Claims
- 1. A vehicle sealing system formed from a compound comprising a cured thermoset polymer, having a heat of fusion below about 30 cal/gram, wherein the cured thermoset polymer comprises at least one functionalized elastomeric polyolefin functionalized with one or more polar groups.
- 2. The vehicle sealing system of claim 1, wherein the functionalized elastomeric polyolefin ranges from about 1 to about 90 weight % based on the total polymer weight of the compound.
- 3. The vehicle system of claim 2 wherein the functionalized elastomeric polyolefin is selected from:
a) one of more elastomeric terpolymers of ethylene, C3 or higher alpha-olefins and non-conjugated dienes, wherein the ethylene content of the terpolymers is from about 35 to about 85 weight %; or b) one or more elastomeric copolymers of ethylene and C3 or higher alpha-olefins, wherein the ethylene content of the copolymer is from about 5 to about 90 weight %; or c) a mixture of a) and b).
- 4. The vehicle sealing system of claim 3, wherein the ethylene content of the terpolymers is from about 40 to about 80 weight %.
- 5. The vehicle sealing system of claim 3, wherein the ethylene content of the copolymers is from about 10 to about 80 weight %.
- 6. The vehicle sealing system of claim 1 wherein the polar groups are one or more members selected from carboxylic acid, anhydride, hydroxyl, epoxide, and amine functionality.
- 7. The vehicle sealing system of claim 3 wherein the content of the non-conjugated dienes range from about 1 to about 15 weight % based on the total weight of the terpolymer.
- 8. The vehicle sealing system of claim 3 wherein the cured polymer compound further comprises from about 10 to about 99 weight % of one or more additional elastomeric polyolefins containing based on the total polymer weight of the polymer.
- 9. The vehicle sealing system of claim 8 wherein the additional elastomeric olefin comprises one or more components independently selected from:
a) elastomeric terpolymers of ethylene, C3 or higher alpha-olefins and non-conjugated dienes, wherein the ethylene content of the terpolymers is from about 35 to about 85 weight %; or b) elastomeric copolymers of ethylene and C3 or higher alpha-olefins, wherein the ethylene content of the copolymer is from about 5 to about 90 weight %.
- 10. The vehicle sealing system of claim 3 wherein said cured thermoset polymer compound is substantially fully cured.
- 11. The vehicle sealing system of claim 101 wherein said a cured thermoset polymer compound is cured by a sulfur curing system, a peroxide curing system, or a combination thereof.
- 12. The vehicle sealing system of claim 3 wherein said system is a door seal, a glass run channel, an inner belt line seal, or and outer belt line seal.
- 13. The vehicle sealing system of claim 3 wherein said sealing system includes one or more additional elements selected from flocking, coloring, low friction coating, thermoplastic veneer, and overmolding.
- 14. A vehicle that contains the sealing system of claim 13.
- 15. A cured thermoset polymer compound having a heat of fusion below about 30 cal/gram and comprising at least one functionalized elastomeric polyolefin functionalized with one or more polar groups.
- 16. The cured thermoset polymer compound of claim 15, wherein the functionalized elastomeric polyolefin ranges from about 1 to about 90 weight % based on the total polymer weight of the compound.
- 17. The cured thermoset polymer compound of claim 16 wherein the functionalized elastomeric polyolefin is selected from:
a) one or more elastomeric terpolymers of ethylene, C3 or higher alpha-olefins and non-conjugated dienes, wherein the ethylene content of the terpolymers is from about 35 to about 85 weight %; or b) one or more elastomeric copolymers of ethylene and C3 or higher alpha-olefins, wherein the ethylene content of the copolymer is from about 5 to about 90 weight %; or c) a mixture of a) or b).
- 18. The cured thermoset polymer compound of claim 17, wherein the ethylene content of the terpolymers is from about 40 to about 80 weight %.
- 19. The cured thermoset polymer compound of claim 17, wherein the ethylene content of the copolymers is from about 10 to about 80 weight %.
- 20. The cured thermoset polymer compound of claim 17 wherein the cured polymer compound further comprises one or more additional elastomeric polyolefins containing from about 10 to about 99 weight % based on the total weight of the polymer.
- 21. The cured thermoset polymer compound of claim 20 wherein the additional elastomeric olefin comprises one or more components selected from:
a) one or more elastomeric terpolymers of ethylene, C3 or higher alpha-olefins and non-conjugated dienes, wherein the ethylene content of the terpolymers is from about 35 to about 85 weight %; or b) one or more elastomeric copolymers of ethylene and C3 or higher alpha-olefins, wherein the ethylene content of the copolymer is from about 5 to about 90 weight %; or c) a mixture of a) and b).
- 22. An article comprising the polymer compound of claim 21 bonded to at least one element.
- 23. The article of claim 22 wherein the element is a laminated, molded, or coextruded substrate or layer.
- 24. The article of claim 22 wherein the element is a thermoplastic element.
- 25. The article of claim 24 wherein the thermoplastic element is an elastomer.
- 26. The article of or claim 22 wherein the element is a coating.
- 27. The article of claim 26 wherein the coating is polyurethane.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a continuing application from U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/252,144 filed Sep. 20, 2002, the entire contents of which application are incorporated herein by reference.
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