IP Library Granted Patent US 7,488,775
Granted Patent B2
US 7,488,775 · App. 10/450,720 · Granted Feb 10, 2009

Graft copolymer and thermoplastic resin composition

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Patent No.
US 7,488,775
App. No.
10/450,720
Granted
Feb 10, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A thermoplastic resin composition comprising 10 to 98 parts by weight of a graft polymer (1A) containing a rubber-like polymer (1G) having a diene unit content of 50% by weight or less, 2 to 50 parts by weight of a hydroxyl group-containing acrylic copolymer (1B) and 0 to 80 parts by weight of other thermoplastic resin (1F), wherein the rubber-like polymer (1G) is at least one selected from the group consisting of a diene-based rubber, a polyorganosiloxane-based rubber and an olefin-based rubber; and, a graft copolymer (2A) obtained by grafting a vinyl-based polymer to a (meth)acrylate-based rubber-like polymer (2G) expansion-treated with an acid group-containing copolymer latex (2K) wherein the (meth)acrylate-based rubber-like polymer contains two or more poly-functional monomer units.

Claims (24)

1. A molded article, comprising a thermoplastic resin composition, which comprises:

(i) 5 to 95% by weight of a graft copolymer comprising

a vinyl-based monomer unit having a hydroxyl group,

said graft copolymer being obtained by

grafting a vinyl-based polymer to a (meth)acrylate-based rubber polymer treated with an acid group-containing copolymer latex to increase particle size,

wherein the (meth)acrylate-based rubber polymer comprises two or more monomer units having at least two double bonds, and said monomer units being based on an allyl compound and a di(meth)acrylate compound;

wherein the (meth)acrylate-based rubber polymer comprises

a non-expanded small particle size (meth)acrylate-based rubber polymer in a ratio of 15% by weight or less,

(ii) 95 to 5% by weight of a thermoplastic resin, and

(iii) 0 to 50% by weight of a second graft copolymer,

wherein the total amount of (i), (ii) and (iii) is 100% by weight, and

said molded article is in the form of a sheet, and the surface glossiness (incident angle: 60°) is 50% or less.

2. The molded article according to claim 1 , wherein the (meth)acrylate-based rubber polymer comprises

an alkyl (meth)acrylate unit having an alkyl group of 1 to 12 carbon atoms in an amount of 50% by weight or more.

3. The molded article according to claim 1 , wherein the treated (meth)acrylate-based rubber polymer has a weight-average particle size of from 200 to 1000 nm.

4. The molded article according to claim 1 , wherein the grafted vinyl-based polymer comprises

at least one polymer comprising at least one monomer unit selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acrylate-based compound monomer unit, a vinyl cyanide-based compound monomer unit and an aromatic alkenyl-based compound monomer unit.

5. The molded article according to claim 1 , wherein the (meth)acrylate-based rubber polymer comprises

a vinyl-based monomer unit having a hydroxyl group.

6. The molded article according to claim 1 , wherein said vinyl based polymer contains a hydroxyl group.

7. The molded article according to claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic resin is at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of polymethyl methacrylate, acrylonitrile-styrene copolymer, acrylonitrile-styrene-N-substituted maleimide ternary copolymer, styrene-maleic anhydride-N-substituted maleimide ternary copolymer, polycarbonate resin, polybutylene terephthalate, polyethylene terephthalate, polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene, methyl methacrylate-styrene copolymer, acrylonitrile-styrene-methyl methacrylate copolymer, modified polyphenylene ether and polyamide.

8. A molded article, obtained by

laminating the molded article of claim 1 , with the thermoplastic resin,

wherein said molded article is in the form of a multi layer sheet.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 5, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043750/0834 →