IP Library Granted Patent US 12703803
Granted Patent B2
US 12703803 · App. 18/035,964 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Laminate including surface layer having scratch resistance and matte properties and surface coating composition

Inventors: Keisuke Kato (Yamagata, JP); Shinsuke Kondo (Yamagata, JP); Ken Egashira (Kanagawa, JP); Naota Sugiyama (St. Paul, MN); Yorinobu Takamatsu (Kanagawa, JP); Yusaku Yoshiike (Kanagawa, JP); Masaaki Furusawa (Yamagata, JP)
Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
C09D7/65B32B27/08B32B27/22B32B27/304B32B27/36C09D5/00C09D5/1637C09D7/42C09D7/69C09D175/04B32B2255/10B32B2255/26B32B2307/408B32B2307/584B32B2451/00
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Patent No.
US 12703803
App. No.
18/035,964
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a laminate including a surface layer that has excellent matte properties and can obtain good results in both the needle scratch test and the nail scratch test, and a surface coating composition that can prepare such a surface layer.

Claims (23)

1 . A laminate comprising:

a substrate; and

a surface layer having scratch resistance and matte properties that includes resin beads having an average particle size of approximately 1 micrometer or greater and approximately 20 micrometers or less, and having a glass transition temperature of higher than approximately-30° C. and lower than approximately 34° C., and a binder,

wherein the surface layer contains the resin beads of less than approximately 75% by mass based on a total weight of the surface layer, and exhibits an elastic modulus of approximately 5 MPa or greater and approximately 65 MPa or less in a region other than the resin beads of the surface layer when the elastic modulus of the surface layer is measured using an atomic force microscope.

2 . The laminate according to claim 1 , wherein the surface layer has a 60-degree surface glossiness of 5.0 GU or less.

3 . The laminate according to claim 1 , wherein the binder contains a resin having a urethane bond.

4 . The laminate according to claim 1 , wherein the binder contains a resin having a carboxy group.

5 . The laminate according to claim 1 , wherein the binder includes a crosslinked product crosslinked with a crosslinking composition.

6 . The laminate according to claim 1 , which is used as an interior material or exterior material for buildings or vehicles.

7 . The laminate according to claim 1 , wherein the surface layer further contains an antifoulant.

8 . The laminate according to claim 7 , wherein the antifoulant contains a silicone resin having a urethane bond.

9 . A surface coating composition comprising:

resin beads having an average particle size of 1 micrometer or greater and 20 micrometers or less and a glass transition temperature of higher than-30° C. and lower than 34° C.; and

a binder precursor,

wherein the resin beads are less than 75% by mass based on solid content of 100 parts by mass of the surface coating composition, and wherein a surface layer made from the surface coating composition exhibits an elastic modulus of 5 MPa or greater and 65 MPa or less in a region other than the resin beads of the surface layer when the elastic modulus of the surface layer is measured using an atomic force microscope.

10 . The surface coating composition according to claim 9 , wherein the binder precursor contains a resin having a urethane bond.

11 . The surface coating composition according to claim 9 , further comprising an antifoulant.

12 . The surface coating composition according to claim 9 , which is a water-based composition.

13 . The surface coating composition according to claim 9 , wherein a mass ratio of the water-based isocyanate to the binder precursor is 30% or greater and less than 400% in terms of solid content, and wherein the surface coating composition comprises 0.5 parts by mass or greater of the polyether-modified silicone having a hydroxyl group based on 100 parts by mass of solid content of the surface coating composition.

14 . The surface coating composition according to claim 12 , further comprising:

water-based isocyanate; and

polyether-modified silicone having a hydroxyl group as the antifoulant.

15 . The surface coating composition according to claim 12 , wherein the binder precursor contains a resin having a carboxy group.