IP Library Granted Patent US 8,173,557
Granted Patent B2
US 8,173,557 · App. 12/538,901 · Granted May 8, 2012

Laminated sheet

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Patent No.
US 8,173,557
App. No.
12/538,901
Granted
May 8, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A laminated sheet comprising a woven or nonwoven fabric comprising glass fibers fixed by a binder, and a fluororesin film laminated on each other, wherein the binder contains a copolymer (A) having repeating units (a 1 ) based on at least one fluoromonomer selected from the group consisting of tetrafluoroethylene, chlorotrifluoroethylene and hexafluoropropylene, and repeating units (a 2 ) based on at least one non-fluoromonomer selected from the group consisting of a vinyl ether, a vinyl ester, an isopropenyl ether, an isopropenyl ester, an allyl ether and an allyl ester.

Claims (12)

1. A laminated sheet comprising a woven or nonwoven fabric comprising glass fibers fixed by a binder, and a fluororesin film laminated on each other, wherein the binder contains a copolymer (A) having repeating units (a 1 ) based on at least one fluoromonomer selected from the group consisting of tetrafluoroethylene, chlorotrifluoroethylene and hexafluoropropylene, and repeating units (a 2 ) based on at least one non-fluoromonomer selected from the group consisting of a vinyl ether, a vinyl ester, an isopropenyl ether, an isopropenyl ester, an allyl ether and an allyl ester.

2. The laminated sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the fiber thickness of the glass fibers is from 5 to 3,000 tex, and the open area ratio of the woven or nonwoven fabric is at least 30%.

3. The laminated sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the fluororesin film comprises at least one fluororesin selected from the group consisting of an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, a tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer, a tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymer, polyvinylidene fluoride, polyvinyl fluoride, a tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene/vinylidene fluoride copolymer and polychlorotrifluoroethylene.

4. The laminated sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the fluororesin film is an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer.

5. The laminated sheet according to claim 1 , which has a light transmittance in the visible region of at least 30%.

6. The laminated sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the hydroxyl value or the acid value as calculated as mg of potassium hydroxide consumed per 1 g of the copolymer (A) is from 2 to 60 mgKOH/g.

7. The laminated sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the repeating units (a 1 ) in the copolymer (A) is from 30 to 70 mol % based on the total amount of all the repeating units constituting the copolymer (A).

8. The laminated sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the repeating units (a 2 ) in the copolymer (A) is from 30 to 70 mol % based on the total amount of all the repeating units constituting the copolymer (A).

9. The laminated sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of the binder in the glass fibers is from 5 to 30 mass %.

10. The laminated sheet according to claim 1 , which has a thickness of from 24 to 1,000 μm.

11. The laminated sheet according to claim 1 , which is produced by laminating the woven or nonwoven fabric and the fluororesin film on each other under heating.

12. The laminated sheet according to claim 11 , wherein the heating temperature is from 150 to 400° C.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
To: AGC INC.
Reel/Frame 046730/0786 →
CORPORATE ADDRESS CHANGE Recorded Nov 9, 2011
From: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
To: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 027197/0541 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2009
From: HIGUCHI, YOSHIAKI; NAKAO, TAKUYA; MASUDA, SHO
To: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 023077/0937 →