Protection film and method for manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10328619-B2
Application number	US-201514920799-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2015
Priority date	Feb 16, 2015
Publication date	Jun 25, 2019
Grant date	Jun 25, 2019

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a protection film includes performing a first foaming of a first part of a base material on a substrate to form a bumper layer having first bubbles foamed with a first foaming ratio, and performing a second foaming of a second part of the base material to form a light blocking layer having second bubbles foamed with a second foaming ratio.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of manufacturing a protection film comprising:
injecting a foaming gas into a unitary base material;
performing a first foaming of a first part of the unitary base material on a substrate to form a bumper layer having first bubbles foamed with a first foaming ratio; and
performing a second foaming of a second part of the unitary base material to form a light blocking layer having second bubbles foamed with a second foaming ratio different from the first foaming ratio,
wherein the performing of the first and second foamings use expansion of the foaming gas.

2. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the performing of the first foaming comprises heating the first part at a first temperature, and
wherein the performing of the second foaming comprises heating the second part at a second temperature different from the first temperature.

3. The method of claim 2 ,
wherein the first part comprises a top surface of the unitary base material, the second part comprises a bottom surface of the unitary base material, and
wherein the performing of the first foaming comprises providing heat corresponding to the first temperature to the first part, and the performing of the second foaming comprises providing heat corresponding to the second temperature to the second part.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprises forming an embossed (EMBO) pattern on a surface of the light blocking layer,
wherein the EMBO pattern has an uneven shape defined by grooves recessed from the surface of the light blocking layer and protrusions defined between the grooves.

5. The method of claim 4 ,
wherein the performing of the first foaming comprises performing first curing the first part,
wherein the performing of the second foaming comprises performing second curing the second part,
wherein the performing of the first curing comprises heating the first part to a third temperature, and
wherein the performing of the second curing comprises heating the second part to a fourth temperature different from the third temperature.

6. The method of claim 5 ,
wherein a top surface of the substrate comprises a mold corresponding to the EMBO pattern, and
wherein the forming of the EMBO pattern is performed by casting a bottom surface of the second part by using the mold during the performing of the second curing.

7. The method of claim 4 ,
wherein the bumper layer has a first density, and
wherein the light blocking layer has a second density different from the first density.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first density is less than the second density.

9. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first foaming ratio is greater than the second foaming ratio.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein an average volume of the first bubbles is greater than that of the second bubbles.

11. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first temperature is greater than the second temperature.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein a transmittance of the light blocking layer is less than that of the bumper layer.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the light blocking layer has transmittance of about 10% or less.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the foaming gas comprises an inert gas.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first bubbles have an open-cell structure, and
wherein in the performing of the first foaming, at least two first bubbles of the first bubbles are connected to each other, and a passage through the at least two first bubbles is formed in the bumper layer.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Kang-Yong
• Kim Hwanjin

Classifications

• C08J2323/06

  Polyethene · CPC title

• C08J9/34 Primary

  Chemical features in the manufacture of articles consisting of a foamed macromolecular core and a macromolecular surface layer having a higher density than the core · CPC title

• B29K2995/0063

  Density · CPC title

• B29K2995/0025

  Opaque · CPC title

• B29K2995/0018

  having particular optical properties, e.g. fluorescent or phosphorescent · CPC title