SKIN MATERIAL, ITS PRODUCTION METHOD AND SKIN MATERIAL FOR AUTOMOBILE INTERIOR

• Main Authors: SAKAMOTO MEGUMI, ENOMOTO TETSUYA, TANAKA SATORU, KOMATSU MOTOI, AZUMA MASATOSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.10.2008
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULARARTICLES; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS; 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

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a skin material, its production method and a skin material for automobile interior using the material, wherein thickness is homogeneous, shows flexible feeling just like a natural skin and good touch and feeling. SOLUTION: A skin material comprises an elastomer layer and coated film layer formed on a front surface of the elastomer layer, wherein a ratio of a thickness of the coated film layer relative to that of the elastomer layer is 0.004-0.16, foaming ratio of the elastomer layer of 1.06-3.0, the coated film layer contains fine particles of an average particle size of 5-50 μm and the fine powders are exposed on the surface of the coated film layer under a dispersing state in a projection area ratio of 1-5%. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT