Toho Beslon Co., Ltd.

Toho Rayon Co., Ltd.

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Agency of Industrial Science and Technology

Hiroyuki Kosuda

Yasuhisa Nagata

Kenji Fukuta

Kazuhisa Saito

Yasuhiro Mishima

Masahiro Nakagawa

Yasuo Kogo

Yoshihiro Endoh

Masato Andoh

Masatoshi Yoshida

Kenji Niijima

Ryuzo Ono-Oka

The resin composition which contains thermosetting resin as Component (A), a thermoplastic resin as Component (B), and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an epoxy resin capable of dissolving the thermoplastic resin and a reactive diluent possessing at least one epoxy group as Component (C) in a ratio such that the proportions of Components (A), (B), and (C) fall respectively in the ranges of 30 to 96% by weight, 2 to 50% by weight, and 2 to 49% by weight, based on the total weight of the resin composition. The resin composition is capable of producing a molded article combining the highly satisfactory mechanical and thermal properties of a thermosetting resin and the highly satisfactory toughness of a thermoplastic resin.

Resin composition of thermosetting resin and thermoplastic resin

A process for producing a product of carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin comprising immersing carbon fibers in a suspension of a powder of a thermoplastic resin in a liquid medium, which contains at least 20 wt % of an organic liquid and which contains from 0 to 80 wt % water, to impregnate the thermoplastic resin among carbon fibers, and heating the thermoplastic resin deposited on the fibers to melt and form a unitary assembly with carbon fibers.

Method for producing carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin product

A rocker arm made from a carbon-fiber reinforced resin is disclosed wherein various axes are defined with particularity such as the central axis of the hole through which the rocker shaft is inserted (Z-axis), a line parallel to the edge of the valve side (Y-axis) and the line that is parallel to the cam side (Y'axis). The bisect of the angle at which the Y-axis crosses the Y'axis is the X-axis. Further, cos.sup.2 .beta. of the carbon fibers present in the Y- or Y'axis side with respect to the X-Z axis is defined in detail where .beta. is a defined angle of orientation as is cos.sup.2 .alpha. which is defined in the specification. The rocker arm is produced by filling a rocker arm mold with a carbon fiber-containing synthetic resin such that cos.sup.2 .beta. of the carbon fibers meets a defined value to such an extent that the cos.sup.2 .alpha. meets a defind value. The rocker arm is lighter and stronger than conventional rocker arms.

Rocker arm and process for producing the same

A friction material comprising a carbon fiber reinforced carbon with an oxidation temperature of at least 800.degree. C. and a crystallinity index of matrix carbon of from 2.3 to 5.0, a process for the production of the same, and a friction element comprising the same.

Carbon fiber reinforced carbon friction element and method of making

A method for forming a uniformly mixed fibrous mat which comprises feeding a continuous high tensile modulus reinforcing fibrous material and a pre-cut thermoplastic fibrous material with a lower melting point or softening point than the temperature at which the reinforcing fibrous material melts or is damaged to a rotating rotor which is provided with projections to thereby cut the continuous fibrous material and pluck the pre-cut fibrous material, dispersing the thus treated fibrous materials into an air flow to mix the same and thereafter collecting the resulting mixed materials on a net to yield the mat. The product can thereafter optionally be compressed under heat to melt only the thermoplastic fibrous material to thereby consolidate the mat.

Method for forming fiber-reinforced composite material

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Hiroyuki Kosuda