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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 1988
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1986
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention relates to a fiber-reinforced metallic member in which an essential part is reinforced by inorganic fibers. The fiber-reinforced metallic member is reinforced by means of a fiber shaped body having a low fiber volume proportion which is formed by mixing powder having the same composition as the metal forming a non-reinforced layer thereof or powder consisting of principal components of the metal with inorganic fibers, the particle diameter of the powder being 1 to 20 times as large as a diameter of the inorganic fibers, and compressing and shaping the mixture. It is also possible to place the layer which is reinforced by the fiber shaped body having a low fiber volume proportion, adjacent to the non-reinforced layer, and to increase a fiber volume proportion in the reinforced layer in the direction of separating from the adjacent reinforced layer. By employing such structure, it is possible to eliminate abrupt change of the characteristics of the materials at the boundary portion between the complex reinforced layer and the non-reinforced layer and to provide a structural member having a good durability.