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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1997
Hidenobu Honda, Ichinomiya, JP;
Masayoshi Ichikawa, Ichinomiya, JP;
Katsumi Nakashima, Ichinomiya, JP;
Hironobu Shigematsu, Ichihara, JP;
Hiroshi Ooyama, Ichihara, JP;
Takashi Sakakibara, Nagoya, JP;
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd, Aichi-ken, JP;
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Osaka-fu, JP;
Abstract
An automobile weather strip including at least (a) a weather strip body formed from a first composition including at least one rubber polymer and at least one chemical suitable for effecting sulfur-vulcanization, and (b) a decorative layer formed from a second composition including at least one thermoplastic elastomer and hydrotalcite as a discoloration-preventing agent for the decorative layer. The decorative layer is directly adhered onto the weather strip body.