Patent ID: 9688018
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: B29C,B32B,C08J,F16B

Claim:
1. A method of making or treating an interlayer, said method comprising: applying a coating material to at least a portion of at least one surface of an ionomeric resin sheet to thereby provide a surface-treated ionomeric resin sheet, wherein said coating material comprises at least one silanol-containing adhesion stabilizing agent or precursor thereto; wherein said surface-treated ionomeric resin sheet comprises one or more surface-treated locations that exhibit a silanol concentration gradient characterized by a surface concentration of elemental silicon that is greater than a mid-thickness concentration of elemental silicon, wherein said ionomeric resin sheet comprises a perimeter region defined as the portion of said ionomeric resin sheet located within 0.25 inches of the perimeter edges of said ionomeric resin sheet, wherein at least a portion of said surface-treated locations are located within said perimeter region and wherein at least 10 percent of the total surface area of said perimeter region is made up of at least a portion of said surface-treated locations.