Air bag made of silicone modified thermoplastic polyurethane resin

• US 5,945,185 A
• Filed: 06/15/1998
• Issued: 08/31/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Manufacturing Company Limited, Takata Corporation (Ningbo Junsheng Investment Group Co., Ltd.), Shin-Etsu Chemical Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Manufacturing Company Limited, Takata Corporation (Ningbo Junsheng Investment Group Co., Ltd.), Shin-Etsu Chemical Company Limited
• Inventors: Minemura, Masahiko, Nakamura, Susumu, Koshiro, Yoshitaka, Hirai, Kinji, Hanada, Kazuyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS
• Application Number:
  US09/094,641
• Time in Patent Office: 442 Days
• Field of Search: 428/35.2, 428/35.5, 280/728.1, 280/743.1
• US Class Current: 428/35.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/235 characterised by their material
• CPC Class Codes: C08G 18/4854 Polyethers containing oxyalkylene groups having four carbon atoms in the alkylene group
• CPC Class Codes: C08G 18/61 Polysiloxanes
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 25/00 Compositions of, homopolymers or copolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, each having only one carbon-to-carbon double bond, and at least one being terminated by an aromatic carbocyclic ring; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 67/00 Compositions of polyesters obtained by reactions forming a carboxylic ester link in the main chain of polyester-amides C08L77/12; of polyester-imides C08L79/08; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 75/04 Polyurethanes
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 77/00 Compositions of polyamides obtained by reactions forming a carboxylic amide link in the main chain of polyhydrazides C08L79/06; of polyamideimides or polyamide acids C08L79/08; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/1334 Nonself-supporting tubular film or bag [e.g., pouch, envelope, packet, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/1345 Single layer [continuous layer]

Abstract

An air bag made of thermoplastic polyurethane resin which can be deployed quickly enough over a wide range of temperature from very low to high and which can exhibit stable performance without danger of blocking is made of silicone modified thermoplastic polyurethane resin in which the content of siloxane is 5-40% by weight. An occupant can be protected by the air bag over a wide range of temperature such as from -40° C. to +100° C.

Claims

1. An air bag made of silicone modified thermoplastic polyurethane resin containing polysiloxane segment, said silicone modified thermoplastic polyurethane resin being characterized in that the content of siloxane of the polysiloxane segment is 5-40% by weight.

2. An air bag made of silicone modified thermoplastic polyurethane resin as claimed in claim 1, wherein said air bag is made of a resin composition of a silicone modified thermoplastic polyurethane resin containing polysiloxane segment and one or more resins selected from a group consisting of polyester elastomer, polyamide elastomer, and styrene elastomer, and the content of siloxane of said polysiloxane segment in said resin composition being 5-40% by weight.

3. An air bag made of silicone modified thermoplastic polyurethane resin as claimed in claim 1, wherein said silicone modified thermoplastic polyurethane resin is the one obtained by reacting polyol, polyisocyanate, polysiloxane, and, if necessary, chain extender and wherein said polysiloxane is polysiloxane including active hydrogen as represented by the following general formula (I);

##STR5## (In the above formula (I), R^1a, R^1b, R^1c, R^1d, R^1e, R^1f, R^1g, R^2a, R^2b, R^2c, m, and n are as follows;

R^1a -R^1g ;

aryl or alkyl groups each including 1-8 carbon(s), R^1a -R^1g being independent of each other;

R^2a -R^2c ;

substituents each including active hydrogen, or aryl or alkyl groups each including 1-8 carbon(s), R^2a -R^2c being independent of each other, and at least one of R^2a -R^2c being the substituent including active hydrogen;

m;

integer between 0 and 2;

n;

integer between 5 and 200.).

4. An air bag made of silicone modified thermoplastic polyurethane resin as claimed in claim 3, wherein said polysiloxane is polysiloxane diol as represented by the following general formula (II);

##STR6## (In the above formula (II), R^1a, R^1b, R^1c, R^1d, R^1f, R^1g, R^3a, R^3b, and n are as follows;

R^1a -R^1d, R^1f, R^1g ;

alkyl or aryl groups each including 1-8 carbon(s), R^1a -R^1d, R^1f, R^1g being independent of each other;

R^3a, R^3b ;

alkylene group(s) or bivalent substituent(s) that has ester linkage or ether linkage, R^3a, R^3b being independent of each other;

n;

integer between 5 and

     200).

5. An air bag made of silicone modified thermoplastic polyurethane resin as claimed in claim 3, wherein said polysiloxane is polysiloxane diol as represented by the following general formula (III) or (IV);

##STR7## (In the above formulae (III) and (IV), R^1a, R^1b, R^1c, R^1d, R^1f, R^1g, R^1h, R¹ⁱ, R^3c, R^3d, R^3e, and n are as follows;

R^1a -R^1d, R^1f -R¹ⁱ ;

alkyl or aryl groups each including 1-8 carbon(s);

R^1a -R^1d, R^1f -R¹ⁱ being independent of each other;

R^3c -R^3e ;

alkylene group(s) or bivalent substituent(s) having ester linkage or ether linkage, R^3c -R^3e being independent of each other;

n;

integer between 5 and

     200).

6. An air bag made of silicone modified thermoplastic polyurethane resin as claimed in claim 4, wherein said polysiloxane diol is a copolymer of polysiloxane including active hydrogen and caprolactone.

7. An air bag made of silicone modified thermoplastic polyurethane resin as claimed in claim 4, wherein said polysiloxane diol is a copolymer of carboxylic acid modified polysiloxane and diol.

8. An air bag made of silicone modified thermoplastic polyurethane resin as claimed in claims 1, wherein said polyurethane resin is obtained by reacting polyether diol, polysiloxane diol obtained from polysiloxane compound and caprolactone, diisosyanate, and low-molecular diol of which the molecular weight is not more than 250.