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Amorphous metal laminate sheet
Assignee: Hiraoka and Co Ltd
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Filing: 1987-03-16
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Granted: 1988-06-07
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Expires: 2007-03-16
Abstract
Abstract An amorphous metal laminate sheet having an excellent electromagnetic wave-shielding effect including a core layer containing at least one amorphous metal sheet layer which may be plated with an electroconductive metal, at least one flexible polymeric coating layer laminated on at least one surface of the amorphous metal-coating core layer, and optionally, at least one reinforcing fibrous fabric layer.
Inventors
- 👤 Tsutomu Obayashi
- 👤 Saburo Baba
- 👤 Manabu Imoto
- 👤 Shinobu Watanabe
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 19:56
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B15/00; B32B15/04; B32B15/08; B32B15/082; B32B15/12; B32B15/14; B32B15/18; B32B15/20; B32B27/00; B32B27/12; B32B27/30; B32B27/308; B32B5/00; B32B5/02; H; H05; H05K; H05K9/00; H05K9/0073; H05K9/0081; H05K9/0084; H05K9/0088; B32B2305/00; B32B2305/08; B32B2307/00; B32B2307/20; B32B2307/212; B32B2307/70; B32B2307/702; B32B2307/712; B32B2307/726; B32B2307/7265; B32B2311/00; B32B2311/02; B32B2311/09; B32B2311/12; B32B2311/18; B32B2311/22; B32B2311/30; B32B2317/00; B32B2317/12; B32B2333/00; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/12; Y10T428/12493; Y10T428/12535; Y10T428/12556; Y10T428/12562; Y10T428/12569; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31678; Y10T428/31692; Y10T428/31699; Y10T428/31703; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/30; Y10T442/3382; Y10T442/3415
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 40
Claim 1
Independent Claim
29 words
The same laminate sheet-producing procedures as those described in Example 15 were carried out except that the same amorphous metal sheet as that described in Example 17 was used.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
14 words
The resultant laminate sheet had a satisfactory appearance and electromagnetic wave-shielding effect. EXAMPLE 19
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
51 words
The same procedures as those described in Example 18 were carried out except that the pieces of the amorphous metal ribbons which were not plated with copper were bonded together with an electroconductive bonding agent comprising an epoxy resin and silver and made by Fujikura Kasei under the trademark Dotite XA-119.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
The resultant laminate sheet exhibited a satisfactory electromagnetic wave-shielding effect and appearance.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
55 words
An amorphous metal laminate sheet comprising: (A) a core layer comprising at least one amorphous metal layer and at least one electroconductive metal plating layer formed on at least one surface of the amorphous metal layer, and (B) at least one flexible polymeric coating layer laminated on at least one surface of the core layer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
47 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electroconductive metal plating layer comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of copper, nickel, cobalt, iron, aluminum, gold, silver, tin, zinc and alloys containing at least one member selected from the above mentioned metals.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the amorphous metal layer comprises a plurality of amorphous metal ribbons arranged in parallel to each other.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 3, wherein the amorphous metal ribbons extend in the longitudinal direction of the laminate sheet.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 3, wherein the amorphous metal ribbons extend in the transverse direction of the laminate sheet.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
31 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 3, wherein the amorphous metal ribbons are soldered together at the longitudinal edge portions thereof to provide a sheet body having a desired width.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
35 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 3, wherein the amorphous metal ribbons are bonded together at the longitudinal edge portions thereof with a bonding agent, to provide a sheet body having a desired width.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flexible polymeric coating layer has a water-proof property.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
43 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flexible polymeric coating layer comprises a flexible, water-proof polymeric base layer laminated on the amorphous metal-containing core layer and a stain-proof, weather-resistance polymeric surface layer formed on the flexible, water-proof polymeric base layer.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
31 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 9, wherein the stain-proof, weather-resistant polymeric surface layer comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of fluorine-containing polymers and polyacrylic polymers.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
21 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the amorphous metal-containing core layer has thickness of 1000 μm or less.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
22 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electroconductive metal plating layer has a thickness of 0.1 μm or more.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
22 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flexible polymeric coating layer has a thickness of 50 μm or more.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
75 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the amorphous metal layer comprises a principal component consisting of at least one member selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, Ni, Pd, Cu, Nb and Ti and an additional component consisting of at least one member selected from the group consisting of B, Si, C, Co, Ni, Cr, Zr, Nb, Cu, Ti and Mo, but not containing the metal contained in the principal component.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
55 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 1, which further comprises at least one reinforcing fibrous fabric layer laminated on at least one surface of the amorphous metal-containing core layer to provide a substrate layer and the at least one flexible polymeric coating layer is arranged on at least one surface of the substrate layer.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
49 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 15, wherein the reinforcing fibrous fabric layer comprises at least one type of fibers selected from the group consisting of glass fibers, carbon fibers, metal fibers, polyester fibers, aliphatic polyamide fibers, aromatic polyamide fibers, polyvinyl chloride fibers, polyacrylic fibers, and polyolefin fibers.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
27 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 15, wherein the reinforcing fibrous fabric layer has a greater tensile strength than that of the amorphous metal-containing core layer.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
22 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 15, wherein the reinforcing fibrous fabric layer has an ultimate elongation of 5% or less.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
33 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 15, wherein the fibrous fabric layer comprises fibers having a tensile strength of 130 kg/mm 2 or more and an ultimate elongation of 5% or less.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
83 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 15, wherein the amorphous metal-containing core layer is laminated on one surface thereof with a reinforcing fibrous fabric layer comprising high tensile strength fibers having a tensile strength of 130 kg/mm 2 or more and an ultimate elongation of 5% or less and on the other surface thereof with another reinforcing fibrous fabric layer comprising high elongation fibers having a tensile strength of less than 130 kg/mm 2 and an ultimate elongation of more than 5%.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
60 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 15, wherein the reinforcing fibrous fabric layer comprises a high tensile strength fibers having a tensile strength of 130 kg/mm 2 or more and an ultimate elongation of 5% or less and high elongation fibers having a tensile strength of less than 130 kg/mm 2 and an ultimate elongation of more than 5%.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
73 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 15, wherein the reinforcing fibrous fabric layer comprises at least one fibrous layer comprising a high tensile strength fibers having a tensile strength of 130 kg/mm 2 or more and an ultinate elongation of 5% or less and at least one fibrous layer comprising a high elongation fibers having a tensile strength of less than 130 kg/mm 2 and an ultimate elongation of more than 5%.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
22 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flexible polymeric coating layer comprises at least one fibrous fabric covering layer.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
22 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in calim 23, wherein the fibrous fabric covering layer is in the form of a fabric sheet.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
21 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 23, wherein the fibrous fabric covering layer is in the form of a carpet.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
34 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 23, wherein the fibrous fabric covering layer comprises a fabric underlayer and a pile upperlayer formed from a number of fibrous yarns projecting from the fabric underlayer.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
53 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 26, wherein the fabric underlayer of the fibrous fabric covering layer is bonded to a surface of the amorphous metal-containing core layer through a flexible polymeric bonding layer, and the other surface of the amorphous metal-containing core layer is covered with another flexible polymeric coating layer.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
16 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flexible polymeric coating layer is porous.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
24 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 28, which further comprises a reinforcing fibrous fabric layer laminated on the porous flexible polymeric coating layer.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
43 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 1, wherein a surface of the amorphous metal-containing core layer is coated with a porous flexible polymeric coating layer and the opposite surface of the core layer is coated with a flexible non-porous polymeric coating layer.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
24 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 30, which further comprises a reinforcing fibrous fabric layer laminated on the flexible non-porous polymeric coating layer.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
28 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flexible polymeric coating layer comprises at least one paper sheet layer adhered to the amorphous metal-containing core layer.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
27 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 32, wherein the paper sheet layer is adhered to the amorphous metal-containing core layer through a flexible polymeric bonding layer.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
51 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 32, wherein one surface of the amorphous metal-containing core layer is bonded to a flexible polymeric coating layer comprising a paper sheet and the opposite surface of the core layer is bonded to another flexible polymeric coating layer free from the paper sheet layer.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
21 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 32, wherein the paper sheet layer is in the form of a wallpaper sheet.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
37 words
The laminate sheet as claimed in claim 32, wherein the paper sheet is a paper sheet, a paper-like synthetic polymer sheet, a paper-like fibrous fabric sheet or a combination of at least two of the above-mentioned sheets.
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