US Patent Issued to CHEVRON ORONITE, CHEVRON JAPAN on Aug. 12 for "Lubricating oil composition for hybrid vehicles" (Dutch, Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,981, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to CHEVRON ORONITE COMPANY LLC (San Ramon, Calif.) and CHEVRON JAPAN LTD. (Tokyo).

"Lubricating oil composition for hybrid vehicles" was invented by Richard Hogendoorn (Rotterdam, Netherlands), Isao Tanaka (Omaezaki, Japan) and Jeroen Van Leeuwen (Rotterdam, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an internal combustion engine lubricating oil composition for reducing corrosion in the engine of a hybrid vehicle. Reduction of corrosion can be determined by the JIS K2246 test method. Also disclosed are methods for using said lubricating oil composition for reducing corrosion in the en...