Suitcase system portion comprising natural fiber material and methods of making and repairing same

• Main Authors: WIESNER MAIK, BLICKNEY ERIC, RUSS JOCHEN, ROOSEN JOSEPH HARRY
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 20.10.2023
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

The invention relates to a case (510, 520) of a luggage system part, in particular a hard-shell or draw-bar box (500), comprising a natural fiber material. The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such a part and to a method of repairing such a part. The present invention provides a luggage system portion (21, 31, 400) comprising a fibrous reinforcement material (100a, 100b, 100c), wherein the fibrous reinforcement material comprises a natural fiber material (110a, 110b, 110c) and a matrix material (130a, 130b, 130c). The natural fiber material comprises at least one set of unidirectional fibers (120a, 120b-121b, 120c-123c) embedded in and/or impregnated with a matrix material. 本发明涉及一种包含天然纤维材料的行李箱系统部分，尤其是硬壳箱或拉杆箱(500)的壳体(510,520)。本发明还涉及一种制造这样的部分的方法和一种修理这样的部分的方法。本发明提供一种包含纤维增强材料(100a,100b,100c)的行李箱系统部分(21,31,400)，其中该纤维增强材料包含天然纤维材料(110a,110b,110c)和基质材料(130a,130b,130c)。所述天然纤维材料包含至少一组嵌入在基质材料中和/或浸渍有基质材料的单向纤维(120a,120b-121b,120c-123c)。