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Granted Patent B2
US 11,530,498 · App. 16/987,468 · Granted Dec 20, 2022

Resin structure

Inventors: Shunsuke Kanematsu (Nagaokakyo, JP); Kenichiro Takumi (Nagaokakyo, JP)
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
D02G3/441D02G3/26D02G3/36D06M15/507D06M15/55
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Patent No.
US 11,530,498
App. No.
16/987,468
Granted
Dec 20, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A resin structure that includes a plurality of piezoelectric fibers that generate a charge by application of external energy; and an insulating resin coating at least one of the plurality of piezoelectric fibers.

Claims (23)

1. A resin structure comprising:

a plurality of piezoelectric fibers that generate a charge by application of external energy; and

an insulating resin coating at least one of the plurality of piezoelectric fibers, wherein the insulating resin is porous.

2. The resin structure according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating resin has a greater elasticity than that of the plurality of piezoelectric fibers.

3. The resin structure according to claim 2 , wherein the insulating resin has a lower water absorption than that of the plurality of piezoelectric fibers.

4. The resin structure according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating resin has a lower water absorption than that of the plurality of piezoelectric fibers.

5. The resin structure according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of piezoelectric fibers comprise a polylactic acid material.

6. The resin structure according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of piezoelectric fibers have a circular sectional shape.

7. The resin structure according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating resin has a thickness of 60% or less of a diameter of the at least one of the plurality of piezoelectric fibers.

8. The resin structure according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of piezoelectric fibers are a left-twisted yarn.

9. The resin structure according to claim 8 , wherein all of the plurality of piezoelectric fibers are covered with the insulating resin.

10. The resin structure according to claim 1 , wherein all of the plurality of piezoelectric fibers are covered with the insulating resin.

11. The resin structure according to claim 1 , wherein a stretching direction of each of the plurality of piezoelectric fibers coincides with an axial direction of each of the plurality of piezoelectric fibers.

12. The resin structure according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of piezoelectric fibers are twisted together such that a stretching direction of the plurality of piezoelectric fibers is inclined at 45 degrees with respect to an axial direction of the resin structure.

13. The resin structure according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating resin comprises one of urethane, epoxy, acrylic, and polyester.

14. The resin structure according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of piezoelectric fibers are a right-twisted yarn.

15. The resin structure according to claim 14 , wherein all of the plurality of piezoelectric fibers are covered with the insulating resin.

16. The resin structure according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the plurality of piezoelectric fibers is a wound piezoelectric body having a film shape.

17. A structure comprising a cloth including the resin structure of claim 1 .

18. The structure of claim 17 , wherein the insulating resin is a first insulating resin, the structure further comprising a second insulating resin coating the cloth.

19. A structure comprising:

a cloth including a plurality of piezoelectric fibers that generate a charge by application of external energy;

and an insulating resin coating the cloth, wherein the insulating resin is porous.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2020
From: KANEMATSU, SHUNSUKE; TAKUMI, KENICHIRO
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053427/0098 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-219963 · Nov 26, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019045984 · Nov 25, 2019
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