US Patent Issued to Western Digital Technologies on March 24 for "Redesigned lubricant main chain repeat unit for enhanced thermal stability and tailored performance" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,075, issued on March 24, was assigned to Western Digital Technologies Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Redesigned lubricant main chain repeat unit for enhanced thermal stability and tailored performance" was invented by Daniel Demori Maksuta (San Jose, Calif.), Hantao Zhou (San Jose, Calif.), Ao Fan (Shenzhen, China), Jianming Wen (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Charles Cheng-Hsing Lee (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lubricant provides enhanced performance at high temperatures, along with a higher evaporation temperature, where the main-chain includes a moiety with a rotational energy barrier that is higher than CF2. The lubric...