A drive device includes a slide bearing; a shaft that passes through the slide bearing; a gear that is fixed to the shaft; and a grease composition that is held in a clearance between the slide bearing and the shaft. At least one of the slide bearing and the shaft is made of a resin. The clearance is in a range of 10 to 110 μm. The grease composition contains a hydrocarbon base oil and lithium soap serving as a thickener. A weight ratio of the hydrocarbon base oil to the lithium soap is in a range of 94.5:5.5 to 96.0:4.0. A consistency of the grease composition is in a range of 360 to 400.

A lubricating composition comprising at least 90% by weight of a base oil, and an antioxidant composition comprising the components, set forth as weight % of the lubricating composition: (1) solid alkylated-phenyl-alpha-naphthylamine at 0.01-0.3%, (2) an alkylated diphenylamine derivative of triazole, tolutriazole or benzotriazole, at 0.01-0.3%, and (3) methylenebis(di-n-butyldithiocarbamate), at 0.01-0.4%.

The invention relates to a food-compatible high-temperature lubricant, more particularly a high-temperature oil and a high-temperature grease, comprising the following components: a) at least one oil selected from a trimellitic ester or a mixture of different trimellitic esters, alkylaromatics, preferably an aliphatically substituted naphthalene, or estolides; b) a hydrogenated or fully hydrogenated polyisobutylene or a mixture of hydrogenated or fully hydrogenated polyisobutylene; and c) additives individually or in combination.

In the case of the high-temperature grease, a thickener is added.

The invention provides a grease composition for a ball joint which has a low friction coefficient under a load from normal temperatures to high temperatures, a small difference between static friction and dynamic friction, and little change in the friction coefficient even after repeated operation. TO this end, the invention provides a grease composition for a ball joint comprising: (i) a polyisoprene rubber and/or (ii) a polyisoprene rubber viscous material; a specific aliphatic amide and/or a specific aliphatic bisamide; and a specific urea compound.

The invention provides a grease composition used for lubricating a mechanical part having a steel portion to be lubricated which performs a rolling motion and a rolling and sliding motion, containing a base oil, a thickener and an additive, wherein the additive includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polyethylene wax, oxidized polyethylene wax, polypropylene wax, montan wax and amide wax.

A lubrication method comprising applying to a surface to be lubricated a polymer comprising a partially or fully fluorinated, straight or branched, polyoxyalkylene chain (chain R.sub.f) having two chain ends, wherein one or both chain end(s) bear(s) a hydroxy- or alkoxy-terminated polyoxyalkylene chain free from fluorine atoms (chain R.sub.a), said chain comprising from 4 to 50 fluorine-free oxyalkylene units, said units being the same or different from one another and being selected from —CH.sub.2CH.sub.2O— and —CH.sub.2CH(J)O—, wherein J is independently straight or branched alkyl or aryl, with the proviso that, if both chain ends bear a hydroxy-terminated chain Ra comprising only —CH.sub.2CH.sub.2O— units, chain Rf does not consist only of —CF.sub.2CF.sub.2O-units. Lubricant compositions containing the polymer and methods for preparing the polymer are also herein disclosed.

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 present invention relates to a compound of the Formula I:

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and a lubricating composition containing and a method for preparing the same. In Formula I, R.sub.1-R.sub.5 and R.sub.6-R.sub.10 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydrocarbyl groups and hydrocarbyl groups containing heteroatoms, such that the total carbon atoms from Q.sub.1 and Q.sub.2 is from 6 to 166 carbon atoms, and molybdate anion (Y) is a binuclear sulfur-containing dianion selected from the group consisting of [Mo.sub.2S.sub.8O.sub.2].sup.2−, [Mo.sub.2S.sub.9O].sup.2−, and [Mo.sub.2S.sub.10].sup.2.

The present invention relates to lubricating compositions comprising a compound of Formula I:

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wherein R.sub.1-R.sub.4 and R.sub.5-R.sub.8 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbyl groups and hydrocarbyl groups containing heteroatoms, such that the total carbon atoms from counterions Q.sub.1 and Q.sub.2 is from 8 to 76, and molybdate anion (Y) is a binuclear sulfur-containing dianion selected from the group consisting of [Mo.sub.2S.sub.8O.sub.2].sup.2−, [Mo.sub.2S.sub.9O].sup.2−, [Mo.sub.2S.sub.10].sup.2−, and mixtures thereof, and are present in the lubricating composition in an amount sufficient to provide about 100-15,000 ppm molybdenum.

This invention relates to malienated derivatives made from maleic anhydride, functionalized monomers, and one or more additional reagents, e.g., an oxygen-containing reagent (e.g., alcohol, polyol), a nitrogen-containing reagent (e.g., amine, polyamine, aminoalcohol), a metal and/or a metal compound. The invention relates to lubricants, functional fluids, fuels, dispersants, detergents and functional compositions (e.g., cleaning solutions, food compositions, etc.)