IP Library Granted Patent US 10,018,754
Granted Patent B2
US 10,018,754 · App. 15/538,059 · Granted Jul 10, 2018

Sheet-form transparent molding, transparent screen comprising same, and image projection device comprising same

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Patent No.
US 10,018,754
App. No.
15/538,059
Granted
Jul 10, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a sheet-form transparent molding for use for a transparent screen, satisfying both visibilities of a projected light and a transmitted light by anisotropically scattering and reflecting the projected light emitted from a light source. A sheet-form transparent molding according to the present invention comprises a transparent light scattering layer comprising a resin and bright flake-form microparticles.

Claims (29)

1. A sheet-form transparent molding comprising a transparent light scattering layer comprising a resin and bright flake-form microparticles, wherein

the content of the bright flake-form microparticles is from 0.0001 to 0.014% by mass based on the resin,

an average diameter of primary particles of the bright flake-form microparticles is from 0.05 to 30 μm and an average aspect ratio of the bright flake-form microparticles is from 10 to 800,

the bright flake-form microparticles are metallic particles selected from the group consisting of aluminum, silver, copper, platinum, gold, titanium, nickel, tin, indium and chromium, or a bright material of glass coated with those metals,

the total light transmittance of the sheet-form transparent molding is 70% or higher, the haze value of the sheet-form transparent molding is from 1% to 30% or less, the image clarity of the sheet-form transparent molding is 70% or higher.

2. The sheet-form transparent molding according to claim 1 , wherein

the regular reflectance of the bright flake-form microparticles is 12% or higher.

3. The sheet-form transparent molding according to claim 1 , wherein

the transparent light scattering layer further comprises substantially spherical microparticles.

4. The sheet-form transparent molding according to claim 3 , wherein

the difference between a refractive index n 2 of the substantially spherical microparticles and a refractive index n 1 of the resin satisfies the following formula (1):

| n 1 −n 2 |≥0.1  (1),

a median diameter of primary particles of the substantially spherical microparticles is from 0.1 to 500 nm,

the content of the substantially spherical microparticles is from 0.0001 to 2.0% by mass based on the resin.

5. The sheet-form transparent molding according to claim 3 , wherein

the substantially spherical microparticles are at least one selected from the group consisting of zirconium oxide, zinc oxide, titanium oxide, cerium oxide, barium titanate, strontium titanate, magnesium oxide, calcium carbonate, barium sulfate, diamond, a cross-linked acrylic resin, a cross-linked styrene resin, and silica.

6. The sheet-form transparent molding according to claim 1 , further comprising a transparent reflection layer having a refractive index n 3 , larger than the refractive index n 1 of the resin, on one face of the sheet-form transparent molding.

7. The sheet-form transparent molding according to claim 6 , wherein

the refractive index n 3 of the transparent reflection layer is 1.8 or higher,

the optical film thickness represented by the product of the refractive index n 3 and film thickness d of the transparent reflection layer is from 20 to 400 nm.

8. The sheet-form transparent molding according to claim 6 , wherein

the transparent reflection layer comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of titanium oxide, niobium oxide, cerium oxide, zirconium oxide, indium tin oxide, zinc oxide, tantalum oxide, zinc sulfide, and tin oxide.

9. A transmission type transparent screen comprising the sheet-form transparent molding according to claim 1 .

10. A reflection type transparent screen comprising the sheet-form transparent molding according to claim 1 .

11. A laminated body comprising the sheet-form transparent molding according to claim 1 .

12. A member for a vehicle, comprising the sheet-form transparent molding according to claim 1 .

13. A member for a house, comprising the sheet-form transparent molding according to claim 1 .

14. An image projection device, comprising the sheet-form transparent molding according to claim 1 , and a projection device.

15. The sheet-form transparent molding according to claim 1 , wherein the content of the bright flake-form microparticles is from 0.0001 to 0.01% by mass based on the resin.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 25, 2020
From: JXTG NIPPON OIL ENERGY CORPORATION
To: ENEOS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053596/0282 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2017
From: MATSUO, AKIRA; NISHIMURA, SUZUSHI; INOUE, SATORU; YAMAKI, KOUSUKE
To: JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043449/0563 →