Heat Settable Impregnant Patents (Class 264/137)
  • Patent number: 11945979
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite product, comprising: —applying a binder composition, notably in the form of an aqueous solution, to non or loosely assembled matter to provide resinated matter, wherein the binder composition consists of a binder composition prepared by combining reactants comprising at least 50% by dry weight reducing sugar reactant(s) and at least 5% by dry weight nitrogen-containing reactant(s); and—arranging the resinated matter to provide loosely arranged resinated matter; and—subjecting the loosely arranged resinated matter to heat and/or pressure to cure the binder composition and to form the composite product; —wherein the nitrogen-containing reactant(s) comprise TPTA triprimary triamine(s), notably wherein the nitrogen-containing reactant(s) comprise at least 5% by dry weight of TPTA triprimary triamine(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: Knauf Insulation, Inc., Knauf Insulation SPRL
    Inventors: Carl Hampson, Oliver Callaghan
  • Patent number: 11878445
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a boat hull comprising: forming a foam mold of a predetermined shape and size from one or more pieces of foam; cutting, into said foam, at least one-channel running in a longitudinal or a lateral direction within the foam; and coating said foam with at least one layer of reinforcing fiber and resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventor: Robert Allen Cocanougher, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11426753
    Abstract: Subject matter of the present invention is a method of applying coating layers (9) to a substrate (1, 11, 21, 31), wherein the substrate (1, 11, 21, 31) is drawn through a coating chamber (2) containing a pressurized coating agent (3) being liquefied or softened by means of a thermal exposure, wherein the substrate (1, 11, 21, 31) is drawn through a drawing tool (8), wherein the coating agent (3) serves as a lubricant between the drawing tool (8) and a surface of the substrate (8) and wherein at the same time the coating layer (9) is applied to the surface of the substrate (8). Subject matter of the invention is also a corresponding apparatus for applying a coating layer (9) to a substrate (1, 11, 21, 31). By means of the invention coating layers can be applied to a substrate in an efficient and economical way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventor: Thomas Bogun
  • Patent number: 11358346
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a golf club head part includes the steps of: sewing at least one roving material onto a base material, so as to form a laminate blank; placing the laminate blank into a cavity of a mold assembly; vacuuming the cavity, and then impregnating a resin material into the laminate blank that is placed in the cavity under vacuum; and thermoforming the laminate blank and the resin material in the cavity into the golf club head part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL MULTITECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Te-Fu Hsiao, Che-Hao Kuo, Chung-Hsin Chang
  • Patent number: 11267416
    Abstract: A crossmember for a bumper includes an extruded profile base frame with at least two connecting areas, for attaching the crossmember to a vehicle structure, and which are set at a distance from each other along a longitudinal direction. An extruded reinforcing element is fixedly secured to a rear side of the extruded profile base frame between the at least two connecting areas. The crossmember is weight-optimized and which can be produced in a cost-effective manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Peter Garnweidner, Michael Blümel, Gergely Povolnik
  • Patent number: 11260608
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for constructing a tubular assembly 40 comprising an inner portion (24) and a further portion (23) surrounding the inner portion. The inner portion (24) comprises reinforcement (37) and the further portion (23) being formed from a strip (50) of material comprising two opposed longitudinal marginal side portions (53). The apparatus comprises an assembly station (220) comprising a wall (253). The apparatus comprises means for advancing the inner portion (21) along a first path (231) extending passed the wall (253), and means for advancing the strip (50) along a second path (232) and causing the strip to encircle the wall (253) and thereby wrap about and surround the inner portion (21). The apparatus further comprises means (321) for introducing resinous binder into the reinforcement (37) as the strip (50) is being wrapped about the inner portion (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Long Pipes Limited
    Inventors: Neil Deryck Bray Graham, Arthur Derrick Bray Graham
  • Patent number: 11250729
    Abstract: Simulated tissue structures and methods of making them are disclosed. An elastic first material is placed in tension. An elastic second material is adhered to the first material while the first material is in tension. The adhered second material and the first material in tension forms a first shape of the simulated tissue structure. Tension on the first material is released. In releasing the tension of the first material, a force is exerted on the adhered second material bring the combination of the first material and the second material into a second shape. The first shape is maintained by a mold or mandrel and the second shape is the desired shape of the simulated tissue structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Medical Resources Corporation
    Inventor: Gregory K. Hofstetter
  • Patent number: 11186131
    Abstract: A suspension upright assembly for a vehicle provides a wheel hub bearing and a suspension upright including a fiber-reinforced composite bushing arranged around the wheel hub bearing, attachment members for attaching the suspension upright to a suspension assembly and to a brake caliper of the vehicle, and a fiber-reinforced composite truss-structure that connects at least one of the attachment members to the bushing and/or to a further one of the attachment members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventors: Michiel Warmerdam, Marco Falossi, Remi Sarlin
  • Patent number: 11097584
    Abstract: A four-point link for a vehicle includes a core element and a main laminate comprising a fiber reinforced plastics composite material, which wraps around the core element. The core element comprises four load-introducing elements and a foam core, and the four load-introducing elements (4) are connected by positive engagement to the foam core (5). The four-point link has four additional windings, wherein a respective additional winding wraps around a first, second, third and fourth load-introducing element and operatively connects a respective one of the latter to the main laminate. Compressive forces can be introduced into the main laminate (3) by means of every additional winding (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Ingolf Müller, Manfred Bürgmann, Andre Stieglitz, Philipp Bauer
  • Patent number: 11041552
    Abstract: A threaded shaft for a ball screw comprising: a shaft of fibre-reinforced polymer material; and a helical ridge formed on an outer surface of said shaft, said helical ridge being formed from a fibre-reinforced polymer material comprising a plurality of helical fibres wound around the shaft in the same sense and grouped together to form the ridge. The helical ridge formed from grouped helical fibres all wound with the same sense provides excellent axial load carrying capability as the fibres run continuously from end to end of the shaft and can thus transmit load from end to end. This adds much greater strength than a shaft formed from plastics only. The load carrying capability of the fibre wound helical ridge can indeed approach that of existing metal threads while still being much lighter in weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: CROMPTON TECHNOLOGY GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: William Pollitt, Konrad Wilder
  • Patent number: 10951085
    Abstract: A recording apparatus including a motor mounting frame in which, in an attached state, a drive shaft of a motor is projected to a front side with respect to a frame surface on the front side, and in the attached state, while a frame surface on a rear side and the motor oppose each other, the motor is attached to the motor mounting frame. The recording apparatus includes a frame attaching portion to which the motor mounting frame is attached. In the attached state, at least a portion of a fastening member that fixes the frame attaching portion is exposed when viewing the frame surface on the front side from the front, and the fastening member is at an attachable/detachable position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Furuya, Sho Aruga, Kazuhisa Takeda, Kazuo Saito
  • Patent number: 10717334
    Abstract: A wheel carrier for a vehicle suspension, intended for the rotatable mounting of a wheel, having a wheel carrier body made of metal is adapted to provide a stable, weight-optimized wheel suspension. The wheel carrier includes a wheel-attachment section and an extension projecting upwardly therefrom with means at its upper end for attaching an inboard-projecting control arm. A portion of the extension is offset inboard relative to the upper end and includes a hybrid section in which the wheel carrier body is reinforced in sections by a reinforcing element made of a fiber composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Friedrich Wolf-Monheim
  • Patent number: 10685586
    Abstract: Simulated tissue structures and methods of making them are disclosed. An elastic first material is placed in tension. An elastic second material is adhered to the first material while the first material is in tension. The adhered second material and the first material in tension forms a first shape of the simulated tissue structure. Tension on the first material is released. In releasing the tension of the first material, a force is exerted on the adhered second material bring the combination of the first material and the second material into a second shape. The first shape is maintained by a mold or mandrel and the second shape is the desired shape of the simulated tissue structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Applied Medical Resources Corporation
    Inventor: Gregory K. Hofstetter
  • Patent number: 10673099
    Abstract: In at least select embodiments, the instant disclosure is directed to new or improved battery separators, components, materials, additives, surfactants, lead acid batteries, systems, vehicles, and/or related methods of production and/or use. In at least certain embodiments, the instant disclosure is directed to surfactants or other additives for use with a battery separator for use in a lead acid battery, to battery separators with a surfactant or other additive, and/or to batteries including such separators. In at least certain select embodiments, the instant disclosure relates to new or improved lead acid battery separators and/or systems including improved water loss technology and/or methods of manufacture and/or use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Daramic, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey K. Chambers
  • Patent number: 10654229
    Abstract: A composite part, such as a stiffener is formed in place. A composite charge is placed on a tool spanning a mold cavity, with the centerline of the charge offset from the centerline of the mold cavity. Opposite sides of the charge are held against the tool as the charge is formed into the mold cavity. One side of the charge is held against movement on the tool while the other side of the charge is allowed to slip over the tool toward the mold cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Brad Andrew Coxon, Mark Klewiada, Donald Edward Wright, Andrew E. Modin
  • Patent number: 10520281
    Abstract: A ballistic resistant panel can be configured to be quickly and easily installed in a vehicle door. The ballistic resistant panel can include a plurality of ballistic sheets arranged in a stack. The stack can have an outer perimeter sized to fit within a cavity of the vehicle door. The panel can include a cover disposed over the stack, and the cover can be sealed around a perimeter of the stack to form a waterproof barrier that prevents moisture from reaching and altering the performance of the ballistic sheets. At least one anti-wear strip can be adhered to an outer surface of the cover. The anti-wear strip can provide a low friction surface that protects the panel from damage caused by moving internal door components, such as moving window components that repeatedly rub against the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Angel Armor, LLC
    Inventors: Adam L. Wibby, Alan V. Morine, Eric B. Strauss
  • Patent number: 10427318
    Abstract: A method of creating a wood-based false stone for producing unique decorative cutouts and jewelry includes collecting a plurality of stems from a plant, cutting each of the plurality of stems to a uniform length, and debarking each of the plurality of stems. The debarked plurality of stems is then dyed, dried completely, and saturated with a resin. The saturated plurality of stems is placed in a mold and compressed. The compressed plurality of stems is removed from the mold and cut into a plurality of slices, each of which is in turn shaped into a plurality of cutouts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Inventors: Roxann Groff, Rolf Groff
  • Patent number: 10131097
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for the production of novel fiber-reinforced profile materials comprising a rigid foam core, in particular a PMI foam core. In particular, the present invention relates to a novel process which can be carried out in two variants, a short Pul-press process and a Pul-shape process. One step here produces a fiber-reinforced profile material and simultaneously inserts the rigid foam core into same. The same step moreover ensures very good binding of the rigid foam core to the fiber-reinforced profile material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Evonik Röhm GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Buehler, Karl-Heinz Semlitsch, Sivakumara K. Krishnamoorthy
  • Patent number: 10124545
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for manufacturing a composite product from plural components are disclosed. The apparatus (10) comprises a conveyor assembly comprising back-to-back conveyor belts (16,18) which are drivable such that components can be received between the conveyor belts at an input end of the conveyor assembly and can be moved through the apparatus between the conveyor belts. A press (30) is arranged to consolidate the components into a flat form by the application of pressure to the components between the conveyor belts. The conveyor belts pass through a die (71) which is arranged such that consolidated components between the conveyor belts are shaped into a non-flat profile as they move through the die. A heater (38) is arranged to apply heat to set the components into the non-flat profile to form the composite product (57).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: RTL Materials Ltd.
    Inventor: Andrew James Daton-Lovett
  • Patent number: 9926411
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of forming solid-state ionically conductive composite materials that include particles of an inorganic phase in a matrix of an organic phase. The methods involve forming the composite materials from a precursor that is polymerized in-situ after being mixed with the particles. The polymerization occurs under applied pressure that causes particle-to-particle contact. In some embodiments, once polymerized, the applied pressure may be removed with the particles immobilized by the polymer matrix. In some implementations, the organic phase includes a cross-linked polymer network. Also provided are solid-state ionically conductive composite materials and batteries and other devices that incorporate them. In some embodiments, solid-state electrolytes including the ionically conductive solid-state composites are provided. In some embodiments, electrodes including the ionically conductive solid-state composites are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Blue Current, Inc.
    Inventors: Joanna Burdynska, Alexander Teran, Benjamin Rupert, Eduard Nasybulin
  • Patent number: 9803054
    Abstract: Provided are a novel polyamide polymer obtained by polymerizing monomers including aromatic diamine substituted with a nitrile group and an amide group and an aromatic dibasic acid compound, a spinning dope comprising the same, and a polyamide molded article. A fiber obtained using the novel polyamide polymer according to the present invention, particularly, a fiber obtained by spinning the polymer according to the present invention may have high strength and high elasticity, such that the fiber may be applied to various industrial fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: WOOJUNG CHEM. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jee Won Jung, Yong Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 9643347
    Abstract: A heat-resistant laminated conveyer belt includes a fluororesin-coated core and a reinforcement layer which is formed on the core through an adhesive layer. The core is obtained by impregnating an aramid fiber woven fabric in a fluororesin dispersion and drying and sintering the fabric. The reinforcement layer is obtained by impregnating an aramid fiber woven fabric to which stretch properties are applied in a fluororesin dispersion and drying and sintering the fabric. The aramid fiber woven fabric of the core is a woven fabric by a plain-weave seamless loom or a circular loom. The aramid fiber woven fabric of the core includes an S-twist weft yarn and a Z-twist weft yarn which are alternatively arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery, Ltd., Chukoh Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Nitta, Kazuki Mizushima, Hideo Imazato, Tomomi Haraguchi, Keigo Futatsuki, Kimihiro Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 9573298
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite element. A stack of plies is assembled on a lay-up table, each ply comprising a plurality of reinforcement elements such as dry-fibers. A first part of the stack of plies is bound to form a partially bound stack of plies, a second part of the stack of plies remaining unbound. The partially bound stack of plies is press-formed in a mold cavity between a pair of mold tools to form a shaped pre-form, plies in the second part of the stack sliding against each other during the press-forming. A liquid matrix material is injected into the shaped pre-form in the mold cavity and subsequently cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Simon W Topping, Martin Edwards, Risto Kallinen, Nils Haack
  • Patent number: 9533462
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first tube, a motor, a support, and a tubular mold having an inside surface. The motor rotates the first tube and the tubular mold. A vacuum bag is disposed over the inside surface of the tubular mold. A plurality of second tubes and a plurality of third tubes extend radially from the first tube. The second and third tubes establish fluid communication between the first tube and a tubular space defined between the bag and the inside surface. A resin injection system is configured to inject a resin into the tubular space by conveying the resin first through the first tube, then injecting the resin through the plurality of second tubes into the bag such that the resin flows over a surface of a layer disposed inside the tubular space. A vacuum system is configured to produce a vacuum through the plurality of third tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Richard L. Kulesha
  • Patent number: 9162396
    Abstract: A composite part, such as a stiffener is formed in place. A composite charge is placed on a tool spanning a mold cavity, with the centerline of the charge offset from the centerline of the mold cavity. Opposite sides of the charge are held against the tool as the charge is formed into the mold cavity. One side of the charge is held against movement on the tool while the other side of the charge is allowed to slip over the tool toward the mold cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Brad Andrew Coxon, Mark Klewiada, Donald Edward Wright, Andrew E. Modin
  • Patent number: 9085100
    Abstract: A method for producing multi-layered elastomeric film or article, the method comprising: (i) dipping a mould into a composition for producing an elastomeric film having a total solids content of between 5%-40% to produce a layer of elastomeric film composition on the mould, (ii) partially drying the layer of elastomeric film composition on the mould to reduce the total water content of the elastomeric film composition to a level of not less than 22%, (iii) dipping the mould coated with the partially dried layer of elastomeric film composition into a composition for producing an elastomeric film having a total solids content of between 5%-40% to produce a further layer of elastomeric film composition on the mould, (iv) optionally repeating the partial drying step (ii) and the further dipping step (iii), and (v) drying and curing the layers of elastomeric film composition on the mould.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: DIPTECH PTE LIMITED
    Inventor: Khon Pu Foo
  • Patent number: 8968617
    Abstract: A resin flow-controlling apparatus for infusing composite reinforcement material with resin. The resin flow-controlling apparatus may have at least one viscosity valve to speed, slow, allow, or deny resin flow through the viscosity valve to the composite reinforcement material depending on the temperature of the viscosity valve. The viscosity valve may fluidly couple a resin reservoir with an enclosed chamber in which the composite reinforcement material resides. The viscosity valve may be thermally coupled with heating and/or cooling elements selectively variable between at least two different temperatures to affect viscosity of the resin and control resin flow from the resin reservoir into the composite reinforcement material. A vacuum port at an opposite end of the composite reinforcement material from the viscosity valve may fluidly couple with the enclosed chamber and a vacuum source may pull atmosphere and/or resin from the enclosed chamber and/or the resin reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Wadsworth, Adrienne M. Strohmeyer, Khai Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20150044924
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a plant fiber textile, a laminate with the plant fiber textile and a fabricating method of the laminate. The plant fiber textile has a matrix resin and continuous plant fibers distributed within the matrix resin. The plant fibers are subjected to a surface modification pretreatment including a coupling treatment with a coupling agent and/or a fire retardation treatment with a fire retardant. The laminate has a stack structure including a layer of the plant fiber textile and at least one layer selected from a group consisting of following layers: glass fiber, aramid fiber or carbon fiber non-woven cloth or textile, preferably distributed within the matrix resin; polymer fiber non-woven cloth or textile, preferably distributed within the matrix resin; or polymer foam or rubber material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Xiaosu Yi, Yanfeng Liu, Shuangying Ji, Jianfeng Tong, Hongyi Ma, Chunrong Jiao, Jianwen Bao, Qingman Liu, Xiancheng He, Xu Chen, Haichao Cui
  • Publication number: 20140332996
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a structural member includes preheating a plurality of fibers to a first temperature, moving the preheated fibers along an assembly line, applying a binder to at least one of the preheated fibers, providing a die shaped to receive the preheated fibers, wherein the die moves together with the preheated fibers along at least a portion of the assembly line, maintaining a temperature of the plurality of fibers at a temperature substantially similar to the first temperature, and compressing the plurality of fibers within the die while maintaining a temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Neuvokas Corporation
    Inventors: Erik John Kiilunen, Kenneth Brian Keranen, Matthew Paul Kero
  • Publication number: 20140265000
    Abstract: Clear polyurethane fiber reinforced composites are produced by a pultrusion process with a polyurethane-forming system that includes: (a) a clear, aliphatic polyisocyanate having a viscosity at 25° C. of no more than 1000 centipoise, (b) a colorless polyol component comprising an amine-initiated polyol having a molecular weight of from about 150 to about 400 and an OH functionality greater than or equal to 3, and (c) a catalyst. These fiber-reinforced composites are characterized by both excellent weathering characteristics and excellent physical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Albert Magnotta, Stephen J. Harasin
  • Publication number: 20140262212
    Abstract: A new resin blend is disclosed, which may be referred to as a hybrid resin. The resin blend includes an effective amount of benzoxazine resin or benzoxazine derivative mixed with at least one of epoxy resin, phenolic resins and other thermosetting polymers at varying ratios. The new resin blend has enhanced hot/wet performance in down hole frac and bridge plug applications in a cost effective manner with ease of processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: CCDI COMPOSITES, INC.
    Inventor: Dennis Sherlin
  • Publication number: 20140220841
    Abstract: Novel composite materials are provided consisting of a substrate based on fibers of natural, mineral or vegetable origin, and of a mixture formed from a matrix of water-based resin and an expanding agent. The nature and the proportions of the various elements constituting these novel composite materials is also provided. A method of manufacture for making these novel composite materials starting from the constituent elements and the characteristics of the different steps of said method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: ROXEL FRANCE
    Inventors: Nicolas Rumeau, Aurélie Buisson, Pascal Trouillot
  • Publication number: 20140200130
    Abstract: A method of forming a ceramic matrix composite structure. The method comprises forming at least one prepregged composite material comprising a ceramic fiber preform and a pre-ceramic matrix slurry. The at least one prepregged composite material is placed over at least one surface of a tool using an advanced fiber placement apparatus to form an at least partially uncured composite material structure. The at least partially uncured composite material structure is exposed at least to elevated temperatures to convert the at least partially uncured composite material structure into a ceramic matrix composite structure. A system for forming a ceramic matrix composite structure, an advanced fiber placement apparatus, and a ceramic matrix composite structure are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: COI Ceramics, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Szweda, Thomas Barrett Jackson
  • Publication number: 20140186635
    Abstract: The invention described herein pertains to formaldehyde free, thermosetting liquid high solids binder compositions having rapid cure times on thermal curing and slow cure times at ambient temperatures so that the uncured binder compositions and products which comprise the uncured binder compositions have improved shelf lives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Knauf Insulation
    Inventor: Gert Mueller
  • Publication number: 20140178631
    Abstract: There is provided a shaped product made of a fiber-reinforced composite material including reinforcing fibers having an average fiber length of 5 to 100 mm and a thermoplastic resin. In the shaped product, a volume fraction of reinforcing fibers is 5 to 80%, a reference plane (S) and a standing plane (B) inclined at an angle of 45 to 90 degrees with respect to the reference plane are included, a ratio of an area of the standing plane (B) to an area of the reference plane (S) is 0.5 to 100, and in the fiber-reinforced composite material constituting the shaped product, a ratio of a reinforcing fiber bundle (A) including the reinforcing fibers of a critical number of single fiber or more to the total amount of the reinforcing fibers is 20 Vol % or more and 99 Vol % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Michiharu Taniguchi, Motoomi Arakawa, Toru Sugiyama, Yasunori Nagakura
  • Publication number: 20140179186
    Abstract: An amino resin film, obtained by at least partial curing of an aminoplastic-nonwoven impregnate having a residual moisture of at least 4.0% by weight, comprising, in each case in relation to the total weight of the aminoplastic-nonwoven impregnate, (a) 5.0% by weight to 95.0% by weight of a partially cured aminoplastic resin and (b) 5.0% by weight to 95.0% by weight of a nonwoven, wherein the nonwoven comprises polyester fibers and polyamide fibers, and wherein the amino resin film has a residual moisture of less than 4.0% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Resopal GmbH
    Inventor: Hans Ludwig Hahn
  • Publication number: 20140167333
    Abstract: Methods of forming a curable pre-impregnated composite precursor material with radiation (e.g., actinic or electron-beam) curable resin composition systems are provided, as are the curable pre-impregnated composite precursor materials themselves. The resin systems have reversible temperature-viscosity control, which are advantageously used to form curable pre-impregnated composite precursor materials (pre-preg) that can be cured to form a composite article. The uncured resin composition comprises: (a) an acrylate or a methacrylate monomer; (b) an oligomer species selected from the group consisting of: polyethers, polyesters, epoxies, and combinations thereof; and (c) a photoinitiator. The uncured resin has a first viscosity at 21° C. (70° F.) of ?about 200,000 centipoise (cP) and a second viscosity of ?about 5,000 cP at 65° C. (149° F.) or above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Autoliv ASP, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael P. Jordan, Bradley W. Smith, Geoffrey A. Russell
  • Patent number: 8753469
    Abstract: A method of vacuum-assisted RTM includes disposing a resin distribution medium on one surface of a reinforcing-fiber substrate, covering the whole with a bag material, reducing the pressure inside the bag material, and injecting a resin into the resin distribution medium to distribute the resin substantially in in-plane directions and then impregnate the resin into the reinforcing-fiber substrate in the thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignees: Toray Industries, Inc., Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Nishiyama, Fumihito Takeda, Hiroshi Odani, Masumi Mizobata
  • Publication number: 20140131913
    Abstract: Binder for granular and/or fibrous substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christian Krueger, Alexander Centner, Oliver Labisch
  • Patent number: 8721945
    Abstract: The present invention provides inks and methods for making colored silicone hydrogel contact lenses. The ink of the invention comprises an actinically-curable binder copolymer comprising fluorine-containing segments and is characterized by having capability to be cured actinically or thermally to form a colored film on a molding surface of a mold or a silicone hydrogel contact lens and by having an increased durability in a solvated state in a silicone-hydrogel lens formulation in relation to a control colored film obtained from a control ink including an actinically-curable fluorine-free binder copolymer. The invention also provides methods for making colored silicone hydrogel contact lenses based on print-on-mold processes for producing colored contact lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventor: John Christopher Phelan
  • Publication number: 20140120793
    Abstract: The invention provides a silicone resin composition for producing a silicone laminated substrate by being impregnated in a glass cloth and cured therein, comprising: (A) an organopolysiloxane with a 3-dimensional network structure composed of an R1SiO1.5 unit and an R2SiO1.5 unit and a T unit represented by an RSiO1.5 unit; (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane composed of an R1SiO1.5 unit, an R12SiO unit and an R1aHbSiO(4-a-b)/2 unit; (C) a platinum group metal catalyst; and (D) a filler. There can be a silicone resin composition having a high glass transition temperature, a silicone laminated substrate excellent in properties such as heat resistance and weatherability having low thermal expansion coefficient and suppressed warp and deformation, a method for producing the same and an LED device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Saiko AKAHANE, Shigeo YAMAGUCHI, Tsutomu KASHIWAGI
  • Patent number: 8663414
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pultrusion resin system, comprising (a) di- or polyisocyanates, (b) compounds having at least two groups reactive toward isocyanates, (c) catalyst, (d) polybasic acid with functionality greater than or equal to 2 and, optionally, (e) further auxiliaries and additives, where the boiling point of the polybasic acid is at least 200° C. at standard pressure and it is soluble in the compound having at least two groups reactive toward isocyanates. The invention further relates to a process for producing a pultrudate, and also to this pultrudate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Katrin Nienkemper, Bert Neuhaus, Daniela Fisser-Schmalkuche
  • Patent number: 8647548
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the disclosure, there is provided a method to reduce porosity in a composite structure. The method adds an additive to a resin material to form an additive-resin mixture. The method combines the additive-resin mixture with reinforcement fibers to form a composite prepreg material, and in turn, a composite structure. The method heat cures the composite structure in a heating apparatus under a vacuum device at the resin cure temperature, heats the composite structure to an increased temperature above the additive phase transition temperature, and maintains the increased temperature for a time period sufficient. The method reduces the increased temperature back down to the resin cure temperature to allow the additive gas to undergo a phase transition to a condense phase, resulting in a substantially reduced vacuum pressure, resulting in a reduction in a porosity of the composite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Keith Daniel Humfeld
  • Patent number: 8632708
    Abstract: A method for making a ladder rail includes the steps of using a central reinforcement to carry structural resin and maintain distribution of structural resin through an impregnation process, wherein the central reinforcement is fed to a curing die at a rate of greater than 5 ft/min. There is the step of forming the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Werner Co.
    Inventors: Richard M. Kelly, James Vincent Gauchel, Allison Stright Clapper
  • Patent number: 8585947
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a composite block of closed geometry, in the form of a continuous ring, based on fibers and on a crosslinkable resin, by continuous winding and superposition of several layers of a tape of reinforcement fibers embedded in a matrix based on a composition comprising a crosslinkable resin. The process comprises from upstream to downstream, the following steps: producing a rectilinear arrangement (12) of reinforcement fibers (11) and conveying this arrangement in a feed direction (F); degassing the arrangement (12) of fibers by the action of a vacuum (13); after degassing, impregnating said arrangement (12) of fibers under vacuum with said resin composition in the liquid state (17); passing the pre-preg thus obtained through a die (20) to make said pre-preg into the form of a tape (21) composed of reinforcement fibers (11) in their liquid resin (17) matrix, the thickness of said tape being less than 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Meraldi, Antonio Delfino
  • Patent number: 8480935
    Abstract: Prepreg for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced composite material, the prepreg comprising a layer of dry fibers and a layer of resin material adhered to a surface of the layer of dry fibers, the resin material having a plurality of particles dispersed therein, the particles have an average particle size that is larger than the average fiber separation of the layer of dry fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Gurit (UK) Ltd.
    Inventors: Nicholas Duncan Partington, Yves Jean Francois Didier
  • Patent number: 8468678
    Abstract: A device for retrieving an intravascular device from a body lumen is disclosed. A retrieval device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a braided member coupled to an elongated shaft member. The braided member may include a number of filaments defining a radially expandable inner lumen configured to receive and encapsulate the intravascular device therein. An elastomeric jacket disposed about at least a portion of the braided member may encase the filaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Amr Salahieh, Michael Schultz, Paul Laduca, Thomas E. Broome
  • Publication number: 20130147083
    Abstract: A die and a method for impregnating at least one fiber roving with a polymer resin are disclosed. The die includes an impregnation section comprising an impregnation zone configured to impregnate the roving with the resin. The die further includes a passage at least partially defined in the impregnation section and in fluid communication with the impregnation zone, and a pump in fluid communication with the passage. The method includes coating at least one fiber roving with a polymer resin, traversing the coated roving through an impregnation zone of an impregnation section to impregnate the roving with the resin, and applying an external pressure to the impregnation zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: TICONA LLC
    Inventor: Ticona LLC
  • Publication number: 20130147084
    Abstract: An impregnation section of a die and a method for impregnating at least one fiber roving with a polymer resin are disclosed. The impregnation section includes an impregnation zone configured to impregnate the roving with the resin. The impregnation zone includes a plurality of contact surfaces, at least one of the plurality of contact surfaces defining a cut-away portion downstream in a run direction of the roving of a point-of-contact for the at least one of the plurality of contact surfaces. The at least one of the plurality of contact surfaces further includes an edge defined by the cut-away portion. Excess material build up is reduced by the cut-away portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: TICONA LLC
    Inventor: TICONA LLC
  • Patent number: 8409678
    Abstract: A thin metal casing with plastic parts and a manufacturing method thereof are revealed. A thin metal casing already formed having on one surface processed and coated with a decorative outer layer is provided. A thermoplastic rubber (TPR) adhesive layer is disposed on an unprocessed surface of the thin metal casing. The TPR adhesive layer is synthesized by butadiene-styrene block copolymer and hydrocarbon petroleum resin. Then the thin metal casing with the TPR adhesive layer is set and fixed in a cavity of an injection molding mold. Next plastic parts are formed on the TPR adhesive layer of the thin metal casing by plastic injection molding. The plastic parts are melted and connected to the TPR adhesive layer integrally by pressure and temperature of injection material. Simultaneously a part of the TPR adhesive layer is infiltrated into existing micro concave holes on surface of the thin metal casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Pao Yi Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming-Jen Hsieh