(19)
(11) EP 0 731 159 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.05.1997 Bulletin 1997/21

(43) Date of publication A2:
11.09.1996 Bulletin 1996/37

(21) Application number: 96301587.0

(22) Date of filing: 07.03.1996
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6C10M 159/20, C10M 159/22, C10M 159/24, C10L 1/18, C10L 1/24
// (C10M159/20, 159:20, 159:22, 159:22, 159:24, 159:24), C10N10:02, C10N10:04, C10N30:04, C10N40:25
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE FR GB

(30) Priority: 07.03.1995 US 399783
07.03.1995 US 400156

(71) Applicant: ETHYL CORPORATION
Richmond, Virginia 23219-4304 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Loop, John G.
    Richmond, Virginia 23235 (US)
  • Watson, Elizabeth D.
    Richmond, Virginia 23220 (US)
  • Valcho, Joseph J.
    Richmond, Virginia 23233 (US)
  • Perozzi, Edmund F.
    Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 (US)
  • Passut, Charles A.
    Midlothian, Virginia 23113 (US)

(74) Representative: Cresswell, Thomas Anthony 
J.A. KEMP & CO. 14 South Square Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5LX
London WC1R 5LX (GB)

   


(54) Overbased lithium salt lubricant additives and production thereof


(57) A lubricant additive concentrate which comprises a base oil of lubricating viscosity and:

(a) at least one non-lithium oil-soluble overbased alkali or alkaline earth metal-containing overbased detergent; and

(b) at least one oil-soluble overbased lithium salt detergent.







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