IP Library Granted Patent US 9,969,874
Granted Patent B2
US 9,969,874 · App. 14/767,754 · Granted May 15, 2018

Polymer particle, polymer dispersion, method for producing said polymer dispersion, coating material produced from said polymer dispersion, and coated article

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Patent No.
US 9,969,874
App. No.
14/767,754
Granted
May 15, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to: a polymer particle in which a urethane resin (A1) and an acrylic polymer (B1) are included in a single particle, said polymer particle having a gel fraction of 10% or more as measured using N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) as a solvent; a polymer particle in which a urethane resin (A2) having a sulfonic acid group and an acrylic polymer (B2) are included in a single particle, said polymer particle having a surface acid value of 0.1 to 19 mgKOH/g as measured by a potentiometric titration method; and a method for producing a polymer dispersion. According to the present invention, it becomes possible to provide: a polymer dispersion which has excellent polymerization stability and can have an excellent coating viscosity property and excellent storage stability when used in a coating material; a method for producing the polymer dispersion; and a polymer particle contained in the polymer dispersion. It also becomes possible to provide: a coating material which enables the formation of a coating film that can have excellent water resistance and solvent resistance even when the drying conditions include a low temperature and a shorter drying time; and a coated material which has the coating material applied thereon.

Claims (13)

1. Polymer particles comprising a urethane resin (A1) and an acrylic polymer (B1) in the same particle, wherein a gel fraction of the polymer particles measured using N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) as a solvent is 10% or more, and

wherein the acrylic polymer (B1) comprises a repeating unit derived from an acid group-containing radically polymerizable monomer (b2-1) and a proportion of the repeating unit derived from the acid group-containing radically polymerizable monomer (b2-1) is from 0.008 to 3.4% by mass with respect to a total mass of the urethane resin (A1) and the acrylic polymer (B1).

2. The polymer particles according to claim 1 , wherein the urethane resin (A1) comprises a urethane resin (A1-1) having a sulfonic acid group.

3. The polymer particles according to claim 1 , wherein the acrylic polymer (B1) comprises a repeating unit derived from a monomer (b1) having two or more radically polymerizable groups and a proportion of the repeating unit derived from the monomer (b1) having two or more radically polymerizable groups is from 0.01 to 10% by mass with respect to a total mass of the urethane resin (A1) and the acrylic polymer (B1).

4. A polymer dispersion comprising the polymer particles according to claim 1 .

5. Polymer particles comprising a urethane resin (A2) having a sulfonic acid group and an acrylic polymer (B2) in the same particle, wherein a surface acid value of the polymer particles measured by potentiometric titration is from 0.1 to 19 mg KOH/g, and

wherein the acrylic polymer (B2) comprises a repeating unit derived from an acid group-containing radically polymerizable monomer (b4-1) and a proportion of the repeating unit derived from the acid group-containing radically polymerizable monomer (b4-1) is from 0.008 to 3.4% by mass with respect to a total mass of the urethane resin (A2) and the acrylic polymer (B2).

6. The polymer particles according to claim 5 , wherein the acrylic polymer (B2) comprises a repeating unit derived from a monomer (b3) having two or more radically polymerizable groups.

7. The polymer particles according to claim 6 , wherein a proportion of the repeating unit derived from the monomer (b3) having two or more radically polymerizable groups is from 0.05 to 10% by mass with respect to a total mass of the urethane resin (A2) and the acrylic polymer (B2).

8. A polymer dispersion comprising the polymer particles according to claim 5 .

9. A coating material comprising the polymer dispersion according to claim 4 .

10. A coated article coated with the coating material according to claim 9 .

11. The coated article according to claim 10 , wherein a gloss retention of the coating film after being immersed in solvent naphtha for 30 seconds is 60% or more.

Assignments (2)
CORPORATE NAME CHANGE Recorded Jun 19, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042886/0294 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2015
From: KOSUGI, NAOHIRO; YAMATO, SHINYA; NAKAMURA, JUNICHI; TANAKA, MOTOMI; TORISAKI, MASASHI
To: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.; JAPAN COATING RESIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036607/0121 →