US 2011/0214903 A1 · FUNCTIONAL PANEL AND METHOD FOR JOINING SAME

Abstract

There is provided a functional panel that can be joined and disassembled with ease by solving problems with a functional panel including electrical conductors integrally molded therewith, causing occurrence of cracking on the surface thereof, or cracking of a molded unit around the periphery of the electrical conductor, thereby rendering the electrical conductor susceptible to a break when a flexural load, an impact load, and so forth, acts on the functional panel. The functional panel comprises a main body of a panel member, an electrical conductor coated with a semi-cured resin having heat resistance and insulation properties, and a reinforcing fiber having a continuous filament, for fixing the electrical conductor to the main body of the panel member to thereby provide enhancement, and the functional panel is formed by exposing one end, and the other end of the electrical conductor from respective end faces of the panel member formed by integral molding.

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Dependent claims

A functional panel comprising:

a main body of a panel member;
an electrical conductor coated with a semi-cured resin having heat resistance and insulation properties;
and
a reinforcing fiber having a continuous filament, for fixing the electrical conductor to the main body of the panel member to thereby provide enhancement,
wherein the functional panel is formed by exposing one end, and the other end of the electrical conductor from the respective end faces of the panel member formed by integral molding.

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A method for joining a functional panel, comprising the steps of:

preparing a panel member molded by integral molding, the panel member comprising a main body of the panel member, an electrical conductor coated with a semi-cured resin having heat resistance and insulation properties, and a reinforcing fiber having a continuous filament, for fixing the electrical conductor to the main body of the panel member to thereby provide enhancement;
forming a plurality of functional panels by exposing one end and the other end of the electrical conductor from respective end faces of each of the panel members;
and
joining the plurality of functional panels with each other,
wherein the end face of one of the plurality of functional panels, exposing the end of the electrical conductor embedded in the one of the plurality of functional panels is brought into face-contact with the end face of the other functional panel, exposing the other end of the electrical conductor embedded in the other functional panel, thereby causing the electrical conductors to be electrically connected with each other before joining, and disassembling.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Functional panel and method for joining same

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