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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2015
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Matsunaga, Tokyo, JP;
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a thermoplastic elastomer composition from which an air bag cover having an appearance suitable for painting-free applications can be produced, specifically, a thermoplastic elastomer composition obtained by dynamically heat-treating 25% by weight to 50% by weight of a prescribed heterophasic polymeric material (A), 15% by weight to 40% by weight of a prescribed propylene-ethylene copolymer (B), 15% by weight to 35% by weight of a prescribed ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (C), and 15% by weight to 35% by weight of a prescribed ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (D) in the presence of a crosslinking agent, provided that the combined amount of the above-mentioned (A), (B), (C) and (D) is taken as 100% by weight.