IP Library Granted Patent US 12,297,349
Granted Patent B2
US 12,297,349 · App. 17/894,680 · Granted May 13, 2025

Transparent resin composition and transparent resin molded article

Inventors: Akito Kuriyama (Kanagawa, JP); Yasuhito Inagaki (Kanagawa, JP); Takahiro Ohe (Tokyo, JP); Kenji Ueda (Kanagawa, JP); Kohei Shimizu (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
C08L69/00C08G64/04C08G64/186C08K3/40C08K5/42C08K7/20C08L25/06C08L27/18C08L83/04C08K2201/003C08L2201/02C08L2201/10C08L2203/20
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Patent No.
US 12,297,349
App. No.
17/894,680
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a transparent resin composition having excellent optical characteristics, particularly, excellent optical characteristics under high temperature and high humidity. There is provided a transparent resin composition, including: an aromatic polycarbonate resin; and a water-insoluble organic sulfonic acid and/or a metal salt thereof, in which a content of the water-insoluble organic sulfonic acid and/or the metal salt thereof is 0.01 to 3.0 pts·mass to 100 pts·mass of the aromatic polycarbonate resin, and a dissolved amount of the water-insoluble organic sulfonic acid and/or the metal salt thereof is not more than 0.5 g to 100 g of pure water.

Claims (34)

1. A transparent resin composition, comprising:

an aromatic polycarbonate resin; and

a water-insoluble organic sulfonic acid and/or a metal salt thereof; wherein

a content of the water-insoluble organic sulfonic acid and/or the metal salt thereof is 0.01 to 3.0 pts·mass to 100 pts·mass of the aromatic polycarbonate resin,

solubility of the water-insoluble organic sulfonic acid and/or the metal salt thereof is 0.5 g or less in 100 g of pure water,

a total light transmittance of the transparent resin composition is at least 75% at a wavelength of 380 to 730 nm in accordance with JIS K7136, and

a decrease of a total light transmittance of the transparent resin composition after an acceleration test under a condition of 120° C., 100% relative humidity, and 24 hours is within 8% of a total light transmittance of the transparent resin composition before the acceleration test; and

wherein the composition does not comprise a silicone flame retardant or a perfluoroalkanesulfonic acid, or alkali metal salt or alkaline earth metal salt thereof.

2. The transparent resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein a weight-average molecular weight of the aromatic polycarbonate resin in terms of polystyrene is between 36,000 and 63,000.

3. The transparent resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the aromatic polycarbonate resin includes a recovered polycarbonate resin, and a content of the recovered polycarbonate resin is from 1 to less than 100 mass % to the total mass of the aromatic polycarbonate resin.

4. The transparent resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the aromatic polycarbonate resin includes a recovered polycarbonate resin.

5. The transparent resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the aromatic polycarbonate resin includes an aromatic polycarbonate compound having 0.01 to 3.0 mol % branch structure.

6. The transparent resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the aromatic polycarbonate resin includes an aromatic polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer.

7. The transparent resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the water-insoluble organic sulfonic acid is a metal salt of the water-insoluble organic sulfonic acid that includes an aromatic sulfonic acid metal salt compound.

8. The transparent resin composition according to claim 7 , wherein a weight-average molecular weight of the aromatic sulfonic acid metal salt compound in terms of polystyrene is at least 30,000.

9. The transparent resin composition according to claim 7 , wherein the aromatic sulfonic acid metal salt compound comprises a sulfonic acid metal base, and wherein a content of the sulfonic acid metal base is 0.1 to 10 mol %.

10. The transparent resin composition according to claim 7 , wherein the aromatic sulfonic acid metal salt compound is a potassium salt of polystyrene sulfonic acid.

11. The transparent resin composition according to claim 1 , further comprising a light diffusing agent.

12. The transparent resin composition according to claim 11 , wherein the light diffusing agent is an inorganic particle or an organic particle, and an average particle diameter of the inorganic particle or the organic particle is 0.1 to 50 μm.

13. The transparent resin composition according to claim 11 , wherein a content of the light diffusing agent is 0.0005 to 6.0 pts·mass to 100 pts·mass of the aromatic polycarbonate resin.

14. The transparent resin composition according to claim 1 , further comprising a drip preventing agent, wherein a content of the drip preventing agent is not more than 0.03 pts·mass to 100 pts·mass of the aromatic polycarbonate resin.

15. The transparent resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the total light transmittance of the transparent resin composition is not less than 85% at a wavelength of 380 to 730 nm in accordance with JIS K7136.

16. A transparent resin molded article that is obtained by molding the transparent resin composition according to claim 1 .

17. The transparent resin molded article according to claim 16 that is a cover for lighting apparatus or a diffusing cover for lighting apparatus for display.

18. A transparent resin composition, comprising:

an aromatic polycarbonate resin; and

a water-insoluble organic sulfonic acid and/or a metal salt thereof; wherein

a content of the water-insoluble organic sulfonic acid and/or the metal salt thereof is 0.01 to 3.0 pts·mass to 100 pts·mass of the aromatic polycarbonate resin, and

solubility of the water-insoluble organic sulfonic acid and/or the metal salt thereof is 0.5 g or less in 100 g of pure water; and

wherein the composition does not comprise a silicone flame retardant or a perfluoroalkanesulfonic acid, or alkali metal salt or alkaline earth metal salt thereof.

19. The transparent resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the metal salt of the water-insoluble organic sulfonic acid is obtained by introducing a potassium salt of a sulfonic acid into the surface of polystyrene (PSS-K).

20. The transparent resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the aromatic sulfonic acid metal salt is potassium polystyrene sulfonate.

21. The transparent resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the water-insoluble organic sulfonic acid is a high impact polystyrene sulfonic acid, or a metal salt thereof.

22. The transparent resin composition according to claim 18 , wherein the water-insoluble organic sulfonic acid does not comprise a styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 23, 2022
From: KURIYAMA, AKITO; INAGAKI, YASUHITO; OHE, TAKAHIRO; UEDA, KENJI; SHIMIZU, KOHEI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061991/0889 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 23, 2022
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061991/0945 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-198311 · Oct 6, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16337990
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