Nicolon Corporation

Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC

Nicolon Corporation, Doing Business As Tencate Geosynthetics North America

Michael D Samueloff

David Michael Jones

Randall Eugene Johnson

Liang Chen

David R Jones, Iv

Jesus Manuel Hernandez-Torres

Helen Huang

Timothy A Miller

Timothy R Gilbert

Mohammed Tazi

Jeffery W Smith

Randy Eugene Johnson

Multi-axial fabric

The present invention is directed to a multi-axial fabric which is dimensionally-stabilized. The composite fabric has a substrate and a plurality of first, second, third, and fourth strands disposed across the substrate and oriented in non-parallel directions with respect to one another. Binding fiber secures the aforementioned strands to the substrate. The composite fabric can be substantially free of more than three strands overlapping at a common position on the substrate. A road employing the multi-axial fabric is described.

A paving mat for use in a paved surface includes a fibrous mat in the form of a paving mat. The fibrous mat includes a fibrous matrix containing a mixture of polymer fibers, first mineral fibers having a first median length, and second mineral fibers having a second median length that is different from the first median length. In another embodiment, the paving mat includes a fibrous mat including a fibrous matrix which is bonded together by a binder. In one embodiment, the binder is a mixture of different binders. The fibrous matrix includes a mixture of mineral fibers in an amount within a range of from 61 wt % to 85 wt % and polymer fibers in an amount within a range of from 15 wt % to 39 wt %. The polymer fibers have a melting point greater than 320&#xb0; F. (160&#xb0; C.). The mat has a stiffness in the machine direction within a range of from 65 g-cm to 110 g-cm. The mat has a load-elongation behavior such that when the mat is subject to tensile stress, the mat achieves at least 90% of its ultimate load at an elongation not greater than 5% of the specimen length in the direction of applied stress. Another embodiment of the paving mat is made with a carboxy-modified acrylic binder.

Mats for use in paved surfaces

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Troy, MI, United States of America

Michael D Samueloff