US Patent Issued to AFTON CHEMICAL on May 19 for "Transmission lubricants containing molybdenum" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,779, issued on May 19, was assigned to AFTON CHEMICAL Corp. (Richmond, Va.).

"Transmission lubricants containing molybdenum" was invented by Bryan Rock (North Chesterfield, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to methods of operating transmissions and for providing bearing pitting protection and a passing static friction performance according to Caterpillar TO-4 SEQ 1221 in a transmission including lubricating the transmission with a transmission fluid composition comprising: greater than 50 wt. % of a base oil of lubricating viscosity; an amount of one or more overbased calcium sulfonate detergent(s) to provide f...