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US 11,360,251 · App. 16/316,106 · Granted Jun 14, 2022

Film and layered body having specified thickness ratios of thermoplastic layers

Inventors: Takafumi Arike (Otsu, JP); Yoshihiro Masuda (Otsu, JP); Shigeru Aoyama (Otsu, JP)
Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
G02B5/26B32B27/08G02B1/14G02B5/0841G02B5/208G02B5/282G02B5/285G02B5/287B32B27/00
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Patent No.
US 11,360,251
App. No.
16/316,106
Granted
Jun 14, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is a film having at least one reflection band in which the reflectance is 30% or greater continuously in at least a 100-nm range in a wavelength range of 1200-1800 nm when light is incident from at least one side, the mean transmittance in a wavelength range of 430-600 nm is 70% or greater, and the average value of the axial rigidity of the film in the principal orientation axis direction of the film and in the direction orthogonal thereto is 45 N/m or less.

Claims (25)

1. A film having at least one reflection band where a reflectance of 30% or more is maintained over a continuous part covering 100 nm or more in a wavelength range of 1,200 to 1,800 nm for incident light entering at least from one side,

wherein the film has an average transmittance of 70% or more over a wavelength range of 430 to 600 nm, and has an average axial rigidity between the main orientation axis direction of the film and the direction perpendicular thereto of 10 kN/m or more and 45 kN/m or less, wherein:

the film has a lamination unit 1 in which layers (A-layers) containing a thermoplastic resin A as a primary component and layers (B-layers) containing a thermoplastic resin B as a primary component are stacked alternately to meet the requirement (i) described below; and

the film has a lamination unit 2 in which layers (C-layers) containing a thermoplastic resin C as a primary component and layers (D-layers) containing a thermoplastic resin D as a primary component are stacked alternately to meet the requirement (ii) described below:

(i) any A-layer and B-layer located adjacent to each other have a thickness ratio (thickness of A-layer/thickness of B-layer) of 0.7 or more and 1.4 or less;

(ii) compared to the thinnest layer (having a thickness ratio of 1) of three layers located adjacent to each other, one of the other two layers has a thickness ratio of 1.0 or more and 1.4 or less whereas the remaining layer has a thickness ratio of 5 or more and 9 or less.

2. The film as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the average transmittance in a wavelength range of 400 to 800 nm is 80% or more at least for incident light coming through either surface.

3. The film as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the total thickness d1 of the lamination unit 1 is 5 μm or more.

4. The film as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the total thickness d2 of the lamination unit 2 is 20 μm or more.

5. The film as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic resins A and C are crystalline resins and the thermoplastic resins B and D are amorphous resins.

6. The film as set forth in claim 1 , wherein in either the lamination unit 1 or the lamination unit 2 , or both the lamination unit 1 and the lamination unit 2 , the total layer thickness of continuously located six layers has a layer thickness distribution in the thickness direction of the film.

7. The film as set forth in claim 1 , having a region in which the total layer thickness of mutually adjacent six layers in the lamination unit 1 decreases gradually from either surface toward the central portion.

8. The film as set forth in claim 1 , having a region in which the total layer thickness of mutually adjacent six layers in the lamination unit 2 decreases gradually from either surface toward the central portion.

9. The film as set forth in claim 1 , having a region in which the total layer thickness of mutually adjacent six layers in the lamination unit 1 decreases gradually from either surface toward the central portion, and having a region in which the total layer thickness of mutually adjacent six layers in the lamination unit 2 decreases gradually from either surface toward the central portion.

10. The film as set forth in claim 1 , containing a layer having a layer thickness of 1 μm or more.

11. The film as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the total thickness d1 (μm) of the lamination unit 1 and the total thickness d2 (μm) of the lamination unit 2 meet the equation (1) or (2) given below:

0.4≤ d 1/( d 1+ d 2)<1  equation (1)

0.01≤ d 1/( d 1+ d 2)<0.4  equation (2).

12. The film as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the film thickness is 100 μm or less.

13. The film as set forth in claim 10 , wherein the average reflectance in the wavelength range of 900 to 1,400 nm is 70% or more at least for incident light coming through either surface.

14. The film as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the average reflectance in the wavelength range of 900 nm to 1,800 nm is 70% or more at least for incident light coming through either surface.

15. A layered body containing the film as set forth in claim 1 , a hard coat layer located in close proximity to at least either side thereof, and a sticking layer attached on the other side thereof.

16. A layered body having the film as set forth in claim 1 and a hard coat layer located in close proximity to at least either side thereof and having visible light transmittance of 70% or more and total solar energy transmittance of 50% or less as specified in ISO9050, wherein the hard coat layer contains a heat ray absorbent.

17. The layered body as set forth in claim 16 , wherein the heat ray absorbent contains a tungsten oxide component.

18. The layered body as set forth in claim 16 , wherein the hard coat layer has a thickness of 0.1 μm or more and 50 μm or less.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2019
From: ARIKE, TAKAFUMI; MASUDA, YOSHIHIRO; AOYAMA, SHIGERU
To: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 048491/0221 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP JP2016-139956 · Jul 15, 2016 · national
JP JP2016-237298 · Dec 7, 2016 · national
JP JP2017-019243 · Feb 6, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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