Teijin Limited

Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha

Yutaka Kondo

Naoaki Sonoda

Yuhei Konagai

Kazutoshi Takahashi

Yutaka Yagi

Michiharu Taniguchi

Ikkou Furukawa

A composite material includes: carbon fibers having an average fiber length of more than about 10 mm and about 100 mm or less; and a thermoplastic resin. The carbon fibers are substantially two-dimensionally-randomly oriented. The composite material includes a carbon fiber bundle (A) in a ratio of about 30 volume % or more and less than about 90 volume % to a total volume of the carbon fibers, the carbon fiber bundle (A) including the carbon fibers of a critical single fiber number defined by formula (1) or more. An average number (N) of the carbon fibers in the carbon fiber bundle (A) satisfies formula (2).Critical single fiber number=600/&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)6&#xd7;10&#x3c;2&#xd7;10&#x2003;&#x2003;(2)D is an average fiber diameter (&#x3bc;m) of the carbon fibers.

Carbon fiber composite material

A composite material includes: carbon fibers having an average fiber length of more than about 10 mm and about 100 mm or less; and a thermoplastic resin. The carbon fibers are substantially two-dimensionally-randomly oriented. The composite material includes a carbon fiber bundle (A) in a ratio of more than 0 volume % and less than about 30 volume % to a total volume of the carbon fibers, the carbon fiber bundle (A) including the carbon fibers of a critical single fiber number defined by formula (1) or more. An average number (N) of the carbon fibers in the carbon fiber bundle (A) satisfies formula (2).Critical single fiber number=600/&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)1.0&#xd7;10&#x2003;&#x2003;(2)

Muffler assembly for an engine comprises an outer cylinder constituting a muffler body, an inner cylinder coaxially disposed in the outer cylinder, a connection cylinder disposed inside the inner cylinder having one end on an upstream side and another end on a downstream side, a partition plate disposed inside the inner cylinder at the downstream end of the connection cylinder, first and second silencer chambers formed at the upstream and the downstream end of the connection cylinder, respectively, an inlet, pipe through which an engine exhaust gas is introduced into the muffler body, and an outlet pipe having an upstream end disposed inside the inner cylinder and a downstream end opened outward of the muffler assembly. The connection cylinder has an upstream end portion in which a plurality of holes are circumferentially formed. The inlet pipe has a downstream end portion in which a plurality of holes are circumferentially formed so as to flow the exhaust gas passing from the inlet pipe into the first silencer chamber. The upstream end of the outlet pipe is plugged and coaxially inserted into the downstream end of the connection cylinder, the outlet pipe having an upstream end portion in which a plurality of holes are formed. An resonance chamber is formed so as to surround the outlet pipe at the downstream portion thereof.

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Yutaka Kondo