TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FILM MATERIAL FOR TOUCH PANEL

• US 20090160819A1
• Filed: 09/07/2005
• Published: 06/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gunze Limited
• Original Assignee: Gunze Limited
• Inventors: Sato, Hirotoshi, Yamada, Tsutomu, Mizumoto, Hideaki, Yamamoto, Masanori, Sakamoto, Takumi, Tsukamoto, Keiji, Tsureyama, Kunitomo, Sasaki, Kuniaki, Furukawa, Shuji
• Application Number:
  US11/574,500
• Publication Number:
  US 20090160819A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/174
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/00 Layered products comprising a layer of synthetic resin fibrous or filamentary layer made of a synthetic resin B32B5/02; particulate layer made of a synthetic resin B32B5/16; foamed layer made of a synthetic resin B32B5/18
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13338 Input devices, e.g. touch panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04103 Manufacturing, i.e. details related to manufacturing processes specially suited for touch sensitive devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0443 using a single layer of sensing electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/047 using sets of wires, e.g. crossed wires
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31663 As siloxane, silicone or silane

Abstract

The present invention is an inner touch panel in which a 1^st and a 2^nd planer member, each having an electrode disposed on one surface thereof, oppose each other with a fixed space therebetween. The electrodes face each other across the space, and a polarizing plate is stacked on the other surface of the 1^st planer member. At least one of the 1^st and the 2^nd planer members is a film made of a siloxane crosslinking acrylic silicone resin. Here, in the case of having a thickness in the range of 0.1 mm and 0.4 mm, the film maintains, after heat treatment at 120° C. for 1000 hours, 96% or more of the visible light transmittance at a wavelength of 400 nm before the heat treatment.

Claims

1. An inner touch panel in which a 1st and a 2nd planer member, each having an electrode disposed on one surface thereof, oppose each other with a fixed space therebetween, and a polarizing plate is stacked on an other surface of the 1st planer member, the electrodes facing each other across the space, wherein

at least one of the 1st and the 2nd planer members is a film made of a siloxane crosslinking acrylic silicone resin.

2. The touch panel of claim 1, wherein

in a case of having a thickness in a range of 0.1 mm and 0.4 mm inclusive, the film maintains, after heat treatment at 120°

C. for 1000 hours, 96% or more of a visible light transmittance at a wavelength of 400 nm before the heat treatment.

3. The touch panel of claim 1, being a resistive type, wherein

at least one of the electrodes is made with a resistance film.

4. The touch panel of claim 1, wherein

the one surface of the film is uneven with concave and convex portions as a result of a surface treatment applied thereto to prevent occurrence of a Newton ring.

5. A built-in liquid-crystal-display touch panel including a liquid crystal display attached to an other surface of the 2nd planer member of the touch panel of claim 1.

6. The built-in liquid-crystal-display touch panel of claim 5, being for vehicle use.

7. A capacitive touch panel in which a 1st and a 2nd planer member, each having a conducting film in a predetermined pattern disposed on one surface thereof, are stacked one atop another with an insulating layer sandwiched therebetween, the insulating layer being made with a film and/or an adhesion layer, wherein

at least one of the 1st and the 2nd planer members is a film made of a siloxane crosslinking acrylic silicone resin.

8. The capacitive touch panel of claim 7, wherein

the conducting films face each other with the insulating layer sandwiched therebetween.

9. The capacitive touch panel of claim 7, wherein

the conducting films face away from each other and are both disposed on one of an input plane side and a side opposite the input plane side with the insulating layer sandwiched therebetween.

10. The capacitive touch panel of claim 7, wherein

the conducting films each are a layered film in which a plurality of thin films are stacked one atop another.

11. The capacitive touch panel of claim 10, wherein

the plurality of thin films include layers each made of a transparent conductive material selected from the group consisting of antimony-added lead oxide, fluorine-added tin oxide, aluminum-added zinc oxide, potassium-added zinc oxide, silicon-added zinc oxide, zinc oxide-tin oxide, and indium oxide-tin oxide or made of a transparent conductive material selected from various other metal materials.

12. The capacitive touch panel of claim 7, wherein

in a case of having a thickness in a range of 0.1 mm and 0.4 mm inclusive, the film maintains, after heat treatment at 120°

C. for 1000 hours, 96% or more of a visible light transmittance at a wavelength of 400 nm before the heat treatment.

13. A built-in liquid-crystal-display touch panel including a liquid crystal display stacked on one surface of the capacitive touch panel of claim 7.

14. The built-in liquid-crystal-display touch panel of claim 13, being for vehicle use.

15. A capacitive touch panel including a planer member, both main surfaces of which respectively have a conducting film in a predetermined pattern, wherein

the planer member is a film made of a siloxane crosslinking acrylic silicone resin.

16. The capacitive touch panel of claim 15, wherein

the conducting films each are a layered film in which a plurality of thin films are stacked one atop another.

17. The capacitive touch panel of claim 15, wherein

the plurality of thin films include layers each made of a transparent conductive material selected from the group consisting of antimony-added lead oxide, fluorine-added tin oxide, aluminum-added zinc oxide, potassium-added zinc oxide, silicon-added zinc oxide, zinc oxide-tin oxide, and indium oxide-tin oxide, or made of a transparent conductive material selected from various other metal materials.

18. The capacitive touch panel of claim 15, wherein

in a case of having a thickness in a range of 0.1 mm and 0.4 mm inclusive, the film maintains, after heat treatment at 120°

C. for 1000 hours, 96% or more of a visible light transmittance at a wavelength of 400 nm before the heat treatment.

19. A built-in liquid-crystal-display touch panel including a liquid crystal display stacked on one surface of the capacitive touch panel of claim 15.

20. The built-in liquid-crystal-display touch panel of claim 19, being for vehicle use.

21. A touch panel including a 1st and a 2nd planer member opposing each other with a fixed space therebetween, wherein

at least one of the 1st and 2nd planer members which is disposed closer to an outside has a layered structure in which a 1st layer made of a siloxane crosslinking acrylic silicone resin, a ultraviolet light absorbing adhesion layer, and a 2nd layer are stacked in a stated order from a side closer to the outside.

22. The touch panel of claim 21, wherein

the 2nd layer is made of a siloxane crosslinking acrylic silicone resin.

23. The touch panel of claim 21, wherein

the ultraviolet light absorbing adhesion layer includes a material of benzophenone series.

24. The touch panel of claim 21, wherein

the 1st layer is anti-glare treated.

25. A built-in liquid-crystal-display touch panel including a liquid crystal display attached to an other surface of the 2nd planer member of the touch panel of claim 21.

26. The built-in liquid-crystal-display touch panel of claim 25, being for outdoor use.

27. A method of manufacturing a touch-panel film material, comprising:

a paste application step of forming a paste layer by applying a precursor paste made of a siloxane crosslinking acrylic silicone resin on a surface of a 1st film base material continuously reeled out;

a wet laminating step of laminating a 2nd film base material on the paste layer; and

a resin forming step of forming a siloxane crosslinking acrylic silicone resin film by curing the paste layer by exposing the paste layer after the wet laminating step to ultraviolet light.

28. The method of claim 27, further comprising:

a layer thickness adjusting step of adjusting thickness of the paste layer, performed (i) prior to the resin forming step, or (ii) together with one of the paste application step and the wet laminating step.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein

in the layer thickness adjusting step, the thickness of the paste layer is adjusted by inserting the 1st film base material on which the paste layer is formed between paired rollers disposed in parallel and proximity to each other.

30. The method of claim 27, wherein

the precursor paste includes an acrylic resin, a silicon material, a viscosity modifier, and a polymerization initiator.

31. The method of claim 27, further comprising:

a detachment step of removing at least one of the 1st and the 2nd film base materials from the siloxane crosslinking acrylic silicone resin film, the detachment step being performed after the resin forming step.

32. The method of claim 27, wherein

a polyethylene terephthalate resin film is used for at least one of the 1st and the 2nd film base materials.

33. The method of claim 27, wherein

a surface treatment for adding a surface property of the siloxane crosslinking acrylic silicone resin film is applied to at least one of the 1st and the 2nd film base materials.

34. The method of claim 33, wherein

the surface treatment is an anti-Newton ring treatment.

35. The method of claim 33, wherein

the surface treatment is a blocking prevention treatment.

36. The method of claim 27, wherein

viscosity of the precursor paste in the paste application step is adjusted to be in a range of 300 mPa·

s and 50000 mPa·

s inclusive.

37. A siloxane crosslinking acrylic silicone resin film manufactured by the method of claim 27.

38. An inner touch panel in which a 1st and a 2nd planer member, each having an electrode disposed on one surface thereof, oppose each other with a fixed space therebetween, and a polarizing plate is stacked on an other surface of the 1st planer member while a liquid crystal display is stacked on an other surface of the 2nd planer member, the electrodes facing each other across the space, wherein

at least one of the 1st and the 2nd planer members is a film made of a siloxane crosslinking acrylic silicone resin manufactured by the method of claim 37.