	US 12,435,195 B2
	Surface-modified fibers, reinforcing fibers, and molded article using same
Eiichi Ishida, Okayama (JP); Daisuke Koda, Kamisu (JP); Toru Asada, Okayama (JP); Shinichi Takemoto, Okayama (JP); Shuhei Yorimitsu, Okayama (JP); and Hiroyuki Kawai, Okayama (JP)
Assigned to KURARAY CO., LTD., Kurashiki (JP)
Appl. No. 17/780,087
Filed by KURARAY CO., LTD., Kurashiki (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/041979 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 26, 2022, PCT Pub. No. WO2021/106559, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-214432 (JP), filed on Nov. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0306822 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. C08J 5/24 (2006.01); C08L 7/00 (2006.01); C08L 23/16 (2006.01); D06M 15/356 (2006.01)

CPC C08J 5/248 (2021.05) [C08L 7/00 (2013.01); C08L 23/16 (2013.01); D06M 15/3562 (2013.01); C08J 2307/00 (2013.01); C08J 2323/16 (2013.01); C08J 2409/06 (2013.01); C08L 2205/16 (2013.01)]

12 Claims

1. Reinforcing fibers, comprising:

surface-modified fibers containing fibers and a surface-modifying layer that covers at least a part of a surface of the fibers and has a surface with a solid surface zeta potential of −20.0 to 30.0 mV, and

an adhesive layer containing conjugated diene-based rubber that covers at least a part of a surface of the surface-modified fibers and has a number average molecular weight (Mn) of more than 2,000 and 120,000 or less.