US 12,337,739 B2
Composite member, seat for automobile, and component for automobile
Kento Yoshida, Aichi (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi (JP)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/702,103.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-052405 (JP), filed on Mar. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0305972 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/68 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/682 (2013.01) [B29C 66/723 (2013.01); B29C 66/742 (2013.01); B29L 2031/771 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A composite member comprising:
a fiber-reinforced member formed by impregnating a plurality of sheet-shaped core materials with a matrix resin; and a metal member joined to the fiber-reinforced member,
the composite member having a structure in which a part of the metal member is sandwiched and fixed between a plurality of the core materials stacked in a thickness direction at a joint place between the fiber-reinforced member and the metal member,
wherein the core materials each include a base layer and a fiber layer formed by arranging fiber bundles on one surface side of the base layer,
wherein the base layer consists of a fiber assembly, the fiber assembly being any of a woven fabric, a knitted fabric, and a nonwoven fabric,
wherein each of the fiber bundles is formed by aligning a plurality of reinforcing fibers,
wherein each of the fiber bundles is sewn to the base layer, and
wherein the core material at the joint place is disposed such that the base layer is in contact with the metal member.