Granted Patent B2

US 12,344,720 · App. 16/307,572 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Inventors: David Scott Thompson (Bayport, MN); Steven D. Solomonson (Shoreview, MN); Karissa Lynn Eckert (Ham Lake, MN); John James Stradinger (Roseville, MN); Catherine A. Leatherdale (Woodbury, MN); Peter D. Condo (Lake Elmo, MN); Richard J. Pokorny (Maplewood, MN); Ryan M. Braun (St. Paul, MN); Michael A. Johnson (Stillwater, MN); Joseph D. Rule (Woodbury, MN); Kevin R. Schaffer (Woodbury, MN); Derek W. Patzman (Savage, MN)

Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

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Abstract

Claims (25)

1. A display film having a thickness in a range from 150 to 250 micrometers and comprising:

a transparent polymeric substrate layer having a thickness in a range from 35 to 75 micrometers;

a transparent cross-linked polyurethane acrylate layer having a thickness in a range from 150 to 200 micrometers and disposed on the transparent polymeric substrate layer, the transparent cross-linked polyurethane acrylate layer having a glass transition temperature of 10 degrees Celsius or less, a Tan Delta peak value of 0.5 or greater, and a storage modulus at 23 degrees Celsius in a range of 1.02 MPa to 7.74 MPa; and

a hardcoat layer having a thickness in a range from 3 to 10 micrometers and disposed on the transparent polymeric substrate layer;

wherein the transparent polymeric substrate layer separates the transparent cross-linked polyurethane acrylate layer from the hardcoat layer, and

wherein the display film passes 100,000 cycles of dynamic folding at a bend radius of 5 mm folding away from the hardcoat layer at 0° C. with a folding rate of 20 cycles/min.

2. The display film according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent cross-linked polyurethane acrylate layer has a glass transition temperature of zero degrees Celsius or less.

3. The display film according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent cross-linked polyurethane acrylate layer has a Tan Delta peak value of 0.8 or greater.

4. The display film according to claim 1 , wherein the display film has a haze of 1.0 or less and a visible light transmission of 85% or greater.

5. The display film according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent polymeric substrate layer has a yield stress value greater than 70 MPa.

6. The display film according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent cross-linked polyurethane acrylate layer comprises a plurality of layers, each layer formed of a cross-linked polyurethane acrylate material and at least two layers having a different glass transition temperature value.

7. The display film according to claim 1 , wherein a premask layer defines an outer surface of the display film.

8. The display film of claim 1 , wherein the display film passes 100,000 cycles of dynamic folding at a bend radius of 5 mm folding away from the hardcoat layer at −20° C. with a folding rate of 20 cycles/min.

9. The display film according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent cross-linked polyurethane acrylate layer has a glass transition temperature of −31 degrees Celsius or less.

10. The display film according to claim 1 , wherein the hardcoat layer comprises inorganic oxide nanoparticles having a refractive index of 1.65 or higher and an average primary particle size or associated particle size of at least 10 nm and no greater than 200 nm, and the total concentration of the inorganic oxide nanoparticles is at least 30 wt % solids and no greater than 90 wt % solids.

11. The display film according to claim 1 , further comprising an adhesive layer disposed on the transparent cross-linked polyurethane acrylate layer, and the transparent cross-linked polyurethane acrylate layer separates the transparent polymeric substrate layer from the adhesive layer.

12. The display film according to claim 11 , further comprising a release or removable liner disposed on the adhesive layer.

13. The display film according to claim 1 , further comprising a second transparent polymeric substrate layer disposed on the transparent cross-linked polyurethane acrylate layer, and the transparent cross-linked polyurethane acrylate layer separates the transparent polymeric substrate layer from the second transparent polymeric substrate layer.

14. The display film according to claim 13 , further comprising an adhesive layer disposed on the second transparent polymeric substrate layer, and the second transparent polymeric substrate layer separates the transparent cross-linked polyurethane acrylate layer from the adhesive layer.

15. The display film according to claim 14 , further comprising a release or removable liner disposed on the adhesive layer.

16. The display film according to claim 14 , wherein the hardcoat layer comprises nanoparticles and has a thickness in a range from 2 to 30 micrometers.

17. An article, comprising:

an optical display;

a display film according to claim 1 ; and

an optical adhesive layer fixing the display film to the optical display.

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