ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,006, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Vantage Santolubes Research LLC (New Hope, Pa.).
"Diesters of polyethylene oxide as lubricant base oils" was invented by Thomas Reginald Forbus Jr. (Spartanburg, S.C.) and Salvatore Michael Perna (Greer, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lubricant fluid comprising a base oil, which utilizes carboxylic esters of carboxyl di-end-capped-polyethylene glycols, or a mixture thereof, to have ultra-low viscosity, high flash point, high viscosity index (VI), excellent low temperature properties (viscosity and pour/freeze points), and low elastohydrodynamic (EHD) shear strength, and to enable the pro...