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Fiber material for reinforcing plastics
Assignee: Toray Industries Inc
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Filing: 1986-09-24
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Granted: 1988-11-22
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Expires: 2006-09-24
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
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 07:32
CPC Classifications
D; D03; D03D; D03D25/00; D03D25/005; B; B29; B29B; B29B11/00; B29B11/14; B29B11/16; B29C; B29C70/00; B29C70/04; B29C70/06; B29C70/10; B29C70/16; B29C70/22; B29C70/228; B29C70/24; B29D; B29D99/00; B29D99/0003; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/902; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24033; Y10T428/24058; Y10T428/24124; Y10T428/30; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/30; Y10T442/3472; Y10T442/3528
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
329 words
A fiber material for reinforcing plastics, which comprises a laminate of: (1) at least one first fiber substrate consisting of a unidirectional woven fabric having reinforcing fibers extending only in one direction; (2) at least one second fiber substrate consisting of a unidirectional woven fabric having reinforcing fibers extending only in one direction, the reinforcing fibers of said second fiber substrate being arranged in the laminate at a bias angle of +(25-65) degrees relative to the reinforcing fibers of said first fiber substrate; (3) at least one third fiber substrate consisting of a unidirectional woven fabric having reinforcing fibers extending only in one direction, the reinforcing fibers of said third fiber substrate being arranged in the laminate at a bias angle of -(25-65) degrees relative to the reinforcing fibers of said first fiber substrate; (4) at least one fourth fiber substrate consisting of a unidirectional woven fabric having reinforcing fibers extending only in one direction, the reinforcing fibers of said fourth fiber substrate being arranged in the laminate at an angle of approximately 90° relative to the reinforcing fibers of said first fiber substrate; and (5) continuous stitch yarns consisting of reinforcing yarn integrating the first, second, third and fourth fiber substrate layers by single chain stitching in which a single yarn engages with itself to form loops and passes through said laminate of substrates at an angle within a range of -15 degrees to +15 degrees relative to the direction of the lamination of the substrates and at a separation and at an interval of 2 to 30 mm, wherein said reinforcing fibers of said substrates are 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 and said stitch yarns have a cross-sectional area of 0.01 to 0.25 mm 2 , an elongation at break greater than that of said carbon fibers and a thermal shrinkage at 120° C. of no greater than 2%.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
329 words
A fiber material for reinforcing plastics, which comprises a laminate of: (1) at least one first fiber substrate consisting of a unidirectional woven fabric having reinforcing fibers extending only in one direction; (2) at least one second fiber substrate consisting of a unidirectional woven fabric having reinforcing fibers extending only in one direction, the reinforcing fibers of said second fiber substrate being arranged in the laminate at a bias angle of +(25-65) degrees relative to the reinforcing fibers of said first fiber substrate; (3) at least one third fiber substrate consisting of a unidirectional woven fabric having reinforcing fibers extending only in one direction, the reinforcing fibers of said third fiber substrate being arranged in the laminate at a bias angle of -(25-65) degrees relative to the reinforcing fibers of said first fiber substrate; (4) at least one fourth fiber substrate consisting of a unidirectional woven fabric having reinforcing fibers extending only in one direction, the reinforcing fibers of said fourth fiber substrate being arranged in the laminate at an angle of approximately 90° relative to the reinforcing fibers of said first fiber substrate; and (5) continuous stitch yarns consisting of reinforcing yarn integrating the first, second, third and fourth fiber substrate layers by single chain stitching in which a single yarn engages with itself to form loops and passes through said laminate of substrates at an angle within a range of -15 degrees to +15 degrees relative to the direction of the lamination of the substrates and at a separation and at an interval of 2 to 30 mm, wherein said reinforcing fibers of said substrates are 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 and said stitch yarns have a cross-sectional area of 0.01 to 0.25 mm 2 , an elongation at break greater than that of said carbon fibers and a thermal shrinkage at 120° C. of no greater than 2%.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
A fiber material for reinforcing plastics comprising multiple layers of a fiber material according to claim 1.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 2, wherein the number of laminations of fiber substrates varies along the longitudinal direction of the fiber material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 2, wherein the number of laminations of fiber substrates varies along the transverse direction of the fiber material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 2, wherein the number of laminations of fiber substrate differs between two directions including the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
42 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 2, wherein integration by stitch yarns is performed only on part of the surface of the fiber material and the fiber substrates on an unintegrated portion can be diverged in the direction of lamination.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 1, wherein the first fiber substrate is a unidirectional woven fabric having a weave selected from the group consisting of noncrimp fibrous structure, plain weave, twill weave and satin weave.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 7, wherein the unidirectional woven fabric is impregnated with an uncured resin to form a prepreg.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 8, 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 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 8, wherein the resin is 35 to 60% by volume fraction.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 10, wherein the resin is 40 to 55% by volume fraction.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
34 words
A fiber material as set forth in claim 1, wherein the stitch yarns are multifilament yarns selected from the group consisting of carbon fiber, glass fiber, polyaramide fiber, silicon carbide fiber and metal fiber.
Claim 14
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 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
A beam made of a fiber reinforced plastic using the reinforcing fiber material as set forth in claim 1.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
19 words
A beam made of a fiber reinforced plastic using the reinforcing fiber material as set forth in claim 6.
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