Resin composition for nano concave-convex structure, transparent member for monitor of vehicle navigation device and transparent member for cover of vehicle meter using same composition

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9284445-B2
Application number	US-201214123801-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2012
Priority date	Jun 24, 2011
Publication date	Mar 15, 2016
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016

Abstract

The present invention relates to a resin composition for a nano concave-convex structure, including 0.01 to 10 parts by mass of an active energy ray polymerization initiator (D), 0.01 to 3 parts by mass of a release agent (E), and 0.01 to 3 parts by mass of a lubricant (F), relative to 100 parts by mass of a polymerization reactive monomer component containing 50 to 95 parts by mass of a tetrafunctional (meth)acrylate monomer (A), 5 to 35 parts by mass of a difunctional (meth)acrylate monomer (B) in which the total number of repeating units within a polyalkylene glycol structure is from 4 to 25, and not more than 15 parts by mass of a monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer (C) which is copolymerizable with the monomers (A) and (B), and relates to a transparent member for the monitor of a vehicle navigation device and the cover of a vehicle meter.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A transparent cover of a vehicle meter comprising a nano concave-convex structure body having a transparent substrate and a cured product layer laminated on top of the transparent substrate, wherein the cured product layer has a nano concave-convex structure on the surface of the cured product layer and contains a cured product of a resin composition,
wherein the water contact angle of the nano concave-convex structure on the surface of the cured product layer after weather resistance testing is less than 25°,
wherein the resin composition comprising a polymerization reactive monomer component which, when a total amount of all monomers within the polymerization reactive monomer component is deemed to be 100 parts by mass, comprises:
50 to 95 parts by mass of a tetrafunctional (meth)acrylate monomer (A) having 4 radical polymerizable functional groups per molecule,
5 to 35 parts by mass of a difunctional (meth)acrylate monomer (B) having 2 radical polymerizable functional groups and a polyalkylene glycol structure per molecule, in which a total number of repeating units of the alkylene glycol structure that exist in a single molecule is from 4 to 25, and
not more than 15 parts by mass of a monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer (C) which is copolymerizable with the tetrafunctional (meth)acrylate monomer (A) and the difunctional (meth)acrylate monomer (B), and has one radical polymerizable functional group per molecule,
and further comprising, per 100 parts by mass of the polymerization reactive monomer component, 0.01 to 10 parts by mass of an active energy ray polymerization initiator (D), 0.01 to 3 parts by mass of a release agent (E), and 0.01 to 3 parts by mass of a of a lubricant (F),
wherein the release agent (E) is at least one polyoxyethylene alkyl phosphate ester compound represented by general formula (I) shown below:

wherein R 1 represents an alkyl group, m represents an integer of 1 to 20, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3.

2. The transparent cover of a vehicle meter according to claim 1 , further comprising 0.01 to 5 parts by mass of at least one component (G) selected from the group consisting of ultraviolet absorbers and light stabilizers, per 100 parts by mass of the polymerization reactive monomer component.

3. The transparent cover of a vehicle meter according to claim 1 , wherein the tetrafunctional (meth)acrylate monomer (A) is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of pentaerythritol tetra(meth)acrylate, ethoxy modified products of pentaerythritol tetra(meth)acrylate, ditrimethylolpropane tetra(meth)acrylate, ethoxy modified products of ditrimethylolpropane tetra(meth)acrylate, and condensation reaction products of trimethylolethane, acrylic acid and succinic anhydride.

4. The transparent cover of a vehicle meter according to claim 1 , wherein the polyalkylene glycol structure of the difunctional (meth)acrylate monomer (B) is a polyethylene glycol structure.

5. The transparent cover of a vehicle meter according to claim 1 , wherein the lubricant (F) is a compound having a polyether-modified polydimethylsiloxane skeleton.

6. A transparent cover of a vehicle navigation device comprising a nano concave-convex structure body having a transparent substrate and a cured product layer laminated on top of the transparent substrate, wherein the cured product layer has a nano concave-convex structure on the surface of the cured product layer and contains a cured product of a resin composition,
wherein the water contact angle of the nano concave-convex structure on the surface of the cured product layer after weather resistance testing is less than 25°,
wherein the resin composition comprising a polymerization reactive monomer component which, when a total amount of all monomers within the polymerization reactive monomer component is deemed to be 100 parts by mass, comprises 50 to 95 parts by mass of a tetrafunctional (meth)acrylate monomer (A) having 4 radical polymerizable functional groups per molecule, 5 to 35 parts by mass of a difunctional (meth)acrylate monomer (B) having 2 radical polymerizable functional groups and a polyalkylene glycol structure per molecule, in which a total number of repeating units of the alkylene glycol structure that exist in a single molecule is from 4 to 25, and not more than 15 parts by mass of a monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer (C) which is copolymerizable with the tetrafunctional (meth)acrylate monomer (A) and the difunctional (meth)acrylate monomer (B), and has one radical polymerizable functional group per molecule,
and further comprising, per 100 parts by mass of the polymerization reactive monomer component, 0.01 to 10 parts by mass of an active energy ray polymerization initiator (D), 0.01 to 3 parts by mass of a release agent (E), and 0.01 to 3 parts by mass of a lubricant (F),
wherein the release agent (E) is at least one polyoxyethylene alkyl phosphate ester compound represented by general formula (I) shown below:

wherein R 1 represents an alkyl group, m represents an integer of 1 to 20, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3.

7. The transparent cover of a vehicle navigation device according to claim 6 , further comprising 0.01 to 5 parts by mass of at least one component (G) selected from the group consisting of ultraviolet absorbers and light stabilizers, per 100 parts by mass of the polymerization reactive monomer component.

8. The transparent cover of a vehicle navigation device according to claim 6 , wherein the tetrafunctional (meth)acrylate monomer (A) is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of pentaerythritol tetra(meth)acrylate, ethoxy modified products of pentaerythritol tetra(meth)acrylate, ditrimethylolpropane tetra(meth)acrylate, ethoxy modified products of ditrimethylolpropane tetra(meth)acrylate, and condensation reaction products of trimethylolethane, acrylic acid and succinic anhydride.

9. The transparent cover of a vehicle navigation device according to claim 6 , wherein the polyalkylene glycol structure of the difunctional (meth)acrylate monomer (B) is a polyethylene glycol structure.

10. The transparent cover of a vehicle navigation device according to claim 6 , wherein the lubricant (F) is a compound having a polyether-modified polydimethylsiloxane skeleton.

Assignees

• Uchida Masayuki
• Kojima Katsuhiro
• Makino Shinji
• Nakai Yusuke
• Ozawa Satoru
• Unno Haruo
• Yamamoto Isao
• Fukui Takayuki
• Mitsubishi Motors Corp
• Nissan Motor

Inventors

• Uchida Masayuki
• Kojima Katsuhiro
• Makino Shinji
• Nakai Yusuke
• Ozawa Satoru
• Unno Haruo
• Yamamoto Isao
• Fukui Takayuki

Classifications

• G02B1/04

  made of organic materials, e.g. plastics (G02B1/08 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C08L71/02

  Polyalkylene oxides · CPC title

• C08F220/28

  containing no aromatic rings in the alcohol moiety · CPC title

• C08L83/04

  Polysiloxanes · CPC title

• C08F222/10

  Esters · CPC title