Glazing unit comprising a hydrophilic layer having an improved scratch resistance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10077209-B2
Application number	US-201415101259-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 1, 2014
Priority date	Dec 3, 2013
Publication date	Sep 18, 2018
Grant date	Sep 18, 2018

Abstract

A glazing unit includes a hydrophilic layer including a polyurethane network incorporating bis-urea functions. Furthermore, a process for manufacturing this glazing unit, includes depositing a solution containing at least one isocyanate, one polyol and one bis-urea including a polyol function, polyvinylpyrrolidone, a film-forming agent and a solvent on a glass substrate, drying the glazing unit containing the substrate and the deposited solution, and subjecting the glazing unit to a temperature of between 100 and 150° C.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A glazing unit comprising a hydrophilic layer comprising a polyurethane network, the polyurethane network incorporating bis-urea functions;
wherein the bis-urea functions are incorporated into the polyurethane network via at least one isocyanate, at least one polyol and a diol-containing bis-urea monomer; and
wherein hydroxyl functions of the bis-urea monomer represent 1 to 25 mol % of the hydroxyl functions of the at least one polyol and the diol-containing bis-urea monomer.

2. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hydrophilic layer contains polyvinylpyrrolidone.

3. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hydrophilic layer contains a film-forming agent.

4. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the film-forming agent contains at least one polydimethylsiloxane.

5. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the hydrophilic layer contains at least 75% to 99% by weight of polyurethane, 1% to 15% by weight of polyvinylpyrrolidone, and 0.01% to 3% by weight of film-forming agent.

6. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the weight-average molecular weight of the polyvinylpyrrolidone is from 1.1×10 6 to 1.8×10 6 g/mol.

7. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hydrophilic layer has a thickness of between 0.1 and 250 μm.

8. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hydrophilic layer is connected to a glass substrate with interposition of an adhesion primer which contains at least one aminosilane.

9. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the at least one polydimethylsiloxane is modified with a polyester.

10. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the polyester comprises a hydroxyl function.

11. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the thickness is between 1 and 100 μm.

12. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the thickness is between 3 and 50 μm.

13. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hydroxyl functions of the bis-urea represent 3 to 22 mol % of the hydroxyl functions of of the at least one polyol and the diol-containing bis-urea monomer.

14. A process for manufacturing a glazing unit comprising a hydrophilic layer as claimed in claim 1 , the process comprising:
a) depositing a solution containing at least one isocyanate, one polyol and one bis-urea comprising a polyol function, polyvinylpyrrolidone, a film-forming agent and a solvent on a glass substrate,
b) drying the glazing unit containing the substrate and the deposited solution, and
c) subjecting the glazing unit to a temperature of between 100 and 150° C.

15. The process as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the isocyanate is chosen from hexamethylene- 1,6-diisocyanate, an oligomer or a homopolymer thereof, and a cyclic aliphatic diisocyanate, alone or as a mixture of several of them.

16. The process as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the polyol is chosen from polyethylene glycols, polypropylene ether polyol and 1,4-butanediol, alone or as a mixture of several of them.

17. The process as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the solution contains a catalyst.

18. The process as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the solution has an [NCO]/[OH] molar ratio of between 0.7 and 1.3.

19. A transportation vehicle, an interior fitting, a mirror, or an electrical good comprising the glazing unit according to claim 1 .

20. The process as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the catalyst is dibutyltin dilaurate.

21. The process as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the molar ratio is between 0.8 and 1.15.

22. The method as claimed in claim 19 , wherein the transportation vehicle is an electric vehicle.

Assignees

• Saint Gobain
• Univ Paris Curie
• Centre Nat Rech Scient
• Univ Sorbonne

Inventors

• Foti Fabio
• Arnaud Alix
• Bouteiller Laurent
• Bonnet Julien

Classifications

• C03C2217/78

  Coatings specially designed to be durable, e.g. scratch-resistant · CPC title

• C03C17/30

  with silicon-containing compounds · CPC title

• C03C17/322 Primary

  Polyurethanes or polyisocyanates · CPC title

• C03C2217/75

  Hydrophilic and oleophilic coatings · CPC title

• C03C17/001

  General methods for coating; Devices therefor · CPC title