Thermoplastic resin composition for interior material of automobiles, and molded product for interior material of automobiles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9803071-B2
Application number	US-201214415010-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 28, 2012
Priority date	Jul 27, 2012
Publication date	Oct 31, 2017
Grant date	Oct 31, 2017

Abstract

Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition for an interior material of automobiles, comprising a biomass-derived resin. The thermoplastic resin composition for an interior material of automobiles uses a biomass-derived resin, which replaces a petroleum-based thermoplastic resin, so as to reduce the generation of CO2, thereby providing an environmentally friendly effect.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A thermoplastic resin composition for automotive interior materials, comprising:
a biomass-derived resin and a non-biomass-derived resin for mixing,
wherein the non-biomass-derived resin for mixing comprises a polyolefin in a form of an elastomer-phase rubber, polypropylene, and thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO),
wherein the polyolefin in the form of an elastomer-phase rubber comprises a copolymer of ethylene and a C 2 to C 10 α-olefin, and
wherein the TPO comprises a completely crosslinked TPO resin, a semi-crosslinked TPO resin and non-crosslinked TPO resins.

2. The thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic resin composition for automotive interior materials has a percent modern carbon (pMC) value of 10 wt % to 90 wt %, as measured in accordance with ASTM D6866.

3. The thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the biomass-derived resin further comprises one selected from the group consisting of a polyolefin, polylactic acid (PLA), cellulose, chitin, starch, thermoplastic starch (TPS), polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), polyvinyl alcohol, polyglycolic acid (PGA), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polybutylene succinate (PBS), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT), polybutylene adipate-co-butylene succinate (PBAS), polybutylene adipate-co-butylene succinate terephthalate (PBAST), polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT), polycaprolactone (PCL), polyamide (PA), polyurethane (PU), poly(ester-amide), poly(ester-urethane), and combinations thereof.

4. The thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the biomass-derived resin is prepared from biofuels processed or extracted from one biomass material selected from the group consisting of corn, Jerusalem artichokes, sugar cane, sugar beet, and combinations thereof.

5. The thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a resin for mixing selected from the group consisting of polyolefins, polyvinyl chloride, and combinations thereof.

6. The thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 5 , comprising:
1 part by weight to 900 parts by weight of the non-biomass-derived resin for mixing, based on 100 parts by weight of the biomass-derived resin.

7. The thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1 , further comprising:
one additive selected from the group consisting of plasticizers, inorganic fillers, stabilizers, lubricants, and combinations thereof.

8. The thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 7 , wherein the additive is present in an amount of 5 parts by weight to 100 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the biomass-derived resin.

9. An automotive interior molded article comprising:
a sheet manufactured from the thermoplastic resin composition for automotive interior materials according to claim 1 .

10. The automotive interior molded article according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a surface-treated layer.

11. The automotive interior molded article according to claim 10 , wherein the surface-treated layer is formed using an electron beam curable water-based treatment agent or an electron beam curable solvent-free treatment agent.

12. The thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polyolefin in the form of the elastomer-phase rubber comprises ethylene-propylene rubber (EPR).

13. The thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polyolefin in the form of the elastomer-phase rubber comprises ethylene-propylene-diene rubber (EPDM).

14. The thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1 ,
wherein the polyolefin in the form of the elastomer-phase rubber comprises ethylene-butene rubber (EBR).

15. The thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1 ,
wherein the polyolefin in the form of the elastomer-phase rubber comprises ethylene-octene rubber (EOR).

16. The thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polyolefin in the form of the elastomer-phase rubber comprises ethylene-propylene rubber (EPR), ethylene-propylene-diene rubber (EPDM), ethylene-butene rubber (EBR), and ethylene-octene rubber (EOR).

Assignees

• Lg Hausys Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Yun Ho
• Jung Yong Bae

Classifications

• C08J2323/02

  not modified by chemical after treatment · CPC title

• C08L101/16

  the macromolecular compounds being biodegradable · CPC title

• C08J5/18

  Manufacture of films or sheets · CPC title

• C08L2312/00

  Crosslinking · CPC title

• C08L2205/03

  containing three or more polymers in a blend · CPC title