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Definitions

• the present invention relates to methods for lubricating a transmission; particularly methods for lubricating transmissions having at least one electromechanical component and at least one mechanical component in a single housing.
• hybrid vehicle refers to a vehicle having two means of propulsion, for example, (1) a combustion engine either gasoline or diesel fueled and (2) an electric motor receiving power from on-board batteries which are charged by engine (1) or by regenerative braking.
• Hybrid vehicles can include conventional stepped automatic transmissions, continuously variable transmissions or other types of vehicle transmissions.
• One particular type of transmission for hybrid vehicles houses electromechanical components such as an electric drive motor and a generator with mechanical components such as speed reducing gearing in a single unit having a common lubricant charge.
• An example of the described transmission is an Electronically Controlled Variable Transmission used in Toyota hybrid vehicles (Toyota refers to such transmission as the “ECVT”).
• the present invention provides a method for lubricating transmissions having at least one electromechanical component and at least one mechanical component in a single housing comprising supplying a specific lubricant composition. Because the transmission includes electromechanical components and mechanical devices in a single unit, the lubricant composition of the invention must provide electrical insulation, lubrication and cooling to the unit.
• the present invention is a method for lubricating a transmission having at least one electromechanical component and at least one mechanical component comprising supplying to the transmission a lubricant composition comprising: (a) a base oil; (b) an oil soluble, phosphorus-containing material; and (c) a corrosion inhibitor.
• the present invention is a lubricant composition
• a lubricant composition comprising: (a) a base oil; (b) an oil soluble, phosphorus-containing material; and (c) a corrosion inhibitor, wherein the lubricant composition is used in a transmission having at least one electromechanical component and at least one mechanical component.
• the present invention is a lubricant composition
• a lubricant composition comprising: (a) a base oil; (b) an oil soluble, phosphorus-containing material; and (c) a corrosion inhibitor, wherein the lubricant composition is used in a transmission having at least one electromechanical component and at least one mechanical component.
• the present invention is an additive package for a lubricant composition
• a lubricant composition comprising: (a) an ashless dispersant; (b) an oil soluble, phosphorus-containing material; and (c) a corrosion inhibitor.
• a stated range of “1 to 10” should be considered to include any and all subranges between (and inclusive of) the minimum value of 1 and the maximum value of 10; that is, all subranges beginning with a minimum value of 1 or more and ending with a maximum value of 10 or less, e.g., 5.5 to 10.
• the present invention is a method for lubricating a transmission.
• the present invention is a method for lubricating a transmission having at least one electromechanical component and at least one mechanical component in a single housing comprising supplying a lubricant composition to the transmission comprising: (a) a base oil; (b) an oil soluble, phosphorus-containing material; and (c) a corrosion inhibitor.
• suitable mechanical components include, but are not limited to, (1) reduction gearing; (2) differentials; (3) power splitting devices; and (4) torque limiting devices.
• the differentials can be planetary, helical, spur or hypoid in design.
• the power splitting devices can be either mechanical (e.g. planetary gears) or frictionally operated (e.g. slipping wet clutches) or synchronizers.
• the torque limiting devices can be either mechanical (e.g. ratchet) or friction operated (e.g. slipping clutches).
• one or more of the described mechanical components can be included.
• electromechanical components include, but are not limited to, (1) electric drive motors; (2) generators; (3) motor-generator combination units; and (4) alternators.
• one or more of the described electromechanical components can be included.
• the following are not considered “electromechanical components” according to the present invention: fractional horsepower motors used to operate spool valves or perform other electromechanical actions normally classified as “servo motors” or “actuators” and solenoids which are used to perform mechanical functions.
• the base oil has a purity represented by a dielectric breakdown voltage greater than or equal to 30 KV as measured in accordance with ASTM D877.
• Suitable base oils include natural and synthetic lubricating oils of lubricating viscosity and mixtures thereof.
• natural oils useful in the present invention include, but are not limited to, (1) animal oils; (2) vegetable oils; and (3) mineral base oils.
• Suitable mineral base oils include liquid petroleum oils and solvent treated or acid-treated mineral base oils of the paraffinic, naphthenic or mixed paraffinic/napthenic types. The natural oils can be further refined by well known techniques such as hydrocracking and hydrofinishing.
• Examples of synthetic base oils suitable for the present invention include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) hydrocarbon oils and halo-substituted hydrocarbon oils; (2) polyphenyls; (3) alkylated diphenyl ethers; (4) alkylene oxide polymers and interpolymers and derivatives thereof in which the terminal hydroxyl groups may have been modified by esterification or etherification; (5) esters of dicarboxylic acids with a variety of alcohols, or esters made from C 5 to C 12 monocarboxylic acids and polyols or polyol ethers; (6) silicon based oils; and (7) the derivatives, analogs and homologues thereof.
• Examples of the hydrocarbon oils and halo-substituted hydrocarbon oils are polymerized and interpolymerized olefins also known as polyalpha olefins.
• the natural or synthetic oils can unrefined, refined or rerefined oils.
• unrefined oils are those obtained directly from a natural or synthetic source without further purification treatment.
• refined oils are oils that have been further treated in one or more purification steps to improve one or more properties. For example, refined oils can be hydrogenated to improved stability against oxidation.
• the base oil can be a Group II oil, a Group III oil, or mixtures thereof.
• Group II and Group III oils are classifications established by the API Base Oil Interchangeability Guide-lines.
• the base oil can be a Gas-To-Liquids (GTL) base oil derived from hydroisomerization of wax such as slack wax or Fischer-Tropsch synthesized wax as is well known in the art.
• GTL Gas-To-Liquids
• the base oil is comprised of at least 50 mass percent of synthetic lubricating oil.
• the base oil contains a limited amount of water and any metals capable of conducting electricity, e.g. iron, copper, zinc, calcium, etc.
• water can be present in the base oil in an amount less than or equal to 100 PPM, or less than or equal to 50 PPM.
• metals capable of conducting electricity can be present in the base oil in an amount less than or equal to 10 PPM, or less than or equal to 5 PPM.
• the base oil can be present in an amount greater than 50 mass percent of the lubricant composition, for example, 75 to 95 mass percent of the composition.
• the lubricant composition comprises an oil soluble, phosphorus-containing material.
• Suitable phosphorus-containing compounds comprise an ester of an acid of phosphorus in a valence state of either III or V.
• the phosphorus-containing compound is a neutral compound, i.e. it does not contain acidic protons, such as, but not limited to, di-alkyl phosphites, tri-alkyl phosphites or tri-alkyl phosphates.
• alkyl groups can be substituted or unsubstituted and also contain substituent hetero atoms, in addition to carbon and hydrogen, such as chlorine, sulfur, oxygen or nitrogen.
• Suitable oil soluble, phosphorus-containing materials include alkyl phosphates, ashless dispersants post-treated with phosphorus acids and optionally boron.
• alkyl phosphites which are useful in the present invention include di- and tri-alkyl phosphites as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,750,476 at column 5, lines 30-65.
• the phosphites comprise trialkyl phosphites and triaryl phosphites.
• aryl groups can be phenyl or substituted phenyl.
• the oil soluble, phosphorus-containing material is a mixed thio-alkyl phosphate as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,185,090.
• oil soluble, phosphorus-containing materials include those produced by post treating one or more ashless dispersant with acids or anhydrides of phosphorus, and optionally boron.
• acid or anhydrides of phosphorus include acids or anhydrides of phosphorus, and optionally boron.
• boronated analogs is contained in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,502,677 and 4,857,214.
• Suitable ashless dispersants include hydrocarbyl succinimides, hydrocarbyl succinamides, mixed ester amides of hydrocarbyl substituted succinic acid, hydroxyesters of hydrocarbyl substituted succinic acids, Mannich condensation products of hydrocarbyl substituted phenols, formaldehyde, polyamines as well as combinations and mixtures thereof.
• the oil soluble, phosphorus containing material comprises an ashless dispersant comprised of polyisobutylene succinimides of polyamines such as tetraethylene pentamine which are post treated with sources of phosphorus and optionally boron.
• the polyisobutylene moieties can have molecular weights ranging from 300 to 3000.
• Suitable sources of phosphorus include inorganic phosphorus acids and anhydrides such as phosphorous acid, phosphoric acid, hypophosphoric acid, phosphorus trioxide, phosphorus tetraoxide, phosphoric anhydride.
• Suitable sources of phosphorus also include partial and total sulfur analogs of the inorganic phosphorus acids and anhydrides such as phosphorotetrathioc acid, phosphoromonothioc acid, phosphorodithioc acid and phosphorotrithioc acid.
• the amount of phosphorus-containing material in the lubricant composition is less than or equal to 200 ppm, or less than or equal to 150 ppm, or less than or equal to 100 ppm.
• the lubricant composition comprises a corrosion inhibitor.
• Suitable corrosion inhibitors include triazoles, e.g. benzotriazole, tolytriazole, and aromatic triazoles.
• Suitable corrosion inhibitors also include materials based on thiadiazoles such as mercaptothiadiazoles.
• the corrosion inhibitor of the present invention can comprise combinations and mixtures of the above.
• aromatic triazoles have the following general structure:
• R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group containing from 1 to 8 carbons.
• the aromatic triazole is a substituted benzotriazole. Analogous aromatic materials which can be based on naphthalene and other aromatic structures are also encompassed by the present invention. In a non-limiting embodiment, the aromatic triazole is tolyl triazole or benzotriazole.
• mercaptothiadiazoles have the following general structure:
• each R is (1) hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, for example, from 6 to 15 carbons atoms or (2) a sulfur-containing group, R′S—, such as dihydrocarbyldithiothiadiazoles so that there can be a chain of two sulfur atoms linking the thiadiazole nucleus to the hydrocarbyl group.
• the mercaptothiadiazole is 2,5-bis-(tert-nonyldithio)-1,3,4-thiadiazole or a derivative of 2,5-dimercaptothiadiazoles (“DMTD”) such as (a) 2-hydrocarbyldithio-5-mercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole or 2,5-bis(hydrocarbyldithio)-1,3,4-thiadiazole and mixtures thereof; (b) carboxylic esters of DMTD; (c) condensation products of ⁇ -halogenated aliphatic monocarboxylic acids with DMTD; (d) reaction products of unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbons and unsaturated ketones with DMTD; (e) reaction products of an aldehyde and diaryl amine with DMTD; (f) amine salts of DMTD; (g) dithiocarbamate derivatives of DMTD; (h) reaction products of an aldeh
• DMTD 2,5-bis-
• the corrosion inhibitor in the lubricant composition comprises both an aromatic triazole and a mercaptothiadiazole.
• the corrosion inhibitor is present in an amount less than or equal to 0.5 mass percent or less than or equal to 0.2 mass percent of the lubricant composition.
• the lubricant composition can optionally comprise a second ashless dispersant.
• the second ashless dispersant can be any ashless dispersant as is well known in the art. Suitable materials for the second ashless dispersant include succinimides produced from polyalkenyl succinnic anhydrides and polyamines and Mannich base type dispersants made from alylated phenols, formaldehyde and polyamines are also useful.
• Suitable materials for the second ashless dispersant includes hydrocarbyl succinimides, hydrocarbyl succinamides, mixed ester/amides of hydrocarbyl-substituted succinic acid, hydroxyesters of hydrocarbyl-substituted succinic acid, Mannich condensation products of hydrocarbyl-substituted phenols, formaldehyde and polyamines, condensation products of polyamines and hydrocarbyl substituted phenyl acids as well as combinations and mixtures thereof.
• the second ashless dispersant is present in the lubricant composition in an amount less than or equal to 5 mass percent, or less than or equal to 3 mass percent, or less than or equal to 2 mass percent.
• the present invention also encompasses the lubricant composition described above.
• the lubricant composition can be used to insulate and cool a transmission having at least one electromechanical component and at least one mechanical component in a single housing. Further, the present invention encompasses a transmission containing the lubricant composition described above.
• the present invention further encompasses an additive package for the lubricant composition described above.
• the additive package comprises (a) an ashless dispersant (b) an oil soluble, phosphorus-containing compound and (c) a corrosion inhibitor.
• the present invention is illustrated by the following nonlimiting examples.
• the examples in Table 1 below are theoretical examples of lubricant compositions according to the present invention.
• Table 1 shows the amount of each component in Exs. 1-8 as represented by mass percent in the finished lubricant.
• ExxonMobil Solvent 100 Neutral Oil from ExxonMobil [Houston, Tex.], Yubase 4 from SK Corporation [Korea], and Group IV-Poly alpha olefins (PAO 4) are base oils according to the present invention
• dibutyl hydrogen phosphite, triphenyl phosphite and trilauryltrithiophosphite are oil soluble, phosphorus-containing materials according to the present invention
• Hitec® 4313, a thiadiazole commercially available from Afton Chemical [Richmond, Va.] and tolyltriazole are corrosion inhibitors according to the present invention.
• the additive package of the present invention can be added to commercial transformer oils such as Phillips 66 Transformer Oil.

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