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US 12,421,740 · App. 17/480,592 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Building panel comprising mineral-based layer

Inventor: Christoffer Nilsson (Helsingborg, SE)
Assignee: VÄLINGE INNOVATION AB
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Patent No.
US 12,421,740
App. No.
17/480,592
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A building panel, such as floor panel, including a core, the panel further including an upper arrangement being attached to an upper side of the core and/or a lower arrangement being attached to a lower side of the core. At least one of the core, the upper arrangement and lower arrangement is mineral-based, and at least one of upper and/or lower arrangement includes at least one rigid layer. The rigid layer includes at least one of an impact modifier or an acrylic processing aid.

Claims (25)

1. A floor panel comprising a core, the floor panel further comprising an upper arrangement being attached to an upper side of the core and/or a lower arrangement being attached to a lower side of the core, wherein the core is mineral-based, wherein the mineral-based core comprises at least 20 wt % of a mineral material, and wherein at least one of the upper arrangement or the lower arrangement comprises at least one rigid layer, wherein said rigid layer comprises at least a thermoplastic polymer and at least one of an impact modifier or an acrylic processing aid,

wherein said at least one of the upper arrangement or the lower arrangement comprising at least one rigid layer further comprises a mineral-based attachment layer between the rigid layer and the core, wherein said rigid layer is directly or indirectly attached to said mineral-based attachment layer, and

wherein the thermoplastic polymer is present in an amount of 15-60 wt %.

2. The floor panel according to claim 1 , wherein said rigid layer is a non-plasticized layer and/or is essentially free from plasticizer.

3. The floor panel according to claim 1 , wherein the impact modifier and acrylic processing aid, combined, is present in an amount of 0.5 to 10 wt % of the rigid layer.

4. The floor panel according to claim 1 , wherein the rigid layer comprises the impact modifier, said impact modifier comprises Chlorinated Polyethylene (CPE), Acrylic copolymer (ACR), Methylmethacrylate-butadiene-styrene copolymer (MBS), Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (ABS), Ethylene/vinyl acetate/carbon monoxide (E/VA/CO) or combinations thereof.

5. The floor panel according to claim 1 , wherein the rigid layer comprises the impact modifier, the amount of impact modifier is in the range of 0.5 to 10 wt % of the rigid layer.

6. The floor panel according to claim 1 , wherein the rigid layer comprises the acrylic processing aid, said acrylic processing aid comprises Acrylic copolymers (ACR).

7. The floor panel according to the preceding claim 6 , wherein the amount of ACR is in the range of 0.5 to 10 wt % of the rigid layer.

8. The floor panel according to claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic polymer of the rigid layer is PVC.

9. The floor panel according to claim 1 , wherein the rigid layer further comprises one or more of a filler, a pigment, a stabilizer, and a lubricant.

10. The floor panel according to claim 1 , wherein said rigid layer is glued to the core.

11. The floor panel according to claim 1 , wherein the mineral-based core comprises MgO.

12. The floor panel according to claim 1 , wherein the mineral-based attachment layer comprises MgO.

13. The floor panel according to claim 1 , further comprising a mechanical locking system.

14. The floor panel according to claim 13 , wherein the mechanical locking system is formed at least partially in at least one of the rigid layers.

15. The floor panel according to claim 1 , wherein the mineral-based attachment layer comprises at least 20 wt % of a mineral material.

16. A floor panel comprising a core, the floor panel further comprising an upper arrangement being attached to an upper side of the core and/or a lower arrangement being attached to a lower side of the core, wherein the core is mineral-based, wherein the mineral-based core comprises at least 20 wt % of a mineral material, and wherein at least one of the upper arrangement or the lower arrangement comprises at least one rigid layer, wherein said rigid layer comprises at least a thermoplastic polymer and at least one of an impact modifier or an acrylic processing aid,

wherein said at least one of the upper arrangement or the lower arrangement comprising at least one rigid layer further comprises a mineral-based attachment layer between the rigid layer and the core,

wherein said rigid layer is indirectly attached to said mineral-based attachment layer, by adhesive disposed between the rigid layer and the mineral-based attachment layer, and

wherein the thermoplastic polymer is present in an amount of 15-60 wt %.

17. The floor panel according to claim 16 , wherein said rigid layer is a non-plasticized layer and/or is essentially free from plasticizer.

18. The floor panel according to claim 16 , wherein the impact modifier and acrylic processing aid, combined, is present in an amount of 0.5 to 10 wt % of the rigid layer.

19. The floor panel according to claim 16 , wherein the thermoplastic polymer of the rigid layer is PVC.

20. The building panel according to claim 16 , wherein the mineral-based attachment layer comprises at least 20 wt % of a mineral material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2021
From: NILSSON, CHRISTOFFER
To: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
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Priority Claims (1)
SE 20511028 · Sep 23, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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