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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01F 9/12 (2006.01); D01F 11/14 (2006.01); D01F 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D01F 9/12 (2013.01); D01F 11/14 (2013.01); D01F 11/16 (2013.01); D10B 2101/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A carbon fiber bundle containing a sizing agent particularly suitable for combination with a thermoplastic resin is provided, wherein the sizing agent has an appropriate level of bundling property for ease of handling and is susceptible to thermal degradation at temperatures low enough to maintain the surface properties of the carbon fibers, and wherein the residual amount of sizing agent can be reduced after the carbon fiber bundle is processed into an intermediate substrate, resulting in a reflection of the surface properties of the carbon fibers.