Patent ID: 11932741
Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC C  B | IPC B  C

Claim 16:
17. A method for manufacturing a molded article, comprising:
disposing a commingled yarn containing a continuous reinforcing fiber and a continuous thermoplastic resin fiber on a part of a surface of a prepreg, the prepreg containing continuous reinforcing fibers paralleling in at least one direction and a thermosetting resin impregnated between the continuous reinforcing fibers; and
heat-processing the prepreg with the commingled yarn after fixing the commingled yarn,
wherein the continuous thermoplastic resin fiber contained in the commingled yarn comprises a polyamide resin containing a structural unit derived from a diamine and a structural unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid, and 50 mol % or more of the structural unit derived from a diamine is derived from xylylenediamine and 50 mol % or more of the structural unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid is derived from an am-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 4 to 20 carbons.