Multi-layered foil body

US9323099B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9323099-B2
Application numberUS-201214131314-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJun 26, 2012
Priority dateJul 7, 2011
Publication dateApr 26, 2016
Grant dateApr 26, 2016

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The invention relates to a multi-layered foil body ( 1 ) for marking a security document, in particular a banknote. The foil body ( 1 ) has at least one color filter layer ( 2 ) and at least one change layer ( 4 ) with an electrically controllable transmittance and/or an electrically controllable color.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A multi-layered foil body for marking a security document, in particular a banknote or an ID document, which has at least one color filter layer and at least one change layer with an electrically controllable transmittance and/or an electrically controllable color, which layers at least partially overlap each other, wherein the foil body comprises two differently colored color filter layers and a change layer arranged therebetween with an electrically controllable transmittance, and wherein one of the two color filter layers is formed colored in a pattern and the other forms a color surface that is homogeneous over the whole surface. 2. A foil body according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one change layer has liquid crystals which can be aligned in an electric field. 3. A foil body according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one change layer is formed from at least one PDLC layer. 4. A foil body according to claim 3 , wherein the PDLC layer is colored. 5. A foil body according to claim 1 , wherein a pattern with differently colored pattern elements is formed in at least one of the two color filter layers. 6. A foil body according to claim 1 , wherein the foil body has a reflective layer which is arranged behind the at least one color filter layer and the at least one change layer in relation to an observer. 7. A foil body according to claim 1 , wherein the foil body has at least one printed color layer. 8. A foil body according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the at least one color filter layers is formed as a cholesteric liquid crystal layer. 9. A foil body according to claim 8 , wherein a dark or scattering layer is formed, in the form of a pattern, behind the cholesteric liquid crystal layer in relation to an observer. 10. A foil body according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the change layer varies. 11. A security element with at least one foil body according to claim 1 and at least one energy source that controls the change layer. 12. A security element according to claim 11 , wherein the energy source is a piezoelectric energy source with at least one layer of piezoelectric material. 13. A security document, in particular a banknote or an ID document, with at least one foil body according to claim 1 . 14. A security document according to claim 13 , wherein the foil body is arranged at least in areas in a transparent area of the security document. 15. A transfer foil with at least one foil body according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one foil body is arranged on a carrier foil of the transfer foil and can be detached from the latter. 16. A method for producing a multi-layered foil body according to claim 1 , wherein the color filter layer and/or the at least one change layer of the foil body is formed by printing onto a carrier foil.

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  • Constructional details, not otherwise provided for in this subclass · CPC title

  • Diffraction gratings; Holograms · CPC title

  • Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof (printing processes to produce identification or security features B41M3/14) · CPC title

  • based on polymer dispersed liquid crystals, e.g. microencapsulated liquid crystals · CPC title

  • Colour filters · CPC title

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What does patent US9323099B2 cover?
The invention relates to a multi-layered foil body ( 1 ) for marking a security document, in particular a banknote. The foil body ( 1 ) has at least one color filter layer ( 2 ) and at least one change layer ( 4 ) with an electrically controllable transmittance and/or an electrically controllable color.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Stahl Rainer, Tompkin Wayne Robert, Walter Harald, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G02F1/133514. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Apr 26 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).