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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1999
Hideki Ohmori, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshitsugu Takai, late of Kyoto, JP;
Junzo Ukai, Nagoya, JP;
Hideo Nishimura, Toyota, JP;
Kazuo Kobayashi, Toyota, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A composition suitable for slush molding is disclosed. The composition comprises a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer (A) having a number average molecular weight of 10,000 to 50,000, a glass transition point of not higher than −35° C. and a heat softening initiation temperature of 100 to 160° C.; a plasticizer (B); a blocked polyisocyanate (C); a pigment (D); and a blocking inhibitor (E) comprising a resin powder which is not heat-softened even at 160° C. and has an average particle diameter of not more than 10 &mgr;m. The composition has a wide mold temperature range, and provides a molded article excellent in properties at low temperature, anti-fogging, thermal aging resistance and light aging resistance.