Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin filament for 3D printer, and molded article thereof
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Application No.: US17433647Application Date: 2020-04-03
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Publication No.: US12104044B2Publication Date: 2024-10-01
- Inventor: Shoma Ishida , Koji Suzuki , Yoshihiro Naruse
- Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: DLA Piper LLP (US)
- Priority: JP 19084176 2019.04.25 JP 19084177 2019.04.25 JP 19084178 2019.04.25 JP 19084179 2019.04.25
- International Application: PCT/JP2020/015294 2020.04.03
- International Announcement: WO2020/217929A 2020.10.29
- Date entered country: 2021-08-25
- Main IPC: C08K7/14
- IPC: C08K7/14 ; B33Y70/10 ; C08L35/02 ; C08L61/02 ; C08L81/04 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y80/00 ; C08K3/04 ; C08K3/40

Abstract:
A fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin filament for a 3D printer is formed by impregnating a thermoplastic resin into a plurality of continuous reinforcing fibers, wherein: an average value S of a roundness parameter s of a cross section is 60% to 100%, the average value S being evaluated by (i) taking a photograph of the cross section perpendicular to the axial direction of the filament, (ii) drawing an inscribed circle and a circumscribed circle of the filament in a cross-sectional image and determining the diameter length of each, (iii) calculating the roundness parameter s defined by equation (1), and (iv) repeating (i)-(iii) at a plurality of locations on the filament and calculating the average value S of the roundness parameter s; and the coefficient of variation of the diameter length of the circumscribed circle is 0% to 10%.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220145047A1 FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FILAMENT FOR 3D PRINTER, AND MOLDED ARTICLE THEREOF Public/Granted day:2022-05-12
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