US 7,468,411 B2
Thermoplastic elastomer compositions containing a phase change solvent and selected processing oils
Steven Daryl Smith, Fairfield, Ohio (US); Mark William Hamersky, Hamilton, Ohio (US); and Amy Elizabeth Eichstadt, Beaver Creek, Ohio (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, Ohio (US)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/769,344.
Application 10/769344 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/429531, filed on May 05, 2003.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/399963, filed on , .
Prior Publication US 2004/0220304 A1, Nov. 04, 2004
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C08K 5/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 524—219  [524/239; 524/294; 524/296; 524/297; 524/298] 19 Claims
 
1. A composition comprising:
a) from about 1 to about 98 wt % a thermoplastic elastomer, which is a block copolymer having at least one soft block and at least one hard block;
b) from about 1 to about 70 wt % a phase change solvent having the general formula:
R′-Py-(Q-Px)n-Q-Py-R;  (I)
R′-Py-(Q-Px)n-R;  (II)
R′-(Q-Px)n-R;  (III)
R′-(Q-Px)n-1-Q-Py-R;  (IV)
R′-(Q-Px)n-Q-R; or  (V)
a mixture thereof;
wherein Q is an unsubstituted difunctional aromatic moiety; P is CH2; R and R′ are the same or different and are independently selected from H, CH3, COOH, CONHR1, CONR1R2, NHR3, NR3R4, hydroxy, or C1-C30 alkoxy; wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are the same or different and are independently selected from H or linear or branched alkyl from C1-C30; x is an integer from 1 to 30; y is an integer from 1 to 30; and n is an integer from 3 to 7; and
c) from about 1 to about 70 wt % of a processing oil selected from the group consisting of poly (alpha olefins), olefinic oligomers, mineral oils, paraffinic oils, isoparaffinic oils, naphthenic oils, petrolatum, waxes, or mixtures thereof producing a glass transition temperature of greater than 85° C. for a polystyrene homopolymer;
wherein the phase change solvent has a phase change in a temperature range from about 40° C. to about 250° C.