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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 06, 2023
Applicant:

Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroshi Kobayashi, Tacoma, WA (US);

Taiki Maeyama, Ehime, JP;

Hiroaki Sakata, Ehime, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 63/00 (2006.01); C08J 5/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 63/00 (2013.01); C08J 5/243 (2021.05); C08J 2363/00 (2013.01); C08J 2363/02 (2013.01); C08J 2463/00 (2013.01); C08J 2463/02 (2013.01); C08J 2481/06 (2013.01); C08L 2205/025 (2013.01); C08L 2205/03 (2013.01); C08L 2205/035 (2013.01);
Abstract

A prepreg having excellent processability and handleability and that can be processed into a cured product with high heat resistance is described along with a method to produce such a prepreg without being restricted by the types and contents of the matrix resin components used, where the prepreg includes at least components [A] to [D] as defined below and a preliminary reaction product that is a reaction product of the component [B] and the component [C]: [A] carbon fiber, [B] epoxy resin comprising a m- or p-aminophenol epoxy resin [b1] and either a glycidyl ether epoxy resin or a glycidyl amine epoxy resin [b2] that has two or more glycidyl groups in a molecule, [C] curing agent, and [D] thermoplastic resin.


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