IP Library Granted Patent US 12,545,822
Granted Patent B2
US 12,545,822 · App. 18/276,510 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Welding film and joined body

Inventors: Ryota Niibayashi (Tokyo, JP); Nobuyuki Takahashi (Tokyo, JP); Hayato Saito (Tokyo, JP); Kunihiro Kuroki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Resonac Corporation
C09J171/10C09J7/35C09J2301/304C09J2301/312
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Patent No.
US 12,545,822
App. No.
18/276,510
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A welding film includes a phenoxy resin, in which a z average molecular weight of the phenoxy resin is 70,000 or more, and a ratio [Mz/Mn] between the z average molecular weight and a number average molecular weight of the phenoxy resin is 5.0 or more.

Claims (20)

1 . A welding film comprising a phenoxy resin, wherein a z average molecular weight of the phenoxy resin is 70,000 or more, and a ratio [Mz/Mn] between the z average molecular weight and a number average molecular weight of the phenoxy resin is 5.0 or more,

wherein the phenoxy resin contains no structural units derived from a bisphenol F resin.

2 . The welding film according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the welding film is 1 to 1000 μm.

3 . The welding film according to claim 1 , wherein tensile shear strength obtained in a test in accordance with JIS K 6850:1999 when the welding film is welded between a first base material and a second base material is 10 MPa or more.

4 . A joined body obtained by welding the welding film according to claim 1 between a first base material and a second base material.

5 . The joined body according to claim 4 , wherein the first base material and the second base material each include at least one kind selected from aluminum, iron, fiber reinforced plastic, glass, a ceramic, a polypropylene, a polycarbonate, a polymethyl methacrylate, a polyetherimide, a polyamide, and a polybutylene terephthalate.

6 . A method of producing the joined body according to claim 5 , the method comprising welding the welding film between the first base material and the second base material by at least one method selected from the group consisting of heating, hot-pressing, ultrasonic welding, and high-frequency induction welding.

7 . The joined body according to claim 4 , wherein the phenoxy resin consists of repeating units formed by a reaction of a bifunctional epoxy compound and a bifunctional hydroxyl group-containing compound, the bifunctional epoxy compound being selected from the group consisting of a bisphenol A epoxy resin, a bisphenol S epoxy resin, a biphenol epoxy resin, a naphthalene bifunctional epoxy resin, and 1,6-hexanediol diglycidyl ether, and the bifunctional hydroxyl group-containing compound being selected from the group consisting of bisphenol A, bisphenol S, a biphenol, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, and diethylene glycol.

8 . The joined body according to claim 7 , wherein the bifunctional epoxy compound is a bisphenol A epoxy resin and the bifunctional hydroxyl group-containing compound is selected from the group consisting of bisphenol A and bisphenol S.

9 . The joined body according to claim 8 , wherein the bifunctional hydroxyl group-containing compound is bisphenol S.

10 . The joined body according to claim 8 , wherein the bisphenol A epoxy resin has a molecular weight of 250 to 6,000.

11 . The joined body according to claim 10 , wherein the bisphenol A epoxy resin has a molecular weight of 300 to 6,000.

12 . The joined body according to claim 11 , wherein the bisphenol A epoxy resin has a molecular weight of 700 to 5,000.

13 . The joined body according to claim 9 , wherein the bisphenol A epoxy resin has a molecular weight of 250 to 6,000.

14 . The joined body according to claim 13 , wherein the bisphenol A epoxy resin has a molecular weight of 300 to 6,000.

15 . The joined body according to claim 14 , wherein the bisphenol A epoxy resin has a molecular weight of 700 to 5,000.

16 . The joined body according to claim 1 , wherein the z average molecular weight of the phenoxy resin is 70,000 to 800,000.

17 . The joined body according to claim 16 , wherein the z average molecular weight of the phenoxy resin is 70,000 to 600,000.

18 . The joined body according to claim 17 , wherein the z average molecular weight of the phenoxy resin is 70,000 to 400,000.

19 . The joined body according to claim 18 , wherein the z average molecular weight of the phenoxy resin is 80,000 to 250,000.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 9, 2024
From: RESONAC CORPORATION
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066547/0677 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2023
From: NIIBAYASHI, RYOTA; TAKAHASHI, NOBUYUKI; SAITO, HAYATO; KUROKI, KUNIHIRO
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064535/0232 →