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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1998
Hiroshi Ooyama, Ichihara, JP;
Tatsuo Hamanaka, Ichihara, JP;
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An air bag cover for a passenger of an automobile, obtained by molding a thermoplastic elastomer composition which comprises an olefin-based resin (A) and an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin-based copolymer rubber (B), and provides a 2 mm thick molded body composed of the composition having a linear thermal expansion coefficient at a temperature of -40 to 120.degree. C. of 13.5.times.10.sup.-5 mm/m.degree.C. or less, a fracture elongation at weld part of 50% or more, and an Izod impact strength at a temperature of -50.degree. C. or more of 35 kg.multidot.cm/cm or more, or revealing Non Break. According to the present invention, there can be provided an air bag cover for a passenger side seat of an automobile, which does not cause building up or separation from surrounding parts when installed and set into a dash board of the automobile, and has excellent safety in spreading.