JP2018012375A - Skin material - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a skin material capable of enhancing performance effect in a use space and excellent in handling properties.SOLUTION: A skin material 1 includes: a woven fabric 4 having a single-textured part 2 and a hollow weave double-textured part 3; and a light guide member 5 (for example, side light-emitting optical fiber or the like) housed in a bag part in the double-textured part 3.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a skin material. More specifically, the present invention relates to a skin material that can enhance a production effect in a use space and is excellent in handleability.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as interior parts for vehicles, those for the purpose of enhancing the lighting effect during lighting are known. Specifically, for example, a light source disposed on the ceiling side and a ceiling skin material disposed on the vehicle interior side, and a light transmissive material woven into the ceiling skin material as a constituent yarn, 2. Description of the Related Art An automobile ceiling material is known in which light from a light source is guided and illuminated through a plurality of U-shaped light-transmitting materials inserted into a skin material (see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-14746

  However, in the conventional product, since the light transmitting material is exposed on the design surface side, the light transmitting material is easily damaged, and there is a problem in terms of durability. Further, when a plurality of U-shaped light transmitting materials are provided, it takes a long time, and there is a problem in terms of handling. Furthermore, what can improve the presentation effect in use space more is calculated | required.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the said situation, and makes it a subject to provide the skin material which can improve a production effect in use space, and is excellent in handleability.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is a skin material, and is housed in a fabric having a single tissue portion and a double-woven portion of a bag weave, and a bag portion in the double-tissue portion. And a light guide member.
The gist of the invention described in claim 2 is that, in the invention described in claim 1, the double tissue part is formed in a linear shape.
The gist of the invention described in claim 3 is that, in the invention described in claim 1 or 2, the light guide member is a side-emitting optical fiber.
The gist of the invention described in claim 4 is that, in the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 3, the invention is used as a skin material of a vehicle interior material.
The invention according to claim 5 is the gist of the invention according to claim 4, wherein the vehicle interior material is a ceiling material.

According to the skin material of the present invention, the design surface pattern can be changed depending on the presence or absence of light emission from the light guide member. Therefore, it is possible to enhance the effect in the use space and to give a sense of surprise. Furthermore, the double-tissue part of the bag weave has a lower woven density than that of the single-tissue part and has a higher degree of light transmission, so that the design by light emission of the light guide member can be clearly expressed. In addition, since the arrangement of the light guide member and the fabric pattern expression can be freely combined, the expression pattern is not limited, and various effects and design expressions are possible. Furthermore, since the light guide member can be disposed in the bag portion of the fabric after the fabric having no light guide member disposed at a predetermined site, the flexibility characteristics of the fabric when the skin material is disposed. Can be fully utilized and is easy to handle.
Moreover, when the double structure | tissue part is formed in linear form, attachment or detachment of a light guide member becomes easy, and various designs can be expressed.
Furthermore, when the light guide member is a side-emitting optical fiber, it is easy to handle and a sufficient amount of light emission can be obtained.
In addition, when used as a skin material for a vehicle interior material, the design of the interior material surface can be enhanced, and the vehicle space can be gorgeously produced as illumination at night.
Furthermore, when the vehicle interior material is a ceiling material, the design of the ceiling surface can be enhanced and the vehicle space can be gorgeously produced as illumination at night.

The present invention will be further described in the following detailed description with reference to the drawings referred to, with reference to non-limiting examples of exemplary embodiments according to the present invention. Similar parts are shown throughout the several figures.
It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating a skin material. It is the elements on larger scale for demonstrating the end surface of the skin material in FIG. 1 is a schematic external view for explaining a skin material of Example 1. FIG. It is an organization chart for explaining the woven organization of a single organization part. It is an organization chart for explaining the woven organization of a double organization part. It is a typical external view for demonstrating the skin material (at the time of light emission) of Example 1. FIG. 5 is a schematic external view for explaining a skin material of Example 2. FIG. 6 is a schematic external view for explaining a skin material (during light emission) of Example 2. FIG. 6 is a schematic external view for explaining a skin material of Example 3. FIG.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
The items shown here are for illustrative purposes and exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and are the most effective and easy-to-understand explanations of the principles and conceptual features of the present invention. It is stated for the purpose of providing what seems to be. In this respect, it is not intended to illustrate the structural details of the present invention beyond what is necessary for a fundamental understanding of the present invention. It will be clear to those skilled in the art how it is actually implemented.

  The skin material (1) of the present invention includes a single-tissue part (2) and a fabric (4) having a double-tissue part (3) of a bag weave and a lead housed in a bag part in the double-tissue part (3). And an optical member (5) (see FIGS. 1 and 2).

The woven fabric (4) is a fabric woven with constituent yarns (warp yarn and weft yarn), and has a single tissue portion (2) and a double tissue portion (3). In addition, this textile fabric (4) may have a multilayer structure part more than triple.
The woven structure in the single-tissue part (2) is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include plain weaves, twill weaves, satin weaves, and combinations of these.

  The double tissue part (3) is formed into a bag shape by two layers [first layer (31) and second layer (32)] woven in a separable manner. Each woven structure of the first layer (31) and the second layer (32) is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include a plain weave, a twill weave, a satin weave, and a combination of these. In addition, the 1st layer (31) and the 2nd layer (32) may have the same woven structure, and may differ.

The shape of the double tissue part (3) is not particularly limited as long as the light guide member (5) is accommodated therein, but is linear (for example, a straight line, a curved line, a wavy line, a dotted line, or a combination of these, etc.) ) Is preferable. When the double structure part (3) is formed in a linear shape, the light guide member (5) can be easily attached and detached, and various designs can be expressed.
Moreover, the number of formation of the double structure part (3) is not particularly limited, and can be appropriately adjusted according to the area of the skin material, the target design, and the like.

The kind of the above-mentioned constituent yarns constituting the woven fabric (4) is not particularly limited, but plant and animal natural fibers, regenerated fibers such as rayon, semi-synthetic fibers such as acetate, synthetic fibers made of synthetic resin, and the like are used as materials. You can adopt what you want.
Examples of the resin constituting the synthetic fiber include polyamide resins such as nylon 6 and nylon 66, polyester resins such as polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate and polytrimethylene terephthalate, polyolefin resins such as high density polyethylene and polypropylene, Examples include polyacrylic resins.
In the constituent yarns, the same yarn may be used as the warp yarn and the weft yarn, or different yarns may be used. Moreover, only 1 type may be sufficient as the component yarn used for a warp yarn, and 2 or more types may be used together. Similarly, only one type of component yarn may be used for the weft yarn, or two or more types may be used in combination.

  The fineness of the constituent yarn is not particularly limited, but is preferably 100 dtex or more and 1000 dtex or less, more preferably 200 dtex or more and 700 dtex or less, and further preferably 300 dtex or more and 500 dtex or less.

  The weaving method of the fabric (4) is not particularly limited. For example, the fabric (4) having a target woven pattern can be woven by using a loom such as a dobby loom or a jacquard loom. In particular, when the woven pattern is complicated, it is preferable to use a jacquard loom.

  The said light guide member (5) is accommodated in the bag part of the double structure | tissue part (3) in a textile fabric (4). In addition, this light guide member (5) does not need to be accommodated in all when the double structure part (3) is formed in multiple places, and according to the target design, it is double structure. What is necessary is just to be accommodated in all or a part of part (3).

Examples of the light guide member (5) include light guides such as light guide rods and light guide plates, and optical fibers. Among these, an optical fiber is preferable, and a side-emitting optical fiber in which light incident from one end side is emitted from part or all of the end surface and the peripheral surface is more preferable. In this case, handling is easy and a sufficient amount of light emission can be obtained.
As the optical fiber, various optical fibers having a core-sheath structure (multilayer structure) of a core (core layer) and a sheath (cladding layer) and having different refractive indexes between the core layer and the cladding layer may be adopted. it can. In addition, a resin-made optical fiber is preferable from the viewpoint that it is flexible and excellent in bending impact and can be easily arranged in the bag portion of the double-tissue portion (3) in the fabric (4).

  When the optical fiber is made of resin, the core layer is made of, for example, an acrylic resin such as polymethyl methacrylate, polyethyl methacrylate, or polyethyl acrylate, a resin having excellent transparency such as a polycarbonate resin, a polystyrene resin, or a polyolefin resin. Can be adopted. Further, for the cladding layer, for example, a resin having excellent transparency such as vinylidene fluoride resin, vinylidene fluoride tetrafluoroethylene copolymer resin, polychlorotrifluoroethylene resin, and trifluoroisopropyl methacrylate resin should be adopted. Can do.

  Although the diameter of an optical fiber is not specifically limited, From a viewpoint of operativity, it is preferable that it is 0.25-3 mm, More preferably, it is 0.1-1 mm.

  The light source of the light guide member (5) is not particularly limited, and a known light source can be used. Specifically, for example, an LED or the like can be employed.

  The skin material (1) of the present invention can be suitably used, for example, in fields related to fabrics such as skin materials in various industries such as vehicles (automobiles and railway vehicles, etc.), aircraft, ships, architecture, furniture and the like. In particular, it can be suitably used in the field of vehicle interior materials. Specifically, it is useful as a skin material for interior parts such as door trims, ceiling materials, floor trims, luggage trims, trunk trims and the like of automobiles.

  In addition, the code | symbol in the parenthesis of each structure described in the said embodiment shows the correspondence with the specific structure as described in the Example mentioned later.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, as the “skin material” according to the present invention, a skin material of a vehicle interior material (ceiling material) is exemplified.

[1] Structure of skin material in each example <Example 1>
As shown in FIG. 3, the skin material 1 in Example 1 includes a single-tissue part 2 and a fabric 4 having a double-tissue part 3 of a bag weave, and a light guide member housed in a bag part in the double-tissue part 3. 5 (see the light guide member 5 in FIG. 2).
The woven fabric 4 is woven by a dobby loom, is based on the single tissue portion 2, and has a line pattern design formed by a plurality of double texture portions 3 formed in a curved shape.
The single tissue part 2 is composed of a vertical (10 sheets) woven structure of FIG. 4, and the double structure part 3 has two layers [first layer 31 and second layer 32] woven in a separable manner. Is formed into a bag shape, and is composed of the bag weave structure of FIG.
The light guide member 5 is a side-emitting optical fiber, and is housed in a part of the plurality of curved double tissue portions 3.
One end side of the light guide member 5 is connected to an LED power source (not shown), and when the light guide member 5 emits light in a dark place such as at night, a design (line pattern) as shown in FIG. Comes up.

<Example 2>
As shown in FIG. 7, the skin material 1 in Example 2 includes a single-tissue part 2 and a fabric 4 having a double-tissue part 3 of a bag weave, and a light guide member housed in a bag part in the double-tissue part 3. 5 (see the light guide member 5 in FIG. 2).
In Example 2, the design of the line pattern is given by the double textured portion 3 formed in a plurality of straight lines, except that the light guide member 5 is housed in a part thereof. The same as in the first embodiment. When the light guide member 5 emits light in a dark place such as at night, a design (line pattern) as shown in FIG. 8 is raised.

<Example 3>
As shown in FIG. 9, the skin material 1 in Example 3 includes a single-tissue part 2 and a fabric 4 having a double-tissue part 3 of a bag weave, and a light guide member housed in a bag part in the double-tissue part 3. 5 (see the light guide member 5 in FIG. 2).
In Example 3, the woven fabric 4 was woven by a Jacquard loom, based on a single tissue portion 2 (woven fabric; satin weave) having a complicated woven pattern, and a plurality of linear fabrics were formed. Example 2 is the same as Example 1 except that the design of the line pattern is given by the double structure part 3.

[2] Effect of each embodiment According to the skin material 1 of the present embodiment, the light guide member 5 emits light in a dark place such as at night so that the design pattern can be seen in a bright place such as during the daytime. Can be changed [see FIGS. 3 and 6 in the first embodiment and FIGS. 7 and 8 in the second embodiment], so that it is possible to enhance the effect in the use space and to give the occupant a surprise. In particular, at the time of light emission at night, the vehicle space can be gorgeously produced as illumination.
Moreover, since the arrangement | positioning of the light guide member 5 and the pattern expression of the textile fabric 4 can be combined freely like the skin material of each Example, especially Example 3 (refer FIG. 9), only an expression pattern is limited. Various productions and design expressions are possible.
Furthermore, when the skin material 1 is disposed, the light guide member 5 can be disposed in the bag portion of the fabric 4 after the fabric 4 without the light guide member 5 being disposed at a predetermined portion. The flexible property of the fabric 4 can be fully utilized, and the handleability is excellent.

  The foregoing description is for illustrative purposes only and is not to be construed as limiting the invention. Although the invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the language used in the description and illustration of the invention is illustrative and exemplary rather than restrictive. As detailed herein, changes may be made in its form within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. Although specific structures, materials and embodiments have been referred to in the detailed description of the invention herein, it is not intended that the invention be limited to the disclosure herein, but rather the invention will be claimed. It covers all functionally equivalent structures, methods and uses within the scope.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described in detail above, and various modifications or changes can be made within the scope of the claims of the present invention.

  The skin material of the present invention can be used in various technical fields. In particular, it can be suitably used in fields related to fabrics such as skin materials in various industries such as vehicles (automobiles, railway vehicles, etc.), aircraft, ships, and construction.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1; Skin material, 2; Single structure part, 3; Double structure part, 4; Textile, 5; Light guide member, 21; 1st layer, 22;

Claims (5)

A woven fabric having a single tissue portion and a double-woven portion of bag weave;
A skin material, comprising: a light guide member housed in a bag part in the double tissue part.   The skin material according to claim 1, wherein the double tissue portion is formed in a linear shape.   The skin material according to claim 1, wherein the light guide member is a side-emitting optical fiber.   The skin material as described in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 3 used as a skin material of the interior material for vehicles.   The skin material according to claim 4, wherein the vehicle interior material is a ceiling material.