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US 11,975,466 B2Granted
Injection molded caps or closures, and methods thereof
AssigneeDow Global Technologies LLC
InventorsKeran Lu, Yijian Lin, Mridula Kapur, Tian Lan, Stephanie M. Whited, John L. Sugden, Siddharth Ram Athreya
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Abstract
An injection molded cap or closure having a weld line, wherein the injection molded cap or closure is formed from an ethylene-based resin comprising a high molecular weight component and a low molecular weight component.
Claims12
An injection molded cap or closure having a weld line, wherein the injection molded cap or closure is formed from an ethylene-based resin comprising:
- a high molecular weight component, wherein the high molecular weight component comprises an ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer having a density of from 0.915 g/cc to 0.940 g/cc and a high load melt index (I21.6) of from 3.0 g/10 min to 12.0 g/10 min;
- and
- a low molecular weight component;
- wherein the ethylene-based resin comprises 50 wt. % to 60 wt. % of the high molecular weight component;
- and
- wherein the ethylene-based resin has:
- a density of from 0.945 g/cc to 0.958 g/cc;
- a melt index (I2.16) of from 1.0 g/10 min to 3.0 g/10 min;
- a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of from 5.0 to 8.0, where Mw is the weight average molecular weight and Mn is the number average molecular weight;
- and
- a cross-over relaxation time of less than 80 ms.
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