Patents Assigned to Hexcel-Genin
  • Patent number: 5160485
    Abstract: A fabric made up of thermoplastic fibers and of reinforcing fibers, comprising, in a superposed manner, at least two tissues (1, 4) joined firmly to each other, in which in order to obtain a thermoplastic fabric, at least one (1) of the superposed tissues is dedicated to reinforcement and comprises predominantly fibers (2, 3) of reinforcing material, and at least one other (4) of the superposed tissues constitutes a thermoplastic matrix and comprises predominantly fibers (5, 6) of thermoplastic resin, while the gap (8) between a reinforcing tissue (1) and an adjacent thermoplastic tissue (4) is free of any inserted material other than that (7) used to join these two tissues firmly together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1992
    Assignee: Hexcel-Genin
    Inventors: Bernard Jaillet, Jean-Marc Berthier