ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,353, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Tribonex AB (Uppsala, Sweden).
"Induced formation of solid lubricant" was invented by Boris Zhmud (Uppsala, Sweden), Linus Everlid (Uppsala, Sweden), Danilo Vivedes (Uppsala, Sweden) and Martin Bengtsson (Vange, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a device for induced formation of solid lubricant comprises providing (S10) of an article (10) to be processed. The article is exposed (S20) to a process fluid (34) comprising a solvent, impact media (20) and additives of solid-lubricant precursor substances. The solvent is a low-volatile high-flash solvent. The impact media are non-abras...