IP Library Granted Patent US 10,181,707
Granted Patent B2
US 10,181,707 · App. 15/243,124 · Granted Jan 15, 2019

Electroconductive resin body and vehicle grounding structure

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Patent No.
US 10,181,707
App. No.
15/243,124
Granted
Jan 15, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a electroconductive resin body formed of fiber-reinforced resin including resin and a plurality of fiber strings formed of at least one selected from carbon fiber, high-strength fiber and glass fiber, the resin impregnating between the fiber strings, wherein the fiber strings are metal-plated. In the vehicle grounding structure, while the electroconductive resin body is used as a vehicle body, the minus terminals of vehicle-mounted devices VD and of a vehicle battery B are electrically connected to locations in the electroconductive resin body that have the metal-plated fiber strings arranged therein.

Claims (22)

1. An electroconductive resin body comprising:

fiber-reinforced resin including resin and a plurality of fiber strings formed of at least one selected from carbon fiber, aramid fiber, polyarylate fiber, PBO fiber, or glass fiber, the resin impregnating between the fiber strings,

wherein the plurality of fiber strings are laminated in a plurality of layers each including at least two fiber strings,

of the plurality of fiber strings laminated in the layers, each of the fiber strings in some of the layers are metal-plated and arranged in parallel to one another in a first predetermined direction, and each of the fiber strings in the other ones of the layers are arranged parallel to each other in a second predetermined direction that is different from the first predetermined direction, and

the fiber strings are formed of carbon fiber, and have a surface oxygen content of not less than 0.097 and not more than 0.138, the surface oxygen content being a value obtained by dividing O 1s peak intensity measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy by C 1s peak intensity measured by the same spectroscopy.

2. The electroconductive resin body according to claim 1 , wherein

the fiber strings in the other ones of the layers are not metal-plated.

3. A vehicle grounding structure comprising:

the electroconductive resin body according to claim 2 used as a vehicle body, wherein

minus terminals of vehicle-mounted devices and of a vehicle battery are electrically connected to locations in the electroconductive resin body that have the metal-plated fiber strings arranged therein.

4. A vehicle grounding structure comprising:

the electroconductive resin body according to claim 1 used as a vehicle body, wherein

minus terminals of vehicle-mounted devices and of a vehicle battery are electrically connected to locations in the electroconductive resin body that have the metal-plated fiber strings arranged therein.

5. An electroconductive resin body comprising:

fiber-reinforced resin including resin and a plurality of fiber strings formed of at least one selected from carbon fiber, aramid fiber, polyarylate fiber, PBO fiber, or glass fiber, the resin impregnating between the fiber strings, wherein

the plurality of fiber strings are laminated in a plurality of layers each including at least two fiber strings,

the plurality of fiber strings are arranged in parallel to one another along a predetermined direction,

for each of the layers, some fiber strings arranged along the predetermined direction are metal-plated, and the other fiber strings are not metal-plated, and

the fiber strings are formed of carbon fiber, and have a surface oxygen content of not less than 0.097 and not more than 0.138, the surface oxygen content being a value obtained by dividing O 1s peak intensity measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy by C 1s peak intensity measured by the same spectroscopy.

6. A vehicle grounding structure comprising:

the electroconductive resin body according to claim 5 used as a vehicle body, wherein

minus terminals of vehicle-mounted devices and of a vehicle battery are electrically connected to locations in the electroconductive resin body that have the metal-plated fiber strings arranged therein.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2016
From: KONDO, HIROKI; YOSHINAGA, SATORU
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039497/0890 →