Toa Nenryo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Tonen Corporation

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd.

Cummins Engine Company, Inc.

Toshiba Corporation

Toshiba Ceramics Co., Ltd.

Tonen Kabushiki Kaisha

Hiroshi Inoue

Katsutoshi Komeya

Akihiko Tsuge

Masaaki Isoi

Makoto Miyazaki

Sadahisa Wada

Shinkichi Murakami

Kazuo Sei

Makoto Yoda

Osamu Watanabe

Makiji Miyao

Makoto Takezawa

Hiroshi Endo

Fumio Ueno

Akihiro Horiguchi

Kazuo Shinozaki

Kazuo Anzai

Mituo Kasori

Takeshi Takano

Hiroshi Imagawa

Tadashi Sezume

Makoto Saito

Michiyasu Komatsu

Thomas M Yonushonis

Noboru Yamamoto

Shigeru Komatsu

Shigeru Matake

Shozo Wada

Joseph C Bentz

Masato Komatsu

Shinichi Murakami

Toshihiko Ochiai

Toshiaki Mizutani

Takashi Aoba

Takao Ohta

Masaaki Mori

Akihiro Atsumi

Hiroyasu Ohta

Takeyuki Yonezawa

Yoshiyuki Ohnuma

Tetsuro Urakawa

Makizi Miyao

Yoshio Wakoh

Mitsutoshi Hirano

Osamu Watanebe

Haruo Kudo

Kunio Iwanami

Kazunari Koide

Keiziro Manabe

Hiroshi Toki

Yasutaka Ishida

Keijiro Manabe

Mamoru Enomoto

Yuji Ishida

The present invention relates to a hybrid prepreg having reinforcing carbon fibers and foreign fibers. The carbon fibers have a diameter ranging from 5-30 microns and are unidirectionally arranged. The foreign fibers are composed either of single monofilaments having a diameter ranging from between about 50-150 microns or of strands formed by bundling together a plurality of single monofilaments having a diameter ranging from between about 5-50 microns. If strands are employed, they have a conversion diameter (D.sub.0) which is less than about 500 microns. The conversion diameter (D.sub.0) is represented by the following equation: ##EQU1## wherein n is the number of monofilaments used in forming the strand, and wherein d is the diameter of these monofilaments. Examples of foreign fibers which can be used when practicing this invention include boron fibers, metal fibers and organic fibers. These foreign fibers are spaced at fixed intervals, arranged in the same direction as the direction of the reinforcing carbon fibers, and positioned approximately at or near the center of the resulting prepreg. The prepreg prepared in accordance with the present invention also includes a thermosetting matrix resin in which the reinforcing carbon fibers and the foreign fibers are impregnated.

Method of making a hybrid prepreg

A hybrid laminated prepreg is disclosed, which comprises a resin layer, a decorative layer laminated thereon and having a pattern, and a transparent prepreg layer laminated on the decorative layer. In manufacturing a fiber reinforced composite resin material molding, the hybrid prepreg is laminated in a couple of layers on the outermost one of laminated layers of usual prepreg. Thus, it is possible to easily decorate the obtainable molding to readily provide an aesthetic sense to the appearance of the molding and also dispense with time-consuming operation of coating or the like. Further, unlike the coating or the like, it is possible to stably hold the aesthetic sense of the appearance for long time. The hybrid laminated prepreg can be suitably used for fiber reinforced composite resin material moldings, for instance such sport articles as golf club shafts, tennis rackets, ski pole shafts and fishing rods, fancy articles, briefcases such as attache cases, pipes such as bicycle frames and panels such as fair-faced wall panels.

Hybrid laminated prepreg and ski pole shaft using the same

A reinforcing fiber sheet is provided which includes a support sheet and reinforcing fibers. The fibers are arranged in one direction on at least one surface of the support sheet and attached thereto through an adhesive layer. There is also provided a method of reinforcing a structure, which includes arranging bundles of the reinforcing fibers in one direction on at least one surface of a support sheet in parallel apart from each other or close to each other, wherein the surface of the support sheet is coated with an adhesive layer. Thereafter, pressing the bundles against the support sheet such that the reinforcing fibers are adhered through the adhesive layer to the support sheet in one direction in a slightly unfastened state to thereby produce the reinforcing fiber sheet.

Reinforcing fiber sheet, method of manufacturing the same, and method of

An epoxy resin composition useful as a matrix for fiber-reinforced composites is disclosed which includes a mixture containing 30-95% by weight of a tetrafunctional epoxy resin, 3-40% by weight of an admixture of trifunctional epoxy resin oligomers and 2-50% by weight of a bisphenol A epoxy resin having a number average molecular weight of 450-1,300 and such a weight average molecular weight as to provide a ratio of the weight average molecular weight to the number average molecular weight of 1.3-3.0.

Composition of tetraglycidyl, triglycidyl and diglycidyl epoxy resins

Hybrid prepreg containing carbon fibers and at least one other

An elongated lightweight fiber reinforced composite resin pultrusion-formed piece with a rectangular structural shape has an elongated light honeycomb structure body with a rectangular sectional shape and at least one fiber reinforced resin layer formed to cover at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the lightweight honeycomb structure body. The fiber reinforced resin layer comprises an axial fiber layer formed by aligning reinforcing fibers parallel to the longitudinal axis of the lightweight honeycomb structure body.

Elongated lightweight fiber reinforced composite resin pultrusion-formed

This invention relates to fiber-reinforced composite resin pultrusion products of circular and noncircular cross-sectional contours, manufactured by impregnating fiber tows or rovings with a resin, drawing them into a die, and forming them into an article of predetermined size and shape, and then curing it, and relates also to a method for manufacturing the same.

Fiber-reinforced composite resin pultrusion products and method of

A ceramic link element suitable for use as a component in the drive train of an internal combustion engine is provided. The link includes a central shaft portion with opposed spherical terminal ends that contact correspondingly configured elements in the drive train. The ceramic link element is formed, preferably by injection molding, to be substantially free from flaws and to have maximum pore diameters, preferably a maximum pore diameter of 150 um or less on the shaft and 40 um or less on the spherical terminal ends, to produce a link with optimum mechanical strength. When these pore dimensions are met and the degree of sphericity of the spherical terminal ends is 20 um or less, the ceramic link exhibits increased mechanical strength, durability and reliability. A method of forming a ceramic link having the aforementioned characteristics is also provided.

Ceramic link

A novel sulfone compound represented by the general formula (I) or (II) is disclosed. A sizing liquid containing the sulfone compound is applied to reinforcing fibers for improving compatibility thereof to a matrix resin into which the fibers are to be incorporated to form a fiber-reinforced composite material.

Process for sizing reinforcing fiber by applying sulfone compounds

A two component-type curing agent composition is disclosed which comprises a first curing agent which is capable of cross-linking an epoxy resin and which is at least one member selected from primary amines, phenolic compounds and acid anhydrides, and a second curing agent which is at least one compounds represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein X is --CR.sub.1 R.sub.2 --, --CO--, --COO--, --SO.sub.2 --, --SO--, --S--, --O--, --NR.sub.1 --, --SiR.sub.1 R.sub.2 -- or --POR.sub.1 -- where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each stands for hydrogen, a lower alkyl or a phenyl; Y and Y' each stands for hydrogen, a lower alkyl or an electron attracting group; R is a lower alkyl; and m and n each is an integer of 1-4.

Epoxy resin curing agent based on blends containing disecondary aromatic

There is disclosed an aluminum sintered body prepared by sintering aluminum nitride and additives, which consists essentially of

Aluminum nitride sintered body

A new thermosetting resin composition is disclosed which comprises a Bisphenol A-type epoxy resin having a number average molecular weight of smaller than 650 but not smaller than 450 and a ratio of the weight average molecular weight thereof to the number average molecular weight thereof of in the range of 1.3-3.0; and a curing agent capable of cross-linking the epoxy resin. The curing agent is preferably a compound represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein X is --CR.sub.1 R.sub.2 --, --CO--, --COO--, --SO.sub.2 --, --SO--, --S--, --O--, --NR.sub.1 --, --SiR.sub.1 R.sub.2 -- or --POR.sub.1 -- where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each stands for hydrogen, a lower alkyl or a phenyl; Y and Y' each stands for hydrogen, a lower alkyl or an electron attractive group; R is a lower alkyl; and m and n each is an integer of 1-4, or a mixture thereof with a primary amine, a phenolic compound or an acid anhydride.

Thermosetting epoxy resin composition

A new thermocurable composition is disclosed which comprises a Bisphenol A-type epoxy resin having a number average molecular weight of 650-1300, 10-40% by weight of the Bisphenol A-type epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent of 180-195; and a curing agent capable of cross-linking the epoxy resin. The curing agent is preferably a compound represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein X is --CR.sub.1 R.sub.2 --, --CO--, --COO--, --SO.sub.2 --, --SO--, --S--, --O--, --NR.sub.1 --, --SiR.sub.1 R.sub.2 -- or --POR.sub.1 -- where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each stands for hydrogen, a lower alkyl or a phenyl; Y and Y' each stands for hydrogen, a lower alkyl or an electron attractive group; R is a lower alkyl; and m and n each is an integer of 1-4, or a mixture thereof with a primary amine, a phenolic compound or an acid anhydride.

Bisphenol A epoxy resin mixtures with aromatic di-secondary amine

There are disclosed an aluminum sintered body comprising

Aluminum nitride sintered body and preparation thereof

A silicon carbide sintered body containing not less than 0.03% by weight of boron, a total of not more than 0.3% by weight of metallic element impurities including the boron, not more than 1.0% by weight of free carbon, a total of not more than 0.15% by weight of non-metal impurities other than the free carbon, and the balance essentially consisting of silicon carbide, and having a density of not less 3.10 g/cm.sup.3. The sintered body is manufactured by heating a molding of a mixture containing a silicon carbide powder, a boron-containing sintering assistant, and a carbon-containing oxygen scavenger to a sintering temperature. The molded body is maintained at a temperature lower than the sintering temperature during the heating process until an oxide film covering the silicon carbide powder is substantially removed by the oxygen scavenger, and the molded body is then sintered at the sintering temperature under a non-pressurized condition.

Silicon carbide sintered body and method of manufacturing the same

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