IP Library Granted Patent US 9,598,596
Granted Patent B2
US 9,598,596 · App. 13/880,400 · Granted Mar 21, 2017

Aqueous preparations having soft-feel properties

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Patent No.
US 9,598,596
App. No.
13/880,400
Granted
Mar 21, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aqueous preparation having soft-feel properties comprises: A) an aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersion, B) a hydroxy-functional polyacrylate copolymer dispersion and C) a polyisocyanate, which may have been hydrophilically modified. The copolymer dispersion B) further comprises a hydroxy-functional polycarbonate diol D) as a reactive diluent. The invention also concerns a process for producing coatings with such preparations, a substrate coated with such a preparation and the use of the preparation for the production of soft-feel coatings.

Claims (27)

1. An aqueous composition having soft-feel properties and comprising:

A) an aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersion wherein the polyurethane-polyurea consists of the following units:

a1) 20 to 94.5% by weight polyols selected from the group consisting of

linear polyester diols or polyester polyols made from acids or anhydrides selected from the group consisting of adipic, decanedicarboxylic, terephthalic, isophthalic, o-phthalic, tetrahydrophthalic, hexahydrophthalic and acid anhydrides, and alcohols selected from the group consisting of ethanediol, di-, tri-, tetraethylene glycol, 1,2-propanediol, di-, tri-, tetrapropylene glycol, butane-1,4-diol, hexane-1,6-diol, 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propanediol, 1,4-dimethylolcyclohexane and mixtures thereof, with or without the use of polyols of higher functionality;

copolymers of hexane-1,6-diol, ε-caprolactone with diphenyl and/or dialkyl carbonates; and

hydroxyl-containing polycarbonates prepared by reacting diols selected from the group consisting of 1,4-butanediol, 1,6-hexanediol, and mixtures thereof, with diaryl carbonates;

a2) 0 to 30% by weight diols selected from the group consisting of 1,2-ethanediol, 1,4-butanediol, 1,6-hexanediol, 2,2-dimethylpropane-1,3-diol, and mixtures thereof;

a3) 0 to 10% by weight nonionic hydrophilicizer based on a copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide;

a4) 4.5 to 50% by weight di- or polyisocyanates selected from the group consisting of 1,6-diisocyanatohexane, 1-isocyanato-3,3,5-trimethyl-5-isocyanatomethylcyclohexane (isophorone diisocyanate), 4,4′-diisocyanatodicyclohexylmethane, 1-isocyanato-1-methyl-4(3)isocyanatomethylcyclohexane, 1,3- and 1,4-bis(2-isocyanatoprop-2-yl)benzene, and mixtures thereof;

a5) 0.5 to 13% by weight aliphatic and/or alicyclic primary and/or secondary polyamines selected from the group consisting of 1,2-ethanediamine, 1-amino-3,3,5-trimethyl-5-aminomethylcyclohexane (isophoronediamine), piperazine, diethylenetriamine, hydrazine, hydrazine hydrate, and mixtures thereof; and

a6) 0.5 to 8% by weight diamines or polyamines containing alkali metal salts of N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethanesulphonic acid;

B) a hydroxy-functional polyacrylate copolymer dispersion prepared from 2-ethyl hexyl acrylate, hydroxypropyl methacrylate, hydroxyethyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, butyl methacrylate, isobornyl methacrylate, styrene, methyl methacrylate, acrylic acid or mixtures thereof, and

C) a polyisocyanate, which is optionally hydrophilically modified,

wherein the copolymer dispersion B) further comprises a hydroxy-functional polycarbonate diol D) as a reactive diluent,

wherein the composition has a haptic testing result of 1.

2. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the hydroxy-functional polycarbonate polyol D) has an average hydroxyl functionality of ≧1.6 to ≦6 and a number average molecular weight of ≧240 g/mol to ≦5000 g/mol.

3. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the hydroxy-functional polycarbonate polyol D) is prepared from 1,4-butane diol, 1,6-hexane diol, 3-methyl-1,5-pentane diol or mixtures thereof.

4. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the hydroxy-functional polycarbonate polyol D) is prepared from 1,6-hexane diol and ε-caprolactone.

5. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the hydroxy-functional polycarbonate polyol D) has an average hydroxyl functionality of ≧1.9 to ≦2.05.

6. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polycarbonate polyol D) is present in an amount of ≧40 weight-% to ≦80 weight-% with respect to the solid content of the copolymer dispersion B).

7. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polyisocyanate C) comprises hexamethylene diisocyanate.

8. The aqueous composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polyisocyanate C) is hydrophilically modified.

9. A process for producing coatings which comprises applying a coating composition comprising the composition of claim 1 to a substrate and subsequently curing the coating composition to form a coating.

10. A substrate coated with the composition of claim 1 .

11. The coated substrate of claim 10 , wherein the substrate is a flexible and/or stretchable substrate made of thermoplastic and/or thermoset polymers.

12. A process for the production of soft-feel coatings comprising applying a coating composition comprising the composition of claim 1 to a substrate and subsequently curing the coating composition to form a coating.

13. The process according to claim 12 , wherein the soft-feel coatings are automobile interior coatings.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 21, 2016
From: BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE AG
To: COVESTRO DEUTSCHLAND AG
Reel/Frame 038188/0408 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2016
From: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
To: BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE AG
Reel/Frame 038056/0732 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2013
From: MUENZMAY (DECEASED), THOMAS; MUENZMAY (LEGAL HEIR), ALICE
To: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
Reel/Frame 030249/0946 →