IP Library Granted Patent US 12668692
Granted Patent B2
US 12668692 · App. 18/034,822 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Resin composition and power cable

Inventors: Satoshi Yamasaki (Osaka, JP); Fumitoshi Iyoda (Osaka, JP); Takanori Yamazaki (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
C08L23/12C08K5/132C08L23/16C08L25/08H01B3/441C08L2203/202C08L2205/025C08L2205/03C08L2207/04
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Patent No.
US 12668692
App. No.
18/034,822
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A resin composition, including: a resin component containing propylene units, and a resistance-imparting agent, wherein the resistance-imparting agent is a monomer having a phenol skeleton with hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, bonded to at least one of ortho positions to the hydroxyl group of the phenol skeleton, and has a melting point of 215° C. or less and a molecular weight of 200 or more and 500 or less, a content of the resistance-imparting agent is 0.4 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the resin component, and a content ratio of metal impurities is 0.02% by volume or less.

Claims (39)

1 . A resin composition, comprising:

a resin component containing propylene units, and

a resistance-imparting agent,

wherein the resin component comprises a propylene-based resin and a flexible component containing a low-crystallinity resin and a styrene-based resin,

wherein the low-crystallinity resin is a copolymer obtained by copolymerization of at least any two of ethylene, propylene, butene, hexene, and octene, and has no melting point or has a melting point of 100° C. or less,

wherein the resistance-imparting agent is a monomer having a phenol skeleton with hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, bonded to at least one of ortho positions to the hydroxyl group of the phenol skeleton, and has a melting point of 215° C. or less and a molecular weight of 200 or more and 500 or less,

a content of the resistance-imparting agent is 0.4 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the resin component, and

a content ratio of metal impurities is 0.02% by volume or less.

2 . A power cable, comprising:

a conductor, and

an insulating layer coated on an outer circumference of the conductor,

wherein the insulating layer is formed from a resin composition,

the resin composition comprises a resin component containing propylene units, and a resistance-imparting agent,

wherein the resin component comprises a propylene-based resin and a flexible component containing a low-crystallinity resin and a styrene-based resin,

wherein the low-crystallinity resin is a copolymer obtained by copolymerization of at least any two of ethylene, propylene, butene, hexene, and octene, and has no melting point or has a melting point of 100° C. or less,

the resistance-imparting agent is a monomer having a phenol skeleton with hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, bonded to at least one of ortho positions to the hydroxyl group of the phenol skeleton, and has a melting point of 215° C. or less and a molecular weight of 200 or more and 500 or less,

a content of the resistance-imparting agent is 0.4 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the resin component, and

a content ratio of metal impurities is 0.02% by volume or less.

3 . The power cable according to claim 2 ,

wherein the resistance-imparting agent has a linear carbon structure having 5 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms.

4 . The power cable according to claim 2 ,

wherein the resistance-imparting agent contains a sulfur atom.

5 . The power cable according to claim 2 ,

wherein the resistance-imparting agent has a melting point such that it becomes liquid at 27° C.

6 . The power cable according to claim 2 ,

wherein the resistance-imparting agent is a phenolic antioxidant.

7 . The power cable according to claim 2 ,

wherein the resin composition comprises as the propylene-based resin a propylene homopolymer having a melting point of 160° C. or more and 175° C. or less and an enthalpy of fusion of 100 J/g or more and 120 J/g or less, and

the resin composition has a melting point of 158° C. or more and 168° C. or less and an enthalpy of fusion of 55 J/g or more and 110 J/g or less.

8 . The power cable according to claim 2 ,

wherein the resin composition comprises as the propylene-based resin a propylene random copolymer having a melting point of 140° C. or more and 155° C. or less and an enthalpy of fusion of 90 J/g or more and 105 J/g or less, and

the resin composition has a melting point of 140° C. or more and 150° C. or less, and an enthalpy of fusion of 55 J/g or more and 100 J/g or less.

9 . A resin composition, comprising:

a resin component containing propylene units, and

a resistance-imparting agent,

wherein the resin component comprises 55 to 95 parts by mass of a propylene-based resin, and 5 to 45 parts by mass of a flexible component containing a low-crystallinity resin and a styrene-based resin,

wherein the resistance-imparting agent is a monomer having a phenol skeleton with hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, bonded to at least one of ortho positions to the hydroxyl group of the phenol skeleton, and has a melting point of 215° C. or less and a molecular weight of 200 or more and 500 or less,

a content of the resistance-imparting agent is 0.4 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the resin component, and

a content ratio of metal impurities is 0.02% by volume or less.