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Stampable sheet made of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin and molded article therefor

US5540986A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 9, 1993
Grant dateJul 30, 1996
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Expiry dateJul 9, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/24995
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a stampable sheet made of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin whose reinforcement is a glass fiber mat in which a non-oriented fiber layer and a unidirectional fiber layer are mechanically intertwined with each other. In the stampable sheet made of the fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin according to the invention, a content of the glass long-fiber bundles forming the unidirectional fiber layer, in the glass fiber mat is 20 wt % to 80 wt %, and the glass fiber mat, in which a significant amount of glass long-fiber bundles among the glass long-fiber bundles forming the unidirectional fiber layer or a significant amount of glass long-fibers in the glass long-fiber bundles forming the unidirectional fiber layer is substantially under a relaxation condition, is used in an amount of 20 wt %.about.55 wt %. A molded article comprising at least one stampable sheet is also part of the invention.

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