Structure for installing mirror base on glass plate and method for installing mirror base on glass plate

• US 5,160,780 A
• Filed: 09/19/1989
• Issued: 11/03/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: AGC Flat Glass Company Limited (AGC, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited (AGC, Inc.)
• Inventors: Matsuo, Takayuki, Ono, Michio, Kume, Masaharu
• Primary Examiner(s): Lesmes, George F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): ZIRKER, DANIEL R
• Application Number:
  US07/434,673
• Time in Patent Office: 1,141 Days
• Field of Search: 428/448, 428/437, 428/429, 428/344, 428/447, 428/220, 350/631, 528/15
• US Class Current: 428/220
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10036 comprising two outer glass sheets
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/04 mounted inside vehicle B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 27/048 consisting of an adhesive specially adapted for that purpose
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 2666/28 Non-macromolecular organic substances
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 83/00 Compositions of macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions forming in the main chain of the macromolecule a linkage containing silicon with or without sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen or carbon only; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 183/04 Polysiloxanes
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/2804 Next to metal
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31612 As silicone, silane or siloxane
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/3163 Next to acetal of polymerized unsaturated alcohol [e.g., formal butyral, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31663 As siloxane, silicone or silane

Abstract

This invention relates to a mirror base-installing structure for installing a mirror base on the surface of a glass plate, characterized in that said mirror base is bonded to the surface of said glass plate with a film-like or sheet-like heat-curable adhesive interposed between the mirror base and the glass plate, said adhesive having elasticity or plasticity after heat-cured, and a method for installing the same. The mirror base can be bonded simultaneously with the preparation of a bilayer glass, thereby simplifying the working process.

Claims

1. An adhesive composition for installing a mirror base on a glass plate comprising a film or sheet of a cross-linkable silicone rubber composition comprising:

(A) an organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atoms per molecule;

(B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least two hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms per molecule, in an amount to provide a molar ratio of hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms in (B)/alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atoms in (A) in the range of from 0.5/1 to 5/1;

(C) wet process hydrophobic reinforcing silica having a specific surface area of at least 200 m² /g, said silica comprising SiO₂ units and organosiloxane units selected from the group consisting of R₃ SiO_1/2 units, R₂ SiO units, RSiO_3/2 units and a mixture thereof, wherein each R is a substituted or non-substituted monovalent hydrocarbonyl group, said silica having a molar ratio of organosiloxane units/SiO₂ units of from 0.08 to 2.0, said silica being present in an amount of 30 to 150 parts by weight/100 parts by weight of (A);

(D) an acryl-functional silane coupling agent or a methacryl-functional silane coupling agent, in an amount of from 0.05 to 10 parts by weight/100 parts by weight of (A);

(E) an epoxy-functional silane coupling agent, in an amount of from 0.05 to 10 parts by weight/100 parts by weight of (A);

(F) a partially allyl etherified polyhydric alcohol, in an amount of from 0 to 5 parts by weight/100 parts by weight of (A); and

(G) a catalytically effective amount of a platinum compound catalyst.

2. The adhesive composition according to claim 1, wherein said organopolysiloxane has a viscosity of not higher than 1,000,000 centipoise at 25°

C.

3. The adhesive composition according to claim 1, wherein said ratio of hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms in (B)/alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atoms in (A) is in the range of from 0.8/1 to 3/1.

4. The adhesive composition according to claim 1, wherein said molar ratio of organosiloxane units/SiO₂ units is in the range of from 0.08 to 1.5

5. The adhesive composition according to claim 1, wherein said silica has a specific surface area of at least 300 m² /g.

6. The adhesive composition according to claim 1, wherein said silica is present in an amount of from 40 to 100 parts by weight/100 parts by weight of (A).

7. The adhesive composition according to claim 1, wherein said acryl-functional silane coupling agent or said methacryl-functional silane coupling agent is present in an amount of from 0.1 to 3 parts by weight/100 parts by weight of (A).

8. The adhesive composition according to claim 1, wherein said partially allyl etherified polyhydric alcohol is present in an amount of 0.01 to 2 parts by weight/100 parts by weight of (A).

9. The adhesive composition according to claim 1, wherein said catalyst is present in an amount of from 0.1 ppm to 100 ppm to (A).

10. The adhesive composition according to claim 1, wherein said film or sheet has a thickness in the range from 0.4 mm to 1.5 mm.

11. The adhesive composition according to claim 10, wherein said thickness is in the range from 0.6 mm to 1.0 mm.