IP Library Granted Patent US 8,432,624
Granted Patent B2
US 8,432,624 · App. 13/290,877 · Granted Apr 30, 2013

Optical article and method for producing the same

Inventors: Mitsuhiro Toda (Minamiminowa-mura, JP); Yuta Hoshino (Minowa-machi, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,432,624
App. No.
13/290,877
Granted
Apr 30, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical article includes: an optical substrate, and a functional layer laminated on the surface of the optical substrate, the functional layer having a thickness T μm that satisfies the following condition: 6.5 dn +4.0 ≦T ≦100 wherein the thickness T is larger than 5 μm, and dn is the refractive index difference at the boundary of the optical substrate and the functional layer and satisfies the following condition: 0.06≦dn≦0.4.

Claims (45)

1. An optical article comprising:

an optical substrate, and

a functional layer laminated on the surface of the optical substrate,

the functional layer having a thickness T μm that satisfies the following condition:

6.5 dn+ 4.0 ≦T≦ 100

wherein the thickness T is larger than 20 μm, and dn is the refractive index difference at the boundary of the optical substrate and the functional layer and satisfies the following condition:

0.06≦dn≦0.4.

2. An optical article according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness T of the functional layer is not more than 50 μm.

3. An optical article according to claim 1 , wherein a refractive index of the optical substrate is not less than 1.50.

4. An optical article according to claim 1 , wherein a refractive index of the functional layer is not less than 1.50.

5. An optical article according to claim 1 , wherein a refractive index of the functional layer is not more than 1.90.

6. An optical article according to claim 1 , wherein the optical substrate is a plastic lens substrate.

7. An optical article according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness T of the functional layer satisfies the following condition:

10.4 dn+ 4.0 ≦T ≦100.

8. An optical article according to claim 7 , wherein the thickness T of the functional layer satisfies the following condition:

18.7 dn+ 4.2 ≦T ≦100.

9. An optical article according to claim 8 , wherein the thickness T of the functional layer satisfies the following condition:

28.7 dn+ 4.3 ≦T ≦100.

10. An optical article according to claim 9 , wherein the thickness T of the functional layer satisfies the following condition:

35.2 dn+ 4.4 ≦T ≦100.

11. An optical article according to claim 1 , wherein the functional layer includes a hard coating layer.

12. An optical article according to claim 11 , wherein the functional layer includes a primer layer that is laminated between the hard coating layer and the optical substrate.

13. An optical article according to claim 12 , wherein a refractive index of the hard coating layer n 1 , a refractive index of the optical substrate n 2 , and a refractive index of the primer layer n 3 satisfy the following condition:

n2≦n3≦n1.

14. An optical article according to claim 13 , wherein a refractive index of the optical substrate is not more than 1.90.

15. An optical article according to claim 12 , wherein a refractive index of the hard coating layer n 1 , a refractive index of the optical substrate n 2 , and a refractive index of the primer layer n 3 satisfy the following condition:

n1≦n2≦n3.

16. An optical article according to claim 1 , further comprising an antireflection film laminated on the functional layer.

17. An optical article according to claim 16 , further comprising an antifouling film laminated on the antireflection film.

18. A pair of spectacles comprising:

an plastic lens substrate,

a functional layer laminated on the surface of the optical substrate,

the functional layer having a thickness T μm that satisfies the following condition:

6.5 dn+ 4.0 ≦T ≦100

wherein the thickness T is larger than 20 μm, and dn is the refractive index difference at the boundary of the optical substrate and the functional layer and satisfies the following condition:

0.06≦dn≦0.4, and

a frame having mounted thereto the spectacle lens.

19. A method for producing an optical article, comprising forming a functional layer on an optical substrate, the functional layer having a thickness T μm that satisfies the following condition:

6.5 dn+ 4.0 ≦T≦ 100

wherein the thickness T is larger than 20 μm, and dn is the refractive index difference at the boundary of the optical substrate and tine functional layer and satisfies the following condition:

0.06≦dn≦0.4.

20. A method for film production, comprising forming a functional layer on an optical substrate, the functional layer having a thickness T μm that satisfies the following condition:

6.5 dn+ 4.0 ≦T≦ 100

wherein the thickness T is larger than 20 μm, and do is the refractive index difference at the boundary of the optical substrate and the functional layer and satisfies the following condition:

0.06≦dn≦0.4.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2013
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: HOYA LENS MANUFACTURING PHILIPPINES INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-306049 · Dec 1, 2008 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 12621357 · Nov 18, 2009
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