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| 20080214733 | FLAME RETARDANT POLYCARBONATE COMPOSITION - The invention relates to a flame retardant polycarbonate composition which is comprised of a polycarbonate, a phosphoric acid ester, a functionalized acrylic polymer, and an alkyl methacrylate-diene-vinyl aromatic terpolymer, wherein the polycarbonate is present in the composition in an amount of at least about 85 weight percent, wherein the phosphoric acid ester is present at a level which is within the range of about 1 weight percent to about 12 weight percent, wherein the functionalized acrylic polymer is present at a level which is within the range of about 0.5 weight percent to about 4.5 weight percent, and wherein the alkyl methacrylate-diene-vinyl aromatic terpolymer is present at a level which is within the range of about 0.5 weight percent to about 4.5 weight percent, with the proviso that the sum of the amount of the functionalized acrylic polymer and the alkyl methacrylate-diene-vinyl aromatic terpolymer present in the composition does not total more than 5 weight percent. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20100021717 | Electrically conductive themoplastic polymer composition - This invention relates to a thermoplastic polymer composition that exhibits an excellent combination of properties for use in manufacturing shipping combs for use in conjunction with moving actuators for hard disk drives. The thermoplastic polymer composition of this invention is comprised of (1) from 10 weight percent to 90 weight percent polycarbonate, (2) from 1 weight percent to 6 weight percent carbon nanotubes, (3) from 5 weight percent to 85 weight percent of a sulfone polymer, (4) from 0.5 weight percent to 10 weight percent of a functionalized rubbery polymer, and (5) from 0.5 weight percent to 5 weight percent of a lubricant selected from the group consisting of high density polyethylene and polyester wax, wherein all weight percentages are based upon the total weight of the thermoplastic polymer composition. The present invention also relates to a shipping comb which is comprised of a frame, an installation rod, a handle, and a finger, wherein the shipping comb is comprised of a thermoplastic polymer composition which is comprised of (1) from 10 weight percent to 90 weight percent polycarbonate, (2) from 1 weight percent to 6 weight percent carbon nanotubes, (3) from 5 weight percent to 85 weight percent of a sulfone polymer, (4) from 0.5 weight percent to 10 weight percent of a functionalized rubbery polymer, and (5) from 0.5 weight percent to 5 weight percent of a lubricant selected from the group consisting of high density polyethylene and polyester wax, wherein all weight percentages are based upon the total weight of the thermoplastic polymer composition. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100021765 | THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER FOR ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE THERMOFORMING APPLICATIONS - This invention relates to a thermoplastic polymer composition that exhibits excellent characteristics for being thermoformed into a wide variety of packaging trays for electronics, including the disk drive and semiconductor industries. More specifically, these trays are applicable as packaging material for head suspension assembly and offer conductivities in the range of antistatic to electrostatic dissipation (ESD). For instance, the thermoplastic polymer composition of this invention offers improved stiffness, improved chemical resistance, the capable of enduring more washing cycles, the capability of being dried at higher temperatures, improved cleanliness, and better electrical conductivity that conventional PETG/IDP polymer blends. The thermoplastic polymer composition of this invention is comprised of (1) a polyethylene terephthalate glycol copolyester, (2) from 1 weight percent to 6 weight percent carbon nanotubes, (3) from 2 weight percent to 30 weight percent of a copolymer of ethylene with a higher α-olefin, wherein the copolymer is of ethylene with the higher α-olefin is grafted with maleic anhydride or glycidyl methacrylate, (4) from 1 weight percent to 10 weight percent of a functionalized rubbery polymer, (5) from 1 weight percent to 10 weight percent of an acrylic based core-shell polymer, and (6) from 0.5 weight percent to 6 weight percent of a lubricant selected from the group consisting of high density polyethylene and polyester wax, where the polyethylene terephthalate glycol copolyester makes up the balance of the composition and wherein all weight percentages are based upon the total weight of the thermoplastic polymer composition. | 01-28-2010 |
