IP Library Granted Patent US 12680003
Granted Patent B2
US 12680003 · App. 18/550,255 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Reinforcement material and reinforcement structure

Inventors: Takahiro Fujii (Osaka, JP); Masahaya Sugimoto (Osaka, JP); Takuya Mase (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
C09J7/35B32B5/02B32B5/18B32B5/245B32B15/14B32B15/18B32B2260/021B32B2260/046B32B2262/101B32B2264/104B32B2266/0207B32B2266/0271B32B2307/4026B32B2307/748C09J2301/408C09J2301/414C09J2400/24C09J2409/00C09J2463/00C09J2495/00
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Patent No.
US 12680003
App. No.
18/550,255
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A reinforcement material includes a resin layer and a restraining layer. The resin layer contains a resin component and a foaming agent, and serves as a reinforcement layer for reinforcing an object. The restraining layer is disposed on the resin layer. The reinforcement layer contains a matrix resin obtained by curing the resin component and a plurality of cells generated by foaming the foaming agent. A ratio of the total area of the plurality of cells in a cross section of the reinforcement layer is 83% or more, and an elastic modulus of the matrix resin of the reinforcement layer is 1.4 GPa or more.

Claims (17)

1 . A reinforcement material for reinforcing an object comprising:

a resin layer containing a resin component and a foaming agent and becoming a reinforcement layer for reinforcing the object, and

a restraining layer disposed on the resin layer, wherein

the resin component contains a thermosetting resin and a rubber,

a ratio of the thermosetting resin with respect to 100 parts by mass of the rubber is more than 100 parts by mass,

the thermosetting resin contains a flexible epoxy resin and an epoxy resin other than the flexible epoxy resin,

a ratio of the flexible epoxy resin in the thermosetting resin is 10% by mass or more and 45% by mass or less,

the rubber contains an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber,

a ratio of the acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber with respect to 100 parts by mass of the flexible epoxy resin is 60 parts by mass or more,

the reinforcement layer contains a matrix resin obtained by curing the resin component and a plurality of cells generated by foaming the foaming agent,

a ratio of the total area of the plurality of cells in a cross section of the reinforcement layer is 83% or more, and

an elastic modulus of the matrix resin of the reinforcement layer is 1.4 GPa or more.

2 . A reinforcement structure comprising:

an object and

a reinforcement member having the reinforcement layer and the restraining layer according to claim 1 .

3 . The reinforcement material according to claim 1 ,

wherein the ratio of the flexible epoxy resin in the thermosetting resin is 40% by mass or less.