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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2008
Jon M. Malinoski, Evansville, IN (US);
Sriramakrishna Maruvuda, Evansville, IN (US);
Anirudha Singh, Evansville, IN (US);
Jon M. Malinoski, Evansville, IN (US);
Sriramakrishna Maruvuda, Evansville, IN (US);
Anirudha Singh, Evansville, IN (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a thermoplastic composition comprising a combination of: a polysiloxane-polycarbonate copolymer and a poly(aliphatic ester)-polycarbonate copolymer comprising soft block ester units of the formula (8): wherein m is 4 to 18, wherein the thermoplastic composition has a melt volume rate of 14 cc/10 min to 22 cc/10 min at 300° C. and under a load of 1.2 Kg and a dwell time of 6 minutes, according to ASTM D1238-04, wherein an article molded from the thermoplastic composition and having a thickness of 3.2 mm has a percent transmittance of greater than 85% according to ASTM D1003-00, and wherein 100% of a set of five test articles each having a thickness of 3.2 mm and molded from the thermoplastic composition exhibit ductile fracture at −40° C. when measured for notched Izod Impact according to ASTM D256-04. An article comprising the thermoplastic composition is also disclosed.