US Patent Issued to TotalEnergies OneTech on March 11 for "Lubrication of rechargeable hybrid vehicle engine and hybrid vehicle comprising a range extender" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,178, issued on March 11, was assigned to TotalEnergies OneTech (Courbevoie, France).

"Lubrication of rechargeable hybrid vehicle engine and hybrid vehicle comprising a range extender" was invented by Gautier Burette (Solaize, France), Mickael Debord (Solaize, France) and David Senard (Solaize, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application concerns the use of a lubricant composition of grade 0W-8 according to the SAEJ300 classification, comprising at least one base oil, from 1 to 1000 ppm of at least one friction modifying additive and from 0.1 to 10% by weight of at least one polymer improving the viscosity index, said lubri...