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Dual modulus oriented elastomeric filaments

Assignee: Motors Liquidation Co
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Filing: 1990-12-19
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Granted: 1992-10-06
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Expires: 2010-12-19
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Abstract

Abstract An oriented elastomeric filament spun from a thermoplastic elastomeric material selected from the group consisting of a block copolymer of polybutylene terephthalate and polytetramethylene glycol, a block copolymer of polybutylene terephthalate/polybutylene isophthalate and polyethylene glycol/polypropylene glycol, a block copolymer of polybutylene terephthalate/polyhexene terephthalate and polytetramethylene glycol, and a block copolymer of polyurethane and polytetramethylene glycol, the mole fraction of the polybutylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate/polybutylene isophthalate and polybutylene terephthalate/polyhexene terephthalate in the block copolymers is less than 0.5, the elastomeric filament is further oriented after the spinning by stretching at temperatures between 20 DEG C. to 120 DEG C. to a draw ratio between 500 to 700 percent elongation such that the oriented filament exhibits a two-stage low tensile modulus and high tensile modulus behavior when tested in accordance with ASTM D-638 tensile test.

Inventors

  • 👤 Ismat A. Abu-Isa

Bibliographic Details

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CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60N; B60N2/00; B60N2/70; B60N2/7094; D; D01; D01F; D01F6/00; D01F6/78; D01F6/84; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/298

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 138 words
An oriented elastomeric filament spun from a thermoplastic elastomeric material selected from the group consisting of a block copolymer of polybutylene terephthalate and polytetramethylene glycol, a block copolymer of polybutylene terephthalate/polybutylene isophthalate and polyethylene glycol/polypropylene glycol, a block copolymer of polybutylene terephthalate/polyhexene terephthalate and polytetramethylene glycol, and a block copolymer of polyurethane and polytetramethylene glycol, the mole fraction of said polybutylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate/polybutylene isophthalate and polybutylene terephthalate/polyhexene terephthalate in said block copolymers being less than 0.5, said elastomeric filament being further oriented after said spinning by stretching at temperatures between 20° C. to 120° C. to a draw ratio between 500 to 700 percent elongation such that said oriented filament having a diameter between 0.13 to 1.48 millimeters and exhibits an ultimate strain no larger than 140 percent when tested in accordance with ASTM D-638 tensile test.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 138 words
An oriented elastomeric filament spun from a thermoplastic elastomeric material selected from the group consisting of a block copolymer of polybutylene terephthalate and polytetramethylene glycol, a block copolymer of polybutylene terephthalate/polybutylene isophthalate and polyethylene glycol/polypropylene glycol, a block copolymer of polybutylene terephthalate/polyhexene terephthalate and polytetramethylene glycol, and a block copolymer of polyurethane and polytetramethylene glycol, the mole fraction of said polybutylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate/polybutylene isophthalate and polybutylene terephthalate/polyhexene terephthalate in said block copolymers being less than 0.5, said elastomeric filament being further oriented after said spinning by stretching at temperatures between 20° C. to 120° C. to a draw ratio between 500 to 700 percent elongation such that said oriented filament having a diameter between 0.13 to 1.48 millimeters and exhibits an ultimate strain no larger than 140 percent when tested in accordance with ASTM D-638 tensile test.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 148 words
An oriented elastomeric filament spun from a thermoplastic elastomeric material selected from the group consisting of a block copolymer of polybutylene terephthalate and polytetramethylene glycol, a block copolymer of polybutylene terephthalate/polybutylene isophthalate and polyethylene glycol/polypropylene glycol, a block copolymer of polybutylene terephthalate/polyhexene terephthalate and polytetramethylene glycol, and a block copolymer of polyurethane and polytetramethylene glycol, the mole fraction of said polybutylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate/polybutylene isophthalate and polybutylene terephthalate/polyhexene terephthalate in said block copolymers being less than 0.5, said elastomeric filament being further oriented after said spinning by stretching at temperatures between 20° C. to 120° C. to a draw ratio between 500 to 700 percent elongation such that said oriented filament having a diameter between 0.13 to 1.48 millimeters, exhibits an ultimate strain no larger than 140 percent and a two-stage low tensile modulus and high tensile modulus behavior when tested in accordance with ASTM D-638 tensile test.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 148 words
An oriented elastomeric filament spun from a thermoplastic elastomeric material selected from the group consisting of a block copolymer of polybutylene terephthalate and polytetramethylene glycol, a block copolymer of polybutylene terephthalate/polybutylene isophthalate and polyethylene glycol/polypropylene glycol, a block copolymer of polybutylene terephthalate/polyhexene terephthalate and polytetramethylene glycol, and a block copolymer of polyurethane and polytetramethylene glycol, the mole fraction of said polybutylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate/polybutylene isophthalate and polybutylene terephthalate/polyhexene terephthalate in said block copolymers being less than 0.5, said elastomeric filament being further oriented after said spinning by stretching at temperatures between 20° C. to 120° C. to a draw ratio between 500 to 700 percent elongation such that said oriented filament having a diameter between 0.13 to 1.48 millimeters, exhibits an ultimate strain no larger than 140 percent and a two-stage low tensile modulus and high tensile modulus behavior when tested in accordance with ASTM D-638 tensile test.

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