Composite material shell and manufacturing method for the same
AssigneeCorex Materials Corporation
InventorShao-Chen Chiu
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Abstract
A composite material shell having a base plate made of thermoplastic resin and reinforcing fibers and multiple decorative pieces. Each of the multiple decorative pieces is made of a composite material containing thermoplastic resin and reinforcing fibers. An area of each of the multiple decorative pieces is smaller than an area of the base plate, wherein the multiple decorative pieces are non-directionally arranged, are overlapped, and are welded on the base plate whereby the composite material shell provides unique reflection and depth variations of visual effect.
Claims10
A composite material shell comprising:
- a base plate made of thermoplastic resin and reinforcing fibers;
- and multiple decorative pieces, each one of the multiple decorative pieces made of a composite material containing thermoplastic resin and reinforcing fibers, an area of each one of the multiple decorative pieces being smaller than an area of the base plate, wherein the multiple decorative pieces are non-directionally arranged, are overlapped, and are welded on the base plate.
A manufacturing method for a composite material shell comprising:
- a base plate preparation step:
- laminating prepreg sheets made of thermoplastic resin and reinforcing fibers to form a base plate;
- a decorative pieces manufacturing step:
- preparing multiple decorative pieces made of thermoplastic resin and reinforcing fibers, an area of each one of the multiple decorative pieces being smaller than an area of the base plate;
- a decorative pieces paving step:
- paving the multiple decorative pieces on the base plate, the multiple decorative pieces being overlapped, and the reinforcing fibers of one of the decorative pieces extending non-parallelly with the reinforcing fibers of another one of the decorative pieces;
- and
- a hot compression step:
- heating the base plate and the multiple decorative pieces and compressing the base plate and the multiple decorative pieces thereafter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.