IP Library Granted Patent US 12679965
Granted Patent B2
US 12679965 · App. 17/414,138 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Composition, coating, film, and base material

Inventors: Yuki Fujii (Kurashiki, JP); Kenta Toshinari (Tsukuba, JP); Yasunari Umeda (Tsukuba, JP); Atsushi Inatomi (Tsukuba, JP); Akio Fujita (Tsukuba, JP)
Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
C08L29/04C08F2/26C08F2/38C08F216/06C08F220/1804C08F220/40C08F222/103C08J5/18C08L23/08C08L51/003C09D7/65C09D129/04C09J129/04C08F120/12C08F218/08C08F220/1811C08F220/1812C08J2329/04C08J2433/08C08J2451/00C08L2203/16C08L2205/22C08L2207/53
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Patent No.
US 12679965
App. No.
17/414,138
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A composition may contain a wide variety of particles with good dispersibility, the composition being able to make both rigidity and elongation at sufficient levels compatible with each other even under a low humidity. A coating and a film may each be formed of such a composition, and a base material having the foregoing coating or film. Specifically, the composition may contain an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) having the content of an ethylene unit of 0.5 to 19 mol % relative to all structural units and a particle (B), wherein the content of the particle (B) is 1 part by mass or more and less than 100 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A).

Claims (47)

1 . A composition, comprising:

water;

an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) having a content of an ethylene unit of 0.5 to 19 mol. % relative to all structural units; and

a particle (B) comprising a polymer particle (B X ),

wherein the particle (B) is present in the composition in a range of from 1 to less than 100 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A),

wherein the particle (B) has an average particle diameter in a range of from 10 to 500 nm,

wherein the particle (B) does not include a polyvinyl alcohol-based polymer,

wherein the composition is an aqueous emulsion, and

wherein the composition comprises solid components in a range of from 1 to 30% by mass.

2 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the particle (B) consists of the polymer particle (B X ).

3 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the polymer particle (B x ) comprises a (meth)acrylic acid ester-based polymer particle, a conjugated diene-based polymer particle, a styrene-based polymer particle, a styrene/conjugated diene-based copolymer particle, a urethane-based polymer particle, a vinyl acetate-based polymer particle, an ester-based polymer particle, an amide-based polymer particle, an imide-based polymer particle, a carbonate-based polymer particle, an allylate-based polymer particle, a sulfone-based polymer particle, and/or a phenoxy-based polymer particle.

4 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the polymer particle (B x ) comprises a (meth)acrylic acid ester-based single-layer type polymer particle and/or a (meth)acrylic acid ester-based core-shell type polymer particle.

5 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the polymer particle (B x ) comprises a dispersant comprising an ionic group.

6 . The composition of claim 5 , wherein the ionic group comprises an anionic group.

7 . The composition of claim 5 , wherein the ionic group comprises a salt of an anionic group.

8 . The composition of claim 1 , which is an application suitable for an adhesive, a fiber processing agent, a binder, a coating agent, ink, or a paint.

9 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the water is present in the composition in a mass ratio in a range of from 2 to 5.26-fold, relative to a mass of all monomers used in the polymer particle (B X ).

10 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the particle (B) further comprises an inorganic particle (B Y ).

11 . The composition of claim 1 , comprising no elastomer polymers.

12 . The composition of claim 1 , comprising no polymers besides the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A), the particle (B), and, optionally, polymers selected from the group consisting of an ionomer, polyester, polystyrene, polyamide, polyolefin, polyvinyl chloride, polycarbonate, acrylic, ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer, ethylene-acrylic acid ester copolymer, ethylene-methacrylic acid copolymer, ethylene-methacrylic acid ester copolymer, ethylene-vinyl acetate-based copolymer, polyvinylidene chloride, vinyl ester, chlorinated polyolefin, and a mixture thereof.

13 . The composition of claim 1 , comprising the water, the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A), the particle (B), and, optionally, a further component in no more than 5% by mass.

14 . A coating, comprising, in dried form:

the composition of claim 1 .

15 . A base material, comprising, in dried form:

the coating of claim 14 .

16 . A film, comprising, in dried form;

the composition of claim 1 .

17 . The film of claim 16 , having a thickness in a range of from 40 to 60 μm.

18 . A composition, comprising:

an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) comprising, in polymerized form, ethylene in a range of from 0.5 to 19 mol. %, relative to all polymerized monomer units; and

a particle (B) comprising a polymer particle (B X ), the polymer particle (B X ) being a single-layer polymer particle, and

wherein the particle (B) is present in the composition in a range of from 1 to less than 100 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A),

wherein the particle (B) has an average particle diameter in a range of from 10 to 500 nm,

wherein the particle (B) does not include a polyvinyl alcohol-based polymer,

wherein the composition is an aqueous emulsion, and

wherein the composition comprises solid components in a range of from 1 to 30% by mass.

19 . The composition of claim 18 , further comprising:

water in a mass ratio range of from 2 to 5.26-fold, relative to a mass of all monomers used in the polymer particle (B X ).

20 . A composition, comprising:

water;

an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) having a content of an ethylene unit of 0.5 to 19 mol. % relative to all structural units; and

a particle (B) comprising a polymer particle (B X ),

wherein the particle (B) is present in the composition in a range of from 1 to less than 100 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A),

wherein the particle (B) has an average particle diameter in a range of from 10 to 500 nm,

wherein the particle (B) does not include a polyvinyl alcohol-based polymer,

wherein the composition is an aqueous dispersion, and

wherein the composition comprises solid components in a range of from 1 to 30% by mass.