IP Library Granted Patent US 8,987,364
Granted Patent B2
US 8,987,364 · App. 13/254,906 · Granted Mar 24, 2015

Transparent film

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Patent No.
US 8,987,364
App. No.
13/254,906
Granted
Mar 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

This invention relates to a transparent film including a glass fiber substrate made of glass fibers and impregnated with a resin composition in which a high refractive resin (a transparent resin) having refractive index higher than the glass fiber is mixed with a low refractive resin (a second transparent resin) having a refractive index lower than the glass fiber to have a resultant refractive index approximate to that of the glass fiber when cured, wherein the high refractive resin has a 3 or more-functional epoxy resin expressed by the following formula: wherein R 1 is a hydrogen atom or methyl group, R 2 is a bivalent organic group, and R 3 to R 10 are respectively ones selected from a group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a substituent group, and a molecular chain containing epoxy group.

Claims (22)

1. A transparent film comprising:

a glass fiber substrate made of glass fibers and impregnated with a transparent resin composition made of a transparent resin,

wherein said transparent resin comprises a 3 or more-functional epoxy resin expressed by the following formula:

wherein R 1 is a hydrogen atom or methyl group, R 2 is a bivalent organic group, and R 3 to R 10 are respectively ones selected from a group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, and a molecular chain containing epoxy group.

2. A transparent film as set forth in claim 1 , wherein

said transparent resin comprises a 3-functional epoxy resin expressed by the following formula:

3. A transparent film as set forth in claim 1 , wherein

said transparent resin includes a cyanate-ester resin.

4. A transparent film as set forth in claim 1 , wherein

said transparent resin composition has a glass transition temperature of 220° C. or more after being cured.

5. A transparent film as set forth in claim 1 , wherein

said transparent resin composition includes a curing initiator of zinc octanoate.

6. A transparent film as set forth in claim 1 , wherein

said transparent resin composition is prepared by mixing said transparent resin with a second transparent resin,

said glass fiber substrate has refractive index of 1.55 to 1.57,

said transparent resin has refractive index of 1.58 to 1.63 after being cured, and

said second transparent resin has refractive index of 1.47 to 1.53 after being cured.

7. A transparent film as set forth in claim 1 , wherein

said transparent resin composition is prepared by mixing said transparent resin with a second transparent resin,

said glass fiber substrate has refractive index of 1.50 to 1.53,

said transparent resin has refractive index of 1.54 to 1.63 after being cured, and

said second transparent resin has refractive index of 1.47 to the refractive index of said glass fiber substrate after being cured.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ERRONEOUSLY FILED APPLICATION NUMBERS 13/384239, 13/498734, 14/116681 AND 14/301144 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 034194 FRAME 0143. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 24, 2020
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056788/0362 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034194/0143 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 13, 2012
From: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO.,LTD.,
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027697/0525 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2011
From: KISHIMOTO, HIROTSUGU; HASHIMOTO, SHINJI
To: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027152/0450 →