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Impact resistant polymeric compositions containing polyamides, maleic anhydride adducts of hydrogenated polymers and graft copolymers thereof
Assignee: Bridgestone Firestone Inc
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Filing: 1982-08-20
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Granted: 1984-01-24
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Expires: 2002-08-20
Abstract
Abstract Polymeric compositions having resistance to impact comprising (a) from about 50 to about 90 percent by weight of a polyamide having a number average molecular weight of at least 10,000 and (b) from about 10 to about 50 percent by weight of a maleic anhydride adduct of a hydrogenated polymer of one or more conjugated dienes or a hydrogenated copolymer of a conjugated diene and a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon, said hydrogenated polymer or copolymer having a residual unsaturation content of from about 0.5 to about 20% of its original unsaturation content prior to hydrogenation; wherein at least 5 percent by weight of components (a) and (b) are present in the form of a graft copolymer containing at least 20 percent of polyamide. The compositions exhibit especially advantageous properties, particularly high impact strength and are useful in a variety of molding applications such as molded bushings, gears, cams, valves and a variety of other products.
Inventors
- 👤 William L. Hergenrother
- 👤 Mark G. Matlock
- 👤 Richard J. Ambrose
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 12:39
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08L; C08L77/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
114 words
Impact resistanct polymeric compositions comprising: (a) from 70 to 85 percent by weight of a polyamide having a number average molecular weight of at least 15,000; and (b) from 15 to 30 percent by weight of a maleic anhydride adduct of a hydrogenated polymer of a conjugated diene or hydrogenated copolymer of a conjugated diene and a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon, said hydrogenated polymer or copolymer having a residual unsaturation content of from about 0.5 to about 20% of its original unsaturation content prior to hydrogenation, wherein from 5 to 40 percent by weight of components (a) and (b) are present in the form of a graft copolymer containing at least 20 percent of polyamide.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
114 words
Impact resistanct polymeric compositions comprising: (a) from 70 to 85 percent by weight of a polyamide having a number average molecular weight of at least 15,000; and (b) from 15 to 30 percent by weight of a maleic anhydride adduct of a hydrogenated polymer of a conjugated diene or hydrogenated copolymer of a conjugated diene and a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon, said hydrogenated polymer or copolymer having a residual unsaturation content of from about 0.5 to about 20% of its original unsaturation content prior to hydrogenation, wherein from 5 to 40 percent by weight of components (a) and (b) are present in the form of a graft copolymer containing at least 20 percent of polyamide.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein said polyamide is selected from the group consisting of polycaprolactam, polyhexamethylene adipamide, polyundecanolactam and polydodecanolactam.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
10 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein said polyamide is polycaprolactam.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein said maleic anhydride adduct contains from 0.1 to 25 percent by weight of maleic anhydride.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The composition of claim 4 wherein said maleic anhydride adduct contains from 0.2 to 5 percent by weight of maleic anhydride.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein said maleic anhydride adduct is a maleic anhydride adduct of a hydrogenated polybutadiene.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein said maleic anhydride adduct is a maleic anhydride adduct of a hydrogenated random copolymer of butadiene and styrene.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
The composition of claim 7 wherein said random copolymer contains up to 60 percent by weight of styrene.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein said maleic anhydride adduct is a maleic anhydride adduct of a hydrogenated block copolymer of butadiene and styrene.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein said maleic anhydride adduct is a maleic anhydride adduct of a hydrogenated multiblock copolymer of butadiene and styrene.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
14 words
The composition of claim 10 wherein said multiblock copolymer is a styrene/butadiene/styrene block copolymer.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
37 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein component (a) is present in an amount of from 80 to 85 percent by weight and component (b) is present in an amount of from 15 to 20 percent by weight.
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