IP Library Granted Patent US 12,515,439
Granted Patent B2
US 12,515,439 · App. 17/603,158 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Elastic laminate

Inventors: Muneshige Nakagawa (Ibaraki, JP); Sho Uchida (Ibaraki, JP); Shinsuke Ikishima (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 12,515,439
App. No.
17/603,158
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an elastic laminate comprising a multilayer film comprising first elasticity skin layers arranged on both sides of a second elasticity core layer, said second elasticity core layer having higher elasticity than the sandwiching first elasticity skin layers, wherein the first elasticity skin layers comprise an olefin polymer, and the second elasticity core layer comprise an elastomer layer, and said multilayer film having arranged on both outer surfaces thereof non-woven layers bonded either (i) through hotmelt pressure-sensitive adhesive layers or (ii) by means of ultrasonic bonding or thermal bonding, wherein the elastic laminate is characterized by an elongation strength of less than 20 N/50 mm width when elongated by 50% with 300 mm/min elongation speed.

Claims (25)

1 . An elastic laminate comprising

a multilayer film comprising at least two first elasticity skin layers and at least one second elasticity core layer, the first elasticity skin layers arranged on both sides of the at least one second elasticity core layer, said second elasticity core layer having higher elasticity than the sandwiching first elasticity skin layers, wherein the first elasticity skin layers comprise an olefin polymer, and the second elasticity core layer comprise an elastomer layer, and

said multilayer film having arranged on both outer surfaces thereof non-woven layers bonded either (i) through hotmelt pressure-sensitive adhesive layers or (ii) ultrasonic bonding or thermal bonding,

wherein the elastic laminate has an elongation strength of less than 20 N/50 mm width as elongated by 50% with 300 mm/min elongation speed,

wherein the total film thickness of the multilayer film is in the range of 26 to 60 μm,

the ratio of the total thickness of the first elasticity layers to the total thicknesses of the second elasticity core layer(s) is in the range of 1:10 to 1:25,

wherein a laminated ratio of activation area is 8% to 49%,

wherein an activation ratio is from 150% to 300%,

wherein the non-woven fabric layers are selected from spunbonded non-woven or carded non-woven, and

wherein predetermined parts of the elastic laminate have been subjected to an extension treatment, wherein the fiber structure of the non-woven fabric layers on said predetermined parts of the elastic laminate is mechanically loosened.

2 . The elastic laminate according to claim 1 , wherein the tension strength of the elastic laminate at elongation by 50% determined by a wearable contact force sensor HapLog Haptic Skill Logger produced by KATO TECH Co., Ltd. is 0.15 N/mm or less.

3 . The elastic laminate according to claim 1 , wherein the first elasticity skin layers comprises a combination of an olefin-based elastomer and a crystalline olefin polymer.

4 . The elastic laminate according to claim 3 , wherein the content of said crystalline olefin polymer in the first elasticity layers is 25 wt % or more.

5 . The elastic laminate according to claim 1 , wherein the second elasticity core layer comprises a combination of at least two kinds of styrene-based elastomers (a) and (b), which differ in the styrene content in that the styrene-based elastomer (a) has a styrene content in the range of 30 to 60 wt %, while the styrene-based elastomer (b) has a styrene content in the range of 10 to 29 wt %.

6 . The elastic laminate according to claim 5 , wherein the contents of the styrene-based elastomers (a) and (b) in said second elasticity core layer are in the range of 35 to 60 wt % each.

7 . The elastic laminate according to claim 5 , wherein the styrene-based elastomer (a) has a di-block content of less than 5% and the styrene-based elastomer (b) has a di-block content in the range of 10 to 20%.

8 . The elastic laminate according to claim 5 , wherein the styrene-based elastomers (a) and (b) are selected from SIS-based elastomers and/or SBS-based elastomers.

9 . The elastic laminate according to claim 5 , wherein the styrene-based elastomers (a) and (b) are selected from SIS-based elastomers, particularly an SIS-based elastomer including a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer molecular structure having different terminal styrene block chain lengths.

10 . The elastic laminate according to claim 3 , wherein the olefin-based elastomer in the first elasticity layer is an α-olefin based elastomer.

11 . The elastic laminate according to claim 3 , wherein the crystalline olefin polymer in the low elasticity layer is at least one kind selected from HDPE, r-PP, or LDPE.

12 . An article which includes the elastic laminate according to claim 1 .

13 . A process for producing the elastic laminate according to claim 1 , comprising

directly bonding the at least one second elasticity core layer and the at least two first elasticity skin layers with each other to provide a multilayer film,

bonding a non-woven fabric on both outer surfaces of the multilayer film either (i) through hotmelt pressure-sensitive adhesive or (ii) ultrasonic bonding or thermal bonding to provide an elastic laminate, and

subjecting predetermined parts of the elastic laminate to an extension treatment, wherein the fiber structure of the non-woven fabric layers on said predetermined parts of the elastic laminate is mechanically loosened.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2021
From: NAKAGAWA, MUNESHIGE; UCHIDA, SHO; IKISHIMA, SHINSUKE
To: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057766/0772 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 19169837 · Apr 17, 2019 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220194048A1 · Jun 23, 2022
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