(19)
(11) EP 0 286 996 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
18.01.1989 Bulletin 1989/03

(43) Date of publication A2:
19.10.1988 Bulletin 1988/42

(21) Application number: 88105669.1

(22) Date of filing: 09.04.1988
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4C10M 169/04
// (C10M169/04, 101:02, 129:06, 129:26, 129:18, 129:16, 133:16, 135:00, 137:02, 137:04, 137:08), C10N40:04
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 11.04.1987 JP 87933/87

(71) Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN COMPANY LIMITED
Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Masashi, Dasai
    Ichihara-shi Chiba-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Türk, Gille, Hrabal, Leifert 
Brucknerstrasse 20
40593 Düsseldorf
40593 Düsseldorf (DE)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Lubricating oil composition


    (57) A lubricating oil composition comprising: (A) a base oil having a naphthene content of at least 30%, an aromatic content of not more than 2%, and a kinematic viscosity at 100°C of 1.5 to 30 cSt; and (B) 0.01 to 5% by weight based on the total weight of the composition of a friction modifier. This composition is very useful as a lubricating oil for use in an automatic transmission or a continuously variable transmission, or as a lubricating oil for use in parts including a wet clutch or a wet brake of an agricultural tractor, etc.





    Search report