IP Library Granted Patent US 7,459,415
Granted Patent B1
US 7,459,415 · App. 10/962,405 · Granted Dec 2, 2008

Lubricant for thin film storage media

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Patent No.
US 7,459,415
App. No.
10/962,405
Granted
Dec 2, 2008
Kind
B1
Abstract

Embodiments relate to lubricants disposed over magnetic storage media, such as rotatable thin film magnetic discs. One embodiment comprises a lubricant compound of a fluoropolyether chain having one or more carbonyl-imide pairs. For example, the carbonyl-imide pair may be located at one end, both ends, and/or in the middle of the fluoropolyether chain.

Claims (22)

1. A lubricant composition, comprising a compound selected form the group consisting of Formula CI 1 —FPE 1 , Formula CI 2 —FPE 2 —CI 3 , and Formula FPE 3 —Cl 4 —FPE 4 wherein

FPE 1 , FPE 2 , FPE 3 , and FPE 4 are each a fluoropolyether chain and

CI 1 , CI 2 , CI 3 , and CI 4 , are each a carbonyl-imide pair, wherein the nitrogen of the imide group is linked to an alpha position carbon of the carbonyl group and the fluoropolyether chain is attached to carbonyl-imide pair.

2. The lubricant composition of claim 1 , wherein one carbonyl-imide pair is located at one end of the fluoropolyether chain.

3. The lubricant composition of claim 2 , wherein another carbonyl-imide pair is located at the other end of the fluoropolyether chain.

4. The lubricant composition of claim 1 , wherein at least one carbonyl-imide pair is located within the fluoropolyether chain.

5. The lubricant composition of claim 2 , wherein at least one carbonyl-imide pair is located within the fluoropolyether chain.

6. The lubricant composition of claim 1 , wherein the carbonyl-imide pair is selected from the group consisting of 2-pyridinecarbonyl, 2-quinolinecarbonyl, 3-isoquinolinecarbonyl, 2-pyrimidinecarbonyl, 2-quinazolinecarbonyl, 4-quinazolinecarbonyl, 1-pyrazolecarbonyl, 1-benzopyrazolecarbonyl, 2-benzopyrazolecarbonyl, 2-imidazolecarbonyl, 2-benzimidazolecarbonyl, 2,6-pyridine-biscarbonyl, and derivatives thereof.

7. A lubricant composition, comprising a compound selected form the group consisting of Formula CI 1 —FPE 1 , Formula CI 2 —FPE 2 —CI 3 , and Formula FPE 3 —CI 4 —FPE 4 , wherein each of CI 1 , CI 2 and CI 3 , are independently selected form the group consisting of

CI 4 is

wherein

each R is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, aqlkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, aryl, haloaryl, arylalkyl, and haloarylalkyl;

FPE 1 , FPE 3 , and FPE 4 are independently selected from the group consisting of —OCH 2 CF 2 —(O—CF 2 ) p —(O—CF 2 —CF 2 ) q —OCF 2 CH 2 —OH, —OCH 2 CF 2 —(O—CF 2 —CF 2 ) q —(O—CF 2 ) p —OCF 2 CH 2 —OH, —(O—CF 2 ) p —(O—CF 2 —CF 2 ) q —O—CF 3 , (O—CF 2 —CF 2 ) q —(O—CF 2 ) p —O—CF 3 , (O—CF 2 ) p —(O—CF 2 —CF(CF 3 )) q —O—CF 3 , —(O—CF 2 —CF(CF 3 )) q —(O—CF 2 ) p —O—CF 3 , —(O—CF 2 —CF 2 —CF 2 ) p —O—CF 2 —CF 3 , —(O—CF 2 —CF 2 —CF 2 ) p —O—CF 2 —CF 2 —CF 3 , —(O—CF 2 —CF(CF 3 )) q —O—CF 2 —CF 2 —CF 3 , and —(O)—(CF(CF 3 )—CF—O) q —CF 2 —CF 2 —CF 3 ;

FPE 2 is —OCH 2 CF 2 —(O—CF 2 ) p —(O—CF 2 —CF 2 ) q —OCF 2 CH 2 —O—;

q is from 1 to 500, and

p is from 1 to 500.

8. The lubricant composition of claim 7 , wherein the compound is a compound of Formula CI 1 —FPE 1 .

9. The lubricant composition of claim 7 , wherein the compound is a compound of Formula CI 2 —FPE 2 —CI 3 .

10. The lubricant composition of claim 7 , wherein the compound is a compound of Formula FPE 3 -CI 4 —FPE 4 .

11. The lubricant composition of claim 9 , wherein the compound of Formula CI 2 —FPE 2 —CI 3 is

12. The lubricant composition of claim 9 , wherein the compound of Formula CI 2 —FPE 2 —CI 3 is

13. The lubricant composition of claim 10 , wherein the compound of Formula FPE 3 —CI 4 —FPE 4 is

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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2025
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