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US 7,963,660 · App. 11/994,293 · Granted Jun 21, 2011

Antiglare hard-coated film

Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,963,660
App. No.
11/994,293
Granted
Jun 21, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an antiglare hard-coated film that can maintain antiglare properties and suppress a reduction in the display contrast of a display, when composed of a transparent plastic film substrate and an antiglare hard coat layer formed thereon. The antiglare hard-coated film 4 includes a transparent film substrate 1 and a hard coat layer 2 that is provided on at least one side of the transparent film substrate 1 , contains fine particles 2 b , and has an irregular surface, wherein the fine particles 2 b have an average particle size of 6 μm to 15 μm and form irregularities with an average slope angle θa of 0.4° to 1.5°, and the antiglare hard-coated film satisfies the relation: {(the contrast ratio)/(the contrast ratio of a hard-coated film without the fine particles)}×100≧60%.

Claims (16)

1. An antiglare hard-coated film, comprising:

a transparent film substrate;

a hard coat layer that is provided on at least one side of the transparent film substrate, contains fine particles and has an irregular surface, wherein

the fine particles have an average particle size of 6 μm to 15 μm,

the fine particles form irregularities with an average slope angle θa of 0.4° to 1.5°,

the hard-coated film produces a display contrast characteristic of 60 or more, and

the hard coat layer is made from a hard-coating material comprising a urethane acrylate (A), a polyol (meth)acrylate (B) and a (meth)acrylic polymer (C) having an alkyl group containing at least two hydroxyl groups;

wherein the hard coat layer comprises 15% by weight to 55% by weight of urethane acrylate (A) based on a total content of all resins present in the hard coating layer;

wherein the hard coat layer comprises 70% by weight to 180% by weight of polyol (meth)acrylate (B) based on the amount of urethane acrylate (A); and

wherein the hard coat layer comprises 25% by weight to 110% by weight of (meth)acrylic polymer (C) based on the amount of urethane acrylate (A).

2. The antiglare hard-coated film according to claim 1 , wherein the hard coat layer has a thickness of 15 μm to 35 μm.

3. The antiglare hard-coated film according to claim 1 , wherein the fine particles have an approximate spherical shape.

4. A polarizing plate, comprising the antiglare hard-coated film according to claim 1 .

5. An image display, comprising the polarizing plate according to claim 4 .

6. An image display, comprising the antiglare hard-coated film according to claim 1 .

7. The antiglare hard-coated film according to claim 1 , wherein hard coat material contains the fine particles blended in an amount of from 2 to 70 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the hard-coating material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2008
From: HAMAMOTO, DAISUKE; TAKAO, HIROYUKI; KIMURA, YUUICHI; TAKADA, KATSUNORI; KUSUMOTO, SEIICHI; SHIGEMATSU, TAKAYUKI
To: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-188553 · Jun 28, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090086326A1 · Apr 2, 2009