A lubricant composition is described. The novel lubricant composition has superior thermal stability, and can reduce the need to replenish the lubricant. The lubricant composition includes at least a soap component, a thickener component, an oil component, and a spherical polyolefin component (optionally Microthene). The spherical polyolefin component includes polyolefin microparticles.

The invention relates to a grease composition having a base oil and a thickener that includes hydrophilic metal oxide particles and one or more esters which contain one or more unsaturated C—C bonds and/or at least one OH group. The hydrophilic metal oxide particles have a BET specific surface area of at least 10 m.sup.2/g and at least 80% of the hydrophilic metal oxide particles have a particle size in the range of from 5 nm to 900 μm. The amount of the thickener is in the range of from 0.1-40% by weight, based on the total weight of the grease composition. The invention further relates to methods for manufacturing the grease compositions, and the use of the grease compositions for lubricating bearings, gears and couplings.

A lubricating grease composition, and more specifically, to a lubricating grease composition which, when used with an article clamping device, such as a chuck, produces excellent lubricating properties whilst remaining strongly adhered to metal parts in the clamping mechanism of the device and showing enhanced chemical and physical resistance to fluids such as cutting fluids with which they come into contact.

A lubricating grease composition, and more specifically, to a lubricating grease composition which, when used with an article clamping device, such as a chuck, produces excellent lubricating properties whilst remaining strongly adhered to metal parts in the clamping mechanism of the device and showing enhanced chemical and physical resistance to fluids such as cutting fluids with which they come into contact.

The invention provides a grease composition, being a grease composition containing a base oil and, as a thickener a calcium complex soap, and being a grease composition using for the carboxylic acids forming the aforementioned calcium complex soap substituted or unsubstituted C18-22 straight-chain higher fatty acids, aromatic monocarboxylic aromatic acids having substituted or unsubstituted benzene rings and C2-4 straight-chain saturated lower fatty acids, wherein the aforementioned substituted or unsubstituted C18-22 straight-chain higher fatty acids include behenic acid and the amount of behenic acid used, as a mass ratio in terms of the total amount of the aforementioned substituted or unsubstituted C18-22 straight-chain higher fatty acids used, is from 25 mass % up to 70 mass %.

The invention provides a grease composition, being a grease composition containing a base oil and, as a thickener a calcium complex soap, and being a grease composition using for the carboxylic acids forming the aforementioned calcium complex soap substituted or unsubstituted C18-22 straight-chain higher fatty acids, aromatic monocarboxylic aromatic acids having substituted or unsubstituted benzene rings and C2-4 straight-chain saturated lower fatty acids, wherein the aforementioned substituted or unsubstituted C18-22 straight-chain higher fatty acids include behenic acid and the amount of behenic acid used, as a mass ratio in terms of the total amount of the aforementioned substituted or unsubstituted C18-22 straight-chain higher fatty acids used, is from 25 mass % up to 70 mass %.

To provide a grease composition for a tapered roller bearing having superior bearing lifetime under a condition of high temperature and a condition of high load, and a tapered roller bearing in which the grease composition for the tapered roller bearing is filled. A tapered roller bearing 11 includes an inner ring 12 having a raceway surface 12a, an outer ring 13 having a raceway surface 13a and a plurality of tapered rollers 14, and a flange part of the inner ring 12 gets into sliding contact with the tapered rollers 14. Grease 16 is filled around the tapered rollers 14. The grease 16 includes a base oil, a thickener and an additive. A frequency in which a storage modulus, which varies depending on frequency, of the grease 16 becomes minimum is equal to 7 Hz or more.

The invention relates to lubricating greases based on alkali metal soaps and/or earth-alkali metal soaps and metal complex soaps based on (R)-10-hydroxyoctadecanoic acid and to the use thereof.

The invention relates to lubricating greases based on alkali metal soaps and/or earth-alkali metal soaps and metal complex soaps based on (R)-10-hydroxyoctadecanoic acid and to the use thereof.

A grease composition is disclosed which is intended primarily for use in constant velocity joints (CV joints), especially ball joints and/or tripod joints, which are used in the driveline of motor vehicles. The grease composition for use in constant velocity joints comprises at least one base oil, at least one thickener, zinc sulfide, at least one copper sulfide and molybdenum disulfide and/or tungsten disulfide. Further, the present disclosure relates to a constant velocity joint comprising such a grease composition.