ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,293, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond, Va.).
"Melamine-based compounds for lubricating compositions" was invented by Sheng Jiang (Glen Allen, Va.) and Kearsley Dillon (Richmond, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Melamine-based compounds suitable, in one embodiment, as a corrosion inhibitor for lubricating compositions and, in particular, a corrosion inhibitor for transmission fluids (manual, automatic, dual-clutch, or electric), axle fluids, differential fluids, tractor fluids, industrial gear fluids, and/or lubricating fluids for other gear-type applications. The melamine-based compounds are in the fo...