Patents by Inventor Johan D. Koppernaes

Johan D. Koppernaes 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).

  • Patent number: 5176865
    Abstract: A composition, apparatus and method for making resin bonded composite pultruded products using a thermosetting resin is disclosed. The resin includes a condensation resin which has a high solids content. A pultrusion system includes reinforcing material supply, a pultrusion die adapted to be heated, injection device for injecting resin into the die, and pulling device for drawing product through the die. The method includes supplying strands of the reinforcing material to the die and grasping the strands with the pulling device, injecting a condensation-type monomer resin into the die to impregnate the reinforcing material within the die, and pulling the resin-impregnated strands through the die at a rate that permits the resin to condense to an essentially cured state by the time the composite product is withdrawn from the die. The die is a modular die such that various sections of the die may be selected as desired to change process parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Assignee: Weyerhaeuser Company
    Inventors: Frank C. Beall, Johan D. Koppernaes