Grooved resin molded part

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9610713-B2
Application number	US-201414766835-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 6, 2014
Priority date	Feb 12, 2013
Publication date	Apr 4, 2017
Grant date	Apr 4, 2017

Abstract

A grooved resin molded part which when joined to another molded part, can form a composite molded product having an enhanced strength. This part contains an inorganic filler and has multiple grooves formed by partially removing the resin, such that the filler is exposed in these grooves. The depth of the grooves may be at least one-half of the length of the grooves in the shorter direction. The filler may have a fibrous shape; and the longer direction of the filler may be different from that of the grooves. The part is obtained by subjecting a resin molded part containing the filler to laser irradiation or the like to form multiple grooves in which the filler is exposed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A composite molded article comprising a grooved resin molded article and another molded article,
wherein the grooved resin molded article comprises:
a fibrous inorganic filler;
at least one groove; and
a first protrusion on a first side of the at least one groove and a second protrusion on a second side of the at least one groove,
wherein the fibrous inorganic filler has a mean fiber length longer than a width of the groove, such that the fibrous inorganic filler can contact both the first protrusion and the second protrusion across the at least one groove,

wherein the other molded article is adjoined on a surface having the at least one groove of the grooved resin molded article; and
wherein the other molded article is arranged to surround the inorganic filler in the inside of the at least one groove,
wherein the grooved resin molded article comprises a plurality of grooves, and the distance between adjacent grooves is the same or more as the width of the at least one groove and twice the width or less of the at least one groove.

2. The composite molded article according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic filler is projected from a surface at a side of the at least one groove.

3. The composite molded article according to claim 1 , wherein the depth of the at least one groove is ½ or more of the length of the at least one groove in a shorter direction.

4. The composite molded article according to claim 1 , wherein the fibrous inorganic filler is glass fiber.

5. The composite molded article according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one groove is formed by laser irradiation.

6. The composite molded article according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one groove is intermittently formed.

7. A method of manufacturing the composite molded article according to claim 1 , comprising:
manufacturing the grooved resin molded article by a method comprising forming the at least one groove by partially removing a resin in a resin molded article containing a fibrous inorganic filler such that the inorganic filler is exposed from a side surface of the at least one groove, wherein the at least one groove is formed in a direction different from the direction of the length of the fibrous inorganic filler; and
adjoining the other molded article on the surface having the at least one groove of the grooved resin molded article so as to surround the inorganic filler in the inside of the at least one groove.

8. The method of manufacturing the composite molded article according to claim 7 , where the at least one groove is in a plurality of numbers.

9. The method of manufacturing the composite molded article according to claim 7 , wherein the partial removal of a resin is performed by laser irradiation.

10. The method of manufacturing the composite molded article according to claim 9 , wherein the laser irradiation is repeated for multiple times in the groove forming step.

11. The method of manufacturing the composite molded article according to claim 10 , comprising a step of increasing the level of laser irradiation relative to the previous irradiation level when the laser irradiation is repeated for multiple times.

12. The method of manufacturing the composite molded article according to claim 9 , wherein the laser irradiation is performed from a direction other than that perpendicular to a surface of the molded article.

13. The method of manufacturing a composite molded article according to claim 7 , wherein the integration is performed by injection molding.

14. A method of manufacturing the composite molded article according to claim 7 ,
wherein the other molded article is adjoined by injection molding through the surface having the at least one groove arranged as a contact surface to manufacture the composite molded article.

15. The composite molded article according to claim 1 , wherein
a longer direction of the inorganic filler is different from that of the at least one groove, and
the length of the at least one groove in a shorter direction is shorter than that of the inorganic filler in the longer direction.

Assignees

• Polyplastics Co

Inventors

• Mochizuki Akihiro

Classifications

• B29C59/16 Primary

  by wave energy or particle radiation {, e.g. infrared heating (B29C59/007 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B29C66/8322

  Joining or pressing tools reciprocating along one axis · CPC title

• B29C66/21

  said joint lines being formed by a single dot or dash or by several dots or dashes, i.e. spot joining or spot welding · CPC title

• B29C66/7394

  characterised by the material of at least one of the parts being a thermoset · CPC title

• B29C66/1282

  comprising at least one overlap joint-segment · CPC title