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US 12,460,147 · App. 18/561,350 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Composition for refrigeration machine and composition kit for refrigeration machine

Inventors: Norihiro Kimoto (Tokyo, JP); Hisayoshi Ito (Tokyo, JP); Kouichi Umemoto (Tokyo, JP); Takeru Kashiwagi (Tokyo, JP); Daisuke Shiro (Tokyo, JP); Hidekazu Takeuchi (Tokyo, JP); Hideki Matsuura (Osaka, JP); Shogo Moroe (Osaka, JP); Arisa Kawae (Osaka, JP); Masaru Tanaka (Osaka, JP)
Assignees: DAICEL CORPORATION; DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
C10M125/02C10M171/008C10M2201/041C10N2020/04C10N2020/06C10N2030/06C10N2040/30
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Patent No.
US 12,460,147
App. No.
18/561,350
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a composition for a refrigeration machine capable of reducing a friction coefficient in friction between sliding members in a refrigeration machine, and a composition kit for a refrigeration machine for providing the composition for a refrigeration machine. A composition for a refrigeration machine of the present disclosure includes a refrigeration machine oil, nanodiamond particles dispersed in the refrigeration machine oil, and a dispersant. The refrigeration machine oil preferably contains a polyvinyl ether, a polyol ester, a polyalkylene glycol, an alkylbenzene, or a mineral oil. The composition kit for a refrigeration machine of the present disclosure includes a refrigeration machine oil (A) containing a base oil and nanodiamond particles dispersed in the base oil, and a refrigerant (B).

Claims (17)

1 . A composition for a refrigeration machine, the composition comprising:

a refrigeration machine oil;

nanodiamond particles dispersed in the refrigeration machine oil; and

a dispersant and

a refrigerant,

wherein a proportion of the nanodiamond particles contained in the composition for a refrigeration machine is from 1 to 500 mass ppm with respect to a total amount of the refrigeration machine oil.

2 . The composition for a refrigeration machine according to claim 1 , wherein the refrigeration machine oil contains a polyvinyl ether, a polyol ester, a polyalkylene glycol, an alkylated aromatic hydrocarbon compound, or a mineral oil.

3 . The composition for a refrigeration machine according to claim 1 , wherein the dispersant includes a dispersant (I) having a mass-average molecular weight of 500 or more and an amine value of 15 mg KOH/g or more and/or a fatty acid ester-based dispersant (II).

4 . The composition for a refrigeration machine according to claim 1 , wherein the refrigeration machine oil has an SP value of from 6.0 to 12.0 (cal/cm 3 ) 1/2 .

5 . The composition for a refrigeration machine according to claim 1 , wherein the composition has a friction coefficient of 0.08 or less when the composition is used as a lubricant in a ring-on-disk friction test under conditions of a surface pressure of 2 MPa and a speed of 1.5 m/s.

6 . The composition for a refrigeration machine according to claim 1 , wherein the composition is for use in a compressor of a refrigeration machine.

7 . The composition for a refrigeration machine according to claim 1 , wherein the refrigeration machine is an air conditioner.

8 . A composition kit for a refrigeration machine, the composition kit comprising:

a refrigeration machine oil (A) containing a base oil and nanodiamond particles dispersed in the base oil; and

a refrigerant (B),

wherein a proportion of the nanodiamond particles contained in the refrigeration machine oil for a refrigeration machine is from 1 to 500 mass ppm with respect to a total amount of the refrigeration machine oil.

9 . The composition kit for a refrigeration machine according to claim 8 , wherein the refrigeration machine oil (A) has a friction coefficient of 0.08 or less when the refrigeration machine oil (A) is used as a lubricant in a ring-on-disk friction test under conditions of a surface pressure of 2 MPa and a speed of 1.5 m/s.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2024
From: KIMOTO, NORIHIRO; ITO, HISAYOSHI; UMEMOTO, KOUICHI; KASHIWAGI, TAKERU; SHIRO, DAISUKE; TAKEUCHI, HIDEKAZU; MATSUURA, HIDEKI; MOROE, SHOGO; KAWAE, ARISA; TANAKA, MASARU
To: DAICEL CORPORATION; DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-082882 · May 17, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240240101A1 · Jul 18, 2024
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