US Patent Issued to Chevron Japan on Jan. 20 for "Lubricating oil compositions for electric vehicles" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,005, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Chevron Japan Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Lubricating oil compositions for electric vehicles" was invented by Ryota Sawairi (Omaezaki, Japan), Seiya Shimizu (Makinohara, Japan), Masami Fuchi (Makinohara, Japan), Takahiro Nakagawa (Omaezaki, Japan), Satoshi Ohta (Matsudo, Japan), Koichi Kubo (Yokohama, Japan) and Ataru Minami (Omaezaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lubricating oil composition for an automotive vehicle with an electric motor and/or generator is provided. The lubricating oil composition includes: a. a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity having a kinematic viscosity at 100...