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Fiber material for reinforcing plastics
Assignee: Toray Industries Inc
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Filing: 1985-08-14
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Granted: 1986-11-11
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Expires: 2005-08-14
Abstract
Abstract A fiber material for reinforcing plastics prepared by laminating at least one first fiber substrate in which the reinforcing fibers extend in two directions including the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction intersecting therewith at a substantially right angle with at least one second fiber substrate in which the reinforcing fibers extend in two directions including directions having angles of ±(25-65) degree relative to the longitudinal direction. Or, a fiber material for reinforcing plastics prepared by laminating at least one first fiber substrate in which the reinforcing fibers extend in at least one of two directions including the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction intersecting therewith at a substantially right angle, at least one second fiber substrate in which the reinforcing fibers extend in a direction having an angle of (25-65) degree relative to the longitudinal direction and at least one third fiber substrate in which the reinforcing fibers extend in a direction having an angle of -(25-65) degree relative to the longitudinal direction. The above laminate moldings are integrated with each other by stitch yarns passing repeatedly in the direction of lamination.
Inventors
- 👤 Akira Nishimura
- 👤 Kunio Maeda
- 👤 Kazuo Kito
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 12:08
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B5/00; B32B5/22; B32B5/24; B32B5/26; B29; B29C; B29C70/00; B29C70/04; B29C70/06; B29C70/10; B29C70/16; B29C70/22; B29C70/228; B29C70/24; B29D; B29D99/00; B29D99/0003; B32B5/02; B32B5/06; D; D04; D04H; D04H3/00; D04H3/02; D04H3/07; B32B2419/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/902; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24033; Y10T428/24058; Y10T428/24124; Y10T428/30; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/30; Y10T442/3179; Y10T442/3301; Y10T442/3309; Y10T442/3472; Y10T442/348; Y10T442/3496
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
271 words
A fiber material for reinforcing plastics, which comprises: (1) a plurality of first woven fabrics comprised of multifilament yarns of carbon fibers having a twist number of at most 20 T/m and a cross-sectional area of 0.07 to 3.5 mm 2 which extend in two directions including the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction intersecting therewith at a substantially right angle, (2) a plurality of second woven fabrics comprised of multifilament yarns of carbon fibers having a twist number of at most 20 T/m and a cross-sectional area of 0.07 to 3.5 mm 2 which extend in two directions including directions having angles of (25-65) degrees and -(25-65) degrees relative to the longitudinal direction, wherein said first and second woven fabrics, each in the form of a set consisting of one to several woven fabrics, are laminated alternately with each other in the same longitudinal direction, and (3) continuous stitch yarns integrating all the above laminated first and second woven fabrics in a single chain stitching along the longitudinal direction of the fiber material, in a manner of repeatedly passing through the woven fabrics in the direction of lamination thereof with a passing length of 0.9 to 1.1 times the thickness of the fiber material for a reinforcing plastics, wherein said continuous stitch yarns are multifilament yarns composed of reinforcing fibers selected from the class consisting of glass fibers and polyaramide fibers having a cross-sectional area of 0.01 to 0.25 mm 2 , an elongation at break greater than that of said carbon fibers in the woven fabrics and a thermal shrinkage at 120 degrees C. of not higher than 2%.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
271 words
A fiber material for reinforcing plastics, which comprises: (1) a plurality of first woven fabrics comprised of multifilament yarns of carbon fibers having a twist number of at most 20 T/m and a cross-sectional area of 0.07 to 3.5 mm 2 which extend in two directions including the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction intersecting therewith at a substantially right angle, (2) a plurality of second woven fabrics comprised of multifilament yarns of carbon fibers having a twist number of at most 20 T/m and a cross-sectional area of 0.07 to 3.5 mm 2 which extend in two directions including directions having angles of (25-65) degrees and -(25-65) degrees relative to the longitudinal direction, wherein said first and second woven fabrics, each in the form of a set consisting of one to several woven fabrics, are laminated alternately with each other in the same longitudinal direction, and (3) continuous stitch yarns integrating all the above laminated first and second woven fabrics in a single chain stitching along the longitudinal direction of the fiber material, in a manner of repeatedly passing through the woven fabrics in the direction of lamination thereof with a passing length of 0.9 to 1.1 times the thickness of the fiber material for a reinforcing plastics, wherein said continuous stitch yarns are multifilament yarns composed of reinforcing fibers selected from the class consisting of glass fibers and polyaramide fibers having a cross-sectional area of 0.01 to 0.25 mm 2 , an elongation at break greater than that of said carbon fibers in the woven fabrics and a thermal shrinkage at 120 degrees C. of not higher than 2%.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 1, wherein the first and second woven substrates are woven fabrics having a weave selected from the group consisting of noncrimp fibrous structure, plain weave, twill weave and satin weave.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 1, wherein the weave slide resistance of the woven fabric ranges from 40 to 600 g/cm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 3, wherein the yarn slippage resistance of the woven fabric is 100 to 500 g/cm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 1, wherein the woven fabric is impregnated with an uncured resin to form a prepreg.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 5, wherein the resin is selected from the group consisting of an unsaturated polyester resin, an epoxy resin, a phenol resin and a polyimide resin.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 5, wherein the resin is 35 to 60% by volume fraction.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 7, wherein the resin is 40 to 55% by volume fraction.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 1, wherein the reinforcing fibers comprising the woven fabrics have substantially no twist.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
41 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 1, wherein the reinforcing fibers comprising the woven fabrics are multifilament yarns of carbon fiber and the stitch yarns are multifilament yarns selected from the group consisting of glass fiber and polyaramide fiber.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
34 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 1, wherein the direction of the stitch yarns has an angle of -15 to 15 degree relative to the direction of lamination of the woven fabrics.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
33 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 11, wherein the direction of stitch yarns has an angle of -5 to 5 degree relative to the direction of lamination of the woven fabrics.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
32 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 11, wherein the direction of stitch yarns has an angle of substantially zero degree relative to the direction of lamination of the woven fabrics.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
29 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 1, wherein both the stitch length of stitch yarns and the interval between adjacent stitch yarns are 2 to 30 mm.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
29 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 1, wherein the passing length of stitch yarns is substantially the same as the thickness of a fiber reinforced plastic molding.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
21 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 1, wherein the stitch density of stitch yarns is varied within the surface.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
29 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 1, wherein the stitch yarn are reinforcing fibers having a thermal shrinkage at 180 degrees C. of not higher than 1%.
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