Patent ID: 8420582
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: C10M,C10N

Abstract:
1. A wear and/or friction reducing additive for a lubricating fluid, comprising: a) one or more single-phase compounds; and b) an aqueous salt solution, wherein said salts in said aqueous salt solution are inorganic salts, wherein said one or more single-phase compounds and said aqueous salt solution are combined in a ratio of 1 part to 2 parts by volume or 2 parts to 1 part by volume or in a ratio therebetween, wherein said additive forms an emulsion in said lubricating fluid, and wherein said single-phase compound is selected from the group consisting of castor oil, sulfonated castor oil, ethoxylated castor oil, lanolin, triethylamine, 1-octyl-3-methylimidazoliumbis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide, 1-dodecyl-3-methyl-imidazoliumbis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide, and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium-bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide, or combinations thereof.