IP Library Granted Patent US 8,021,728
Granted Patent B2
US 8,021,728 · App. 12/523,477 · Granted Sep 20, 2011

Polyamide resin composition having superior extensibility and flexing fatigue and pneumatic tire and hose using the same

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Patent No.
US 8,021,728
App. No.
12/523,477
Granted
Sep 20, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A polyamide resin composition, having an excellent extensibility and flexing fatigue, composed of a polyamide resin (A), as a matrix, and a modifying polymer (C), dispersed therein, having a functional group (B) reactive with the polyamide resin (A), wherein a tensile stress at break of the modifying polymer (C) is 30 to 70% of the tensile stress at break of the polyamide resin (A), and a tensile elongation at break of the modifying polymer (C) is 100 to 500% of the tensile elongation at break of the polyamide resin (A) as well as a pneumatic tire and hose using the same.

Claims (14)

1. A polyamide resin composition comprising a polyamide resin (A), as a matrix, and an ethylene copolymer (C), dispersed therein, having, a functional group (B) reactive with the polyamide resin (A), wherein the tensile stress at break of the ethylene copolymer (C) is 30 to 70% of the tensile stress at break of the polyamide resin (A), and the tensile elongation at break of the modifying polymer (C) is 100 to 500% of the tensile elongation at break of the polyamide resin (A), wherein the ethylene copolymer (C) has a volume fraction of 40 to 80% based on a 100% volume of resin (A) and ethylene copolymer (C) and the functional group is selected from the group consisting of acid anhydride, epoxy, halogen, carboxyl, amino and hydroxyl.

2. The polyamide resin composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the ethylene copolymer (C) has a volume fraction of 50 to 80%.

3. The polyamide resin composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the volume fraction and the melt viscosity of the ethylene copolymer (C) and the polyamide resin (A) satisfies the following formula (I):

α=(φ d/φm )×(η m/ηd )<1  (I)

wherein,

φd: the volume fraction of ethylene copolymer (C)

φm: the volume fraction of polyamide resin (A)

ηd: the melt viscosity of ethylene copolymer (C)

ηm: the melt viscosity of polyamide resin (A).

4. The polyamide resin composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the polyamide resin (A) is at least one resin selected from the group consisting of Nylon 6, Nylon 66, Nylon 6/66, Nylon 6/12, Nylon 11, and Nylon 12.

5. The polyamide resin composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the functional group (B) is a carboxylic acid anhydride group.

6. The polyamide resin composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the ethylene copolymer (C) is a copolymer of ethylene and at least one α-olefin selected from propylene, butene, hexene and octene.

7. A pneumatic tire using, as an inner liner, a polyamide resin composition according to claim 1 .

8. A hose using, as at least one layer, a polyamide resin composition according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS FOR ASSIGNEE Recorded Nov 18, 2023
From: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065626/0740 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2009
From: SOEDA, YOSHIHIRO; HARA, YUICHI; MOROOKA, NAOYUKI; TSOU, ANDY HAISHUNG
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.; EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL PATENTS INC.
Reel/Frame 023226/0347 →