# US 11,440,292 B2 · Polypropylene film, metal layer laminated film, and film capacitor

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- Number: US 11,440,292 B2
- Document ID: US11440292B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/641,163
- Filed: 2018-08-27
- Published: 2020-06-25
- Granted: 2022-09-13
- Earliest claimed: 2017-08-29
- Assignees: Toray Industries, Inc.
- Applicants: Toray Industries, Inc.
- Inventors: Yasuyuki Imanishi; Masatoshi Ohkura; Yuta Nakanishi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11440292B2

## CPC

- B32B 15/08: of synthetic resin
- C08J 5/18: Manufacture of films or sheets
- B32B 27/32: comprising polyolefins {(comprising vinyl (co)polymers or acrylic (co)polymers B32B27/30)}
- H01G 4/18: of synthetic material, e.g. derivatives of cellulose (H01G4/16 takes precedence)
- H01G 4/32: Wound capacitors
- H01G 4/33: Thin- or thick-film capacitors {(thin- or thick-film circuits; capacitors without a potential-jump or surface barrier specially adapted for integrated circuits, details thereof, multistep manufacturing processes therefor)}
- C08J 2323/12: Polypropene
- C08J 2423/20: having four to nine carbon atoms
- B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM
- C08J: WORKING-UP; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H (working, e.g. shaping, of plastics B29)
- H01G: CAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES, LIGHT-SENSITIVE OR TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE DEVICES OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE (selection of specified materials as dielectric H01B3/00; capacitors having potential barriers H10D1/62, H10K10/10)

## Abstract

A polypropylene film exhibits a high breakdown voltage even in a high temperature environment and can exhibit a voltage resistance and reliability even in a high temperature environment when used as a capacitor, and a metal layer laminated film and a film capacitor using the polypropylene film. For the polypropylene film, at least one surface of the film has an elastic modulus of 2.6 GPa or more, measured by nanoindentation measurement, and the sum of heat shrinkage rates is in the film longitudinal and width directions 5% or less in a heat treatment at 130° C. for ten minutes.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A polypropylene film, wherein
(a) the film has a mesopentad fraction of 0.970 or more,
(b) a polypropylene component dissolved in xylene (CXS) is less than 1.5% by mass with respect to a total mass of the film, after the film is completely dissolved in the xylene, and then precipitated at room temperature,
(c) at least one surface of the film has a surface elastic modulus of 2.6 GPa or more, measured by nanoindentation measurement,
(d) a sum of heat shrinkage rates in film longitudinal and width directions is 5% or less after a heat treatment at 130° C. for 10 minutes, and
(e) a difference is 50 MPa or more between a stress at 80% elongation (F80 value) and a stress at 30% elongation (F30 value) in a longitudinal direction in a film tensile test.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The polypropylene film according to claim 1, wherein a melting peak temperature (Tm2) is 164° C. or higher when the film has a temperature increased from 30° C. to 260° C. at 20° C./min with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), then decreased from 260° C. to 30° C. at 20° C./min, and further increased again from 30° C. to 260° C. at 20° C./min, and total heat of melting in a range from 100° C. to 180° C. of the DSC curve is 105 J/g or higher.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The polypropylene film according to claim 2, wherein at least one surface of the film has an arithmetic mean height Sa of 5 to 20 nm and a maximum height Sz of 100 to 500 nm.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The polypropylene film according to claim 1, wherein at least one surface of the film has three-dimensional center plane average roughness SRa of 10 to 50 nm.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The polypropylene film according to claim 1, wherein at least one surface of the film has three-dimensional ten-point average roughness SRz of 50 to 500 nm.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The polypropylene film according to claim 1, wherein the film contains 0.1% by mass or more and 4% by mass or less of a thermoplastic resin that is incompatible with polypropylene.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The polypropylene film according to claim 6, wherein the film is a laminated film of two or more layers, and at least a surface layer (A layer) of the film contains a thermoplastic resin that is incompatible with polypropylene.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The polypropylene film according to claim 7, wherein the film is a laminated film of three or more layers, and the thermoplastic resin incompatible with the polypropylene of the surface layer (A layer) is higher in content than the inner layer (B layer).

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

The polypropylene film according to claim 6, wherein the incompatible thermoplastic resin is polymethylpentene.

### Claim 10 (depends on 6)

The polypropylene film according to claim 6, wherein at least one surface of the film has glossiness of 130% or more and less than 150%.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The polypropylene film according to claim 1, wherein the film has a melting peak temperature (Tm1) of 174° C. or higher, when the film has a temperature increased from 30° C. to 260° C. at 20° C./min with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC).

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The polypropylene film according to claim 1, wherein the film thickness is 0.5 μm or more and 10 μm or less.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

A metal layer laminated film wherein a metal film is provided on at least one surface of the polypropylene film according to claim 1.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

A film capacitor comprising the metal layer laminated film according to claim 13.