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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2012
Kyoto Municipal Institute of Industrial Technology and Culture, Kyoto, JP;
Ykk Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Senba, Kyoto, JP;
Kazuo Kitagawa, Kyoto, JP;
Akihiro Itou, Kyoto, JP;
Kazuya Mizumoto, Toyama, JP;
Abstract
A fastening component is a molded article of a mixture in which microfibrillated cellulose fibers are dispersed in a thermoplastic resin, wherein the thermoplastic resin has a melting point of between 150 and 200° C., and wherein when the total mass % of the thermoplastic resin and the cellulose fibers is set to be 100 mass %, the mass % of the cellulose fibers included in the mixture is greater than 20 mass % and less than 60 mass %. When the total mass % of the thermoplastic resin and the cellulose fibers is set to be 100%, the mass % of the cellulose fibers included in the mixture is preferably equal to or greater than 30 mass % and equal to or less than 50 mass %.