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Side mold for an automobile

Assignee: Kanegafuchi Chemical Industry Co Ltd
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Filing: 1985-01-23
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Granted: 1986-09-23
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Expires: 2005-01-23
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Abstract

Abstract A side mold to be fixed onto a side of automobile body, comprising (A) a hard mold portion forming an outside main portion and (B) a soft mold portion forming an inner foot portion to be contacted with the side of automobile body; the hard mold portion being made of a blend of (a-1) a vinyl chloride polymer and (a-2) an ABS resin comprising a copolymer (i) of alpha -methylstyrene, styrene, acrylonitrile and methyl methacrylate and a graft-polymer (ii) in which at least one component of the copolymer is graft-polymerized onto a butadiene rubber; and the soft mold portion being made of a plasticized polyvinyl chloride and having a JIS-A hardness of 50 DEG to 90 DEG . The side mold is light even if the side mold is made large, and has sufficient strength, surface hardness and shock observer effect.

Inventors

  • 👤 Tamio Fujita

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 14:27
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60R; B60R13/00; B60R13/04

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim 152 words
A side mold for an automobile comprising (A) a hard mold portion forming an outside main portion and (B) a soft mold portion forming an inner portion to be contacted with a side of the automobile body; the hard mold portion (A) being made of a blend of (1) 80 to 40 parts by weight of a vinyl chloride polymer and (2) 20 to 60 parts by weight of an ABS resin; said ABS resin comprising (i) a copolymer of 30 to 80% by weight of α-methyl-styrene, 0 to 30% by weight of styrene, 10 to 30% by weight of acrylonitrile and 0 to 30% by weight of methyl methacrylate, and (ii) a graft polymer in which at least one component of said copolymer (i) is graft-polymerized onto a butadiene rubber; the soft mold portion (B) being made of a plasticized polyvinyl chloride and having a JIS-A hardness of 50° to 90°.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 152 words
A side mold for an automobile comprising (A) a hard mold portion forming an outside main portion and (B) a soft mold portion forming an inner portion to be contacted with a side of the automobile body; the hard mold portion (A) being made of a blend of (1) 80 to 40 parts by weight of a vinyl chloride polymer and (2) 20 to 60 parts by weight of an ABS resin; said ABS resin comprising (i) a copolymer of 30 to 80% by weight of α-methyl-styrene, 0 to 30% by weight of styrene, 10 to 30% by weight of acrylonitrile and 0 to 30% by weight of methyl methacrylate, and (ii) a graft polymer in which at least one component of said copolymer (i) is graft-polymerized onto a butadiene rubber; the soft mold portion (B) being made of a plasticized polyvinyl chloride and having a JIS-A hardness of 50° to 90°.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 20 words
The side mold of claim 1, wherein said hard mold portion (A) and said soft mold portion (B) are coextruded.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1989-09-22 1990-03-24 1990-09-23 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1993-09-22 1994-03-24 1994-09-23 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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