An interlayer film for laminated glass of the present invention has an average storage modulus (G′) at 110 to 150° C. measured at a frequency of 1 Hz in a shear mode of 15000 Pa or less, and has an adhesive strength of 0.3 N/mm.sup.2 or more as measured in a cross peeling test performed under the following conditions on a cross peeling test sample produced by a predetermined method. Cross peeling test: A maximum load (N) when the polycarbonate plate glass is peeled from the clear float plate glass in a direction perpendicular to an adhesive surface at a rate of 10 mm/min at 23° C. is measured, and that measured maximum load (N) is taken as the adhesive strength.

The present invention provides an interlayer film for laminated glass which has excellent sound insulating properties even when the thickness is reduced, and also has a low degree of orientation and low shrinkability. The invention relates to an interlayer film for laminated glass which includes at least one layer A containing a thermoplastic elastomer, wherein the thermoplastic elastomer includes a hard segment block and a soft segment block, the layer A has a sea-island phase separated structure in which the hard segment block is included as an island component and the soft segment block is included as a sea component, and the degree of orientation (1) defined by (maximum intensity value−minimum intensity value)/(maximum intensity value+minimum intensity value) based on the maximum intensity value and the minimum intensity value in an arbitrary azimuth range of 180° including the azimuth at which the intensity reaches the maximum in the azimuthal intensity distribution of periodic scattering or coherent scattering by the hard segment block or the soft segment block obtained for the layer A by small-angle X-ray scattering measurement is 0.9 or less.

Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass having increased tan δ and excellent sound insulating property in an interlayer film having a low glass transition temperature. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention includes a resin layer containing a resin component and a plasticizer, and combination of the resin component and the plasticizer in the resin layer is such that when a composition having a glass transition temperature of −10° C. is obtained by blending only the plasticizer in 100 parts by weight of the resin component, a blending amount of the plasticizer per 100 parts by weight of the resin component in the composition is 60 parts by weight or less, and the interlayer film satisfies the formula tan δ.sub.1≥1.3, or satisfies the formula: (tan δ.sub.0−tan δ.sub.1)/(Tg.sub.0+10)≤0.01.

A laminate comprising a printed interlayer, a first sheet of plastic or glass and a second sheet of plastic or glass. The interlayer is bonded between the first sheet and the second sheet. In another configuration, the first sheet and the second sheet are bonded together by the interlayer.

Provided is a hydrogenated block copolymer, which is a hydrogenation product of a block copolymer including a polymer block (A) containing more than 70 mol % of a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound and a polymer block (B) containing 30 mol % or more of a structural unit derived from at least one selected from the group consisting of a conjugated diene compound and isobutylene, the hydrogenated block copolymer being satisfied with the following requirements (1) and (2):

Requirement (1): the content of the polymer block (A) in the block copolymer is 1 to 30% by mass; and

Requirement (2): when the polymer block (B) is regarded as having a structure with a hydrogenation rate of 100 mol %, an average value of a methylene chain length of a main chain of the structural unit derived from at least one selected from the group consisting of a conjugated diene compound and isobutylene is 1.0 to 6.0.

Provided is a laminated glass (10), including: a core material (11) including a resin sheet (12); and a first glass sheet (13a) and a second glass sheet (13b) each being laminated on respective surfaces of the core material (11) via an adhesive layer (15a) or (15b). Each of thicknesses of the first glass sheet (13a) and the second glass sheet (13b) is smaller than a thickness of the core material (11). The first glass sheet (13a) has a cover sheet (14) made of a resin laminated on an outer surface thereof via an adhesive layer (15c). With this, the laminated glass has a light weight, and its partial breakage due to collision with a flying object can be suppressed. Each of the thicknesses of the first glass sheet (13a) and the second glass sheet (13b) is preferably ⅕ or less of the thickness of the core material (11).

The present disclosure relates to a method of providing a laminated vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit, wherein the method comprises: —providing a lamination assembly (10) comprising a vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit (11) comprising at least two glass sheets (11a, 11b) separated by a plurality of support structures (12) distributed in a gap (13) between the glass sheets (11a, 11b), and a lamination layer (2) arranged between one of the glass sheets (11a, 11b) of the vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit (11) and a further sheet (3). The lamination assembly (10) is subjected to a heating step at a heating location so as to soften the lamination layer to provide a bonding between the vacuum insulated glass unit and the lamination layer (3), and a bonding between the further sheet (3) and the lamination layer (2). The heated lamination assembly (10) is then subjected to a cooling step provided by a cooling system (350), wherein said cooling step comprises providing a controlled cooling of one or both major outer surfaces (10a, 10b) of the heated lamination assembly (10) so as to cool said heated lamination assembly (10) to harden said lamination layer (2). The present disclosure additionally relates to use of a cooling system.

The present disclosure relates to a method of providing a laminated vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit (1), wherein the method comprises: providing a lamination assembly (10) comprising a vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit (11) comprising at least two, tempered glass sheets (11a, 11b) separated by a plurality of support structures (12) distributed in a gap (13) between the tempered glass sheets (11a, 11b), and a lamination layer (2) arranged between one of the tempered glass sheets (11a, 1b) of the vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit (11) and a further sheet (3), arranging the lamination assembly (10) between clamping bodies (7, 8) providing clamping surfaces (4, 5), wherein at least one of said clamping surfaces (4, 5) is configured to be displaced by one or more clamping body displacers (6, 21) to change the distance between the clamping surfaces (4, 5), and operating the clamping body displacers (6, 21) to provide a compression pressure (F) to the lamination assembly (10) by means of the clamping surfaces (4, 5), and heating the lamination assembly (10). The disclosure additionally relates to a system for providing laminated vacuum insulated glass (VIG) units (1), and use of such a system.

The present disclosure relates to a laminated vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit (1) comprising: a vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit (11) comprising at least two thermally tempered glass sheets (11a, 11b) separated by a plurality of support structures (12) distributed in a gap (13) between the tempered glass sheets (11a, 11b), and a lamination layer (2) arranged between one of the thermally tempered glass sheets (11a, 11b) of the vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit (11) and a further sheet (3). The thickness (Th1) of the lamination layer (2) is between 0.25 mm and 3 mm, such as between 0.4 mm and 3 mm, for example between 0.7 mm and 2.4 mm, and the lamination layer thickness varies (VAR1) with at least 0.1 mm such as at least 0.2 mm, e.g. at least 0.3 mm between the further sheet (3) and the vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit (11). The disclosure additionally relates to use of a method and use of a system for providing laminated vacuum insulated glass (VIG) units (200).

An interlayer film for a laminated glass, containing in sequence an A layer, a C layer, and an A layer, and also containing a B layer at any place between or outside these layers, wherein each A layer contains a first thermoplastic resin, a resin material constituting each A layer has a tan δ peak of −30° C. to 10° C., the resin material of at least one layer of the A layers has a peak height of a tan δ of 1.5 or more, the B layer contains a second thermoplastic resin, and is constituted of a resin material different from the resin material constituting the A layer, and the C layer is a layer composed of an inorganic glass having a thickness of 0.1 mm to 1.5 mm, or a layer having a thickness of 0.25 mm to 2.5 mm and containing a third thermoplastic resin.