ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,492, issued on March 17, was assigned to CHEVRON ORONITE COMPANY LLC (San Ramon, Calif.).
"Succinimide dispersants post-treated with aromatic glycidyl ethers that exhibit good soot handling performance" was invented by William Raymond Ruhe Jr. (Benicia, Calif.) and Seyedeh Mahboobeh Hosseini (Richmond, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lubricating oil composition is described. The composition includes a base oil, a first succinimide dispersant composition comprising a reaction product of a hydrocarbyl succinimide and an aromatic glycidyl ether having a structure:wherein R1 is an aryl or alkaryl group having 4 to 20 carbon atom...