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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tetsuo Masubuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G 1/844 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G 1/844 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a gripping part such as a steering wheel and a grip, having a soft feeling equivalent to a RIM urethane and excellent sweat resistance, without the need of coating, which solves problems involved in RIM urethane steering wheels and grips including low productivity, low recycling property, and the like. That is, a gripping part comprising a foamed product of a thermoplastic elastomer with a 1.1 to 8.0 times expansion ratio, wherein the thermoplastic elastomer is a polyurethane elastomer comprises a specific polymer polyol, a polyisocyanate, and as needed, a chain extending agent reactive with the polyisocyanate.