IP Library Granted Patent US 12,163,091
Granted Patent B2
US 12,163,091 · App. 17/195,722 · Granted Dec 10, 2024

Thermal interface material

Inventors: Yu Chen (Glastonbury, CT); Lynnette M. Hurlburt (Manchester, CT); Andrew D. Messana (Newington, CT); Kevin J. Welch (Wallingford, CT); Robert Parkins Cross (Rocky Hill, CT)
Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
C09K5/14C08G77/442
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Patent No.
US 12,163,091
App. No.
17/195,722
Granted
Dec 10, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided herein is a composition for use as a thermal interface material in a heat-generating device. The composition comprises a first part and a second part, the first part comprising polyisobutylene, a reactive diluent mixture, a catalyst, and one or more thermally conductive fillers, and the second part comprising polyisobutylene, the reactive diluent mixture, a silicone based cross-linker, an inhibitor and one or more thermally conductive fillers.

Claims (26)

1. A composition comprising:

a first part comprising polyisobutylene, a reactive diluent mixture, a catalyst, and one or more thermally conductive fillers, and

a second part comprising polyisobutylene, the reactive diluent mixture, a silicone based cross-linker, an inhibitor and one or more thermally conductive fillers,

wherein the reactive diluent mixture comprises one or more diluents with a mono-substituted alkene structure comprising a terminal olefin, and one or more diluents with a multi-substituted alkene structure comprising a 1,1-disubstituted olefin with 12-24 carbon atoms, and wherein a molar ratio of the one or more mono-substituted alkene structure diluents to the one or more multi-substituted alkene structure diluents is about 3:1,

wherein a molar ratio of the combined polyisobutylene of the first and second parts to the combined reactive diluent mixture of the first and second parts is from about 15:1 to about 31:1 and

wherein the thermally conductive fillers of the first part and the second part are present in the composition in an amount of 90 wt. % or greater based on the total weight of the composition.

2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the mono-substituted alkene structure comprises 1-hexadecene, and the multi-substituted alkene structure comprises 7-methylenepentadecane.

3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the silicone based cross-linker has at least 3 Si—H groups in each single molecular chain.

4. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the silicone based cross-linker has at least 17 Si—H groups in each single molecular chain.

5. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the silicone based cross-linker is a siloxane.

6. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the molar ratio of silicone based cross-linker to polyisobutylene is in the range of about 1:0.4 to about 1:1.

7. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the catalyst is included in an amount of 10 to 100 ppm.

8. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the inhibitor is included in an amount of greater than about 1 ppm.

9. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the catalyst is any catalyst suitable for a hydrosilation reaction.

10. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the catalyst is Karstedt's catalyst.

11. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the inhibitor is a phenolic inhibitor.

12. The composition of claim 11 , wherein the inhibitor comprises 4-tert butylcatechol or a sterically hindered phenolic antioxidant.

13. The composition of claim 1 , wherein after curing at room temperature the composition exhibits 0.3% weight loss at up to 50° C.

14. The composition of claim 1 , wherein after curing the composition exhibits thermal conductivity of at least 3 W/mK.

15. The composition of claim 1 , wherein after curing the composition exhibits thermal stability measured using thermal shock from −40° C. to 125° C. after 1000 hour cycles.

16. The composition of claim 1 , wherein after curing the composition exhibits Shore 00 hardness in the range of 45-60.

17. A heat-generating component or a heat sink comprising the composition of claim 1 disposed thereon.

18. An electronic device comprising a heat-generating component, a heat sink, and the composition of claim 1 disposed therebetween.

19. The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein there is no air disposed between the heat-generating component and the heat sink.

20. The electronic device of claim 19 , wherein the composition is applied on the heat-generating component or the heat sink via two-component (2K) mixing system.

21. An electronic device comprising a heat-generating component, a heat sink, and the composition of claim 1 disposed therebetween, wherein after curing the composition exhibits Shore 00 hardness in the range of 45-60 and thermal conductivity of at least 3 W/mK.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2024
From: CHEN, YU; HURLBURT, LYNNETTE M.; MESSANA, ANDREW D.
To: HENKEL IP & HOLDING GMBH
Reel/Frame 068704/0127 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2024
From: WELCH, KEVIN J.
To: HENKEL IP & HOLDING GMBH
Reel/Frame 068704/0211 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2024
From: CROSS, ROBERT PARKINS
To: HENKEL IP & HOLDING GMBH
Reel/Frame 068704/0425 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2022
From: HENKEL IP & HOLDING GMBH
To: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
Reel/Frame 059207/0627 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTUS2019050547 · Sep 11, 2019
Provisional Application 62729496 · Sep 11, 2018
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