Method for producing a multilayer body and a multilayer body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12076908-B2
Application number	US-201917283080-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2019
Priority date	Oct 9, 2018
Publication date	Sep 3, 2024
Grant date	Sep 3, 2024

Abstract

A method for producing a multilayer body and a multilayer body, wherein the method includes: providing a single-layered or multi-layered substrate with a first surface and a second surface, providing one or more sensor films which each have at least one sensor area and have a first surface and a second surface facing away from the first surface, applying the one or more sensor films to the second surface of the substrate such that the first surface of the respective sensor film rests on the second surface of the substrate at least in areas, thermoforming a series of layers comprising the substrate and the one or more sensor films applied to the second surface of the substrate such that, during the thermoforming, on the first surface of the substrate a surface relief is formed which is determined by the shaping, of one or more of the one or more sensor films.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for producing a multilayer body, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
providing a single-layered or multi-layered substrate with a first surface and a second surface;
providing one or more sensor films which each comprise at least one sensor area and have a first surface and a second surface facing away from the first surface;
applying one or more functional elements to the first surface of one or more of the one or more sensor films to form a shape on the first surface of the one or more of the one or more sensor films, the one or more functional elements performing an electrical and/or optical function;
applying the one or more sensor films with the one or more functional elements to the second surface of the substrate such that the first surface of the respective sensor film rests on the second surface of the substrate at least in areas;
thermoforming a series of layers comprising the substrate and the one or more sensor films applied to the second surface of the substrate such that, during the thermoforming, on the first surface of the substrate a surface relief is formed which is determined by the shape on the first surface of the one or more of the one or more sensor films,
wherein variable method parameters of the thermoforming process are predetermined such that the softening or plasticization of the substrate occurs at lower temperatures and/or pressures than the softening or plasticization of the one or more sensor films, and
wherein the one or more sensor films have, in each case in the at least one sensor area, one or more capacitive and/or resistive sensor elements, and the one or more sensor films in each case have at least one connection area and/or contact area for the contacting of one or more of the sensor elements, and
wherein one or more plastic labels are applied as one or more elements to a first surface of a base film of the sensor film, and
wherein the one or more plastic labels are applied to the base film in the sensor area of the sensor film and completely or partially overlap the sensor area.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein, when at least one sensor film of the one or more sensor films is provided, the shape of the at least one sensor film is modified.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the shape of the at least one sensor film is modified by molding of at least one surface relief, wherein the at least one surface relief is molded into one or more layers of the sensor film.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein one or more sensor films of the one or more sensor films are provided as a transfer film, as a laminating film, as an in-mold film, as a label, as an in-mold label and/or as a sensor label.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the functional elements are applied to the base film in the sensor area of the sensor film and completely or partially overlap the sensor area.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor film has a connection area and/or contact area for the contacting of one or more sensor elements arranged in the sensor area and wherein the one or more plastic label and/or functional elements are applied to the base film in the sensor area of the sensor film and completely or partially overlap the sensor area, but do not overlap the connection area and/or contact area of the sensor film.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a substrate having a first melting temperature is provided as the substrate and a sensor film having a second melting temperature is provided as the sensor film, wherein the first melting temperature is lower than the second melting temperature.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a substrate having a first softening temperature is provided as the substrate and a sensor film having a second softening temperature is provided as the sensor film, wherein the first softening temperature is lower, than the second softening temperature.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the change in the height of the provided substrate with sensor laminated on, due to the thermoforming has a functional relationship with the layer thickness of the applied sensor film, wherein this functional relationship is a quadratic polynomial of the form y=a·x 2 +b·x+c, wherein x=layer thickness of the applied sensor label, y=height of the shape at the location of the sensor label compared with the remaining substrate surface area without sensor label after the thermoforming, and a, b, c are numerical constants.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensor films have, in each case in the at least one sensor area, one or more sensor elements, and wherein the one or more sensor films has in each case at least one connection area and/or contact area for the contacting of one or more of the sensor elements.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor film has one or more electrically conductive layers.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the one or more electrically conductive layers in the sensor area form one or more sensor electrodes for the formation of one or more of the sensor elements and/or wherein one or more electrically conductive layers have one or more contact electrodes for the contacting of the one or more sensor electrodes in the connection area and/or contact area.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the series of layers has, at least in the sensor area, a capacitance of at most 200 pF.

Assignees

• Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co Kg
• Burg Design Gmbh
• Polyic Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Heinrich Matthias
• Fenzl Christoph
• Ullmann Andreas
• Heidl Stefanie
• Salzmann Karin

Classifications

• G09F3/04

  to be fastened or secured by the material of the label itself, e.g. by thermo-adhesion (by a separate adhesive layer G09F3/10) · CPC title

• B31D1/021

  Making adhesive labels having a multilayered structure, e.g. provided on carrier webs · CPC title

• B29L2031/744

  Labels, badges, e.g. marker sleeves · CPC title

• B29L2031/3481

  Housings or casings incorporating or embedding electric or electronic elements · CPC title

• B29L2031/3443

  Switches · CPC title