CARBON-FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC MOLDED ARTICLE

Title:

CARBON-FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC MOLDED ARTICLE

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/081406

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

A carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic molded article which is made of an at least two-layer laminate including one or more unidirectionally continuous-carbon-fiber-reinforced sheets wherein continuous carbon fiber bundles are arranged in one prescribed direction, characterized in that, when the carbon fibers at the design surface of the molded article are observed, the design surface being constituted of the outermost unidirectionally continuous-carbon-fiber-reinforced sheet, the area fraction of regions where the proportion of carbon fibers which are inclined at angles of 3° or more to the one prescribed direction is 0.5% or more is at most 20% relative to the whole area of the design surface. Thus, the present invention can provide a molded article in which carbon fibers are uniformly arranged at the design surface and which has excellent appearance design.

Inventors:

OKADA KENYA (JP)
SHIHO KOSUKE (JP)
MORIUCHI MASANARI (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2011/077749

Publication Date:

June 21, 2012

Filing Date:

December 01, 2011

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

TORAY INDUSTRIES (JP)
OKADA KENYA (JP)
SHIHO KOSUKE (JP)
MORIUCHI MASANARI (JP)

International Classes:

B29C70/06; B32B5/02; B32B5/28; C08J5/24

Foreign References:

JP2007291283A	2007-11-08
JP2007231073A	2007-09-13
JP2005014600A	2005-01-20
JP2010514592A	2010-05-06
JP2004099814A	2004-04-02
US20090110872A1	2009-04-30

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