Fibers made from copolymers of ethylene/α-olefins

US8067319B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC · US

Inventors

• Benjamin C. Poon · Pearland, US
• Yunwa W. Cheung · Fryeburg, US
• Shih-Yaw Lai · Sugar Land, US
• Ashish Sen · Midland, US
• Hongyu Chen · Beijing, CN
• Yuen-Yuen D. Chiu · Pearland, US
• Rajen M. Patel · Lake Jackson, US
• Andy C. Chang · Houston, US
• Antonios K. Doufas · Houston, US
• Hong Peng · Lake Jackson, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 19, 2010
• Grant date: Nov 29, 2011
• Expiry date: Jul 19, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T442/602
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A fiber is obtainable from or comprises an ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer characterized by an elastic recovery, Re, in percent at 300 percent strain and 1 cycle and a density, d, in grams/cubic centimeter, wherein the elastic recovery and the density satisfy the following relationship: Re>1481−1629(d). Such interpolymer can also be characterized by other properties. The fibers made therefrom have a relatively high elastic recovery and a relatively low coefficient of friction. The fibers can be cross-linked, if desired. Woven or non-woven fabrics can be made from such fibers.