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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
May. 26, 2010
Applicants:
Cynthia Mowery Flanigan, Canton, MI (US);
Deborah Frances Mielewski, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Christine Perry, Kingsport, TN (US);
Inventors:
Cynthia Mowery Flanigan, Canton, MI (US);
Deborah Frances Mielewski, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Christine Perry, Kingsport, TN (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 5/09 (2006.01); C08J 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In at least one embodiment, a composition includes a thermoplastic resin and a softened rubber. The rubber ranges from 5 wt. % to 75 wt. % of the resin. The softened synthetic rubber comprises a rubber, a paraffinic oil, and a fatty-acid-containing material. The paraffinic oil ranges from 15 wt. % to 40 wt. % of the rubber. The fatty-acid-containing material ranges from 5 wt. % to 16 wt. % of the weight of the rubber.