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Granted Patent B2
US 11,465,392 · App. 17/255,683 · Granted Oct 11, 2022

Interlayer film for laminated glass, and laminated glass

Inventor: Hiroyuki Arishima (Kurashiki, JP)
Assignee: KURARAY EUROPE GMBH
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Patent No.
US 11,465,392
App. No.
17/255,683
Granted
Oct 11, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An interlayer film for a laminated glass, containing in sequence an A layer, a C layer, and an A layer, and also containing a B layer at any place between or outside these layers, wherein each A layer contains a first thermoplastic resin, a resin material constituting each A layer has a tan δ peak of −30° C. to 10° C., the resin material of at least one layer of the A layers has a peak height of a tan δ of 1.5 or more, the B layer contains a second thermoplastic resin, and is constituted of a resin material different from the resin material constituting the A layer, and the C layer is a layer composed of an inorganic glass having a thickness of 0.1 mm to 1.5 mm, or a layer having a thickness of 0.25 mm to 2.5 mm and containing a third thermoplastic resin.

Claims (40)

1. An interlayer film, comprising in sequence:

a first A layer:

a C layer:

a second A layer: and

a B layer at any place between or outside the ACA layer sequence,

wherein each A layer comprises a thermoplastic resin, having

a peak at which a tan δ measured by performing a complex shear viscosity test under a condition of a frequency of 1 Hz according to JIS K 7244-10: 2005 is maximum in a range of −30° C. or more and 10° C. or less,

the thermoplastic resin of each A layer comprises a hydrogenated product of a block copolymer having a polymer block (a) comprising 60 mol % or more of an aromatic vinyl monomer unit and a polymer block (b) comprising 60 mol % or more of a conjugated diene monomer unit,

the thermoplastic resin of at least one of the first and second A layers has a height of the peak of a tan δ of 1.5 or more,

the C layer comprises an inorganic glass having a thickness of 0.1 mm or more and 1.5 mm or less, or

the C layer comprises a thermoplastic resin having a tensile storage elastic modulus at 0° C. measured by performing a dynamic viscoelasticity test under a condition of a frequency of 0.3 Hz according to JIS K 7244-4:1999 of 1.0 GPa or more, and a thickness is 0.25 mm or more and 2.5 mm or less, and

the B layer comprises a polyvinyl acetal resin or an ionomer resin.

2. The interlayer film according to claim 1 , wherein,

wherein a content of the polymer block (a) is 25% by mass or less based on a total mass of the block copolymer.

3. The interlayer film according to claim 1 , wherein the B layer comprises the polyvinyl acetal resin and further comprises a plasticizer and a content of the plasticizer is 50 parts by mass or less relative to 100 parts by mass of the polyvinyl acetal resin.

4. The interlayer film according to claim 3 , wherein the plasticizer is an ester-based plasticizer or an ether-based plasticizer having a melting point of 30° C. or less and a hydroxyl value of 15 to 450 mgKOH/g.

5. The interlayer film according to claim 1 , wherein the layer C comprises the inorganic glass and the inorganic glass is a chemically strengthened inorganic glass.

6. The interlayer film according to claim 1 , wherein the layer C comprises the thermoplastic resin and the thermoplastic resin is selected from the group consisting of an acrylic resin, a polycarbonate resin, a polyester resin, and a polyvinyl acetal resin.

7. The interlayer film according to claim 6 , wherein the layer C comprises the polyvinyl acetal resin and further comprises a plasticizer and a content of the plasticizer is 30 parts by mass or less relative to 100 parts by mass of the polyvinyl acetal resin.

8. The interlayer film according to claim 7 , wherein the plasticizer is an ester-based plasticizer or an ether-based plasticizer having a melting point of 30° C. or less and a hydroxyl value of 15 to 450 mgKOH/g.

9. The interlayer film according to claim 1 , wherein in a laminated glass obtained by sandwiching the interlayer film between a float glass having a length of 300 mm, a width of 25 mm, and a thickness of 1.9 mm and a chemically strengthened inorganic glass having a length of 300 mm, a width of 25 mm, and a thickness of 0.55 mm, a loss factor at a third resonance frequency measured by a center excitation method at 20° C. is 0.55 or more.

10. The interlayer film according to claim 1 , wherein a difference ΔTL between a sound transmission loss (TL1-a) based on mass law given by a sound field incidence of 0° to 78° and a sound transmission loss (TL2-a) calculated from a loss factor at a third resonance frequency measured by a center excitation method at 20° C. and a flexural rigidity at the third resonance frequency calculated according to ISO 16940: 2008 in a laminated glass obtained by sandwiching the interlayer film between a float glass having a length of 300 mm, a width of 25 mm, and a thickness of 1.9 mm and a chemically strengthened inorganic glass having a length of 300 mm, a width of 25 mm, and a thickness of 0.55 mm is 4.1 dB or less at each center frequency in a ⅓ octave band of 1,000 Hz or more.

11. The interlayer film according to claim 1 , wherein in a laminated glass obtained by sandwiching the interlayer film between two float glasses, each having a length of 300 mm, a width of 25 mm, and a thickness of 1.9 mm, a loss factor at a third resonance frequency measured by a center excitation method at 20° C. is 0.55 or more.

12. The interlayer film according to claim 1 , wherein a difference ΔTL between a sound transmission loss (TL1-b) based on mass law given by a sound field incidence of 0° to 78° and a sound transmission loss (TL2-b) calculated from a loss factor at a third resonance frequency measured by a center excitation method at 20° C. and a flexural rigidity at the third resonance frequency calculated according to ISO 16940: 2008 in a laminated glass obtained by sandwiching the interlayer film between two float glasses, each having a length of 300 mm, a width of 25 mm, and a thickness of 1.9 mm, is 4.1 dB or less at each center frequency in a ⅓ octave band of 1,000 Hz or more.

13. The interlayer film according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of lavers A, B and C further comprises a heat shield material.

14. The interlayer film according to claim 13 , wherein the heat shield material is at least one selected from the group consisting of

tin-doped indium oxide, antimony-doped tin oxide, zinc antimonate, metal-doped tungsten oxide, diimonium-based dye, aminium-based dye, phthalocyanine-based dye, anthraquinone-based dye, polymethine-based dye, a benzenedithiol-type ammonium-based compound, a thiourea derivative, thiol metal complex, aluminum-doped zinc oxide, tin-doped zinc oxide, silicon-doped zinc oxide, lanthanum hexaboride, and vanadium oxide.

15. The interlayer film according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of layers A, B and C further comprises an ultraviolet absorber.

16. The interlayer film according to claim 15 , wherein the ultraviolet absorber is at least one selected from the group consisting of a benzotriazole-based compound, a benzophenone-based compound, a triazine-based compound, a hindered amine-based compound, a benzoate-based compound, a malonic ester-based compound, an indole-based compound, and an anilide oxalate-based compound.

17. The interlayer film according to claim 1 , wherein

the interlayer film at least comprises in sequence the A layer, the B layer, the C layer, the B layer, and the A layer,

the C layer is directly adjacent to each of the two B layers, and

the C layer is a layer composed of an inorganic glass.

18. The interlayer film according to claim 1 , wherein the interlayer film at least comprises in sequence the B layer, the A layer, the C layer, and the A layer.

19. The interlayer film according to claim 18 , wherein the C layer comprises the thermoplastic resin.

20. A laminated glass comprising:

two transparent substrates; and

the interlayer film according to claim 1 sandwiched between the two transparent substrates,

wherein at least one of the two transparent substrates is an inorganic glass having a thickness of 1.2 to 3.0 mm.

21. The laminated glass according to claim 20 , which is a windshield for a vehicle, a side window for a vehicle, a sunroof for a vehicle, a rear window for a vehicle, or a glass for a head up display.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2022
From: KURARAY COMPANY, LTD.
To: KURARAY EUROPE GMBH
Reel/Frame 059422/0745 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2020
From: ARISHIMA, HIROYUKI
To: KURARAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054739/0748 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-124594 · Jun 29, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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