Piezo-electric material

• US 4,128,489 A
• Filed: 12/20/1976
• Issued: 12/05/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Seo, Iwao
• Primary Examiner(s): Cooper, Jack
• Application Number:
  US05/752,536
• Time in Patent Office: 715 Days
• Field of Search: 252/62.9, 252/64, 252/65, 260/823, 260/887, 260/897 C
• US Class Current: 252/62.90R
• CPC Class Codes: H01G 7/028 having a heterogeneous dielectric
• CPC Class Codes: H10N 30/852 Composite materials, e.g. having 1-3 or 2-2 type connectivity

Abstract

Piezo-electric material comprising composite of acetal resin which is blended with polymer having high relative permittivity and piezo-electric ceramics powder, the composite being molded and electeretized. The piezo-electric material has excellent moldability and pliability.

Claims

1. Piezo-electric material which comprises a composite of blend polymer resin and piezo-electric ceramic powder, the blend polymer resin consisting of 99 to 20 percent by weight acetal resin and 1 to 80 percent by weight polar polymer said polymer having a relative permittivity above 4.0 and a modulus of elesticity under 8.0 ×

10⁹ dyne/cm², the blend polymer resin comprising 10 to 90 percent by volume of the composite, the composite being molded and electretized.

2. Piezo-electric material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the said polar polymer is acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, epichlorohydrin rubber or a fluorinated chlorinated polyolefin in which the fluorine or chlorine is chemically bonded.

3. Piezo-electric material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the said polar polymer is an olefin polymer which has chlorine chemically bonded.

4. Piezo-electric material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the said polar polymer is acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber.

5. Piezo-electric material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the content of the acetal resin in the blended polymer is 90 to 30 percent by weight, and the content of the polar polymer in the blended polymer is 10 to 70 percent by weight, and the blend polymer resin comprises 10 to 90 percent by volume of the composite.

6. Piezo-electric material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the content of the acetal resin in the blended polymer is 90 to 30 percent by weight, and the content of the polar polymer is 10 to 70 percent by weight, and the blend polymer resin comprises 30 to 70 percent by volume of the composite.

7. Piezo-electric material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the molded composite is electretized by placing it between electrodes and in contact therewith and applying direct current voltage between the electrodes at a temperature of 30°

to 100°

C.

8. Piezo-electric material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the molded composite is electretized by placing it between electrodes and in contact therewith and applying an electric field of direct current of 100 to 600 KV/cm between the electrodes at a temperature of 30°

to 100°

C.

9. Piezo-electric material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the molded composite has the shape of a film.