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US 12,729,538 B2Granted
Thermoplastic roofing membranes for fully-adhered roofing systems
AssigneeAmrize Technology Switzerland LLC
InventorsHao Wang, Michael J. Hubbard, Dwayne Wacenske, Donna C. Tippmann
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Abstract
A thermoplastic roofing membrane comprising a planar thermoplastic sheet, optionally having more than one layer, where at least one layer of the membrane includes an ethylene-based olefinic block copolymer, and where the sheet is characterized by a storage modulus of less than 450 MPa at 0° C.
Claims15
A thermoplastic roofing membrane comprising:
- a planar thermoplastic sheet having a plurality of layers, with one layer forming a top layer of the membrane,
- where at least one layer of the plurality other than the top layer includes at least 40% by weight of a copolymer component based on the total weight of an ethylene-based olefinic block copolymer and any other thermoplastic material present in the layer,
- where the copolymer component includes a first ethylene-based olefinic block copolymer having a melt index of less than 5 g/10 min and a second ethylene-based olefinic block copolymer having a melt flow rate of greater than 5 g/10 min,
- where the first and second ethylene-based olefinic block copolymers each include, in polymerized form, ethylene units and α-olefin units,
- where the first and second ethylene-based olefinic block copolymers include a first plurality of ethylene-α-olefin blocks including less than 5 wt % α-olefin units and a second plurality of ethylene-α-olefin blocks including greater than 5% wt α-olefin units,
- where the at least one layer including the ethylene-based olefinic block copolymer includes at least 5% by weight of the filler, and
- where the sheet is characterized by a storage modulus of less than 450 MPa at 0° C.
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