Abstract: A material for smoothing the outside surface of a woven fabric composite lay up in which a layered sandwich structure is formed of continuous fiber woven material, resin films and a mat of randomly oriented discontinuous fibers and the sandwiched layers are integrated into a single sheet of resin impregnated material by application of pressure and heat.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 22, 1994
Date of Patent:
January 16, 1996
Assignees:
Beech Aircraft Corp., BP Chemicals (HITCO), Inc.
Inventors:
Louis M. Strunk, Anthony Bosch, Ted Kruhmin
Abstract: A material for smoothing the outside surface of a woven fabric composite lay up in which a layered sandwich structure is formed of continuous fiber woven material, resin films and a mat of randomly oriented discontinuous fibers and the sandwiched layers are integrated into a single sheet of resin impregnated material by application of pressure and heat.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 10, 1992
Date of Patent:
August 23, 1994
Assignees:
Beech Aircraft Corp., BP Chemicals (HITCO), Inc.
Inventors:
Louis M. Strunk, Anthony Bosch, Ted Kruhmin