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US 12,391,860 · App. 17/786,665 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Thermal-conductive silicone composition

Inventors: Keita Kitazawa (Annaka, JP); Wataru Toya (Annaka, JP); Ayako Yamaguchi (Toyota, JP); Koji Nakanishi (Kounan, JP); Ryo Miyazaki (Toyota, JP); Masataka Deguchi (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
C09K5/14
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Patent No.
US 12,391,860
App. No.
17/786,665
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A thermal-conductive silicone composition containing (A) 0.5 to 2.5 mass % of a crosslinked silicone gel containing (a) an organopolysiloxane having at least two aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbon groups per molecule, and having a kinematic viscosity at 25° C. of 10,000,000 mm 2 /s or more, and (b) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having two or more silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule; (B) 12.5 to 19.5 mass % of a hydrolysable organopolysiloxane compound; and (C) 80 to 85 mass % of aluminum nitride particles having an average particle size of 0.5 pm or more and 1.5 pm or less. A content of coarse particles in the aluminum nitride particles is 1.0 volume % or less relative to the whole. The coarse particles are 10 pm or more in a particle size distribution by laser diffraction. A thermal-conductive silicone composition has excellent coating workability and favorable pumping-out resistance, and is capable of attaining low thermal resistance by being thinly compressed.

Claims (14)

1. A thermal-conductive silicone composition comprising:

(A) a crosslinked silicone gel comprising the following component (a) and component (b), wherein the component (A) is contained in an amount of 0.5 to 2.5 mass % relative to a total amount of the composition,

(a) an organopolysiloxane having at least two aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbon groups per molecule, and having a kinematic viscosity at 25° C. of 10,000,000 mm 2/ s or more, and

(b) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having two or more silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule in such an amount that a ratio of the number of the SiH groups to a total number of the aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbon groups in the component (a) ranges from 1 to 3;

(B) a hydrolysable organopolysiloxane compound shown by the following general formula (1) and contained in an amount of 12.5 to 19.5 mass % relative to the total amount of the composition,

wherein R 1, s are identical to or different from one another, and each represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms but having no aliphatic unsaturated bond and optionally having a substituent, and “m” represents an integer of 5 to 100; and

(C) aluminum nitride particles having an average particle size of 0.5 μm or more and 1.5 μm or less and contained in an amount of 80 to 85 mass % relative to the total amount of the composition, wherein a content of coarse particles in the aluminum nitride particles is 1.0 volume % or less relative to the entire aluminum nitride particles, the coarse particles having particle sizes of 10 μm or more in a particle size distribution by laser diffraction.

2. The thermal-conductive silicone composition according to claim 1 , wherein “m” in the general formula (1) of the hydrolysable organopolysiloxane compound is in a range from 10 to 60.

3. The thermal-conductive silicone composition according to claim 2 , wherein the aluminum nitride particles have an oxygen content of 1.0 mass % or less.

4. The thermal-conductive silicone composition according to claim 3 , wherein the thermal-conductive silicone composition has an absolute viscosity of 500 Pa·S or less at 25° C.

5. The thermal-conductive silicone composition according to claim 2 , wherein the thermal-conductive silicone composition has an absolute viscosity of 500 Pa·S or less at 25° C.

6. The thermal-conductive silicone composition according to claim 1 , wherein the aluminum nitride particles have an oxygen content of 1.0 mass % or less.

7. The thermal-conductive silicone composition according to claim 6 , wherein the thermal-conductive silicone composition has an absolute viscosity of 500 Pa·S or less at 25° C.

8. The thermal-conductive silicone composition according to claim 1 , wherein the thermal-conductive silicone composition has an absolute viscosity of 500 Pa·S or less at 25° C.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 17, 2022
From: KITAZAWA, KEITA; TOYA, WATARU; YAMAGUCHI, AYAKO; NAKANISHI, KOJI; MIYAZAKI, RYO; DEGUCHI, MASATAKA
To: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060235/0197 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-231199 · Dec 23, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230053865A1 · Feb 23, 2023
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