IP Library Granted Patent US 7,638,202
Granted Patent B2
US 7,638,202 · App. 11/524,266 · Granted Dec 29, 2009

Stretched polyamide films

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Patent No.
US 7,638,202
App. No.
11/524,266
Granted
Dec 29, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A stretched polyamide film including at least one stretched layer made of a mixed resin containing a polyamide resin and a modified polyester-based elastomer Y. The polyamide resin X is mainly constituted by m-xylylenediamine unit and C 6-12 α,ω-aliphatic dicarboxylic acid unit. The modified polyester-based elastomer is graft-modified with an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or its anhydride. Such stretched polyamide film is drastically improved in the flexibility, impact resistance and pin-hole resistance with little reduction in the gas-barrier properties while retaining an enough transparency to practical use.

Claims (18)

1. A stretched polyamide film comprising at least one gas-barrier stretched layer which is made of a mixed resin Z containing polyamide resin X and modified polyester-based elastomer Y, and containing from 90 to 98% by weight of the polyamide resin X based on a total weight of the polyamide resin X and the modified polyester-based elastomer Y, and from 10 to 2% by weight of the modified polyester-based elastomer Y based on a total weight of the polyamide resin X and the modified polyester-based elastomer Y, the polyamide resin X being constituted by a diamine constitutional unit comprising 70 mol % or more of m-xylylenediamine unit, of total diamine constitutional units, and a dicarboxylic acid constitutional unit comprising 70 mol % or more of a C 6-12 α, ω-aliphatic dicarboxylic acid unit, of total dicarboxylic acid constitutional units, and the modified polyester-based elastomer Y being graft-modified with an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, wherein said gas-barrier stretched layer has a thickness of 5-50 μm.

2. The stretched polyamide film according to claim 1 , wherein the gas-barrier stretched layer is formed by melt-extruding the mixed resin Z into a single-layered film and then stretching the single-layered film.

3. The stretched polyamide film according to claim 1 , wherein the C 6-12 α,ω-aliphatic dicarboxylic acid is adipic acid.

4. The stretched polyamide film according to claim 1 , further comprising a stretched layer made of an aliphatic polyamide resin on one or both surfaces of the gas-barrier stretched layer.

5. The stretched polyamide film according to claim 4 , produced by laminating a gas-barrier stretched film which is obtained by melt-extruding the mixed resin Z and then stretching the extruded mixed resin Z with a stretched film which is separately obtained by melt-extruding the aliphatic polyamide resin and then stretching the extruded aliphatic polyamide resin.

6. The stretched polyamide film according to claim 4 , produced by respectively melt co-extruding the mixed resin Z and the aliphatic polyamide resin into a multi-layered film and then stretching the multi-layered film.

7. A multi-layered, gas-barrier film comprising the stretched polyamide film as defined in claim 1 and a stretched or non-stretched thermoplastic resin film.

8. The multi-layered, gas-barrier film according to claim 7 , produced by laminating the stretched polyamide film and the stretched or non-stretched thermoplastic resin film which are separately produced.

9. The multi-layered, gas-barrier film according to claim 7 , further comprising an adhesive resin film.

10. The multi-layered, gas-barrier film according to claim 9 , produced by respectively melt co-extruding the mixed resin Z, the adhesive resin and the thermoplastic resin into a multi-layered film, and then stretching the multi-layered film.

11. A multi-layered, gas-barrier film comprising the stretched polyamide film as defined in claim 4 and a stretched or non-stretched thermoplastic resin film.

12. The multi-layered, gas-barrier film according to claim 11 , produced by laminating the stretched polyamide film and the stretched or non-stretched thermoplastic resin film which are separately produced.

13. The multi-layered, gas-barrier film according to claim 11 , further comprising an adhesive resin film.

14. The multi-layered, gas-barrier film according to claim 13 , produced by respectively melt co-extruding the mixed resin Z, the aliphatic polyamide resin, the adhesive resin and the thermoplastic resin into a multi-layered film, and then stretching the multi-layered film.

15. The stretched polyamide film according to claim 1 , wherein the mixed resin Z contains 95 to 97% by weight of polyamide resin X and 5 to 3% by weight of modified polyester-based elastomer Y, each based on the total weight of the polyamide resin X and the modified polyester-based elastomer Y.

16. The stretched polyamide film according to claim 1 , wherein the polyester-based elastomer of the modified polyester-based elastomer Y is a saturated polyester-based elastomer having a polyalkylene ether glycol segment.

17. The stretched polyamide film according to claim 1 , wherein the polyester-based elastomer the modified polyester-based elastomer Y includes an aromatic polyester segment as a relatively hard segment and a polyalkylene ether glycol or aliphatic polyester segment as a relatively soft segment as compared to said relatively hard segment.

18. The stretched polyamide film according to claim 1 , having an oxygen transmission rate of 0-200 ml/(m 2 ·day·MPa), and a haze value of 0-8%/15 μm film thickness.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 5, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043750/0834 →
MERGER Recorded Sep 4, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043750/0207 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ORIGINAL COVER SHEET, THE 2ND ASSIGNEE'S ADDRESS IS INCORRECT AND IN THE NOTICE OF RECORDATION THE INVENTION'S TITLE IS MISSING, PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 018324 FRAME 0220. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Oct 6, 2009
From: NANBA, HIROYUKI; KOUNO, KENJI; NAKAGAWA, ATSUSHI
To: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.; MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023329/0807 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2006
From: NANBA, HIROYUKI; KOUNO, KENJI; NAKAGAWA, ATSUSHI
To: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.; MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018324/0220 →