IP Library Granted Patent US 12686802
Granted Patent B2
US 12686802 · App. 17/915,574 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Composite material

Inventors: Tetsuya Otsuka (Ibaraki, JP); Takanobu Mimura (Ibaraki, JP); Tomoya Kato (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
C09K5/14C08J9/0066C08J9/26C08K3/38C08L67/06C08L83/04C08J2201/046C08J2205/044C08J2367/06C08J2383/04C08K2003/385C08K2201/001C08K2201/005C08K2201/016C08L2203/14
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Patent No.
US 12686802
App. No.
17/915,574
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A composite material according to the present invention includes a solid portion including inorganic particles and a resin. The composite material has a porous structure including a plurality of voids surrounded by the solid portion. The composite material compressed by 10% has a reaction force of 0.1 kPa to 1000 kPa, and the composite material has a heat conductivity of 0.5 W/(m·K) or more. The heat conductivity is a value measured for one test specimen in a symmetric configuration according to an American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard (ASTM) D5470-01.

Claims (51)

1 . A composite material comprising:

a body comprising:

a plurality of inorganic particles;

a plurality of first resin particles comprising a first resin; and

a second resin different from the first resin,

wherein

the first resin particles of the plurality of first resin particles have a hollow structure, the second resin is present around the plurality of first resin particles,

at least a portion of the plurality of inorganic particles are in contact with the first resin particles of the plurality of first resin particles,

the inorganic particles of the plurality of inorganic particles are present on wall surfaces of the second resin facing the first resin particles,

the composite material compressed by 10% has a reaction force of 0.1 kPa to 1000 kPa, and

the composite material has a heat conductivity of 0.5 W/(m·K) or more, where the heat conductivity is a value measured for one test specimen in a symmetric configuration according to an American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard D5470-01.

2 . The composite material according to claim 1 , wherein

a heat transmission path is formed of the plurality of inorganic particles in contact with each other.

3 . The composite material according to claim 1 , wherein a value P 0 determined by the following equation (1) is 30 or more:

P 0 =(an average diameter [μm] of voids in the second resin within which the first resin particles of the plurality of first resin particles are accommodated/an average particle diameter [μm] of the inorganic particles) x (a void ratio [volume %]/100) Equation (1).

4 . The composite material according to claim 1 , having an Asker C hardness of 10 to 50.

5 . The composite material according to claim 1 , wherein the first resin particles of the plurality of first resin particles have substantially similar outer shapes.

6 . The composite material according to claim 5 , wherein the first resin particles of the plurality of first resin particles are substantially spherical.

7 . The composite material according to claim 1 , wherein the composite material is a non-foam body.

8 . The composite material according to claim 1 , wherein

voids in the second resin within which the first resin particles of the plurality of first resin particles are accommodated have an average diameter of 50 μm to 5000 μm, and

the inorganic particles have an average particle diameter of 0.1 μm to 50 μm.

9 . The composite material according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic particles of the plurality of inorganic particles have an aspect ratio of 1 or more and less than 50.

10 . The composite material according to claim 1 , wherein

the first resin particles of the plurality of first resin particles are accommodated within voids in the second resin, and

the composite material has a void ratio of 10 volume % to 60 volume %.

11 . A composite material comprising:

a body comprising:

a plurality of inorganic particles;

a plurality of first resin particles comprising a first resin; and

a second resin different from the first resin,

wherein

the first resin particles of the plurality of first resin particles have a hollow structure, the second resin is present around the plurality of first resin particles,

at least a portion of the plurality of inorganic particles are in contact with the first resin particles of the plurality of first resin particles,

the inorganic particles of the plurality of inorganic particles are present on wall surfaces of the second resin facing the first resin particles,

the composite material has a compressive elastic modulus of 100 kPa to 600 kPa, and

the composite material has a heat conductivity of 0.5 W/(m·K) or more, where the heat conductivity is a value measured for one test specimen in a symmetric configuration according to an American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard D5470-01.

12 . The composite material according to claim 11 , wherein

a heat transmission path is formed of the plurality of inorganic particles in contact with each other.

13 . The composite material according to claim 11 , wherein a value P 0 determined by the following equation (1) is 30 or more:

P 0 =(an average diameter [μm] of voids in the second resin within which the first resin particles of the plurality of first resin particles are accommodated/an average particle diameter [μm] of the inorganic particles) x (a void ratio [volume %]/100) Equation (1).

14 . The composite material according to claim 11 , having an Asker C hardness of 10 to 50.

15 . The composite material according to claim 11 , wherein the first resin particles of the plurality of first resin particles have substantially similar outer shapes.

16 . The composite material according to claim 11 , wherein the composite material is a non-foam body.

17 . The composite material according to claim 11 , wherein

voids in the second resin within which the first resin particles of the plurality of first resin particles are accommodated have an average diameter of 50 μm to 5000 μm, and

the inorganic particles have an average particle diameter of 0.1 μm to 50 μm.

18 . The composite material according to claim 11 , wherein the inorganic particles of the plurality of inorganic particles have an aspect ratio of 1 or more and less than 50.

19 . The composite material according to claim 11 , wherein

the first resin particles of the plurality of first resin particles are accommodated within voids in the second resin, and

the composite material has a void ratio of 10 volume % to 60 volume %.