Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electro-conductive fibers with carbon nanotubes adhered thereto, electro-conductive yarn, fibers structural object, and production processes thereof
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Application No.: US13060596Application Date: 2009-08-31
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Publication No.: US09885146B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Bunshi Fugetsu , Eiji Akiba , Masaaki Hachiya
- Applicant: Bunshi Fugetsu , Eiji Akiba , Masaaki Hachiya
- Applicant Address: JP Sapporo-shi JP Tokyo JP Kurashiki-shi JP Ichinomiywa-shi
- Assignee: National University Corporation Hokkaido University,Mitsui & Co., Ltd.,Kuraray Co., Ltd.,Chakyu Dyeing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: National University Corporation Hokkaido University,Mitsui & Co., Ltd.,Kuraray Co., Ltd.,Chakyu Dyeing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Sapporo-shi JP Tokyo JP Kurashiki-shi JP Ichinomiywa-shi
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2008-224821 20080902
- International Application: PCT/JP2009/065159 WO 20090831
- International Announcement: WO2010/026937 WO 20100311
- Main IPC: D06M11/74
- IPC: D06M11/74 ; D06M10/02 ; D06M10/06

Abstract:
Electro-conductive fibers comprise synthetic fibers and an electro-conductive layer containing carbon nanotubes and covering a surface of the synthetic fibers, and the coverage of the electro-conductive layer relative to the whole surface of the synthetic fibers is not less than 60% (particularly not less than 90%). The electric resistance value of the electro-conductive fibers ranges from 1×10−2 to 1×1010 Ω/cm, and the standard deviation of the logarithm of the electric resistance value is less than 1.0. The thickness of the electro-conductive layer ranges from 0.1 to 5 μm, and the ratio of the carbon nanotubes may be 0.1 to 50 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the synthetic fibers. The electro-conductive layer may further contain a binder. The electro-conductive fibers may be produced by immersing the synthetic fibers in a dispersion with vibrating the synthetic fibers to form the electro-conductive layer adhered to the surface of the synthetic fibers. The electro-conductive fibers have the carbon nanotubes homogeneously and firmly adhered to an almost whole of a surface thereof and have an electro-conductivity and a softness.
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