Intermediate film for laminated glass, and laminated glass

• US 11,014,340 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2014
• Issued: 05/25/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sekisui Chemical Company Limited (Sekisui)
• Original Assignee: Sekisui Chemical Company Limited (Sekisui)
• Inventors: Mikayama, Kaoru, Nagai, Yasuharu
• Primary Examiner(s): Kollias, Alexander C
• Application Number:
  US14/917,510
• Publication Number:
  US 20160214355A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,429 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10018 comprising only one glass sheet
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10036 comprising two outer glass sheets
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10743 containing acrylate (co)polymers or salts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10761 containing vinyl acetal
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2250/03 3 layers
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2250/40 Symmetrical or sandwich layers, e.g. ABA, ABCBA, ABCCBA
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2270/00 Resin or rubber layer containing a blend of at least two different polymers
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/102 Insulating
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2605/006 Transparent parts other than made from inorganic glass, e.g. polycarbonate glazings
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/36 comprising polyesters

Abstract

There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which the sound insulating properties of laminated glass can be enhanced. The interlayer film 2 for laminated glass according to the present invention includes a polyvinyl acetal resin and a second resin component with a glass transition temperature higher than or equal to −15° C. and lower than or equal to 5° C., the content of the polyvinyl acetal resin is greater than or equal to 10% by weight and less than or equal to 50% by weight and the content of the second resin component is greater than or equal to 50% by weight and less than or equal to 90% by weight, in 100% by weight of the total of the polyvinyl acetal resin and the second resin component, and the polyvinyl acetal resin and the second resin component form a sea-island structure in the interlayer film.

Claims

1. An interlayer film for laminated glass,

the interlayer film which is arranged between a first lamination glass member and a second lamination glass member to obtain a laminated glass, the laminated glass being at least one selected from the group consisting of a windshield, side glass, rear glass, and roof glass of an automobile,

said interlayer film having a thickness of greater than or equal to 0.1 mm,

said interlayer film comprising a polyvinyl acetal resin and a second resin component with a glass transition temperature higher than or equal to −

15°

C. and lower than or equal to −

2.2°

C., the second resin component being a (meth)acrylic resin,

said interlayer film further comprising a compatibilizer which comprises a block copolymer or a graft copolymer of a polyvinyl acetal resin and a (meth)acrylate; and

the content of the polyvinyl acetal resin being greater than or equal to 10% by weight and less than or equal to 50% by weight and the content of the second resin component being greater than or equal to 50% by weight and less than or equal to 90% by weight, in 100% by weight of the total of the polyvinyl acetal resin and the second resin component,

the polyvinyl acetal resin and the second resin component forming a sea-island structure in the interlayer film, and

a resin constituting a sea part of the sea-island structure being the polyvinyl acetal resin.

2. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to claim 1, wherein the temperature showing the maximum value of the loss tangent derived from the polyvinyl acetal resin is higher than or equal to 50°

C., the temperature showing the maximum value of the loss tangent derived from the second resin component is higher than or equal to −

15°

C. and lower than or equal to 5°

C., and the maximum value of the loss tangent derived from the second resin component is greater than or equal to 0.4, in a dynamic viscoelastic spectrum at the frequency of 1 Hz.

3. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of the polyvinyl acetal resin and at least a part of the second resin component are polymerized with each other.

4. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to claim 1, wherein the second resin component is obtained by allowing monomers having a (meth)acryloyl group to undergo a polymerization in the presence of the polyvinyl acetal resin.

5. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to claim 1, further comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of an oxidation inhibitor, an ultraviolet ray shielding agent, a light stabilizer, a flame retardant, a pigment, a dye, an adhesive force regulating agent, a moisture-resistance agent, a fluorescent brightening agent, and an infrared ray absorber.

6. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to claim 1, wherein the compatibilizer is present in an amount of greater than or equal to 0.01 parts by weight and less than or equal to 20 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the total of the polyvinyl acetal resin and the second resin component.

7. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to claim 1, further comprising no plasticizer or a plasticizer in an amount less than or equal to 40% by weight in 100% by weight of the interlayer film.

8. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to claim 7, wherein the interlayer film for laminated glass comprises the plasticizer, and the plasticizer is selected from the group consisting of triethylene glycol di-2-ethylhexanoate, triethylene glycol di-2-ethylbutyrate, and triethylene glycol di-2-ethylpropanoate.

9. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to claim 7, comprising no plasticizer or a plasticizer in an amount less than or equal to 20% by weight in 100% by weight of the interlayer film.

10. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to claim 9, comprising no plasticizer or a plasticizer in an amount less than or equal to 10% by weight in 100% by weight of the interlayer film.

11. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to claim 10, comprising no plasticizer.

12. A laminated glass being at least one selected from the group consisting of a windshield, side glass, rear glass, and roof glass of an automobile,

said laminated glass comprising:

a first laminated glass member,

a second laminated glass member and

an interlayer film for laminated glass,

the interlayer film for laminated glass being arranged between the first laminated glass member and the second laminated glass member,

said interlayer film having a thickness of greater than or equal to 0.1 mm,

said interlayer film comprising a polyvinyl acetal resin and a second resin component with a glass transition temperature higher than or equal to −

15°

C. and lower than or equal to −

2.2°

C., the second resin component being a (meth)acrylic resin; and

the content of the polyvinyl acetal resin being greater than or equal to 10% by weight and less than or equal to 50% by weight and the content of the second resin component being greater than or equal to 50% by weight and less than or equal to 90% by weight, in 100% by weight of the total of the polyvinyl acetal resin and the second resin component, in the interlayer film,

the polyvinyl acetal resin and the second resin component forming a sea-island structure in the interlayer film, and

a resin constituting a sea part of the sea-island structure being the polyvinyl acetal resin.

13. The laminated glass according to claim 12, wherein the temperature showing the maximum value of the loss tangent derived from the polyvinyl acetal resin is higher than or equal to 50°

C., the temperature showing the maximum value of the loss tangent derived from the second resin component is higher than or equal to −

15°

C. and lower than or equal to 5°

C., and the maximum value of the loss tangent derived from the second resin component is greater than or equal to 0.4, in a dynamic viscoelastic spectrum at the frequency of 1 Hz of the interlayer film.

14. The laminated glass according to claim 12, wherein at least a part of the polyvinyl acetal resin and at least a part of the second resin component are polymerized with each other.

15. The laminated glass according to claim 12, wherein the second resin component is obtained by allowing monomers having a (meth)acryloyl group to undergo a polymerization in the presence of the polyvinyl acetal resin.

16. The laminated glass according to claim 12, wherein the interlayer film further comprises no plasticizer or a plasticizer in an amount less than or equal to 40% by weight in 100% by weight of the interlayer film.

17. The laminated glass according to claim 16, wherein the interlayer film comprises no plasticizer or a plasticizer in an amount less than or equal to 20% by weight in 100% by weight of the interlayer film.

18. The laminated glass according to claim 17, wherein the interlayer film comprises no plasticizer or a plasticizer in an amount less than or equal to 10% by weight in 100% by weight of the interlayer film.

19. The laminated glass according to claim 18, wherein the interlayer film comprises no plasticizer.