Linerless Adhesive Body Composition for Adhesion Retention

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Solution Overview

Problem

Adhesive bodies without a release liner experience a reduction in adhesive force during storage and transportation.

Innovation Solution

Incorporating a base polymer and a tackifying resin with a weight average molecular weight of 1,500 or less in the adhesive composition, ensuring excellent compatibility and uniform dispersion, thereby preventing adhesive force reduction.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If the adhesive body is configured without a release liner to reduce waste and simplify structure, then device complexity and waste are reduced, but adhesive force is reduced during storage and transportation

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovestructureVSAvoidadhesive force
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The invention changes the chemical composition parameters of the adhesive by incorporating a specific low molecular weight tackifying resin (weight average molecular weight 1,500 or less) in a controlled amount (5-100 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of base polymer). This parameter change enables the adhesive to maintain its adhesive force during storage and transportation without requiring a release liner, thus resolving the contradiction between simplified structure and maintained reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The invention creates a composite adhesive system by combining a base polymer with a low molecular weight tackifying resin. This composite material formulation provides both the structural integrity needed for storage without a release liner and the adhesive force retention required for reliable performance, simultaneously addressing both the simplification and reliability requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Reliability

If a release liner is provided to maintain adhesive force during storage, then adhesive force is maintained, but waste increases and process becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadhesive forceVSAvoidwaste
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The invention extracts and removes the release liner component from the adhesive body system by formulating an adhesive composition that inherently maintains its adhesive force during storage. The low molecular weight tackifying resin enables the adhesive to self-maintain its properties without the release liner, thereby eliminating waste associated with the liner while preserving adhesive force reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The adhesive composition is designed to be self-sufficient by incorporating the low molecular weight tackifying resin, which enables the adhesive to maintain its adhesive force during storage and transportation on its own without requiring a release liner. This self-service capability eliminates the need for the release liner and associated waste.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Reliability

If a release liner is provided to maintain adhesive force during storage, then adhesive force is maintained, but the manufacturing process becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadhesive forceVSAvoidprocess
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The invention extracts the release liner from the manufacturing process by developing an adhesive formulation that inherently maintains its adhesive force during storage. The low molecular weight tackifying resin enables this self-maintaining property, simplifying the manufacturing process by eliminating the release liner application step while ensuring adhesive force reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

4Stability of the object's composition

If the tackifying resin has lower molecular weight to improve compatibility and dispersion, then homogeneity is improved, but adhesive composition becomes more sensitive to formulation parameters

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovecompatibilityVSAvoidformulation sensitivity
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The invention carefully controls the molecular weight parameter of the tackifying resin (1,500 or less) and its content in the adhesive composition (5-100 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of base polymer). This precise parameter control achieves excellent compatibility and uniform dispersion while managing formulation sensitivity, as the specific low molecular weight range provides optimal balance between dispersibility and adhesive performance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP4617340A1Adhesive body
Publication Date: 2025.09.17 NITTO DENKO CORP
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AI summary

The present invention provides an adhesive body in which a reduction in adhesive force after the adhesive body is stored and transported is prevented even in a configuration in which a release liner is not provided. The present invention relates to an adhesive body including an adhesive, in which an adhesive composition forming the adhesive contains a base polymer and a tackifying resin having a weight average molecular weight of 1,500 or less.