Lubricant composition having improved high-temperature durability

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11840677-B2
Application number	US-202217692765-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 11, 2022
Priority date	Aug 27, 2019
Publication date	Dec 12, 2023
Grant date	Dec 12, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a lubricant composition including a base oil, a thickener and a thickener supplement, and a method of manufacturing the same. The lubricant composition of the present disclosure is effective at improving performance at high-temperature by maintaining the evaporation amount and friction characteristics even at high temperatures, thus inhibiting oil contamination of powertrain parts and the like and maintaining sticking phenomenon even in a high-temperature environment, thereby increasing the durability of parts.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of manufacturing a lubricant composition, the method comprising:
heating a base oil;
obtaining a solution by adding and reacting the heated base oil with a thickener;
dewatering the reacted solution;
adding a thickener supplement to the dewatered solution; and
stirring the dewatered solution added with the thickener supplement,
wherein the lubricant composition comprises:
60 to 90 wt % of the base oil;
5 to 35 wt % of the thickener; and
2 to 7 wt % of the thickener supplement,

wherein adding the thickener supplement to the dewatered solution includes adding polypropylene and ceresin during cooling of the dewatered solution, and
wherein the thickener supplement is configured such that a polypropylene/ceresin ratio (P/C ratio) is 0.40 to 2.35.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the solution by adding and reacting the heated base oil with the thickener comprises:
obtaining a solution by dissolving at least one of a main acid or a sub acid in the heated base oil; and
adding a metal compound to the solution and heating the solution,
wherein the sub acid is at least one of azelaic acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, sebacic acid or palmitic acid.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the metal compound is at least one of Li-hydroxide or Ca-hydroxide.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein adding the thickener supplement to the dewatered solution includes dissolving polypropylene in the base oil at 140 to 160° C. and stirred to afford a polypropylene solution, which is then added to during cooling of the dewatered solution.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein when a temperature of the dewatered solution is 140 to 160° C., the polypropylene solution is added.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein when a temperature of the dewatered solution is 75 to 95° C., the ceresin is added.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein an additive is further added when the ceresin is added.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Kim Jae Hyeon

Classifications

• C10M117/04 Primary

  containing hydroxy groups · CPC title

• C10M107/02

  Hydrocarbon polymers; Hydrocarbon polymers modified by oxidation · CPC title

• C10M113/08

  Metal compounds · CPC title

• C10M115/02

  Hydrocarbons (petroleum fractions C10M121/02) · CPC title

• C10M117/06

  having more than one carboxyl group bound to an acyclic carbon atom or cycloaliphatic carbon atom · CPC title