US Patent Issued to Afton Chemical on Aug. 5 for "Corrosion inhibitor and industrial lubricant including the same" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,494, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond, Va.).

"Corrosion inhibitor and industrial lubricant including the same" was invented by David Edwards (Richmond, Va.), Helen Ryan (Sheen, Great Britain) and Robert Mccovick (Chesterfield, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are corrosion inhibitors suitable for heavy-duty industrial lubricants and industrial lubricating compositions including such corrosion inhibitors combined with phosphonate diesters to provide good copper corrosion and roller bearing protection. The corrosion inhibitor has a high content of dialkyl dithiothiadiazole compounds con...