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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2001
Makoto Tsunashima, Tokyo, JP;
Yuusuke Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuo Furuya, Mishima, JP;
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Electric Metals Corporation, Limited, Akita, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a metal coated fiber with excellent coating strength and corrosion resistance, and a conductive resin composition with excellent conductivity. A feature of a metal coated fiber of the present invention is that following provision of a metal coating on the surface of the fiber, heat treatment is conducted at a temperature greater than the crystallization temperature but less than the melting temperature of the fiber. Gradual cooling is preferably performed following the heat treatment. Furthermore, a conductive metal coating may be provided as the metal coating, and an additional corrosion resistant metal coating then laminated onto the surface of the conductive metal coating. In addition, a feature of a conductive resin composition of the present invention is that metal coated short fibers, formed by providing a conductive metal coating on the surface of a substrate fiber formed from a synthetic resin and then conducting heat treatment, are mixed into a substrate resin.