Thermal mass transfer substrate films, donor elements, and methods of making and using same

US7223515B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Martin B. Wolk · Woodbury, US
• Thomas R. Hoffend · Webster, US
• Stephen A. Johnson · Woodbury, US
• John P. Baetzold · North St. Paul, US
• Richard J. Thompson · Ipswich, GB
• Terence D. Neavin · Windom, US
• Michael A. Haase · Saint Paul, US
• Sergey Lamansky · Redmond, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 30, 2006
• Grant date: May 29, 2007
• Expiry date: May 30, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/31
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Substrate films, thermal mass transfer donor elements, and methods of making and using the same are provided. In some embodiments, such substrate films and donor elements include at least two dyads, wherein each dyad includes an absorbing first layer and an essentially non-absorbing second layer. Also provided are methods of making a donor element that includes an essentially non-absorbing substrate, an absorbing first layer, and a non-absorbing second layer, wherein the composition of the essentially non-absorbing substrate is essentially the same as the composition of the essentially non-absorbing second layer.