IP Library Granted Patent US 10,304,583
Granted Patent B2
US 10,304,583 · App. 14/944,657 · Granted May 28, 2019

Insulating tape for covering, and method for producing structure

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Patent No.
US 10,304,583
App. No.
14/944,657
Granted
May 28, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide an insulating tape for covering, in which a polyimide film and a fluorinated resin film are laminated with excellent adhesion, and a method for producing a structure, which comprises covering a conductor with such an insulating tape for covering, followed by thermal treatment. The insulating tape for covering, comprises a polyimide film and a fluorinated resin film directly laminated on one or both surfaces of the polyimide film, wherein the fluorinated resin film contains a fluorinated copolymer (A) which has a melting point of from 220 to 320° C. and can be melt-molded and which has at least one type of functional groups selected from the group consisting of carbonyl group-containing groups, hydroxy groups, epoxy groups and isocyanate groups.

Claims (13)

1. A method for producing a structure, comprising:

covering the surface of a conductor with an insulating tape to form a covering layer; and

thermally treating the conductor covered with the covering layer at a temperature of at least the melting point of the fluorinated copolymer (A) to obtain a structure,

wherein the insulating tape comprises a polyimide film and a fluorinated resin film directly laminated on one or both surfaces of the polyimide film,

wherein the fluorinated resin film comprises a fluorinated copolymer (A) which has a melting point of from 220 to 320° C. and can be melt-molded, and the fluorinated copolymer (A) comprises at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of carbonyl group-containing groups, hydroxy groups, epoxy groups and isocyanate groups.

2. The method for producing a structure according to claim 1 , wherein the thermal treatment is conducted at a temperature of at least the melting point of the fluorinated copolymer (A) and lower than 400° C.

3. The method for producing a structure according to claim 1 , wherein the structure is an electric cable.

4. The method for producing a structure according to claim 1 , wherein the melting point of the fluorinated copolymer (A) is from 260 to 320° C.

5. The method for producing a structure according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorinated copolymer (A) comprises a carbonyl group-containing group, wherein the carbonyl group-containing group is at least one selected from the group consisting of groups containing a carbonyl group between carbon atoms of a hydrocarbon group, carbonate groups, carboxy groups, haloformyl groups, alkoxycarbonyl groups and acid anhydride residual groups.

6. The method for producing a structure according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the functional groups is from 10 to 60,000 groups to 1×10 6 carbon atoms in the main chain of the fluorinated copolymer (A).

7. The method for producing a structure according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorinated copolymer (A) has a melt flow rate of from 0.5 to 15 g/10 min., as measured at 372° C. under a load of 49N.

8. The method for producing a structure according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorinated copolymer (A) has a melt flow rate of from 0.5 to 25 g/10 min., as measured at 297° C. under a load of 49N.

9. The method for producing a structure according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorinated copolymer (A) is a tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer (PFA) or a tetrafluoroethylene/ethylene copolymer (ETFE).

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
To: AGC INC.
Reel/Frame 046730/0786 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2015
From: HOSODA, TOMOYA; MATSUOKA, YASUHIKO; SASAKI, TORU; KASAI, WATARU
To: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 037072/0337 →