US Patent Issued to Afton Chemical on Oct. 6 for "Magnesium sulfonate detergent having improved compatibility with friction modifiers" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,362, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Afton Chemical Corp..

"Magnesium sulfonate detergent having improved compatibility with friction modifiers" was invented by Scott Greenfield (Richmond, Va.) and Jason Bell (Powhatan, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a method of improving the storage stability of a lubricating composition including overbased magnesium sulfonate detergents by post-treating the detergents with select hydrocarbyl-substituted succinic acid or anhydride compounds."

The patent was filed on Jan. 12, 2024, under Application No. 18/411,573.

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