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Method for preparing a rubber-based composite material
Assignee: Bridgestone Corp
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Filing: 1991-02-21
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Granted: 1994-02-08
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Expires: 2011-02-21
Abstract
Abstract A method for preparing a rubber-based composite material by joining a base material and a rubber composition together by heat pressure bonding can achieve strong bonding without using any adhesives, wherein a monomer is polymerized by low-pressure glow discharge plasma technique to form a polymerized film having unsaturated bonds on the surface of the base material and then the rubber composition is bonded to said polymerized film by heat pressure bonding to join the base material and the rubber together.
Inventors
- 👤 Yukihiro Kusano
- 👤 Masato Yoshikawa
- 👤 Kazuo Naito
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 16:30
CPC Classifications
B; B05; B05D; B05D1/00; B05D1/62; B32; B32B; B32B37/00; B32B2305/00; B32B2305/74; B32B2317/00; B32B2317/22; B32B2319/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S156/00; Y10S156/91
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
120 words
A method of making a rubber-based composite material which comprises: forming a polymerized film having unsaturated bonds therein on the surface of a base material by polymerizing at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of saturated hydrocarbons, unsaturated hydrocarbons, and halogen-substituted derivatives thereof, by a low-pressure glow discharge plasma polymerization technique; and bonding a rubber composition directly to said polymerized film without the use of an adhesive by heat pressure bonding such that said rubber composition is internally cross-linked and cross-linking exists between said rubber composition and said unsaturated bonds contained in said polymerized film to thereby form said rubber-based composition material; wherein said base material is selected from the group consisting of plastics, rubbers, metals and ceramics.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
120 words
A method of making a rubber-based composite material which comprises: forming a polymerized film having unsaturated bonds therein on the surface of a base material by polymerizing at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of saturated hydrocarbons, unsaturated hydrocarbons, and halogen-substituted derivatives thereof, by a low-pressure glow discharge plasma polymerization technique; and bonding a rubber composition directly to said polymerized film without the use of an adhesive by heat pressure bonding such that said rubber composition is internally cross-linked and cross-linking exists between said rubber composition and said unsaturated bonds contained in said polymerized film to thereby form said rubber-based composition material; wherein said base material is selected from the group consisting of plastics, rubbers, metals and ceramics.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said monomer is a cyclic hydrocarbon.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said monomer is an aromatic hydrocarbon.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
106 words
A method of making a rubber-based composite material, which comprises: forming a polymerized film having unsaturated bonds therein on the surface of a base material by polymerizing at least one monomer by a low-pressure glow discharge plasma polymerization technique, and bonding a rubber composition directly to said polymerized film without the use of an adhesive by heat pressure bonding such that said rubber composition is internally cross-linked and cross-linking exists between said rubber composition and said unsaturated bonds contained in said polymerized film to thereby form said rubber-based composite material; wherein said base material is selected from the group consisting of plastics, rubbers, metals and ceramics.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
106 words
A method of making a rubber-based composite material, which comprises: forming a polymerized film having unsaturated bonds therein on the surface of a base material by polymerizing at least one monomer by a low-pressure glow discharge plasma polymerization technique, and bonding a rubber composition directly to said polymerized film without the use of an adhesive by heat pressure bonding such that said rubber composition is internally cross-linked and cross-linking exists between said rubber composition and said unsaturated bonds contained in said polymerized film to thereby form said rubber-based composite material; wherein said base material is selected from the group consisting of plastics, rubbers, metals and ceramics.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method according to claim 4, wherein the method of generating said plasma is selected from the group consisting of direct current discharge, low-frequency discharge, high-frequency discharge, microwave discharge, and electron cyclotron resonance discharge.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method according to claim 2, wherein said direct current discharge and low-frequency discharge methods are effected by the use of internal electrodes.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method according to claim 2, wherein said high-frequency discharge is effected by the use of internal electrodes, external electrodes, or coils.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method according to claim 2, wherein said microwave discharge is effected by the use of a wave guide.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method according to claim 4, wherein said plasma polymerized film has a thickness of 0.001 to 1000 μm.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method according to claim 9, wherein said film has a thickness of 0.01 to 100 μm.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method according to claim 4, wherein said monomer is a hydrocarbon.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said monomer is selected from the group consisting of saturated hydrocarbons, unsaturated hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons, and halogen substituted derivatives thereof.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method according to claim 12, wherein said monomer is selected from the group consisting of C.sub. H 4 , C 3 H 6 , C 4 H 8 , C 6 H 6 , C 4 H 5 Cl, and C 7 H 8 .
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method according to claim 4, wherein said heat pressure bonding is carried out at a temperature of 50° to 300° C. and at a pressure of 0 to 5000 kg/cm 2 .
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method according to claim 14, wherein said heat pressure bonding is carried out at a temperature of 100° to 250° C. and at a pressure of 0 to 300 kg/cm 2 .
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method according to claim 4, wherein the gas of said monomer is diluted with He, Ar, Ne, N 2 , H 2 or O 2 .
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method according to claim 4 wherein said low-pressure plasma technique is carried out in 1×10 -6 to 1×10 2 Torr for 0.01 to 20000 seconds.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said base material is a plate, sheet, fiber or block.
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