Grease composition

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9951292-B2
Application number	US-201214365414-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2012
Priority date	Dec 16, 2011
Publication date	Apr 24, 2018
Grant date	Apr 24, 2018

Abstract

The disclosure includes a grease composition comprising providing at least one polyol-ester base oil, at least one fatty-acid metal soap, at least one dimercaptothiadiazole derivative, and at least one sulfurous fatty-acid ester, the amount of active sulfur provided by the sulfurous fatty-acid ester at 150° C. according to the ASTM D1662 standard being greater than or equal to 0.18 wt % with respect to the total weight of the grease composition.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A grease composition comprising, based on the total mass of the grease composition:
from 70 to 90% by mass of at least one base oil of a polyol ester type comprising polyol esters, the polyol esters being trimethylolpropane esters having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C., measured according to standard ASTM D 455, of between 10 and 1500 cSt,
from 4 to 15% by mass of at least one fatty-acid lithium soap,
from 0.5 to 1% by mass of a derivative of 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole which is a mixture of compounds of general formula (I) and (II), formula (I) and formula (II) being:

wherein R 1 and R 2 are, independently of each other, hydrogen atoms, linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl groups comprising from 1 to 24 carbon atoms, and n and m being independently of each other integers equal to 1, 2, 3 or 4,
from 2 to 4% by mass of a sulfurized fatty acid ester selected from a sulfurized fatty acid methyl ester and a sulfurized fatty acid triglyceride, used alone or in a mixture, and
a quantity by mass of active sulphur at 150° C. according to standard ASTM D1662 provided by the sulfurized fatty acid ester with respect to a total mass of grease composition being greater than or equal to 0.18% and less than or equal to 0.213%,
wherein the grease composition has a welding load measured according to standard ASTM D2596 of greater than 315 kg and has a classification of corrosiveness according to standard ASTM D4048 of 1 or 2.

2. The composition according to claim 1 , in which the fatty-acid lithium soap is a simple fatty-acid lithium soap.

3. The composition according to claim 1 , in which the fatty-acid lithium soap is lithium 12-hydroxystearate.

4. The composition according to claim 1 , having a consistency according to standard ASTM D217 comprised between 220 and 430 tenths of a millimeter.

5. The composition according to claim 1 , having a welding load according to standard DIN 51350/4 greater than 300 daN.

6. A method of lubricating a device, the method comprising contacting parts of the device to be lubricated with a grease composition comprising, based on the total weight of the grease composition:
from 70 to 90% by mass of at least one base oil of a polyol ester type comprising polyol esters, the polyol esters being trimethylolpropane esters having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C., measured according to standard ASTM D 455, of between 10 and 1500 cSt,
from 4 to 15% by mass of at least one fatty-acid lithium soap,
from 0.5 to 1% by mass of a derivative of 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole which is a mixture of compounds of general formula (I) and (II), formula (I) and formula (II) being:

wherein R 1 and R 2 are, independently of each other, hydrogen atoms, linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl groups comprising from 1 to 24 carbon atoms, and n and m being independently of each other integers equal to 1, 2, 3 or 4,
from 2 to 4% of a sulfurized fatty acid ester selected from a sulfurized fatty acid methyl ester and a sulfurized fatty acid triglyceride, used alone or in a mixture, and
a quantity by mass of active sulphur at 150° C. according to standard ASTM D1662 provided by the sulfurized fatty acid ester being greater than or equal to 0.18% with respect to a total mass of grease composition and less than or equal to 0.213%,
wherein the grease composition has a welding load measured according to standard ASTM D2596 of greater than 315 kg and has a classification of corrosiveness according to standard ASTM D4048 of 1 or 2.

7. A lubricant composition comprising, based on the total weight of the lubricant composition:
from 70 to 90% by mass of at least one base oil of a polyol ester type comprising polyol esters, the polyol esters being trimethylolpropane esters having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C., measured according to standard ASTM D 455, of between 10 and 1500 cSt,
from 0.5 to 1% by mass of a derivative of 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole which is a mixture of compounds of general formula (I) and (II), formula (I) and formula (II) being:

wherein R 1 and R 2 are, independently of each other, hydrogen atoms, linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl groups comprising from 1 to 24 carbon atoms, and n and m being independently of each other integers equal to 1, 2, 3 or 4,
from 2 to 4% of a sulfurized fatty acid ester selected from a sulfurized fatty acid methyl ester and a sulfurized fatty acid triglyceride, used alone or in a mixture, and
a quantity by mass of active sulphur at 150° C. according to standard ASTM D1662 provided by the sulfurized fatty acid ester with respect to a total mass of lubricant composition being greater than or equal to 0.18% and less than or equal to 0.213%,
wherein the grease composition has a welding load measured according to standard ASTM D2596 of greater than 315 kg and has a classification of corrosiveness according to standard ASTM D4048 of 1 or 2.

8. The composition according to claim 1 , comprising 1% by mass of the derivative of 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole and 3% of the sulfurized fatty acid ester.

Assignees

• Total Marketing Services

Inventors

• Genet Nicole
• Barc Xavier

Classifications

• C10N2030/06

  Oiliness; Film-strength; Anti-wear; Resistance to extreme pressure · CPC title

• C10N2040/25

  Internal-combustion engines · CPC title

• C10N2050/10

  semi-solid; greasy · CPC title

• C10N2010/04

  Groups 2 or 12 · CPC title

• C10N2020/02

  Viscosity; Viscosity index · CPC title