IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0440168
(2003-05-19)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
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대리인 / 주소 |
Millen, White, Zelano, Branigan, P.C.
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
7 인용 특허 :
30 |
초록
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A curable fluoroelastomer composition comprising at least one fluoroelastomer, a bisphenol curative, and a peroxide curative provides a non-post cure flurorelastomer material suitable for use in the manufacture of, for example. When cured (vulcanized), the composition exhibits an improved compressio
A curable fluoroelastomer composition comprising at least one fluoroelastomer, a bisphenol curative, and a peroxide curative provides a non-post cure flurorelastomer material suitable for use in the manufacture of, for example. When cured (vulcanized), the composition exhibits an improved compression set resistance, in comparison to the fluoroelastomer cured by the bisphenol curative alone, without performing a post-cure procedure.
대표청구항
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1. A curable fluoroelastomer composition comprising:a elastomeric component consisting essentially of one or more fluoroelastomers, at least one bisphenol curative, at least one peroxide curative, and a monomeric ester plasticizer, wherein said one or more fluoroelastomers is a homopolymer or a copo
1. A curable fluoroelastomer composition comprising:a elastomeric component consisting essentially of one or more fluoroelastomers, at least one bisphenol curative, at least one peroxide curative, and a monomeric ester plasticizer, wherein said one or more fluoroelastomers is a homopolymer or a copolymer in which the monomer units are selected from vinylidene fluoride, hexafluoropropylene, tetrafluoroethylene, chlorotrifluorethylene, and perfluoro (alkyl vinyl ether). 2. A curable fluoroelastomer composition according to claim 1, wherein said perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) units are selected from perfluoro(methyl vinyl ether)(PMVE), perfluoro(ethyl vinyl ether)(PEVE), and perfluoro(propyl vinyl ether)(PPVE) units.3. A curable fluoroelastomer composition according to claim 1, wherein said one or more fluoroelastomers contains vinylidene fluoride units, hexafluoropropylene units, and, optionally, tetrafluoroethylene units.4. A curable fluoroelastomer composition according to claim 1, wherein said one or more fluoroelastomers contains vinylidene fluoride units, perfluoroalkyl perfluorovinyl ether units, and tetrafluoroethylene units.5. A curable fluoroelastomer composition according to claim 1, wherein said one or more fluoroelastomers is a copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene units.6. A curable fluoroelastomer composition according to claim 1, wherein said one or more fluoroelastomers is a terpolymer of vinylidene fluoride, hexafluoropropylene, and tetrafluoroethylene monomers.7. A curable fluoroelastomer composition according to claim 6, wherein said one or more fluoroelastomers contains 66-70% fluorine.8. A curable fluoroelastomer composition according to claim 6, wherein said composition contains said bisphenol in an amount of 0.5-4 parts by weight per hundred parts by weight fluoroelastomer.9. A curable fluoroelastomer composition according to claim 8, wherein said composition contains said bisphenol in an amount of 1-2.5 parts by weight per hundred parts by weight fluoroelastomer.10. A curable fluoroelastomer composition according to claim 1, wherein said bisphenol is of the formula: whereinA is a stable divalent aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, or aromatic radical, in each case having up to 1-13 carbon atoms, or a thio, oxy, carbonyl, sulfinyl, or sulfonyl radical, and A is optionally substituted with at least one chlorine or fluorine atom; x is 0 or 1; n is 1 or 2; and any aromatic ring of the polyhydroxylic compound is optionally substituted with at least one atom of chlorine, fluorine, bromine, ?CHO, or a carboxyl or acyl radical.11. A curable fluoroelastomer composition according to claim 10, wherein A is an alkylene, alkylidene, cycloalkylene, or arylene group.12. A curable fluoroelastomer composition according to claim 11, wherein A is methylene, ethylene, chloroethylene, fluoroethylene, difluoroethylene, 1,3-propylene, 1,2-propylene, tetramethylene, chlorotetramethylene, fluorotetramethylene, trifluorotetramethylene, 2-methyl-1,3-propylene, 2-methyl-1,2-propylene, pentamethylene, hexamethylene, ethylidene, dichioroethylidene, difluoroethylidene, propylidene, isopropylidene, trifluoroisopropylidene, hexafluoroisopropylidene, butylidene, heptachlorobutylidene, heptafluorobutylidene, pentylidene, hexylidene, 1,1-cyclohexylidene, 1,4-cyclohexylene, 2-chloro-1,4-cyclohexylene, 2-fluoro-1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,3-cyclohexylene, cyclopentylene, chlorocyclopentylene, fluorocyclopentylene, cycloheptylene, m-phenylene, p-phenylene, 2-chloro-1,4-phenylene, 2-fluoro-1,4-phenylene, o-phenylene, methylphenylene, dimethylphenylene, trimethylphenylene, tetramethylphenylene, 1,4-naphthylene, 3-fluoro-1,4-naphthylene, 5-chloro-1,4-naphthylene, 1,5-naphthylene, or 2,6-naphthylene.13. A curable fluoroelastomer composition according to claim 1, wherein said peroxide starts curing at 170° C.-180° C.14. A curable fluoroelastomer composition according to claim 1, wherein the amount of peroxide cure is 0.05-5 parts per hundred parts by weight of fluoroelastomer.15. A curable fluoroelastomer composition according to claim 14, wherein the amount of peroxide cure is 0.1 to 3 parts per hundred parts by weight of fluoroelastomer.16. A curable fluoroelastomer composition according to claim 1, wherein the peroxide is tert-butylcumyl peroxide, alpha,alpha-bis(tert-butylperoxy-isopropyl)benzene, or 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-di(t-butyl-peroxy)hexane.17. A curable fluoroelastomer composition according to claim 1, wherein the amount of monomeric ester plasticizer is 3 to 7 per 100 parts of the fluoroelastomer.18. A curable fluoroelastomer composition according to claim 17, wherein the amount of monomeric ester plasticizer is 4 to 6 per 100 parts of the fluoroelastomer.19. A curable fluoroelastomer composition according to claim 1, wherein the monomeric ester plasticizer is pentaerythritol ester.20. A curable fluoroelastomer composition according to claim 1, further comprising a co-vulcanizing agent selected from triallyl cyanurate, trimethally isocyanurate, triallyl isocyanurate (TAlC), triacrylformal, triallyl trimellitate, N,N′-m-phenylenebismaleimide, diallyl phthalate, tetrallylterephthalamide, tris(diallylamine)-s-triazine, triallyl phosphate, N,N,N′,N′-tetrallyl-malonamide; trivinyl-isocyanurate; 2,4,6-trivinyl-methyltrisiloxane; N,N′bisallylbicyclo-oct-7-ene-disuccinimide (BOSA), and N,N-diallylacrylamide.21. A curable fluoroelastomer composition according to claim 20, wherein said co-vulcanizing agent is used in an amount of 0.1 to 10 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the fluoroelastomer.22. A curable fluoroelastomer composition according to claim 1, further comprising one or more activators, fillers, dyes, coloring agents, pigments, release agents, metal compounds, lubricants, retarding agents, thickeners, antioxidants, stabilizers, plasticizers, processing aids, or combinations thereof.23. A curable fluoroelastomer composition according to claim 22, wherein said composition contains up to up to about 50% of one or more fillers, up to about 10% of one or more activators, up to about 1.5% of one or more dyes/coloring agents/pigments, and/or up to about 0.3% of one or more release agents.24. A curable fluoroelastomer composition according to claim 1, wherein:said one or more fluoroelastomers comprises a copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene units, a terpolymer of VF2, HFP, and TFE monomers, or combinations thereof, and said one or more fluoroelastomer contains 66-70% fluorine; said a bisphenol curative is present in an amount of 0.5-4 parts by weight per hundred parts by weight fluoroelastomer, wherein said bisphenol of the formula whereinA is methylene, ethylene, chloroethylene, fluoroethylene, difluoroethylene, 1,3-propylene, 1,2-propylene, tetramethylene, chlorotetramethylene, fluorotetramethylene, trifluorotetramethylene, 2-methyl-1,3-propylene, 2-methyl-1,2-propylene, pentamethylene, hexamethylene, ethylidene, dichloroethylidene, difluoroethylidene, propylidene, isopropylidene, trifluoroisopropylidene, hexafluoroisopropylidene, butylidene, heptachlorobutylidene, heptafluorobutylidene, pentylidene, hexylidene, 1,1-cyclohexylidene, 1,4-cyclohexylene, 2-chioro-1,4-cyclohexylene, 2-fluoro-1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,3-cyclohexylene, cyclopentylene, chlorocyclopentylene, fluorocyclopentylene, cycloheptylene, m-phenylene, p-phenylene, 2-chloro-1,4-phenylene, 2-fluoro-1,4-phenylene, o-phenylene, methylphenylene, dimethylphenylene, trimethylphenylene, tetramethylphenylene, 1,4-naphthylene, 3-fluoro-1,4-naphthylene, 5-chloro-1,4-naphthylene, 1,5-naphthylene, or 2,6-naphthylene is a stable divalent radical, such as a difunctional aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, or aromatic radical, in each case having up to 1-13 carbon atoms, or a thio, oxy, carbonyl, sulfinyl, or sulfonyl radical, x is 0 or 1, n is 1 or 2, and any aromatic ring of the polyhydroxylic compound is optionally substituted with at least one atom of chlorine, fluorine, bromine, ?CHO, or a carboxyl or acyl radical;said peroxide curative is present in an amount of 0.05-5 parts per hundred parts by weight of fluoroelastomer, wherein the peroxide curative is alpha,alpha-bis(tert-butylperoxy-isopropyl)benzene or 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-di(t-butyl-peroxy)hexane; and said monomeric ester plasticizer is present in an amount of 4 to 6 per 100 parts of the fluoroelastomer, and said monomeric ester plasticizer is pentaerythritol ester. 25. A curable fluoroelastomer composition according to claim 1, wherein in preparing said composition, the at least one peroxide curative is dissolved into the monomeric ester plasticizer and then combined with the elastomeric component.26. A curable fluoroelastomer composition comprising:an elastomeric component consists of one or more fluoroelastomers, at least one bisphenol curative, at least one peroxide curative, and a monomeric ester plasticizer, wherein said one or more fluoroelastomers is a homopolymer or a copolymer in which the monomer units are selected from vinylidene fluoride, hexafluoropropylene, tetrafluoroethylene, chlorotrifluorethylene, and perfluoro (alkyl vinyl ether). 27. A curable fluoroelastomer composition comprising:an elastomeric component consisting essentially of one or more fluoroelastomer, at least one bisphenol curative, at least one peroxide curative, and a monomeric ester plasticizer, wherein said one or more fluoroelastomers is a homopolymer or a copolymer in which the monomer units are selected from vinylidene fluoride, hexafluoropropylene, chlorotrifluorethylene, and perfluoro (alkyl vinyl ether), and said at least one bisphenol curative and said at least one peroxide curative provide a curative system which reduces post cure time. 28. A cured molded fluoroelastomer composition obtained by curing under pressure within a mold a fluoroelastomer composition comprising:an elastomeric component consisting essentially of one or more fluoroelastomers, at least one bisphenol curative, and at least one peroxide curative, wherein said one or more fluoroelastomers is a homopolymer or a copolymer in which the monomer units are selected from vinylidene fluoride, hexafluoropropylene, tetrafluoroethylene, chlorotrifluorethylene, and perfluoro (alkyl vinyl ether). 29. A sealing element comprising a cured fluoroelastomer composition comprising:an elastomeric component consisting essentially of one or more fluoroelastomers, at least one bisphenol curative, at least one peroxide curative, and a monomeric ester plasticizer, wherein said one or more fluoroelastomers is a homopolymer or a copolymer in which the monomer units are selected from vinylidene fluoride, hexafluoropropylene, tetrafluoroethylene, chlorotrifluorethylene, and perfluoro (alkyl vinyl ether).
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