Hollow structure body and vehicular component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9783244-B2
Application number	US-201514779224-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 13, 2015
Priority date	Mar 18, 2014
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hollow structure body having a hollow structure, in which a first shaped product constituted by a first fiber-reinforced resin material containing first reinforcing fibers and a first matrix resin and a second shaped product constituted by a second fiber-reinforced resin material containing second reinforcing fibers and a second matrix resin are combined,
wherein in an arbitrary cross section in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the hollow structure, a ratio Sc/St between compressive strength Sc of a structure in the first shaped product and tensile strength St of a structure in the second shaped product satisfies formula (1):

(σ c/σt )*( Hc/Ht )<( Sc/St )<(σ t/σc )*( Hc/Ht )  formula (1).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hollow structure body having a hollow structure, in which a first shaped product constituted by a first fiber-reinforced resin material containing first reinforcing fibers and a first matrix resin and a second shaped product constituted by a second fiber-reinforced resin material containing second reinforcing fibers and a second matrix resin are combined,
wherein the first reinforcing fibers and the second reinforcing fibers contain carbon fibers, glass fibers, metal fibers, or aramid fibers, and
in an arbitrary cross section in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the hollow structure, a ratio Sc/St between compressive strength Sc of a structure in the first shaped product and tensile strength St of a structure in the second shaped product satisfies formula (1):
(σ c/σt )*( Hc/Ht )<( Sc/St )<(σ t/σc )*( Hc/Ht )  formula (1)

Wherein Hc represents a height of the first shaped product,
Ht represents a height of the second shaped product,
σc represents compressive strength of the first fiber-reinforced resin material in the axial direction,
σt represents tensile strength of the second fiber-reinforced resin material in the axial direction,
Ac represents a cross section area of the first shaped product in the cross section,
At represents a cross section area of the second shaped product in the cross section,
Sc represents σc*Ac, and
St represents σt*At.

2. The hollow structure body according to claim 1 ,
wherein when the height Hc of the first shaped product is the same as the height Ht of the second shaped product, the cross section satisfying the formula (1) satisfies formula (2):
(σ c/σt )<( Tc*σc )/( Tt*σt )<(σ t/σc )  formula (2)

wherein Tc represents an average thickness of the cross section of the first shaped product, and
Tt represents an average thickness of the cross section of the second shaped product.

3. The hollow structure body according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first reinforcing fibers and the second reinforcing fibers are two-dimensionally randomly oriented.

4. The hollow structure body according to claim 3 ,
wherein the ratio Sc/St satisfies 1.04*(σ c/σt )*( Hc/Ht )≦( Sc/St )≦0.96*(σ t/σc )*( Hc/Ht ).

5. The hollow structure body according to claim 1 ,
wherein a volume content rate Vfc of the first reinforcing fibers in the first fiber-reinforced resin material and a volume content rate Vft of the second reinforcing fibers in the second fiber-reinforced resin material satisfy Vfc>Vft.

6. The hollow structure body according to claim 1 ,
wherein an average fiber length Lc of the first reinforcing fibers and an average fiber length Lt of the second reinforcing fibers satisfy Lc>Lt.

7. The hollow structure body according to claim 1 ,
wherein an average fiber diameter Dc of the first reinforcing fibers and an average fiber diameter Dt of the second reinforcing fibers satisfy Dc<Dt.

8. A vehicular component, comprising the hollow structure body according to claim 1 .

9. The hollow structure body according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the first shaped product and the second shaped product comprises a bottom plane part and a top plane part, wherein the height Hc of the first shape product and the height Ht of the second shape product are defined by the respective distances between the bottom plane part and the top plane part; and
wherein the hollow structure is formed by joining the bottom plane part of the first shaped product to the bottom plane part of the second shaped product.

10. The hollow structure body according to claim 1 , wherein the first matrix resin and the second matrix resin each is a thermoplastic resin.

Assignees

• Teijin Ltd

Inventors

• Shi Jianwei
• Shimizu Hiroyuki
• Oka Kouhei

Classifications

• B29K2081/06

  PSU, i.e. polysulfones; PES, i.e. polyethersulfones or derivatives thereof · CPC title

• B29K2079/08

  PI, i.e. polyimides or derivatives thereof · CPC title

• B29C70/08 Primary

  comprising combinations of different forms of fibrous reinforcements incorporated in matrix material, forming one or more layers, and with or without non-reinforced layers · CPC title

• B29K2075/00

  Use of {PU, i.e.} polyureas or polyurethanes {or derivatives thereof}, as moulding material · CPC title

• B29K2305/00

  Use of metals, their alloys or their compounds, as reinforcement · CPC title