Patents by Inventor Virgil H. Rhodes, Jr.

Virgil H. Rhodes, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Pultrusion process and apparatus
    Patent number: 4883552
    Abstract: An apparatus and process are provided for continuously consolidating and shaping a plurality of continuous prepreg structures into a unitary formed product structure. Each prepreg structure comprises a solidified thermoplastic resin matrix containing long reinforcing fibers. In operation, the respective prepregs of the plurality are continuously placed into interfacial contact with one another along their lengths, and passed through a heated die zone wherein consolidation and shaping are achieved to produce a desired unitary formed structure. The unitary formed product is then cooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1989
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventors: James E. O'Connor, William H. Beever, Jeffrey W. Dancer, William B. Beaulieu, Larry M. Selby, Virgil H. Rhodes, Jr.