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US 5,208,287 AGranted
Thermoplastic elastomers and method for making
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsMarijn E. J. Dekkers, Andra J. Moffett
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Abstract
Melt blends of thermoplastic aromatic polyester, such as polybutylene terethphalate, with epoxy functionalized EPDM rubber or orthoester functionalized EPDM rubber and an effective amount of a crosslinking agent, such as a free radical initiator, have been found to provide thermoplastic elastomers having an elastic recovery % of at least 70.
Claims13
A thermoplastic elastomer having an elastic recovery % of at least 70, which is the product obtained by melt extruding a blend comprising by weight,
- (A) an effective amount of a curing agent and
- (B) a melt extruded mixture comprising,
- (i) from about 45% to 70% by weight of an EPDM rubber functionalized with from about 0.1 to about 16 epoxy groups or 0.1 to 16 ortho ester groups per 1000 carbon atoms, and having from 0.1 to 20 percent by weight of epoxy or 0.1 to 20% by weight of ortho ester containing grafting material grafted on the EPDM rubber and,
- (ii) from about 55% to about 30% by weight of aromatic thermoplastic polyester,
- where the curing agent of (A) is a member selected from a free radical initiator or a crosslinking agent selected from the class consisting of organic polyamines, organic polyacids, organic polyesters, organic polyanhydrides, organic polysulfides and precursors thereof.
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A method for making a thermoplastic elastomer which comprises,
- (1) adding an effective amount of a curing agent to a compatibilized blend of about 30% to 50% by weight of an aromatic polyester and about 45% to 70% by weight of an epoxy functionalized, or orthoester functionalized EPDM rubber, and
- (2) melt extruding the resulting mixture of (1), where the curing agent is a member selected from the class consisting of a free radical initiator and a crosslinnking agent selected from the class consisting of an organic diamine, an organic diacid, an organic diester, an organic dianhydride, an organic polysulfide and precursors thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.