A lubricating grease composition containing a base oil having a kinematic viscosity of 10 mm.sup.2/s or more and 60 mm.sup.2/s or less at 40 C.; a thickener containing at least one soap selected from a metal soap and a metal complex soap; and a solid lubricant containing porous polyamide particles. An amount of the porous polyamide particles blended is 1% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less based on a total mass of the lubricating grease composition.

The present disclosure provides a grease composition with improved water resistance and mechanical stability at high-temperatures, including: at least one base oil; a water insoluble thickener; and a low molecular weight thixotropic polyamide composition having molecular weight distribution characteristics meeting the requirement described by the relationship: $\frac{\left(A+D\right)}{\left(B+C\right)}0.05$
where A=the % mass of the polyamide composition with a molecular weight greater than 1700 AMU; B=the % mass of the polyamide composition with a molecular weight between 1100 AMU and 1300 AMU; C=the % mass of the polyamide composition with a molecular weight between 700 AMU and 1000 AMU; and D=the % mass of the polyamide composition with a molecular weight of 600 AMU or lower (determined by GPC). The grease composition of the present disclosure provides a less than 50 penetration point change as determined by ASTM-D7342, a less than 10 mg weight loss as determined by ASTM-D4170, or both.

A grease of the invention contains a base oil and a thickener, where, when the volumetric-based arithmetic mean particle size of particles contained in the grease measured using laser diffraction/scattering method is A (unit: m), a formula A3 (1) is satisfied.

A constant velocity joint having a boot constructed from a thermoplastic polyether ester as the boot material. The boot includes a lubricating grease composition for lubricating the constant velocity joint, the lubricating grease composition comprising calcium lignin sulfonate.

An object of the invention is to provide a grease composition that does not deteriorate resin, particularly, acetal resin, in contact therewith even under a high temperature condition. The object can be attained by a grease composition for resin, including (A) a lubricating base oil, (B) a thickener, and (C) at least one selected from the group consisting of an organic molybdenum compound and a sulfur-based extreme pressure agent, wherein when the grease composition includes the sulfur-based extreme pressure agent, a content of the sulfur-based extreme pressure agent is from 0.05 mass % to 2.5 mass % based on a total amount of the composition, and the grease composition is substantially free of zinc dialkyldithiophosphate.

A lubricant composition comprises a base oil and at least one of carbon nanotubes with a diameter of 0.4 to 9.0 nm in an amount of 0.001 to 0.08% by mass relative to a total mass of the composition, and the composition has a consistency of 200 to 440.

A lubricating grease composition for a resin member is used to be supplied as a lubricant on a surface of at least a sliding portion of a resin member including the sliding portion with an other member. The lubricating grease composition for a resin member contains a base oil which is a mixed oil of a poly--olefin having a kinetic viscosity at 40 C. of 18 to 50 mm.sup.2/s and an ethylene--olefin copolymer having a number average molecular weight of 40,000 to 200,000, a lithium-based complex soap as a thickener and a polytetrafluoroethylene resin as a solid lubricant having a mixing ratio of 4 to 12 mass % to the entire lubricating grease composition, wherein the base oil has a kinetic viscosity at 40 C. of 80 to 200 mm.sup.2/s and a worked penetration of the lubricating grease composition ranges from 265 to 340.

A lubricating grease composition includes a base oil, a thickener, and a solid lubricant, wherein the base oil is a synthetic hydrocarbon oil with a kinematic viscosity of 600 to 2000 mm.sup.2/s at 40 C., the thickener is a barium complex soap, and the solid lubricant is an inorganic fine particle with Mohs hardness of 3 to 6 and an average particle size of 10 to 40 m.

The present disclosure provides a grease composition with improved water resistance and mechanical stability at high-temperatures, including: at least one base oil; a water insoluble thickener; and a low molecular weight thixotropic polyamide composition having molecular weight distribution characteristics meeting the requirement described by the relationship:

[00001]$\frac{\left(A+D\right)}{\left(B+C\right)}0.05$

where A=the % mass of the polyamide composition with a molecular weight greater than 1700 AMU; B=the % mass of the polyamide composition with a molecular weight between 1100 AMU and 1300 AMU; C=the % mass of the polyamide composition with a molecular weight between 700 AMU and 1000 AMU; and D=the % mass of the polyamide composition with a molecular weight of 600 AMU or lower (determined by GPC). The grease composition of the present disclosure provides a less than 50 penetration point change as determined by ASTM-D7342, a less than 10 mg weight loss as determined by ASTM-D4170, or both.

The disclosure relates to an improved grease composition for use in constant velocity joints, especially ball joints and/or tripod joints used in the drivelines of motor vehicles, with the grease composition comprising at least one base oil, at least one simple or complex soap thickener, at least one zinc sulphonate, at least one molybdenum dithiocarbamate in the solid state, and at least one molybdenum dithiophosphate.