US Patent Issued to The Lubrizol on July 15 for "Composition and method for lubricating automotive gears, axles and bearings" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,143, issued on July 15, was assigned to The Lubrizol Corp. (Wickliffe, Ohio).

"Composition and method for lubricating automotive gears, axles and bearings" was invented by William R. S. Barton (Belper, Great Britain) and Brian B. Filippini (University Heights, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed technology relates to a lubricant composition for automotive gears, axles and bearings, the lubricant composition containing an oil of lubricating viscosity and a metal thiophosphate compound, such as zinc dialkyldithiophosphate, as well as a method of obtaining extreme pressure performance in automotive gears, axles and bearing...