	US 11,674,002 B2
	Low compression set thermoplastic gel and cable gel seal arrangement
Matthew Peter Galla, Holly Springs, NC (US); Gary William Adams, Holly Springs, NC (US); Christiaan Radelet, Aarschot (BE); Thierry Mike Declerck, Kumtich (BE); Danny Willy August Verheyden, Gelrode (BE); Wouter Vandamme, Sint Amandsberg (BE); Roel Modest Willy Bryon, Aarschot (BE); and Pieter Arthur Anna De Vos, Berchem (BE)
Assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Appl. No. 16/753,147
Filed by COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 1, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/053750 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 2, 2020, PCT Pub. No. WO2019/070578, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/566,882, filed on Oct. 2, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0255602 A1, Aug. 13, 2020
Int. Cl. C08J 3/02 (2006.01); C08J 3/09 (2006.01); C08J 3/00 (2006.01)

CPC C08J 3/092 (2013.01) [C08J 3/005 (2013.01); C08J 2353/02 (2013.01); C08J 2445/02 (2013.01); C08J 2471/12 (2013.01)]

32 Claims

1. A thermoplastic gel prepared from a composition comprising:

1 wt % to 25 wt % of a styrene triblock copolymer;

1 wt % to 16 wt % of a styrene diblock copolymer;

60 wt % to 90 wt % of an oil extender; and

0.25 wt % to 15 wt % of an additive, wherein the additive is selected from the group consisting of poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide), poly(alpha-methylstyrene), and combinations thereof,

wherein the additive has a Tg from about 95° C. to about 200° C., and wherein the gel has a compression set below 25% at about 70° C.