ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,653, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to KYB Corp. (Tokyo).

"Lubricating oil composition and sliding mechanism" was invented by Shinji Kato (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lubricating oil composition according to the present embodiment is a lubricating oil composition to be used in a sliding member coated with hydrogen-containing diamond-like carbon, and contains a base oil and a friction modifier. The friction modifier contains a fatty acid ester of pentaerythritol."

The patent was filed on Jan. 7, 2025, under Application No. 19/011,965.

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