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US 12,360,291 · App. 17/388,446 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Window cover film and flexible display panel including the same

Inventor: Jong Nam Ahn (Daejeon, KR)
Assignees: SK Innovation Co., Ltd.; SK ie technology Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 12,360,291
App. No.
17/388,446
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a window cover film and a flexible display panel including the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a window cover film including a base layer and a hard coating layer, and a flexible display panel including the same.

Claims (24)

1. A window cover film comprising: a hard coating layer, a base layer, and a low-refractive layer that are sequentially stacked, the base layer being formed of a polyamideimide-based resin,

wherein the low-refractive layer includes silica particles and (meth)acrylate based polymer,

a refractive index of the low-refractive layer is less than 1.4,

the refractive index of the base layer is 1.6 to 1.65,

a refractive index relationship satisfies the following Expression 1,

Refractive index of base layer>refractive index of hard coating layer>refractive index of low-refractive layer,  [Expression 1]

a refractive index difference Δn2 between the base layer and the hard coating layer satisfies the following Expression 3,

0.1≤Δ n 2≤0.15, and  [Expression 3]

the window cover film has a total light transmittance of 92% or more when measured at 400 to 700 nm according to ASTM D1746.

2. The window cover film of claim 1 , wherein a refractive index difference Δn 1 between the base layer and the low-refractive layer satisfies the following Expression 2,

0.15≤Δ n 1 ≤0.4.  [Expression 2]

3. The window cover film of claim 1 , wherein the refractive index of the base layer is 1.4 to 1.8.

4. The window cover film of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the low-refractive layer is 600 nm or less.

5. The window cover film of claim 1 , wherein the window cover film has a reflectivity of 7% or less when measured according to ASTM E1164.

6. The window cover film of claim 1 , further comprising one or more functional coating layers selected from an antistatic layer, an anti-fingerprint layer, an anti-fouling layer, an anti-scratch layer, an anti-reflective layer, and an impact absorption layer, the functional coating layer being formed on the hard coating layer.

7. The window cover film of claim 6 , further comprising a protective film formed on the functional coating layer.

8. The window cover film of claim 1 , wherein the hard coating layer is formed of a silsesquioxane-based compound or a (meth)acrylate-based compound.

9. The window cover film of claim 1 , wherein the silica particles are hollow or porous silica particles.

10. The window cover film of claim 1 , wherein the base layer has a modulus of 3 GPa or more when measured according to ASTM D882, an elongation at break of 8% or more when measured according to ASTM D882, a light transmittance of 5% or more when measured at 388 nm according to ASTM D1746, a haze of 2.0% or less, a yellow index of 5.0 or less, and a b* value of 2.0 or less.

11. The window cover film of claim 1 , wherein the base layer is formed of a polyamideimide (PAI)-based resin having a fluorine atom and an aliphatic cyclic structure.

12. The window cover film of claim 1 , wherein the base layer is formed of a polyamideimide (PAI)-based resin having a unit derived from a fluorine-based aromatic diamine, a unit derived from an aromatic dianhydride, a unit derived from an alicyclic dianhydride, and a unit derived from an aromatic diacid dichloride.

13. The window cover film of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the base layer is 10 to 500 μm, and a thickness of the hard coating layer is 1 to 80 μm.

14. The window cover film of claim 1 , wherein a pencil hardness of the hard coating layer is 2 H or higher and a water contact angle of the hard coating layer is 80° or more.

15. A flexible display panel comprising the window cover film of claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2021
From: AHN, JONG NAM
To: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.; SK IE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057069/0056 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0099435 · Aug 7, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220043185A1 · Feb 10, 2022
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