Liquid crystal polyester resin composition

• US 8,658,057 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2010
• Issued: 02/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ENEOS Corporation (ENEOS Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (ENEOS Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Nakayama, Toshio, Murouchi, Satoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Visconti, Geraldina
• Application Number:
  US13/498,816
• Publication Number:
  US 20120235089A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,338 Days
• Field of Search: 252/299.01, 252/299.5, 428/1.1, 524/1, 349/167
• US Class Current: 252/299.01
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/00 Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor injection blow-moulding B29C49/06
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2067/00 Use of polyesters or derivatives thereof, as moulding material
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2105/0079 Liquid crystals
• CPC Class Codes: C08K 2201/009 Additives being defined by their hardness
• CPC Class Codes: C08K 3/04 Carbon
• CPC Class Codes: C08K 3/22 of metals
• CPC Class Codes: C08K 3/36 Silica
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 67/03 the dicarboxylic acids and dihydroxy compounds having the carboxyl- and the hydroxy groups directly linked to aromatic rings
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 19/3809 Polyesters; Polyester derivatives, e.g. polyamides
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2323/00 Functional layers of liquid crystal optical display excluding electroactive liquid crystal layer characterised by chemical composition

Abstract

A liquid crystal polyester resin composition for camera modules is used, the composition including, based on 100 parts by mass of the composition as a whole, (A) 49.5 to 69.5 parts by mass of a liquid crystal polyester, (B) 30.0 to 50.0 parts by mass of an irregular form or spherical powder having a Mohs hardness of 5 or higher and a primary particle diameter of 5 μm or less, and (C) 0.5 to 5.0 parts by mass of carbon black. The use of the resin composition allows a reduction in the amount of dust generated (particles falling off) during the production of the camera, the use of the camera, and the operation of the camera modules. The resin composition has high surface hardness, is excellent in balance between heat resistance, stiffness, moldability, and resistance to falling of particles off a surface, and causes no malfunction during autofocus control.

Claims

1. A liquid crystal polyester resin composition for a camera module, comprising, based on 100 parts by mass of the composition as a whole,

(A) 49.5 to 69.5 parts by mass of a liquid crystal polyester,

(B) 30.0 to 50.0 parts by mass of an irregular form or spherical powder having a Mohs hardness of 5 or more and a primary particle diameter of 5 μ

m or less, and

(C) 0.5 to 5.0 parts by mass of carbon black.

2. The liquid crystal polyester resin composition according to claim 1, wherein the (B) component is selected from titanium oxide, silica, and aluminum oxide.

3. The liquid crystal polyester resin composition according to claim 1, wherein the number of exfoliations from the surface of molded products molded by injection molding is 200 or less,

the number of exfoliations being defined as the number of particles falling off when the two injection molded products are placed in 266 mL of pure water and subjected to ultrasonic cleaning at 40 kHz and a power of 480 W for 30 seconds, each of the injection molded products having a cylindrical shape of an outer diameter of 7 mm, an inner diameter of 6 mm, and a height of 4 mm, a screw structure with a pitch of 0.3 mm and a groove depth of 0.2 mm being formed on the inner surface of each of the injection molded products, the number of particles falling off being the number of particles contained in 10 mL of the pure water after cleaning and having a maximum diameter of 2 μ

m or larger.

4. The liquid crystal polyester resin composition according to claim 1, wherein a Rockwell hardness of a molded product molded by injection molding is 80 or higher.

5. The liquid crystal polyester resin composition according to claim 1, wherein an Izod impact strength of a molded product molded by injection molding is 40 KJ/m² or higher.

6. The liquid crystal polyester resin composition according to claim 1, wherein a deflection temperature under load of a molded product molded by injection molding is 245°

C. or higher.

7. A camera module component produced by injection molding of the liquid crystal polyester resin composition according to claim 1.