US Patent Issued to INFINEUM INTERNATIONAL on June 23 for "Lubricant compositions containing silicon for reduced pre-ignition in hydrogen fueled engines" (British, American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,648, issued on June 23, was assigned to INFINEUM INTERNATIONAL Ltd. (Abingdon, Great Britain).

"Lubricant compositions containing silicon for reduced pre-ignition in hydrogen fueled engines" was invented by Thomas M. Featherstone (Bristol, Great Britain), Ellis Mutter (Swindon, Great Britain), Roxana Chirita (Juvisy-sur-Orge, France), Adam P. Marsh (Wantage, Great Britain), Mark P. Driver (Didcot, Great Britain) and Andrew J.D. Ritchie (Chatham, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a method of reducing abnormal combustion events in a hydrogen fueled internal combustion engine (HICE) during operation of the en...