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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Maria D. Ellul, Silver Lake Village, OH (US);
Prasadarao Meka, Seabrook, TX (US);
Kang-Bo Wang, Copley, OH (US);
Yu-Feng Wang, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 2/316 ; C08L 2/326 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 2/316 ; C08L 2/326 ;
Abstract
Thermoplastic elastomer compositions having improved processabillity while maintaining good physical properties are prepared from a mixture of olefinic rubber and a polypropylene composition having a melt flow rate in the range of from about 0.5 to about 5 dg/min. and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of greater than 5.5 up to about 20. The rubber component of the mixture may be at least partially cured by dynamic vulcanization.