IP Library Granted Patent US 10,221,306
Granted Patent B2
US 10,221,306 · App. 15/710,664 · Granted Mar 5, 2019

Rubber composition for hose, and hose

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Patent No.
US 10,221,306
App. No.
15/710,664
Granted
Mar 5, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rubber composition for a hose of the present technology contains: an ethylene-propylene copolymer having an ethylene content of 40 mass % or greater but less than 60 mass %; an ethylene-1-butene copolymer; and carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of 17 to 52 m 2 /g; a mass ratio of the ethylene-1-butene copolymer to the ethylene-propylene copolymer (ethylene-1-butene copolymer/ethylene-propylene copolymer) being from 10/90 to 90/10.

Claims (11)

1. A rubber composition for a hose comprising:

an ethylene-propylene copolymer having an ethylene content of 40 mass % or greater but less than 60 mass %;

an ethylene-1-butene copolymer; and

carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of 17 to 52 m 2 /g;

a mass ratio of the ethylene-1-butene copolymer to the ethylene-propylene copolymer (ethylene-1-butene copolymer/ethylene-propylene copolymer) being from 10/90 to 90/10.

2. The rubber composition for a hose according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the carbon black is from 55 to 130 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass total of the ethylene-propylene copolymer and the ethylene-1-butene copolymer.

3. The rubber composition for a hose according to claim 1 , further comprising an anti-aging agent having a mercapto group.

4. The rubber composition for a hose according to claim 2 , further comprising an anti-aging agent having a mercapto group.

5. A hose comprising an outermost layer formed with the rubber composition for a hose described in claim 1 .

6. The hose according to claim 5 , wherein the hose comprises a reinforcing layer arranged on an inner side of the outermost layer, and the reinforcing layer is a fiber reinforcing layer in which reinforcing yarn is braided into a spiral structure and/or a braid structure.

7. The hose according to claim 5 , wherein the hose is an air conditioner hose for an automobile.

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 20, 2017
From: SUGIHARA, KOKI
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043643/0639 →