IP Library Granted Patent US 8,077,405
Granted Patent B2
US 8,077,405 · App. 12/621,357 · Granted Dec 13, 2011

Optical article and method for producing the same

Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,077,405
App. No.
12/621,357
Granted
Dec 13, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical article includes: an optical substrate, and a functional layer laminated on the surface of the optical substrate, the functional layer having a thickness T μm that satisfies the following condition: 6.5 dn +4.0≦ T ≦100 wherein the thickness T is larger than 5 μm, and dn is the refractive index difference at the boundary of the optical substrate and the functional layer and satisfies the following condition: 0.06≦dn≦0.4.

Claims (38)

1. An optical article comprising:

an optical substrate, and

a functional layer laminated on the surface of the optical substrate,

the functional layer having a thickness T μm that satisfies the following condition:

6.5 dn +4.0 ≦T ≦100

wherein the thickness T is larger than 5 μm, and dn is the refractive index difference at the boundary of the optical substrate and the functional layer and satisfies the following condition:

0.06 ≦dn ≦0.4,

and wherein a thickness non-uniformity dT of the functional layer is between ±30% of the thickness T.

2. An optical article according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness T of the functional layer satisfies the following condition:

10.4 dn +4.0 ≦T ≦100.

3. An optical article according to claim 2 , wherein the thickness T of the functional layer satisfies the following condition:

18.7 dn +4.2 ≦T ≦100.

4. An optical article according to claim 3 , wherein the thickness T of the functional layer satisfies the following condition:

28.7 dn +4.3 ≦T ≦100.

5. An optical article according to claim 4 , wherein the thickness T of the functional layer satisfies the following condition:

35.2 dn +4.4 ≦T ≦100.

6. An optical article according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness T of the functional layer is not more than 50 μm.

7. An optical article according to claim 1 , wherein the functional layer includes a hard coating layer.

8. An optical article according to claim 7 , wherein the functional layer includes a primer layer that is laminated between the hard coating layer and the optical substrate.

9. An optical article according to claim 1 , further comprising an antireflection film laminated on the functional layer.

10. An optical article according to claim 9 , further comprising an antifouling film laminated on the antireflection film.

11. An optical article according to claim 1 , wherein the optical substrate is a plastic lens substrate.

12. An optical article according to claim 11 , wherein the optical article is a spectacle lens.

13. A pair of spectacles comprising:

a spectacle lens according to claim 12 , and

a frame having mounted thereto the spectacle lens.

14. A system including an optical article according to claim 1 and for seeing an image through the optical article, the optical article facing the outside.

15. A method for producing an optical article, comprising forming a functional layer on an optical substrate,

the functional layer having a thickness T μm that satisfies the following condition:

6.5 dn +4.0 ≦T ≦100

wherein the thickness T is larger than 5 μm, and dn is the refractive index difference at the boundary of the optical substrate and the functional layer and satisfies the following condition:

0.06≦dn≦0.4,

and wherein a thickness non-uniformity dT of the functional layer is between ±30% of the thickness T.

16. A method for film production, comprising forming a functional layer on an optical substrate, the functional layer having a thickness T μm that satisfies the following condition:

6.5 dn +4.0 ≦T ≦100

wherein the thickness T is larger than 5 μm, and dn is the refractive index difference at the boundary of the optical substrate and the functional layer and satisfies the following condition:

0.06≦dn≦0.4,

and wherein a thickness non-uniformity dT of the functional layer is between ±30% of the thickness T.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2013
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: HOYA LENS MANUFACTURING PHILIPPINES INC.
Reel/Frame 030822/0408 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2009
From: TODA, MITSUHIRO; HOSHINO, YUTA
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023540/0032 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-306049 · Dec 1, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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