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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2019
Dow Global Technologies Llc, Midland, MI (US);
Fabricio Arteaga Larios, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Brian W. Walther, Clute, TX (US);
Jill M. Martin, Pearland, TX (US);
Ronald Wevers, Terneuzen, NL;
Robert W. Bell, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides for a bicomponent fiber that includes a first region formed of a condensation polymer and a second region formed from a polyethylene blend. The polyethylene blend includes (i) an ethylene-based polymer having a density of 0.920 g/cmto 0.970 g/cmand a melt index, I, as determined by ASTM D1238 at 190° C. and 2.16 kg of 0.5 to 150 g/10 minutes; (ii) a maleic anhydride-grafted polyethylene; and (iii) an inorganic Brønsted-Lowry acid having an acid strength pKa value at 25° C. of 1 to 6.5, wherein the polyethylene blend has a 0.03 to 0.5 weight percent of grafted maleic anhydride based on the total weight of the polyethylene blend. The first region is a core region of the bicomponent fiber and the second region is a sheath region of the bicomponent fiber, where the sheath region surrounds the core region.