Thermoplastic polyurethane resin composition having enhanced texture and durability and production method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10556982-B2
Application number	US-201615341407-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 2, 2016
Priority date	Mar 22, 2016
Publication date	Feb 11, 2020
Grant date	Feb 11, 2020

Abstract

A thermoplastic polyurethane resin composition having enhanced texture and durability is capable of ensuring excellent appearance quality by applying polyester polyol including, polytetramethylene ether glycol and polydimethylsiloxane diol to an existing thermoplastic polyurethane resin composition, having excellent mechanical properties and long-term durability, such as anti-scratch and abrasion resistance, while largely enhancing texture quality, largely reducing producing costs by replacing a material such as natural leather, reducing generation of a volatile organic compound (VOC), and using the VOC in a surface material for a vehicle interior material.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A thermoplastic polyurethane resin composition comprising:
isocyanate compound;
a polyester polyol; and
a chain extender,
wherein the polyester polyol is prepared from a mixture of reactants including polytetramethylene ether glycol and polydimethylsiloxane diol,
wherein the polyester polyol is prepared from a mixture of reactants including a multifunctional carboxylic acid compound, a multifunctional alcohol compound, polytetramethylene ether glycol and polydimethylsiloxane diol, and
wherein the multifunctional alcohol compound is one or more selected from a group consisting of one or more diols selected from a group consisting of ethylene glycol, butane diol, and hexane diol; and trimethylol propane.

2. The thermoplastic polyurethane resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the multifunctional carboxylic acid compound is one or more selected from a group consisting of adipic acid, sbelic acid, abelic acid azelic acid, sebacic acid, dodencandioc acid, and trimeric acid.

3. The thermoplastic polyurethane resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the polytetramethylene ether glycol has a hydroxyl value of 56.1 to 561 mg KOH/g.

4. The thermoplastic polyurethane resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the polydimethylsiloxane diol has a hydroxyl value of 100 to 150 mgKOH/g.

5. The thermoplastic polyurethane resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the polyester polyol has a hydroxyl value of 11.22 to 224.11 mgKOH/g.

6. The thermoplastic polyurethane resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the isocyanate compound is one or more selected from a group consisting of diphenyl methane diisocyanate (MDI), tolunene diisocyanate (TDI), dicyclohexylmethane diisocyanate (H 12 MDI), and isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI).

7. The thermoplastic polyurethane resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the chain extender is one or more selected from a group consisting of one or more diols selected from a group consisting of ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, butane diol, and hexane diol; triols of trimethylol propane; and polytetramethylene ether glycol.

8. The thermoplastic polyurethane resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic polyurethane resin composition has a melt index (MI, ISO1133 weight 2.16 kg, 200° C.) of 10 to 60 g/10 min.

9. A molded article produced by molding the thermoplastic polyurethane resin composition of claim 1 .

10. The molded article of claim 9 , wherein the molded article is a surface material used in the interior of a vehicle.

11. A producing method of a thermoplastic polyurethane resin composition,
in which the thermoplastic polyurethane resin composition includes an isocyanate compound, polyester polyol, and a chain extender, the method including:
(a) mixing a multifunctional carboxylic acid compound, a multifunctional alcohol compound, polytetramethylene ether glycol, and polydimethylsiloxane diol;
(b) initially heating from room temperature to a primary heating temperature of 140 to 160° C. and then maintaining the temperature for 60 to 120 minutes after step (a);
c) secondarily heating from the primary heating temperature to 210 to 230° C. and then maintaining the temperature for 10 to 120 minutes; and
(d) producing the polyester polyol by decompressing in vacuum at the secondary heating temperature, and
(e) mixing and polymerizing the polyester polyol produced through the steps (a) to (d), the chain extender, and the isocyanate.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein in step (d), the decompression in vacuum is performed at 650 to 760 mmHg.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Dongsung Corp

Inventors

• Kim Hak Soo
• Lee Sang Yun
• Lee Jae Chan
• Kwon Dae Young

Classifications

• C08G18/3206 Primary

  aliphatic · CPC title

• C08G18/4252

  derived from polyols containing polyether groups and polycarboxylic acids · CPC title

• C08G18/4692 Primary

  containing silicon · CPC title

• C08G18/7671

  containing only one alkylene bisphenyl group · CPC title

• C08G18/4238

  derived from dicarboxylic acids and dialcohols · CPC title