Woven/knit fabric of carbon fiber monofilament and use thereof

• US 20090047493A1
• Filed: 10/19/2005
• Published: 02/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fukuoka Kigyo Company Limited, Kazuo Kitagawa, Zaiki Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Fukuoka Kigyo Company Limited, Kazuo Kitagawa, Zaiki Company Limited
• Inventors: Zaiki, Syoji, Kitagawa, Kazuo, Fukuoka, Hironori
• Application Number:
  US11/665,611
• Publication Number:
  US 20090047493A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 428/220
• CPC Class Codes: D03D 1/0058 Electromagnetic radiation resistant
• CPC Class Codes: D03D 15/275 Carbon fibres
• CPC Class Codes: D03D 15/33 Ultrafine fibres, e.g. microfibres or nanofibres
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2101/12 Carbon; Pitch
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2401/063 high strength
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2401/16 antistatic; conductive
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2505/02 Reinforcing materials; Prepregs
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 442/3065 Including strand which is of specific structural definition
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 442/425 Including strand which is of specific structural definition

Abstract

A completely new cloth of utility is provided by using a carbon fiber monofilament. A woven or knitted cloth was prepared at a density of 5 to 1800 yarns per inch by using a carbon fiber monofilament of a diameter of 10 μm or less as a single yarn. This cloth can be practically used widely in the fields of precise equipments and medical care, as an ultrathin sheet having biocompatibility and electroconductivity.

Claims

1. A woven or knitted carbon fiber cloth using a carbon fiber monofilament of a diameter of 10 μ

m or less as a single yarn at a density of 5 to 1800 yarns per inch.

2. A woven or knitted carbon fiber cloth according to claim 1, in which the thickness of the cloth is 20 μ

m or less.

3. An ultra-thin plastic reinforced by the woven or knitted carbon fiber cloth according to claim 1.

4. A reinforced plastic according to claim 3, in which the thickness of the laminated composite is 0.5 mm or less.

6. A biocompatible textile material consisting of the woven or knitted carbon fiber cloth according to claim 1.

7. A biocompatible textile material according to claim 6, in which the density of the carbon fiber monofilament in the cloth is 10 to 500 yarns per inch.

5. An ultra-thin reinforced plastic using a carbon fiber monofilament having a diameter of 10 μ

m or less as a single yarn in the form of unidirectionally arranging them at a density of 5 to 3600 yarns per inch.