Method for improving fuel economy of internal combustion engines

Patent · Mon Dec 15 23:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6884337

Liston, T V

A lubricating oil composition is described comprising a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity and 0.1 to 4 weight percent of a borated alkyl catechol and an effective amount of an alkenyl succinimide to stabilize the borated alkyl catechol against hydrolysis.

• Assignee: Chevron Research Co., San Francisco, CA
• Patent Number(s): US 4629577
• OSTI ID: 6884337
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
023000* -- Petroleum-- Properties & Composition
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330100 -- Internal Combustion Engines
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
ALKYL RADICALS
AROMATICS
BORON COMPOUNDS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
DEVELOPERS
DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS
DISPERSIONS
ENGINES
FUEL ECONOMY
HEAT ENGINES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ACIDS
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
LUBRICANTS
LUBRICATING OILS
LUBRICATING PROPERTIES
MIXTURES
OILS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PHENOLS
PHOSPHORIC ACID
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
POLYPHENOLS
PYROCATECHOL
QUANTITY RATIO
RADICALS
SUCCINIC ACID
SULFONATES
VISCOSITY