Title:
BONDING METHOD AND TENNIS RACKET USING THE BONDING METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2001279194
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To reduce the vibration and impact of a tennis racket made of a fiber reinforced plastic in use and to render the racket lightweight.
A vibration damper 14 having a viscoelastic material 16 made of a thermoplastic elastomer and a mass-increasing material 15 is fixed to a racket frame 11 made of a fiber reinforced plastic. In fixing the vibration damper 14 made of a thermoplastic elastomer to the racket frame 11, the viscoelastic material 16 which is a part of the vibration damper 14 is firmly bonded to the racket frame 11 made of the fiber reinforced plastic with a molten ionomer resin.
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Inventors:
KANEMITSU YUMI
Application Number:
JP2000096551A
Publication Date:
October 10, 2001
Filing Date:
March 31, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SUMITOMO RUBBER IND
International Classes:
A63B49/10; A63B49/02; A63B60/02; A63B60/54; B32B25/08; B32B27/00; B32B27/38; C08J5/12; C09J5/00; C09J201/00; A63B102/02; (IPC1-7): C09J5/00; A63B49/04; A63B49/10; B32B25/08; B32B27/00; B32B27/38; C08J5/12; C09J201/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kazumi Owada