of biocidal compounds effective against bacterial and... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6916531 | Lubricant for thin film storage media Embodiments relate to lubricants disposed over magnetic storage media, such as rotatable thin film magnetic discs. One embodiment comprises a lubricant compound of a fluoropolyether chain having one or more carbonyl-imide pairs. For example, the carbonyl-imide pair ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6916767 | Antioxidant amines based on n-(4aniliophenyl) amides antioxidant amines based on n-(4-anilinophenyl) amides A composition of matter is disclosed wherein the composition comprises an N-aromatic substituted acid amide compound selected from the group consisting of compounds of formula (I) wherein A and B are independently selected alkylene groups; R1 is selected ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 5789353 | Dispersants An oil-soluble dispersant obtainable by reacting a polyalkenyl succinic acylating agent and N-(2-(4-morphinyl)ethyl)-1,2-ethane diamine.... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5558805 | Lubricating compositions Crankcase lubricant compositions for use in automobile or truck engines comprise a major amount of a lubricating oil, added copper present in oil-soluble form and an oil-soluble diamine sulphide. The specified additives provide a highly effective antioxid... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5360563 | Trisamidodithionodiphospates There are disclosed compounds of formulae I and Ia ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 are each independently of the other C1 -C13 alkyl which may be interrupted by oxygen, C5 -C6 cycloalkyl or... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5312556 | Multifunctional viscosity index improver derived from polyamine containing one primary amine group and at least one tertiary amine group and degraded ethylene copolymer A multifunctional viscosity index improver for lubricating oils comprising reaction product of: (i) (a) degraded ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer obtained by degrading undegraded copolymer of ethylene and at least one other alpha-olefin monomer, said undeg... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5300243 | Lubricant composition A composition comprising a) a lubricant or a hydraulic fluid and b) at least one compound of the general formula I ##STR1## in which x=1 or 2 and, if x=1, R is as defined for R1 or R3 --O-- or, if x=2, R is as defined for R8, a... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5296154 | High molecular weight nitrogen-containing condensates and fuels and lubricants containing same Improved additives/detergents for lubricant and fuel compositions are obtained by condensing a hydroxyalkyl or hydroxyaryl compound with an amine compound. The condensates according to the present invention are produced by the acid catalyzed condensation ... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5262072 | Lubricant composition A composition comprising a) a lubricant or a hydraulic fluid, and b) at least one compound of general formula I ##STR1## wherein x is 1 or 2 and, when x is 1, n is 2 and R has the meaning of R1, or, when x is 2, n is 1 and R has the meaning of... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5094765 | Lubricating oil composition A dispersant and viscosity index improver for lubricating oils containing an EPR or EPT polymer onto which has been free radically grafted an unsaturated urethane or unsaturated urea.... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5084195 | Lubricant composition comprising an allophanate extreme-pressure, anti-wear additive A composition comprising a) a lubricant or a hydraulic fluid and b) at least one compound of the general formula I ##STR1## in which x=1 or 2 and, if x=1, R is as defined for R1 or R3 -O- or, if x=2, R is as defined for R8 | 01/28/1992 |
| 4925582 | Methods and compositions for potentiating the activity of antimicrobal agents in industrial water based fluids Alkane alkanolamines of the formula RNHR1 OH wherein R is hydrogen or normal C1-6 alkyl; and R1 is a normal or branched chain C2-4 alkyl or hydroxymethyl C2-4 alkyl are effective to potentiate the activity of a... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4820432 | Lactone-modified, Mannich base dispersant additives useful in oleaginous compositions Poly (C5 -C9 lactone) modified Mannich base adducts are made by reacting a C5 -C9 lactone, an amine, an aldehyde, an N-hydroxyarylamine, and a hydrocarbyl substituted C4 -C10 monounsaturate... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4764304 | Hydrocarbon compositions containing polyolefin graft polymers Dispersant viscosity index improvers for lubricating oils contain an EPR or EPT polymer onto which has been graft polymerized isocyanatoethyl methacrylate and thereafter reacted with N-methyl piperazine.... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4740321 | Two-cycle engine oils containing sulfurized alkyl phenols Lubricating oils are described which are useful in two-cycle engines. These oils contain a minor amount of at least one phenolic compound of the general formula: (R)a --AR--(OH)b, or salts thereof, wherein R is a substantially saturated, ... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4666616 | Synergistic antimicrobial or biocidal mixtures Synergistic anti-microbial compositions containing a mixture of a metal complex of a polyfunctional organic liqand and a biocidal composition which contains or releases a lower aldehyde containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms are described. The compositions are pa... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4601839 | Stabilized polymers, novel stabilizers, and synthesis thereof Novel -aminoacetamides are powerful stabilizers for organic materials subject to oxygen and heat degradation, and particularly for synthetic natural rubber, synthetic ester lubricants and synthetic resinous materials. A wide range of substituents o... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4379063 | Novel functional fluid Corrosion inhibiting aqueous functional fluids having high stability are provided which contain (a) water, (b) a corrosion inhibiting, surface active, water soluble or dispersible alkali metal, ammonium or organic amine salt of a water insoluble carboxyli... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4374741 | Polyamide and functional fluid containing same Polyoxyalkylene polyamide lubricants having a terminal carboxylic acid group and a terminal amine group in the same molecule and a degree of polymerization of from 2 to 10 and salts thereof are provided. Stable aqueous based compositions are prepared from... | 02/22/1983 |
| 4292185 | Polymeric additive for lubricants and fuels Polymeric additives comprising a diene-modified mono-olefinic backbone polymer functionalized with chlorosulfonyl isocyanate and post-reacted with a nitrogen compound. The additives impart combined detergent, viscosity index improvement and other useful p... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4259086 | Multipurpose hydrocarbon fuel and lubricating oil additive Substituted phenol/epichlorohydrin/amine adducts as multipurpose, low concentration additives for hydrocarbon fuels, lubricating oils and mixtures thereof.... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4200545 | Amino phenol-detergent/dispersant combinations and fuels and lubricants containing same Disclosed are combinations of amino phenols, wherein said phenols contain a substantially saturated hydrocarbon substituent of at least 10 aliphatic carbon atoms, and one or more detergent/dispersants selected from the group consisting of (I) neutral or b... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4147641 | Multipurpose hydrocarbon fuel and lubricating oil additive mixture A mixture of (1) a substituted phenol/epichlorohydrin/amine adduct and (2) a polycarboxylic acid ester as a multipurpose, low concentration additive for hydrocarbon fuels, lubricating oils and mixtures thereof.... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4101433 | Composition A composition consisting essentially of tris(hydroxymethyl)nitromethane and about an equal part of a mixture consisting of 4-(2-nitrobutyl)morpholine and 4,4-(2-ethyl-2-nitromethylene)dimorpholine in a ratio of about 3.5:1 respectively. The composition is... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4089792 | Synergistic antioxidant additive composition A lubricating oil additive composition which imparts improved oxidaton properties to crankcase lubricants comprises an antioxidant selected from aromatic or alkyl sulfides and polysulfides, sulfurized olefins, sulfurized carboxylic acid esters and sulfuri... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4081386 | Reaction mixtures from reacting di- and triazines with sulfur-containing compounds and lubricants and fuels containing the same Reaction mixtures made from reacting one or more substituted di- and triazines of the formula: ##STR1## wherein Q and Q' are each independently halo, hydrocarbyloxy of the formula --OR and hydrocarbyl of the formula --R, wherein each R independe... | 03/28/1978 |
| 3979441 | Oil-soluble polymers of N-3-aminoalkyl acrylamides, and lubricants containing them Oil-soluble polymers of N-3-aminoalkyl acrylamides, especially N-(1,1-dimethyl-3-dimethylaminopropyl)acrylamide, are obtained by copolymerization with a monomer (especially an alkyl acrylate or methacrylate) containing an alkyl group with at least about 8... | 09/07/1976 |