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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2006
Henry G. Heck, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Srimannarayana Kakarala, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Henry G. Heck, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Srimannarayana Kakarala, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Dow Global Technologies Inc., Midland, MI (US);
Inteva Products, LLC, Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
An automotive part containing at least one component formed from a composition comprising the following: (i) a crystalline, isotactic propylene homopolymer, (ii) an ethylene/α-olefin elastomeric impact modifier, and (iii) a reinforcing grade of filler, for example, talc. The crystalline isotactic propylene homopolymer has a flex modulus of greater than about 1930 MPa and a heat deflection temperature (HDT) of greater than about 100° C.; the ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer has a Tg of less than about −30° C., and a tan delta measured at 0.1 radians/s at 190° C. of less than about 2; and the filler has a HDT reinforcing efficiency of at least about 2. The automotive part has an HDT of greater than about 100° C. and a flex modulus of greater than about 1930 MPa.