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Thermosplastic vulcanizates from blends of a polypropylene and elastic α-olefin/cyclic olefin copolymers
Assignee: Advanced Elastomer Systems LP
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Filing: 1998-04-20
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Granted: 2000-09-19
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Expires: 2018-04-20
Abstract
Abstract Thermoplastic vulcanizate blends are prepared from a semi-crystalline polymer and a rubbery copolymer derived from copolymerizing at least one alpha-olefin monomer and at least one cyclic olefin copolymer. The rubbery copolymer also includes repeat units from at least one polyene monomer. The polyene monomer provides residual unsaturation for crosslinking of said rubbery copolymer. Crosslinking the rubbery copolymer of the blend generally reduces tension set, compression set and oil swell in aliphatic solvents. The cyclic olefin monomer reduces oil swell in aliphatic oils.
Inventors
- 👤 Sabet Abdou-Sabet
- 👤 Bruce A. Harrington
- 👤 Patrick Brant
- 👤 Anthony J. Dias
- 👤 Sudhin Datta
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 06:36
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08L; C08L23/00; C08L23/02; C08L23/10; C08L23/12; C08L23/16; C08F; C08F210/00; C08F210/02; C08L2205/00; C08L2205/22; C08L2314/00; C08L2314/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
113 words
A blend comprising; a) about 15 to about 90 wt. % of a fully cured rubbery copolymer including from about 5 to about 30 mole % repeat units from a monounsaturated cyclic olefin, from about 69 to about 94 mole % repeat units from at least one monounsaturated alpha-olefin monomer, and from about 1 to about 3 mole % repeat units from at least one polyene monomer, b) about 10 to about 85 wt. % of a semi-crystalline polymer, wherein said weight percents are based upon the total weight of said rubbery copolymer and said semi-crystalline polymer wherein said rubbery copolymer is crosslinked via said repeat units from at least one polyene monomer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
113 words
A blend comprising; a) about 15 to about 90 wt. % of a fully cured rubbery copolymer including from about 5 to about 30 mole % repeat units from a monounsaturated cyclic olefin, from about 69 to about 94 mole % repeat units from at least one monounsaturated alpha-olefin monomer, and from about 1 to about 3 mole % repeat units from at least one polyene monomer, b) about 10 to about 85 wt. % of a semi-crystalline polymer, wherein said weight percents are based upon the total weight of said rubbery copolymer and said semi-crystalline polymer wherein said rubbery copolymer is crosslinked via said repeat units from at least one polyene monomer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A blend according to claim 1, further including from about 30 to about 250 parts by weight of an extender oil per 100 parts by weight of said rubbery copolymer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
A blend according to claim 1, further including from about 40 to about 250 parts by weight of a filler per 100 parts by weight of said rubbery copolymer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
A blend according to claim 1, wherein the amount of said rubbery copolymer is from about 25 to about 80 wt. % and the amount of said semi-crystalline polymer is from about 20 to about 75 wt. %.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
A blend according to claim 4, wherein the mole % of said repeat units from a cyclic olefin is from about 10 to about 25 mole %.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
A blend according to claim 5, wherein said monounsaturated cyclic olefin is one or more cyclic olefins selected from norbornene, monoalkyl substituted norbornene, and dialkyl substituted norbornene.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
A blend according to claim 5 in the shape of a molded or extruded part.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
A blend according to claim 5, wherein said semi-crystalline polymer is a semi-crystalline polypropylene or a semi-crystalline polyethylene.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
A blend according to claim 1, wherein said semi-crystalline polymer is a semi-crystalline polypropylene.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
145 words
A process for producing a blend of a semi-crystalline polymer and a crosslinked rubbery copolymer, said process including, a) blending a semi-crystalline polymer and a rubbery copolymer in uncrosslinked form, wherein said rubbery copolymer includes repeat units with a residual carbon to carbon double bond reactive in crosslinking reactions of free radical and phenolic resin crosslinking systems, b) fully crosslinking said rubbery copolymer by forming chemical bonds between the chains of said copolymer at said repeat units having residual carbon to carbon double bonds, the improvement wherein the rubbery copolymer is a copolymer of from about 5 to about 30 mole % repeat units from at least one monounsaturated cyclic olefin monomer, from about 69 to about 94 mole % repeat units from at least one monounsaturated alpha-olefin monomer, and from about 1 to about 3 mole % repeat units from at least one polyene.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
145 words
A process for producing a blend of a semi-crystalline polymer and a crosslinked rubbery copolymer, said process including, a) blending a semi-crystalline polymer and a rubbery copolymer in uncrosslinked form, wherein said rubbery copolymer includes repeat units with a residual carbon to carbon double bond reactive in crosslinking reactions of free radical and phenolic resin crosslinking systems, b) fully crosslinking said rubbery copolymer by forming chemical bonds between the chains of said copolymer at said repeat units having residual carbon to carbon double bonds, the improvement wherein the rubbery copolymer is a copolymer of from about 5 to about 30 mole % repeat units from at least one monounsaturated cyclic olefin monomer, from about 69 to about 94 mole % repeat units from at least one monounsaturated alpha-olefin monomer, and from about 1 to about 3 mole % repeat units from at least one polyene.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process according to claim 10 wherein said repeat units from said cyclic olefin monomer are present from about 10 to about 25 mole.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process according to claim 11, wherein said cyclic olefin monomer comprises one or more monomers selected from norbornene, monoalkyl substituted norbornene, and dialkyl substituted norbornene.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
A process according to claim 10, wherein said semi-crystalline polymer is a semi-crystalline polyethylene or a semi-crystalline polypropylene.
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