Carbon fiber mixed fabric vehicle hood and vehicle seat cover comprising the same
AssigneeAutomobili Lamborghini S.P.A.
InventorAttilio Masini
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Abstract
A vehicle hood includes at least one rubber layer and an outer layer positioned to face towards an exterior of the vehicle and applied on an outer side of the at least one rubber layer. The outer layer includes a fabric including carbon fiber yarns and polymer fiber yarns woven to form an interlacement and a protective layer applied on the interlacement including a polymer-based solvent. The fabric subjected to traction is elongated by at least 2% and up to 5% and exceeds more than 25,000 working cycles of bending strength according to a Bally test. The protective layer confers a water impermeability of 2000 mm water column at 2 bar and confers scratch resistance of at least 20,000 working cycles.
Claims29
A vehicle hood comprising:
- at least one rubber layer, and
- an outer layer positioned to face towards an exterior of the vehicle and applied on an outer side of the at least one rubber layer, wherein the outer layer comprises a fabric comprising:
- carbon fiber yarns and polymer fiber yarns woven to form an interlacement;
- a protective layer applied on the interlacement comprising a polymer-based solvent;
- wherein the fabric subjected to traction is elongated by at least 2% and up to 5%;
- wherein the fabric exceeds more than 25,000 working cycles of bending strength according to a Bally test;
- wherein the protective layer confers a water impermeability of 2000 mm water column at 2 bar;
- wherein the protective layer confers scratch resistance of at least 20,000 working cycles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.