IP Library Granted Patent US 12674053
Granted Patent B2
US 12674053 · App. 18/265,327 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Thermoplastic resin composition and molded product manufactured therefrom

Inventors: Eun Jin Kim (Uiwang-si, KR); Dong Hui Chu (Uiwang-si, KR); Young Chul Kwon (Uiwang-si, KR)
Assignee: Lotte Chemical Corporation
C08L25/12A01N25/10A01N59/16A01P1/00C08K3/22C08K3/40C08K2003/2296C08K2201/014C08L2203/30C08L2205/03C08L2207/53
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Patent No.
US 12674053
App. No.
18/265,327
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention comprises about 100 parts by weight of a rubber-modified aromatic vinyl-based copolymer resin; about 5 to about 25 parts by weight of a polyetheresteramide block copolymer; about to about 1.5 parts by weight of a silver (Ag)-based compound; and about 1 to about 15 parts by weight of zinc oxide, wherein the weight ratio of the polyetheresteramide block copolymer and the sum of the silver-based compound and the zinc oxide (polyetheresteramide block copolymer:silver-based compound+zinc oxide) is about 1:0.1 to about 1:2. The thermoplastic resin composition has excellent antiviral properties, weather resistance, impact resistance, and the like.

Claims (55)

1 . A thermoplastic resin composition comprising:

about 100 parts by weight of a rubber-modified aromatic vinyl copolymer resin;

about 5 to about 25 parts by weight of a polyether-ester-amide block copolymer;

about 0.05 to about 1.5 parts by weight of a silver (Ag) compound; and

about 1 to about 15 parts by weight of zinc oxide,

wherein a weight ratio of the polyether-ester-amide block copolymer to the sum of the silver compound and the zinc oxide (polyether-ester-amide block copolymer: silver compound+zinc oxide) ranges from about 1:0.15 to about 1:1.5, and

wherein the thermoplastic resin composition has a virus killing time of about 20 hours or less, as measured on a specimen having a size of 5 cm×5 cm over time at 25° C. and 50% RH in accordance with ISO 21702, in which the specimen is inoculated with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus or influenza A virus fluid, and

wherein the thermoplastic resin composition has a color variation (ΔE) of about 3 or less, as calculated according to Equation 1 based on initial color values (L 0 *, a 0 *, b 0 *) measured on an injection-molded specimen having a size of 50 mm×90 mm×2.5 mm using a colorimeter and color values (L 1 *, a 1 *, b 1 *) of the specimen measured in the same manner as above after testing for 300 hours in accordance with ASTM D4459:

Color

variation

(

Δ

E

)

=

(

Δ

L

*

)

2

+

(

Δ

a

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2

+

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Δ

b

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2

[

Equation

1

]

where ΔL* is a difference (L 1 *−L 0 *) between L* values before and after testing, Δa* is a difference (a 1 *−a 0 *) between a* values before and after testing, and Δb* is a difference (b 1 *−b 0 *) between b* values before and after testing.

2 . The thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the rubber-modified aromatic vinyl copolymer resin comprises a rubber-modified vinyl graft copolymer and an aromatic vinyl copolymer resin.

3 . The thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 2 , wherein the rubber-modified vinyl graft copolymer is prepared through graft polymerization of a monomer mixture comprising an aromatic vinyl monomer and a vinyl cyanide monomer to a rubber polymer.

4 . The thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polyether-ester-amide block copolymer is a block copolymer of a reaction mixture comprising: an aminocarboxylic acid, lactam, or diamine-dicarboxylic acid salt having 6 or more carbon atoms; a polyalkylene glycol; and a dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 20 carbon atoms.

5 . The thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the silver compound comprises at least one of metallic silver, silver oxide, silver halide, and a silver ion-containing carrier.

6 . The thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio of the silver compound to the zinc oxide (silver compound: zinc oxide) ranges from about 1:3 to about 1:90.

7 . The thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic resin composition has a notched Izod impact strength of about 14 to about 30 kgf·cm/cm, as measured on a ¼″ thick specimen in accordance with ASTM D256.

8 . A molded article formed of the thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1 .

9 . The molded article according to claim 8 , wherein the molded article comprises a corrosion surface having a surface roughness of about 1 to about 50 μm on one surface thereof, as measured by a surface roughness meter.