IP Library Granted Patent US 11,319,406
Granted Patent B2
US 11,319,406 · App. 16/758,289 · Granted May 3, 2022

Prepreg, fiber-reinforced composite material, and molded article

Inventors: Masaki Minami (Tokyo, JP); Takayuki Matsumoto (Tokyo, JP); Ayumu Komata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: ENEOS CORPORATION
C08G59/504B32B5/26B32B27/04B32B27/18B32B27/26B32B27/38C08J5/042C08J5/24C08K5/0066C08K5/34922C08K5/34924C08L63/00B32B5/02B32B2250/20B32B2260/021B32B2260/046B32B2262/106B32B2305/076B32B2305/72B32B2307/3065B32B2363/00B32B2457/00C08G59/245C08G59/5086C08J2363/00Y10S428/902Y10S428/921Y10T428/31511
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Patent No.
US 11,319,406
App. No.
16/758,289
Granted
May 3, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A prepreg comprising: carbon fibers; and a resin composition containing an epoxy resin having a biphenyl structure, a curing agent, and melamine cyanurate.

Claims (22)

1. A prepreg comprising:

carbon fibers; and

a resin composition comprising

an epoxy resin (A) having a biphenyl structure and two or more epoxy groups,

an epoxy resin (B) having two or more epoxy groups and having no biphenyl structure,

a curing agent, and

melamine cyanurate,

wherein

a content of chlorine atoms in the resin composition is 1% by mass or less,

a content of phosphorus atoms in the resin composition is 0.1% by mass or less,

a content of the epoxy resin (A) with respect to the total amount of the epoxy resin (A) and the epoxy resin (B) is 20% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less,

the total amount of the epoxy resin (A) and the epoxy resin (B) is 60% by mass or more and 75% by mass or less based on the total amount of the resin composition,

a content of the melamine cyanurate is 25% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less based on the total amount of the resin composition,

a content of the carbon fibers in the prepreg is 20% by mass or more and 90% by mass or less, and

the epoxy resin (A) comprises an epoxy resin represented by the formula (A-1):

wherein n is an integer of 1 or more.

2. A fiber-reinforced composite material obtained by laminating and curing a plurality of prepregs, wherein at least one of the prepregs is a prepreg according to claim 1 .

3. The fiber-reinforced composite material according to claim 2 , wherein a thickness in a laminating direction is 1.5 mm or less.

4. The fiber-reinforced composite material according to claim 2 , wherein a flame retardancy as evaluated by the UL94 burning test is V-0 or V-1.

5. A molded article comprising the fiber-reinforced composite material according to claim 2 .

6. A molded article comprising the fiber-reinforced composite material according to claim 3 .

7. A molded article comprising the fiber-reinforced composite material according to claim 4 .

Assignments (3)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 26, 2024
From: ENEOS CORPORATION
To: ENEOS MATERIALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069443/0275 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 2, 2022
From: JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
To: ENEOS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059293/0337 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2020
From: MINAMI, MASAKI; MATSUMOTO, TAKAYUKI; KOMATA, AYUMU
To: JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052468/0245 →