ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,688, issued on May 6, was assigned to Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond, Va.).
"Silicon-containing compounds for lubricants" was invented by Sheng Jiang (Glen Allen, Va.), Ashutosh Gupta (Henrico, Va.) and Kun Liu (Richmond, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to lubricating compositions and methods of lubricating a spark-ignition engine effective to depress low-speed pre-ignition (LSPI) events and to maintain low foaming and/or aeration through selected silicon chemistries and treat rates."
The patent was filed on Dec. 12, 2023, under Application No. 18/536,525.
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