# US 7,465,762 B2 · Polyolefin composite material, method for producing same, and formed product thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,465,762 B2 - Document ID: US7465762B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/090,078 - Filed: 2005-03-28 - Published: 2005-10-06 - Granted: 2008-12-16 - Earliest claimed: 2004-03-26 - Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho; Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Makoto Kato; Mitsumasa Matsushita; Kenzo Fukumori; Keisuke Ohnishi; Takayuki Nagai - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7465762B2 ## CPC - C08L 51/06: grafted on to homopolymers or copolymers of aliphatic hydrocarbons containing only one carbon-to-carbon double bond - C08L 23/10: Homopolymers or copolymers of propene - C08L 23/12: Polypropene - C08K 5/19: Quaternary ammonium compounds - C08K 9/04: Ingredients treated with organic substances {(treated with macromolecular compounds C08K9/08)} - C08L 23/0815: {with aliphatic 1-olefins containing one carbon-to-carbon double bond} - C08L 2205/02: containing two or more polymers of the same C08L -group - C08L 2205/03: containing three or more polymers in a blend - C08L: COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS (compositions based on polymerisable monomers C08F, C08G; artificial filaments or fibres D01F; textile treating compositions D06) - C08K: Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients (paints, inks, varnishes, dyes, polishes, adhesives C09) ## Abstract A polyolefin composite material comprising a polyolefin-based resin, an onium-modified low molecular weight polyolefin-based resin containing an organic onium group as a functional group and having a number average molecular weight of 500 to 30,000, and a layered clay mineral. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A polyolefin composite material comprising: polypropylene which has not been onium-modified; an onium-modified low molecular weight polyolefin-based resin having a number average molecular weight of 1000 to 30,000 and consisting of molecules containing an organic onium group as a functional group; and a layered clay mineral. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The polyolefin composite material according to claim 1, wherein the polypropylene which has not been onium-modified has a number average molecular weight of 100,000 to 3,000,000. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The polyolefin composite material according to claim 1, wherein the organic onium group is at least one group selected from the group consisting of an organic ammonium group, an organic phosphonium group, and an organic sulfonium group, which has a hydrocarbon group having 15 or less carbon atoms as an organic group. ### Claim 4 A polyolefin composite material comprising: a polyolefin-based resin; an onium-modified low molecular weight polyolefin-based resin having a number average molecular weight of 1000 to 30,000 and consisting of molecules containing an organic onium group as a functional group; and a layered clay mineral, wherein the organic onium group is a group formed by binding together at least one group selected from the group consisting of an organic ammonium group, an organic phosphonium group, and an organic sulfonium group, which has a hydrocarbon group having 15 or less carbon atoms as an organic group, and at least one group selected from the group consisting of a maleimido group, an amido group, a sulfonamido group, a sulfido group, an amino group, an ester group, and a thioester group. ### Claim 5 A polyolefin composite material comprising: a polyolefin-based resin; an onium-modified low molecular weight polyolefin-based resin having a number average molecular weight of 1000 to 30,000 and consisting of molecules containing an ornanic onium group as a functional group; and a layered clay mineral, wherein the onium-modified low molecular weight polyolefin-based resin is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of onium-modified low molecular weight polypropylene represented by the following general formula (1): and onium-modified low molecular weight polypropylene represented by the following general formula (2): where R1 to R3 may be the same or different, and each represent a group selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, a phenyl group, an aralkyl group, and an alkyiphenyl group, each having 1 to 15 carbon atoms, X represents a group selected from the group consisting of an alkylene group, an alkylidene group, a cycloalkylene group, and a cycloalkylidene group, each having 2 to 15 carbon atoms, Q represents an atom selected from the group consisting of a nitrogen atom and a phosphorus atom, Z− represents a counter anion, and PP represents a low molecular weight polyolefin-based resin. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The polyolefin composite material according to claim 1, wherein a content of the onium-modifled low molecular weight polyolefin-based resin is 0.01 to 100 parts by weight, and a content of the layered clay mineral is 0.1 to 40 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the polypropylene which has not been onium-modified. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The polyolefin composite material according to claim 1, further containing, as a dispersing agent for the layered clay mineral, at least one substance selected from the group consisting of a compound having a functional group having affinity for a clay surface, a metal salt of sulfonic acid, a metal salt of phosphonic acid, a metal salt of carboxylic acid, an onium salt, and a water-soluble polymer. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A method for producing a polyolefin composite material, the method comprising: having ready for use a solvent containing a component selected from the group consisting of water and a proton donor, polypropylene which has not been onium-modified, an onium-modified low molecular weight polyolefin-based resin having a number average molecular weight of 1000 to 30,000 and consisting of molecules containing an organic onium group as a functional group, and a layered clay mineral; and bringing the solvent, the polypropylene which has not been onium-modifled, the onium-modified low molecular weight polyolefin-based resin, and the layered clay mineral into contact with each other at a temperature not lower than a melting temperature of the polypropylene which has not been onium-modified to obtain the polyolefin composite material of claim 1. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method for producing a polyolefin composite material according to claim 8, wherein the polypropylene which has not been onium-modified has a number average molecular weight of 100,000 to 3,000,000. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method for producing a polyolefin composite material according to claim 8, wherein the organic onium group is at least one group selected from the group consisting of an organic ammonium group, an organic phosphonium group, and an organic sulfonium group, which has a hydrocarbon group having 15 or less carbon atoms as an organic group. ### Claim 11 (depends on 4) A method for producing a polyolefin omposite material, the method comprising: having ready for use a solvent containing a component selected from the group consisting of water and a proton donor, a polyolefin-based resin, an onium-modified low molecular weight polyolefin-based resin having a number average molecular weight of 1000 to 30,000 and consisting of molecules containing an organic onium group as a functional group, and a layered clay mineral; and bringing the solvent, the polyolefin-based resin, the onium-modified low molecular weight polyolefin-based resin, and the layered clay mineral into contact with each other at a temperature not lower than a melting temperature of the polyolefin-based resin to obtain the polyolefin composite material of claim 4, wherein the organic onium group is a group formed by binding together at least one group selected from the group consisting of an organic ammonium group, an organic phosphonium group, and an organic sulfonium group, which has a hydrocarbon group having 15 or less carbon atoms as an organic group, and at least one group selected from the group consisting of a maleimido group, an amido group, a sulfonamido group, a sulfido group, an amino group, an ester group, and a thioester group. ### Claim 12 (depends on 5) A method for producing a polyolefin composite material, the method comprising: having ready for use a solvent containing a component selected from the group consisting of water and a proton donor, a polyolefin-based resin, an onium-modified low molecular weight polyolefin-based resin having a number average molecular weight 1000 to 30,000 and consisting of molecules containing an organic onium group as a functional group, and a layered clay mineral; and bringing the solvent, the polyolefin-based resin, the onium-modified low molecular weight polyolefin-based resin, and the layered clay mineral into contact with each other at a temperature not lower than a melting temperature of the polyolefin-based resin to obtain the polyolefin composite material of claim 5, wherein the onium-modified low molecular weight polyolefin-based resin is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of onium-modified low molecular weight polypropylene represented by the following general formula (1): and onium-modified low molecular weight polypropylene represented by the following general formula(2): where R1 to R3 may be the same or different, and each represent a group selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, a phenyl group, an aralkyl group, and an alkylphenyl group, each having 1 to 15 carbon atoms, X represents a group selected from the group consisting of an alkylene group, an alkylidene group, a cycloalkylene group, and a cycloalkylidene group, each having 2 to 15 carbon atoms, Q represents an atom selected from the group consisting of a nitrogen atom and a phosphorus atom, Z− represents a counter anion, and PP represents a low molecular weight polyolefin-based resin. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The method for producing a polyolefin composite material according to claim 8, wherein a content of the onium-modified low molecular weight polyolefin-based resin is 0.01 to 100 parts by weight, and a content of the layered clay mineral is 0.1 to 40 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the polypropylene which has not been onium-modified. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The method for producing a polyolefin composite material according to claim 8, further incorporating, as a dispersing agent for the layered clay mineral, at least one substance selected from the group consisting of a compound having a functional group having affinity for a clay surface, a metal salt of sulfonic acid, a metal salt of phosphonic acid, a metal salt of carboxylic acid, an onium salt, and a water-soluble polymer. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) A formed product produced by melt-forming the polyolefin composite materrial of claim 1.