IP Library Granted Patent US 11,781,011
Granted Patent B2
US 11,781,011 · App. 17/599,078 · Granted Oct 10, 2023

Filled polycarbonate composition having low thermal expansion

Inventor: Tim Hungerland (Cologne, DE)
Assignee: Covestro Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG
C08L69/00B29C45/0005B29C45/0013F21S41/37G02B5/0808B29K2069/00B29K2509/02C08L2201/08C08L2205/025C08L2205/03
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Patent No.
US 11,781,011
App. No.
17/599,078
Granted
Oct 10, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a thermoplastic composition, comprising: A) aromatic polycarbonate and B) Ba) reinforcing fibers and/or Bb) spherical particles of oxides of metals or metalloids of the 3rd main group, 4th main group and/or 4th transition group. The composition further comprises: C) PMMI copolymer and D) phosphite stabilizer and/or phosphine stabilizer, wherein, furthermore, the proportion of B) is ≥35% by weight to ≤40% by weight and the proportion of C) is >0.1% by weight in each case based on the total weight of the composition. The invention further relates to a layered arrangement comprising a substrate layer and a reflection layer distinct from the substrate layer and at least partially covering the substrate layer, wherein the reflection layer at least partially reflects light in the wavelength range from 380 nm to 750 nm, an illumination apparatus comprising a light source and a reflector, wherein the reflector is arranged such that at least a portion of the light transmitted by the light source is reflected by the reflector, and to a process for producing a molded article.

Claims (31)

1. A thermoplastic composition, comprising:

A) aromatic polycarbonate and

B) Ba) reinforcing fibers

and/or

Bb) spherical particles of oxides of metals or metalloids of the 3rd main group, 4th main group and/or 4th transition group,

wherein

the composition further comprises:

C) PMMI copolymer and

D) phosphite stabilizer and/or phosphine stabilizer,

wherein, furthermore, the proportion of B) is ≥35% by weight to ≤60% by weight and the proportion of C) is >0.1% by weight in each case based on the total weight of the composition.

2. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the aromatic polycarbonate A) is the homopolycarbonate based on bisphenol A, the homopolycarbonate based on 1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane, a copolycarbonate based on the monomers bisphenol A and 1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane or a mixture of at least two of the abovementioned polymers.

3. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein component B) is Bb) spherical quartz having an average diameter d 50 of ≥3 μm to ≤5 μm and an average diameter d 98 , in each case determined according to ISO 13320:2009, of ≥10 μm to ≤15 μm and/or Ba) glass fibers having a cut length of ≥2 mm to ≤5 mm and a cross sectional ratio of ≥1:1 to ≤2:1.

4. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the proportion of C) is ≤0.5% by weight based on the total weight of the composition.

5. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the glass transition temperature of the PMMI copolymer C) determined according to DIN EN ISO 11357-2:2014-07 at a heating rate of 20° C./min is ≥120° C. to ≤170° C.

6. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein D) is tris(2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl)phosphite, bis(2,4-dicumylphenyl)pentaerythritol diphosphite, bis(2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenyl)pentaerythritol diphosphite, triphenylphosphine or a mixture containing at least one of the abovementioned compounds.

7. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the proportion of D) is ≥0.01% by weight to ≤0.5% by weight based on the total weight of the composition.

8. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the composition contains the spherical particles Bb) and has a coefficient of linear thermal expansion (CLTE) determined according to DIN 53752:19080-12 and measured in a temperature range of 23-60° C. of ≥20 ppm/K to ≤50 ppm/K.

9. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , comprising, based on the total weight of the composition:

≥55% by weight to ≤65% by weight of A),

≥35% by weight to ≤45% by weight of B),

≥0.2% by weight to ≤0.5% by weight of C) and

≥0.01% by weight to ≤0.1% by weight of D),

wherein the parts by % by weight sum to ≤100% by weight.

10. A layered arrangement comprising a substrate layer and a reflection layer distinct from the substrate layer and at least partially covering the substrate layer, wherein the reflection layer at least partially reflects light in the wavelength range from 380 nm to 750 nm, wherein the substrate layer contains a composition as claimed in claim 1 .

11. The layered arrangement as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the reflection layer is a metal layer.

12. The layered arrangement as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the reflection layer has a thickness of ≥10 nm to ≤100 nm.

13. The layered arrangement as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the layered arrangement is not planar.

14. An illumination apparatus comprising a light source and a reflector, wherein the reflector is arranged such that at least a portion of the light emitted by the light source is reflected by the reflector,

wherein the reflector contains a layered arrangement as claimed in claim 10 .

15. A process for producing a molded article, wherein a thermoplastic composition is molded to afford the molded article under the influence of heat,

wherein the thermoplastic composition is a composition as claimed in claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Oct 29, 2024
From: COVESTRO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH & CO. KG
To: COVESTRO DEUTSCHLAND AG
Reel/Frame 069272/0414 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2021
From: HUNGERLAND, TIM
To: COVESTRO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 057623/0104 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 19165784 · Mar 28, 2019 · regional
Continuity (1)
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