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US 12,421,452 · App. 18/514,297 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Method for producing liquid-crystal polyester processed product

Inventors: Ryota Imai (Wakayama, JP); Katsuhiko Kaneshige (Wakayama, JP)
Assignee: HONSHU CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
C09K19/3809C08G63/065C08J7/123D01D5/426D06M10/025D06M2101/32D10B2331/042D10B2401/20
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Patent No.
US 12,421,452
App. No.
18/514,297
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for producing a liquid-crystal polyester processed product having improved adhesion, includes a preliminary step of providing a formed body of a liquid-crystal polyester resin including a repeating unit represented by general formula (1); a step (I) of performing an oxidation treatment on a surface of the liquid-crystal polyester resin formed body; and a step (II) of stacking a resin layer on the surface on which the oxidation treatment has been performed to produce a laminate.

Claims (22)

1. A method for producing a liquid-crystal polyester processed product, comprising:

a preliminary step of providing a formed body of a liquid-crystal polyester resin including a repeating unit derived from 4-hydroxy-2-methylbenzoic acid, represented by the following formula,

said preliminary step including obtaining the liquid-crystal polyester resin by polycondensation of the following components:

(A) 4-hydroxy-2-methylbenzoic acid, and/or a derivative thereof, and

(B) an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid other than component (A),

wherein a content of component (A) is 5 mol % or more but 50 mol % or less relative to a total content of component (A) and component (B), followed by obtaining a formed body of the liquid-crystal polyester resin;

a step (I) of performing an oxidation treatment on a surface of the liquid-crystal polyester resin formed body; and

a step (II) of stacking a resin layer on the surface on which the oxidation treatment has been performed to produce a laminate.

2. The method for producing a liquid-crystal polyester processed product according to claim 1 , wherein the oxidation treatment in step (II) is a plasma treatment, a corona treatment, an ultraviolet (UV) irradiation treatment, a flame treatment, an electron beam treatment, a chemical treatment with an oxidizing agent, or a heat treatment in the presence of oxygen.

3. A method for producing a liquid-crystal polyester processed product, comprising:

a preliminary step of providing a formed body of a liquid-crystal polyester resin including a repeating unit derived from 4-hydroxy-2-methylbenzoic acid, represented by the following formula,

said preliminary step including obtaining the liquid-crystal polyester resin by polycondensation of the following components:

(A) 4-hydroxy-2-methylbenzoic acid, and/or a derivative thereof,

(B) an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid other than component (A),

(C) a dihydroxy compound,

(D) a dicarboxylic acid compound,

(E) an aliphatic diol, and

(F) an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid,

wherein a content of component (A) is 5 mol % or more but 50 mol % or less relative to a total content of components (A) to (F), followed by obtaining a formed body of the liquid-crystal polyester resin;

a step (I) of performing an oxidation treatment on a surface of a liquid-crystal polyester resin formed body including a repeating unit represented by general formula (1); and

a step (II) of stacking a resin layer on the surface on which the oxidation treatment has been performed to produce a laminate.

4. The method for producing a liquid-crystal polyester processed product according to claim 1 , wherein the oxidation treatment in step (II) is a plasma treatment, a corona treatment, an ultraviolet (UV) irradiation treatment, a flame treatment, an electron beam treatment, a chemical treatment with an oxidizing agent, or a heat treatment in the presence of oxygen.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2023
From: IMAI, RYOTA; KANESHIGE, KATSUHIKO
To: HONSHU CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-040439 · Mar 6, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17432885
Related Publication 20240084196A1 · Mar 14, 2024
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