INFRARED REFLECTING SUBSTRATE AND LAMINATED GLASS

• US 20130128342A1
• Filed: 01/15/2013
• Published: 05/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited (AGC, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited (AGC, Inc.)
• Inventors: Morimoto, Tamotsu, MITARAI, Kazuhiko, Hino, Yuichi
• Application Number:
  US13/741,429
• Publication Number:
  US 20130128342A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 359/359
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10005 laminated safety glass or glazing
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10036 comprising two outer glass sheets
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10045 with at least one intermediate layer consisting of a glass sheet
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/1011 having predetermined tint or excitation purity
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10201 Dielectric coatings
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10633 Infrared radiation absorbing or reflecting agents
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/412 Transparent
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/416 Reflective
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2367/00 Polyesters, e.g. PET, i.e. polyethylene terephthalate
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2605/006 Transparent parts other than made from inorganic glass, e.g. polycarbonate glazings
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3417 all coatings being oxide coatings
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3452 comprising a fluoride
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 2217/734 comprising an alternation of high and low refractive indexes
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/208 for use with infrared or ultraviolet radiation, e.g. for separating visible light from infrared and/or ultraviolet radiation
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/282 reflecting for infrared and transparent for visible light, e.g. heat reflectors, laser protection

Abstract

To provide an infrared reflecting substrate, from which a laminated glass with surface having favorable neutral color tone without stimulus color tone is obtained. An infrared reflecting substrate 1 comprises a transparent substrate 2, and an infrared reflecting film 3 having at least 7 layers of a high refractive index dielectric film 3H and a low refractive index dielectric film 3L alternately laminated, formed on one principal surface of the transparent substrate 2. The infrared reflecting film 3 has a first laminate portion having at least 5 layers of dielectric films 311 having a n·d/λ value of 0.44 to 0.55 where the refractive index is n when the thickness is d (nm) and the wavelength is λ (nm), continuously laminated, and a second laminate portion 32 having at least 2 layers of dielectric films having a n·d/λ value of 0.03 to 0.12 continuously laminated.

Claims

1. An infrared reflecting substrate, which comprises a transparent substrate, and an infrared reflecting film having at least 7 layers of a high refractive index dielectric film and a low refractive index dielectric film alternately laminated, formed on one main surface of the transparent substrate,

wherein the infrared reflecting film has a first laminate portion having at least 5 layers of a high refractive index dielectric film and a low refractive index dielectric film having a n·

d/λ

value of from 0.44 to 0.55 where the refractive index is n when the thickness is d (nm) and the wavelength is λ

(nm), continuously laminated, and a second laminate portion having at least 2 layers of a high refractive index dielectric film and a low refractive index dielectric film having a n·

d/λ

value of from 0.03 to 0.12 continuously laminated.

3. The infrared reflecting substrate according to claim 1, wherein in the first laminate portion, the thickness of the high refractive index dielectric film is from 90 to 115 nm, and the thickness of the low refractive index dielectric film is from 150 to 195 nm.

4. The infrared reflecting substrate according to claim 1, wherein in the second laminate portion, the thickness of the high refractive index dielectric film is from 5 to 30 nm, and the thickness of the low refractive index dielectric film is from 10 to 50 nm.

5. The infrared reflecting substrate according to claim 1, wherein the high refractive index dielectric film is made of titanium oxide, and the low refractive index dielectric film is made of silicon oxide or magnesium fluoride.

6. A laminated glass, which comprises a pair of facing glass substrates, an infrared reflecting substrate disposed between the pair of glass substrates, and a pair of bonding layers disposed between the pair of glass substrates and the infrared reflecting substrate,

wherein the infrared reflecting substrate is the infrared reflecting substrate as defined in claim 1, and its transparent substrate is made of a resin film.

7. The laminated glass according to claim 6, wherein the glass substrate of the pair of glass substrates, on the light beam exit side of the infrared reflecting substrate, is a UV green glass plate, and the bonding layer of the pair of bonding layers, on the light beam exit side of the infrared reflecting substrate, contains an infrared shielding agent.

8. A laminated glass, which comprises an infrared reflecting substrate having an infrared reflecting film only on one main surface, a glass substrate disposed to face the infrared reflecting film side of the infrared reflecting substrate, and a bonding layer disposed between the infrared reflecting substrate and the glass substrate,

wherein the infrared reflecting substrate is the infrared reflecting substrate as defined in claim 1, and its transparent substrate is made of a glass plate.

9. The laminated glass according to claim 8, wherein the infrared reflecting substrate is disposed on the light beam exit side, and the glass plate of the infrared reflecting substrate is a UV green glass plate.

10. The laminated glass according to claim 8, wherein the infrared reflecting substrate is disposed on the light beam incident side, the glass substrate is a UV green glass plate, and the bonding layer contains an infrared shielding agent.

11. The laminated glass according to claim 6, wherein when the light beam incident angle to the surface is 0°

, the chromaticity in accordance with the chromaticity coordinate as specified by JIS Z8701 on the surface is within a range of x=0.31±

0.02 and y=0.31±

0.02.

12. The laminated glass according to claim 11, wherein when the above light beam incident angle is 70°

, the chromaticity is within a range of x=0.31±

0.02 and y=0.31±

0.02.

13. Glass for a vehicle, comprising the laminated glass as defined in claim 6, wherein when the light beam incident angle to the surface of the laminated glass is 0°

, the chromaticity in accordance with the chromaticity coordinate as specified by JIS Z8701 on the surface is within a range of x=0.31±

0.02 and y=0.31±

0.02, and when the above light beam incident angle is 70°

, the above chromaticity is within a range of x=0.31±

0.02 and y=0.31±

0.02.

2. An infrared reflecting substrate, which comprises a transparent substrate, a first infrared reflecting film having at least 5 layers of a high refractive index dielectric film and a low refractive index dielectric film alternately laminated, formed on one main surface of the transparent substrate, and a second infrared reflecting film having at least 5 layers of a high refractive index dielectric film and a low refractive index dielectric film alternately laminated, formed on the other main surface of the transparent substrate,

wherein at least one of the first infrared reflecting film and the second infrared reflecting film has a first laminate portion having at least three layers of a high refractive index dielectric film and a low refractive index dielectric film having a n·

d/λ

value of from 0.44 to 0.55 where the refractive index is n when the thickness is d (nm) and the wavelength is λ

(nm), continuously laminated, and a second laminate portion having at least 2 layers of a high refractive index dielectric film and a low refractive index dielectric film having a n·

d/λ

value of from 0.03 to 0.12, continuously laminated.