ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,012, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to KYODO YUSHI Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan) and NSK LTD. (Tokyo).

"Grease composition for vehicular hub unit bearings" was invented by Kazuki Isa (Fujisawa, Japan), Yuki Takeyama (Shanghai), Masatoshi Ijima (Fujisawa, Japan), Suguru Sugawara (Fujisawa, Japan) and Hiroaki Ishikawa (Fujisawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grease composition for vehicular hub unit bearings is provided, in which a base oil is a synthetic hydrocarbon oil having a kinematic viscosity at 40deg C. of 25-50 mm2/s, a thickener is an alicyclic aliphatic diurea compound, based on a total mass of the composition, 0.1-5%...