IP Library Granted Patent US 11,466,186
Granted Patent B2
US 11,466,186 · App. 16/672,072 · Granted Oct 11, 2022

Moisture curable hot melt sealant composition

Inventors: Marietta B Helmeke (Little Canada, MN); Claudia Mosanu (Blaine, MN)
Assignee: H.B. Fuller Company
C09J175/08C03C27/10C09J5/06C09J123/22C09J131/04E06B3/6733E06B3/67321C08K3/34
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Patent No.
US 11,466,186
App. No.
16/672,072
Granted
Oct 11, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A moisture curable hot melt sealant composition that includes a silane-modified polyurethane polymer that is free of isocyanate groups, a first rosin-based tackifying agent, a second tackifying agent different from the first rosin-based tackifying agent, a first ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, a butene component having a weight average molecular weight from 30,000 g/mole to 700,000 g/mole and being selected from the group consisting of polyisobutylene, polyisobutene, polybutene, and combinations thereof; and filler.

Claims (40)

1. A moisture curable hot melt sealant composition comprising:

a silane polyurethane polymer that is free of isocyanate groups and derived from polyether;

a first rosin-based tackifying agent;

a second tackifying agent different from the first rosin-based tackifying agent;

a first ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer;

a butene component having a weight average molecular weight from 30,000 g/mole to 700,000 g/mole, the butene component being selected from the group consisting of polyisobutylene, polyisobutene, polybutene, and combinations thereof; and

filler.

2. The sealant composition of claim 1 , wherein the second tackifying agent is selected from the group consisting of aliphatic tackifying agent, aromatic tackifying agent, aromatic-modified aliphatic tackifying agent, cycloaliphatic tackifying agent, aromatic-modified cycloaliphatic tackifying agent, and combinations thereof.

3. The sealant composition of claim 2 , wherein the second tackifying agent comprises from 0% by weight to no greater than 15% by weight aromaticity based on the weight of the second tackifying agent.

4. The sealant composition of claim 3 , wherein the second tackifying agent exhibits a softening point of at least 100° C.

5. The sealant composition of claim 1 comprising from 10% by weight to 40% by weight of the first rosin-based tackifying agent.

6. The sealant composition of claim 1 , wherein the butene component has a weight average molecular weight from 30,000 g/mol to less than 400,000 g/mol.

7. The sealant composition of claim 1 , wherein the first rosin-based tackifying agent is a rosin-ester tackifying agent.

8. The sealant composition of claim 1 comprising

no greater than 20% by weight of the silane polyurethane polymer,

from 5% by weight to 30% by weight ethylene vinyl acetate, and

from 10% by weight to 40% by weight of the first rosin-based tackifying agent.

9. The sealant composition of claim 8 comprising no greater than 10% by weight of the butene component.

10. The sealant composition of claim 1 comprising

no greater than 20% by weight of the silane polyurethane polymer,

from 5% by weight to 30% by weight ethylene vinyl acetate,

from 5% by weight to 30% by weight of the first rosin-based tackifying agent, and

from 5% by weight to 20% by weight of the second tackifying agent.

11. The sealant composition of claim 10 comprising no greater than 10% by weight of the butene component.

12. The sealant composition of claim 1 , comprising from 5% by weight to 20% by weight of the second tackifying agent.

13. The sealant composition of claim 1 , wherein the silane polyurethane polymer has a viscosity of from 10,000 cP to 60,000 cP at 25° C.

14. The sealant composition of claim 1 comprising from 1% by weight to no greater than 7% by weight of the butene component.

15. The sealant composition of claim 1 , wherein the sealant composition exhibits an elongation at break of at least 500% at 30 days.

16. The sealant composition of claim 1 , wherein the sealant composition exhibits a shear adhesion failure temperature of at least 60° C.

17. The sealant composition of claim 1 , wherein the sealant composition exhibits a lap shear of at least 150 psi at 30 days.

18. The sealant composition of claim 1 , wherein the sealant composition exhibits a moisture vapor transmission rate of no greater than 25 grams per square meter per day (g/m 2 /day).

19. The sealant composition of claim 1 , wherein the sealant composition exhibits a tensile strength at break of at least 200 psi at 24 hours.

20. The sealant composition of claim 1 , wherein the sealant composition exhibits a 60° C. heated dead load of at least 90 minutes when tested at 44 days.

21. The sealant composition of claim 10 , wherein the silane polyurethane polymer has a viscosity of from 10,000 cP to 60,000 cP at 25° C.

22. The sealant composition of claim 1 , wherein the filler comprises talc.

23. An insulating glass unit comprising:

a first pane of glass;

a second pane of glass;

a spacer disposed between the first pane of glass and the second pane of glass; and

the sealant composition of claim 1 in contact with the first pane of glass, the second pane of glass, and the spacer.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2023
From: H.B. FULLER COMPANY; H.B. FULLER CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS INC.; ADCO PRODUCTS, LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 062775/0944 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2021
From: HELMEKE, MARIETTA B.; MOSANU, CLAUDIA
To: H. B. FULLER COMPANY
Reel/Frame 054967/0148 →