Toray Industries, Inc.

Toshiharu Nakae

Fusayoshi Akimaru

Syunji Okubo

Shunji Okubo

Osamu Wada

Kanji Tanaka

Akihiro Kataoka

Masayuki Togo

Fusayoshi Akimaaru

Foam, an interior material made of the foam, a molded article destined for an interior vehicular material, and production methods thereof

An automobile door comprises a cavity defining door body and a shock absorber consisting of a plurality of tiered foam main members, and resin foam auxiliary members disposed between and connecting the main members to form chambers open transverse to the direction along which the main members are tiered.

Automobile door

An automobile door comprises a cavity-defining door body, and shock absorber consisting of a plurality of foamed-resin tubes disposed in the cavity such that the tubes are axially in parallel and are aligned in the thickness direction of the door body.

A molding laminate includes a cross-linked polyolefin resin foam, a facing material laminated on the foam, and an adhesive layer adhering the foam and the facing material to each other. The adhesive layer comprises a water-based adhesive material cured by a curing agent, and is baked in advance of the interlaminal adhesion process onto the cross-linked polyolefin resin foam and/or the facing material.

Molding laminate

A molded laminated article is made from (a) a composite comprising a crosslinked polyolefin resin foam having an average gel proportion of 10 to 75% and an average expansion ratio of 5 to 40, in which the average expansion ratio in a portion having a thickness of 0.5 mm on the side of one surface of the foam is larger than the average expansion ratio in a portion having a thickness of 0.5 mm on the side of the other surface thereof and the difference between said average expansion ratios is from 2 to 20, and a skin material bonded to the surface having the larger average expansion ratio, and (b) a thermoplastic resin as a skeleton material, as follows. The composite is placed at a predetermined position intermediate between a pair of upper and lower mold halves so that the skin material side of the composite confronts or is in contact with the molding surface of one of the mold halves and the melt of the thermoplastic resin confronts or is in contact with the molding surface of the other of the mold halves; and the mold halves are clamped to effect compression molding. The molded laminated article is useful as an interior article for a vehicle.

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Toshiharu Nakae