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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2000
Applicants:
Yuko Takahashi, BY, Urawa, JP;
Toshinori Yukino, Urawa, JP;
Mitsuru Fukushima, Urawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Asahi Denka Kogyo K. K., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K005/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An automobile interior or exterior trim material which is formed of a thermoplastic elastomer composition containing 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic elastomer and 0.001-10 parts by weight of an alkyl benzoate compound of the following formula (I):wherein each of Rand Ris a hydrogen atom, a C1-C8 alkyl or cycloalky; grout, or a C6-C12 aryl, alkylaryl, or arylalkyl group; and Ris a C1-C30 alkyl group. The interior or exterior trim material of the invention has improved weather resistance and resistance to weather-induced coloring.