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US 12,240,157 · App. 17/910,770 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Integrally molded body and method of manufacturing same

Inventors: Yuki Takahashi (Nagoya, JP); Hideaki Sasaki (Nagoya, JP); Tatsuya Abe (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
B29C45/1657B29C45/14065B29C45/76B29C70/12B29C2945/76658B29C2945/76859
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Patent No.
US 12,240,157
App. No.
17/910,770
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An integrally molded body has a rectangular planar structure in which an inner resin material containing a thermoplastic resin is interposed between a plate material having a design surface and an outer resin material containing a thermoplastic resin, the planar structure having a first joint in which at least a partial region of the outer-peripheral-side surface part and/or the outer peripheral edge part of the plate is joined with the inner resin material, and a second joint in which at least a partial region of the outer-peripheral-side surface part and/or the outer peripheral edge part of the inner resin material is joined with the outer resin material.

Claims (9)

1. An integrally molded body having a rectangular planar structure comprising: a plate material (A) having a surface of a design side; an outer resin material (C 1 ) containing a thermoplastic resin and; an inner resin material (B 1 ) containing a thermoplastic resin interposed between the plate material (A) and the outer resin material (C 1 ),

the rectangular planar structure having: a first junction to join the inner resin material (B 1 ) with a whole region or a partial region of an outer peripheral side face and/or an outer peripheral edge of the plate material (A); and a second junction to join the outer resin material (C 1 ) with a whole region or a partial region of an outer peripheral side face and/or an outer peripheral edge of the inner resin material (B 1 ), wherein

one or more weld lines are formed on the inner resin material (B 1 ) and the outer resin material (C 1 ) on a non-design side opposite the design side of the plate material (A), and a first weld line (B 2 ) formed on the inner resin material (B 1 ) is located at a position shifted from that of a second weld line (C 2 ) formed on the outer resin material (C 1 ) closest to the first weld line (B 2 ) in a direction parallel to an outer peripheral side of the integrally molded body.

2. The integrally molded body according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of M 2 /M 1 is 0.04 to 0.4, where the M 1 (mm) is a length of the outer peripheral side of the integrally molded body while the M 2 (mm) is a distance between the first weld line (B 2 ) and the second weld line (C 2 ) closest to the first weld line (B 2 ).

3. The integrally molded body according to claim 1 , wherein the first weld line (B 2 ) is formed in a narrow width portion (B 1 ′) of the inner resin material (B 1 ).

4. The integrally molded body according to claim 1 , wherein the second weld line (C 2 ) is formed in a narrow width portion (C 1 ′) of the outer resin material (C 1 ).

5. The integrally molded body according to claim 1 , wherein the first junction is formed around all of the outer peripheral side face and/or the outer peripheral edge of the plate material (A).

6. The integrally molded body according to claim 1 , wherein the second junction is formed around all of the outer peripheral side face and/or the outer peripheral edge of the plate material (A).

7. The integrally molded body according to claim 1 , wherein the inner resin material (B 1 ) or the outer resin material (C 1 ) contains a discontinuous reinforcing fiber having a weight average fiber length of 0.3 to 3 mm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 9, 2022
From: TAKAHASHI, YUKI; SASAKI, HIDEAKI; ABE, TATSUYA
To: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 061052/0171 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-047162 · Mar 18, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230294340A1 · Sep 21, 2023
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