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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masamichi Taguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Asahi Fiber Glass Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B / ; B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428400 ; 428357 ; 428359 ; 428361 ; 428364 ; 428392 ; 428397 ; 428401 ;
Abstract
A long fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin molding material in the form of pellets each having inorganic filaments arranged substantially in the same length and in parallel in the same direction in a matrix of a thermoplastic resin, wherein the exposed ratio E as defined by the following formula (1) is at most 60%, on at least one end surface in the direction of the filaments of each pellet: