US Patent Issued to The Lubrizol on April 21 for "Hybrid greases made with anhydrous metal soaps and over-based metal detergents and methods of making" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,770, issued on April 21, was assigned to The Lubrizol Corp. (Wickliffe, Ohio).

"Hybrid greases made with anhydrous metal soaps and over-based metal detergents and methods of making" was invented by Devon K. McCune (Lyndhurst, Ohio), Robert D. Dura (Broadview Heights, Ohio), Gareth Fish (Munson Township, Ohio) and Jennifer E. Clark (Aurora, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Greases that are suitable for use in high temperature applications and are cost-effective alternatives to lithium greases. The greases are prepared from an oil of lubricating viscosity; 1.0 to 22.5 wt % of an overbased metal detergent; 5.0 to 18.5 wt % of a meta...