US4770915A
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Flexible composite material and process for preparing same
Assignee: Across Co Ltd
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Filing: 1986-12-09
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Granted: 1988-09-13
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Expires: 2006-12-09
Abstract
Abstract A flexible composite material comprising a core composed of a blend of a thermoplastic resin fiber and a reinforcing fiber, and a flexible sleeve formed of a thermoplastic resin and surrounding the core. The composite material may be prepared by intermixing a thermoplastic resin fiber and a reinforcing fiber to obtain a core, and then extruding a thermoplastic resin over the core.
Inventors
- 👤 Takao Nakagawa
- 👤 Hiroyuki Uchino
- 👤 Mihoko Yamashita
- 👤 Jiro Ichikawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 13:35
CPC Classifications
D; D02; D02G; D02G3/00; D02G3/22; D02G3/40; B; B29; B29B; B29B9/00; B29B9/12; B29B9/14; D02G3/44; D02G3/447; B29C; B29C48/00; B29C48/03; B29C48/06; B29C48/15; B29C48/156; B29C48/16; B29C48/18; B29C48/21; D10; D10B; D10B2505/00; D10B2505/02; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T156/00; Y10T156/10; Y10T156/1002; Y10T156/1005; Y10T156/1007; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/23; Y10T428/237; Y10T428/249921; Y10T428/249924; Y10T428/24994; Y10T428/249942; Y10T428/249947; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/2918; Y10T428/292; Y10T428/2929; Y10T428/2931; Y10T428/2933; Y10T428/2935; Y10T428/2964; Y10T428/2967; Y10T428/2969; Y10T428/2973; Y10T428/2976; Y10T428/2978; Y10T428/298
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
63 words
A flexible composite material comprising a core composed of a blend of from about 15% to about 30% by volume of a thermoplastic resin fiber and about 85% to about 70% by volume of a reinforcing fiber selected from the group consisting of carbon fiber, glass fiber and mixtures thereof, and a flexible sleeve formed of a thermoplastic resin and surrounding said core.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
63 words
A flexible composite material comprising a core composed of a blend of from about 15% to about 30% by volume of a thermoplastic resin fiber and about 85% to about 70% by volume of a reinforcing fiber selected from the group consisting of carbon fiber, glass fiber and mixtures thereof, and a flexible sleeve formed of a thermoplastic resin and surrounding said core.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
A flexible composite material according to claim 1, wherein said thermoplastic resin fiber has a filament denier number in the range of about 0.03 to about 1.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A flexible composite material according to claim 1, wherein said reinforcing fiber has a filament denier number in the range of about 0.25 to about 1.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
A flexible composite material according to claim 1, wherein said sleeve has a thickness in the range of from about 10 to about 200 μm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A flexible composite material according to claim 1, wherein said sleeve is in close contact with the entire periphery of said core.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
55 words
A flexible composite material according to claim 1, and being provided with a plurality of longitudinally equally spaced apart annular pressed portions on the outer periphery of said sleeve, each annular pressed portion being formed by radially inwardly hot pressing the periphery of the sleeve so as to tighten the sleeve and the fibers together.
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