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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Matthew Pallaver, Lexington, MA (US);
Sung W. Cha, Koyang-Si, KR;
Assignee:
Trexel, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 9/00 ;
Abstract
Microcellular thermoplastic elastomeric polymeric structures are provided. The articles have an average cell size of less than 100 &mgr;m and a compression set ranging from less than about 30% to less than about 5%, and a rebound value of at least 50%. The articles may be formed from a thermoplastic elastomeric olefin, preferably metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene. The density of the articles ranges from less than 0.5 gm/cm to less than 0.3 gm/cm .