IP Library Granted Patent US 8,545,648
Granted Patent B2
US 8,545,648 · App. 13/598,036 · Granted Oct 1, 2013

Method for producing heat insulating laminate structure, heat insulating laminate structure, and transparent laminate film for the same

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Patent No.
US 8,545,648
App. No.
13/598,036
Granted
Oct 1, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a method for producing a heat insulating laminate structure having an excellent solar radiation shielding capability as well as an excellent radio wave transparency. The method includes placing a transparent laminate film between two transparent substrates, the transparent laminate film having on at least one side of a transparent polymer film a laminated layer structure in which a metal oxide layer containing an organic component and a metal layer are laminated and grooves having widths of 30 μm or less are formed with dividing the metal layer; bonding the two substrates to each other through the transparent laminate film under application of a pressure; and promoting division of the metal layer in the transparent laminate film by the applied pressure to increase an overall surface resistance.

Claims (15)

1. A method for producing a heat insulating laminate structure, comprising:

placing a transparent laminate film between two transparent substrates, the transparent laminate film having on at least one side of a transparent polymer film a laminated layer structure in which a metal oxide layer containing an organic component and a metal layer are laminated and groves having widths of 30 μm or less are formed with dividing the metal layer;

bonding the two substrates to each other through the transparent laminate film under application of a pressure; and

promoting division of the metal layer in the transparent laminate film by the applied pressure to increase an overall surface resistance;

wherein formation of the grooves is performed by causing a starting material for formation of the metal oxide layer containing the organic component to react and by forming cracks due to a stress generated in the laminated layer structure during the reaction.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the organic component is a remaining component of a starting material for a sol-gel method, and the formation of the grooves comprises a step of applying energy to the laminated layer structure from a surface thereof in an atmosphere containing one or more species selected from oxygen, ozone, and water.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the metal oxide layer containing the organic component is formed by a sol-gel method in which light energy is used during a sol-gel curing reaction.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a barrier layer composed mainly of a metal oxide is formed on at least one side of the metal layer.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the metal oxide layer is a titanium oxide layer.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the barrier layer is composed mainly of titanium oxide.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the formation of the barrier layer is performed by post-oxidization of a metallic titanium layer or by post-oxidization of a partially oxidized titanium layer.

8. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the barrier layer is composed mainly of titanium oxide.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the formation of the barrier layer is performed by post-oxidization of a metallic titanium layer or by post-oxidization of a partially oxidized titanium layer.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the metal oxide layer is a titanium oxide layer.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the metal layer is a silver layer or a silver alloy layer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 20, 2014
From: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 034016/0613 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2012
From: INAGAKI, HIROKI; TAKEUCHI, TETSUYA; NARASAKI, TETSUJI; INUZUKA, MASATAKA; GOTO, OSAMU
To: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 029003/0457 →