IP Library Granted Patent US 10,632,696
Granted Patent B2
US 10,632,696 · App. 15/587,778 · Granted Apr 28, 2020

Polycarbonate resin film, and transparent film and process for producing the same

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Patent No.
US 10,632,696
App. No.
15/587,778
Granted
Apr 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a process for producing a transparent film, including the step of stretching a film in at least one direction under a condition(s) that satisfies an expression (5): 200%/min≤[stretching speed(strain rate)]≤1,200%/min  (5), wherein the film comprises a polycarbonate resin containing at least a constitutional unit derived from a dihydroxy compound (A) that has a bonded structure represented by a structural formula (1): in which no hydrogen atom is bonded to the oxygen atom contained in the structural formula (1).

Claims (20)

1. A process for producing a transparent film, the process comprising:

stretching a film in at least one direction under a condition(s) that satisfies an expression (5):

200%/min≤[stretching speed(strain rate)]≤1,200%/min  (5),

wherein:

the film comprises a polycarbonate resin which contains at least a constitutional unit derived from a dihydroxy compound (A) that has a bonded structure represented by a structural formula (1):

no hydrogen atom is bonded to the oxygen atom contained in the structural formula (1);

a thickness of the transparent film is from 10 μm to 54 μm;

a thickness unevenness of the transparent film is from 7.1 μm to 15.4 μm; and

a birefringence of the transparent film is 0.0026 or more; wherein:

an upper yield stress in tension and a lower yield stress in tension of the transparent film satisfy the following expression (2):

0.9≤[(lower yield stress in tension)/(upper yield stress in tension)]≤1  (2);

the upper yield stress in tension and a breaking stress in tension of the transparent film satisfy the following expression (3):

[(breaking stress in tension)/(upper yield stress in tension)]≥1  (3);

and a storage modulus at 40° C. of the polycarbonate resin is 2.7 GPa or less.

2. The process for producing a transparent film according to claim 1 , wherein the dihydroxy compound (A) is a dihydroxy compound having a cyclic ether structure.

3. The process for producing a transparent film according to claim 1 , wherein the polycarbonate resin further comprises a structural unit derived from a dihydroxy compound (B).

4. The process for producing a transparent film according to claim 3 , wherein the dihydroxy compound (B) is alicyclic dihydroxy compound.

5. The process for producing a transparent film according to claim 1 , wherein a stretching temperature of the transparent film is from (glass transitional temperature of the polycarbonate resin)−20° C. to (glass transitional temperature of the polycarbonate resin)+40° C.

6. The process for producing a transparent film according to claim 1 , wherein the polycarbonate resin is stretched by uniaxial stretching.

7. The process for producing a transparent film according to claim 1 , wherein stretch ratio is 1.05 to 4 times.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 5, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043750/0834 →
MERGER Recorded Sep 4, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043750/0207 →