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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1996
Hajime Sadatoshi, Ichihara, JP;
Kenichi Ohkawa, Ichihara, JP;
Teruhiko Doi, Sodegaura, JP;
Yuichi Miyake, Nagoya, JP;
Takao Nomura, Toyota, JP;
Takeyoshi Nishio, Okazaki, JP;
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Osaka, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A thermoplastic resin composition which has a melt flow rate of 25 to 30 g/10 min and a flexural modulus at 23.degree. C. of 20,000 kg/cm.sup.2 or more and which comprises (1) 78 to 87% by weight of a specific crystalline polypropylene �referred to hereinafter as (A)! in which the propylene homopolymer portion has a Q value of 3.0 to 5.0, an isotactic pentad fraction of 0.975 or more and an intrinsic viscosity �.eta.! of 1.00 to 1.10 dl/g as measured at 135.degree. C. in tetralin, (2) 3 to 10% by weight of at least two specific rubber components selected from the group consisting of (B) 1 to 9% by weight of an ethylene-butene-1 copolymer rubber, (C) 1 to 9% by weight of an ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber and (D) 1 to 9% by weight of an alkenyl aromatic compound-containing rubber; and (3) 10 to 12% by weight of talc having an average particle diameter of 4 .mu.m or less, and an injection molded article of the thermoplastic resin composition, said thermoplastic resin composition satisfying the impact strength and rigidity required as a material for an interior automotive trim and having a short molding cycle and good surface quality.