AUTOMOBILE STEERING WHEEL

WIPO Patent Application WO/1996/031567

A1

An automobile steering wheel having a facing made from a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising (A) 10 to 50 pts. by wt. of a polyethylene resin and (B) 90 to 50 pts. by wt. of a block copolymer comprising (a) a styrene or styrene derivative polymer block and (b) an isoprene polymer or isoprenebutadiene copolymer block wherein the content of 3,4-bonded isoprene units is at least 40 % based on all the isoprene units and at least 97 % of the double bonds are hydrogenated (with the proviso that the total amount of the components (A) and (B) is 100 pts. by wt.). The wheel is characterized by having a facing made from an olefinic thermoplastic elastomer composition which is flexible, has a low specific gravity and excellent wear resistance, can be recycled, has good touch, and can be produced by injection molding.

ITOH YUICHI (JP)
UCHIYAMA AKIRA (JP)
MATSUURA MOTOSHI (JP)
YAMAZAKI YOSHIO (JP)
SUGIURA TSUGUNORI (JP)
KOIZUMI JUNJI (JP)
UCHIDA SADAO (JP)
NIWA MINORU (JP)
JYOUGAN KIMIO (JP)
KOYAMA TOORU (JP)
IMAZU SHINICHI (JP)

PCT/JP1996/000896

October 10, 1996

April 02, 1996

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MITSUI PETROCHEMICAL IND (JP)
TOYODA GOSEI KK (JP)
ITOH YUICHI (JP)
UCHIYAMA AKIRA (JP)
MATSURA MOTOSHI (JP)
YAMAZAKI YOSHIO (JP)
SUGIURA TSUGUNORI (JP)
KOIZUMI JUNJI (JP)
UCHIDA SADAO (JP)
NIWA MINORU (JP)
JYOUGAN KIMIO (JP)
KOYAMA TOORU (JP)
IMAZU SHINICHI (JP)

B62D1/04; C08F297/04; C08K5/541; C08L23/06; C08L23/26; C08L53/02; C08L23/08; (IPC1-7): C08L53/02; B62D1/04; C08K5/54; C08L23/06; C08L23/26

JPH08113695A	1996-05-07
JPH0551494A	1993-03-02
JPH06136191A	1994-05-17
JPH02308845A	1990-12-21
JPH02300250A	1990-12-12
JPH0253849A	1990-02-22

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