# US 11,077,638 B2 · Edge structure of fiber reinforced resin structure body > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,077,638 B2 - Document ID: US11077638B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/780,098 - Filed: 2020-02-03 - Published: 2020-08-06 - Granted: 2021-08-03 - Earliest claimed: 2019-02-04 - Assignees: Suzuki Motor Corporation - Applicants: Suzuki Motor Corporation - Inventors: Daisuke Hatano; Kenta Suzuki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11077638B2 ## CPC - B32B 3/02: characterised by features of form at particular places, e.g. in edge regions {(non-uniform thickness B32B3/263)} - B32B 3/04: characterised by {at least one} layer folded at the edge, e.g. over another layer {; characterised by at least one layer enveloping or enclosing a material} - B32B 5/06: characterised by a fibrous {or filamentary} layer {mechanically connected, e.g. by needling} to another layer, e.g. of fibres, of paper - B32B 5/12: characterised by the relative arrangement of fibres or filaments of {different layers, e.g. the fibres or filaments being parallel or perpendicular to each other} - B32B 2260/023: Two or more layers - B32B 2260/046: Synthetic resin - B32B 2605/00: Vehicles - Y10T 428/24124: Fibers - Y10T 428/24322: Composite web or sheet - B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract In an edge structure of a fiber reinforced resin structure body, an edge part of the structure body is enabled to be efficiently reinforced, and the edge part of the structure body is enabled to be efficiently protected. The present invention relates to an edge structure of a fiber reinforced resin structure body having a first fiber reinforced resin portion (hereinafter referred to as “first portion”) and a second fiber reinforced resin portion (hereinafter referred to as “second portion”) composed using a fiber reinforced resin, the first portion having a layer part formed in layers. In the edge structure of a fiber reinforced resin structure body, the second portion has an edge-side cover part extending along an edge section of the layer part of the first portion, and a plurality of fibers in the edge-side cover part are arranged along the edge section of the layer part. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An edge structure of a fiber reinforced resin structure body, comprising: first and second fiber reinforced resin portions composed using a fiber reinforced resin, the first fiber reinforced resin portion having a layer part formed in layers, fibers of the second fiber reinforced resin portion being discontinuous fibers, wherein the second fiber reinforced resin portion has: an edge-side cover part extending along an edge section of the layer part of the first fiber reinforced resin portion; one layer part arranged along one surface, in a thickness direction of the layer part, of the layer part in the first fiber reinforced resin portion; and another layer part arranged along another surface, in the thickness direction of the layer part, of the layer part in the first fiber reinforced resin portion, wherein a plurality of fibers in the edge-side cover part are arranged along the edge section of the layer part, the another layer part and the one layer part are formed integrally with the edge-side cover part, and the edge-side cover part has another end section positioned closer to the another layer part in the thickness direction of the layer part, wherein the another layer part has: an outer edge section positioned so as to correspond to the another end section of the edge-side cover part in an in-plane direction of the another layer part; and an inner edge section positioned so as to face the outer edge section of the another layer part in the in-plane direction of the another layer part, and wherein the fiber reinforced resin structure body is a press-molded body, and the edge-side cover part and the another layer part of the second fiber reinforced resin portion are composed of the fiber reinforced resin which has been flowed from the one layer part of the second fiber reinforced resin portion during a press-molding of the fiber reinforced resin structure body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The edge structure of a fiber reinforced resin structure body according to claim 1, wherein, when an orientation angle of each fiber in the edge-side cover part in the second fiber reinforced resin portion is defined as an angle of a longitudinal axis of this fiber relative to a shortest straight line connecting both ends, in a thickness direction of the edge section, of the edge section in the first fiber reinforced resin portion, an average value of the orientation angles for the plurality of fibers in the edge-side cover part is within a range from 0 degrees to 30 degrees. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The edge structure of a fiber reinforced resin structure body according to claim 1, wherein the edge section of the layer part of the first fiber reinforced resin portion is a peripheral section of a fastening hole that is formed so as to penetrate the layer part in its thickness direction and into which a fastening member is to be inserted. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The edge structure of a fiber reinforced resin structure body according to claim 3, wherein, in a periphery of the fastening hole, a through hole that is formed so as to penetrate the layer part of the first fiber reinforced resin portion between one surface and another surface in the thickness direction of the layer part, is formed, the second fiber reinforced resin portion has a support column part arranged in the through hole of the first fiber reinforced resin portion, and the support column part is formed integrally with the one and other layer parts.