Patents Assigned to ThermoComp Corporation
  • Thermoplastic thermoformable composite material and method of forming such material
    Patent number: 5741744
    Abstract: A thermoplastic thermoformable composite material for shaping and stretching into a desired form without voids and holes, including a core formed by at least one layer of chopped fibers enveloped and impregnated by thermoplastic material to form a fabric layer. Layers of thermoplastic material respectively positioned on opposite sides of the fabric layer core, and the layers of thermoplastic material provided with a sufficient thickness to flow into and heal any voids or holes formed in the core as the composite material is shaped and stretched into a desired form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: Thermocomp Corporation
    Inventor: Douglas R. Fitchmun
  • Thermoplastic thermoformable composite material and method of forming such material
    Patent number: 5604020
    Abstract: A thermoplastic thermoformable composite material for shaping and stretching into a desired form without voids and holes, including a core formed by at least one layer of chopped fibers enveloped and impregnated by thermoplastic material to form a fabric layer. Layers of thermoplastic material respectively positioned on opposite sides of the fabric layer core, and the layers of thermoplastic material provided with a sufficient thickness to flow into and heal any voids or holes formed in the core as the composite material is shaped and stretched into a desired form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Assignee: ThermoComp Corporation
    Inventor: Douglas R. Fitchmun