Polarizing lens for sunglasses

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9977264-B2
Application number	US-201314422743-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 19, 2013
Priority date	Aug 21, 2012
Publication date	May 22, 2018
Grant date	May 22, 2018

Abstract

Provided is a polarizing lens that is excellent in terms of impact resistance, prevention of eye strain, and a small variation of color tone or transparency or both. A sunglass polarizing lens that is formed by laminating a transparent protective sheet via an adhesive layer to each surface of a polarizing film that is made from polyvinyl alcohol and that is stretched and stained with dichroic organic dye; curving the resultant laminate so as to impart spherical or aspherical surfaces thereto to obtain a polarizing sheet; and injecting a transparent resin for a lens onto a surface of the polarizing sheet, wherein the polarizing film is stained by combined dichroic organic dyes so that the dichroic ratio of the film is within the range of from 5 to 14.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A polarizing lens for sunglasses that is formed by
laminating a transparent protective sheet via an adhesive layer to each surface of a polarizing film that is made from oriented polyvinyl alcohol resin and that is monoaxially stretched and stained with dichroic organic dyes to absorb the dichroic organic dyes into or deposit the dichroic organic dyes onto polymer chains of the monoaxially stretched polyvinyl alcohol resin;
curving the resultant laminate so as to impart spherical or aspherical surfaces thereto to obtain a polarizing sheet; and
injecting a transparent resin onto a surface of the curved polarizing sheet,
wherein the polarizing film is stained by combined three or more dichroic organic dyes so that the dichroic ratio of the film is within the range of from 5 to 14;
wherein the dichroic ratio is obtained by combining the dichroic organic dyes and staining the polarizing film with the combined dichroic dyes so that the differences between the optical wavelength absorptions of blue (450 nm), green (550 nm), and red (650 nm) are 5 or less.

2. The polarizing lens for sunglasses of claim 1 , wherein the dichroic ratio is obtained by combining dichroic organic dyes and staining the polarizing film with the combined dichroic dyes so that the differences between optical wavelength absorptions of blue (450 nm), green (550 nm), and red (650 nm) are 3 or less.

3. The polarizing lens for sunglasses of claim 1 , wherein the polyvinyl alcohol resin film is monoaxially stretched by a draw ratio of 3.5 to 6.

4. The polarizing lens for sunglasses of claim 1 , wherein the transparent protective sheet is selected from the group consisting of aromatic polycarbonates, polyacrylate, acetylcellulose, polyamide, and a composition of an aromatic polycarbonate and alicyclic polyester.

5. The polarizing lens for sunglasses of claim 1 , wherein the transparent protective sheet is a film or a sheet made from an aromatic polycarbonate resin and the film or the sheet has a retardation value of 3,000 nm or more and a thickness of 0.1-1 mm.

6. The polarizing lens for sunglasses of claim 1 , wherein in the adhesive layer, a 2-liquid type thermosetting polyurethane resin that comprises a curative agent that comprises a polyurethane polymer and a hydroxyl (poly) acrylate is used.

7. The polarizing lens for sunglasses of claim 1 , wherein the transparent resin for lenses is an aromatic polycarbonate, polyamide, or polyacrylate.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co
• Mgc Filsheet Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kimura Hideaki
• Tokumaru Terutaka
• Akaki Masayuki
• Nakamura Kyousuke

Classifications

• B29D11/00644

  polarizing · CPC title

• G02C7/12 Primary

  Polarisers · CPC title

• G02B5/223

  containing organic substances, e.g. dyes, inks or pigments · CPC title

• G02B5/305

  including organic materials, e.g. polymeric layers · CPC title

• G02B5/3033

  in the form of a thin sheet or foil, e.g. Polaroid · CPC title