Henkel Corporation

The Dexter Corporation

Henkel IP Holding Gmbh

Henkel Loctite Corporation

Raymond S Wong

Wei Helen Li

Stanley Leroy Lehmann

Huabing Zheng

Alex Chor-Yiu Wong

Noel Fuentes

Xinyu Du

Clarence Lynn Mahoney

Xingyu Du

Stanley L Lehmann

Pyrolized organic layers and conductive prepregs made therewith are provided.

Pyrolized organic layers and conductive prepregs made therewith

A prepreg curing process for preparing composites having superior surface finish and high fiber consolidation is provided.

Prepreg curing process for preparing composites having superior surface finish and high fiber consolidation

Curable compositions, such as oxazine-based ones, are useful in applications within the aerospace industry, such as for example as a thermosetting resin composition for use as a matrix resin in processes, such as resin transfer molding, vacuum assisted transfer molding, resin film infusion, prepregging and towpregging, where the composites or laminates so prepared have superior surface finish and high fiber consolidation.

Curable compositions, processes for using such compositions to prepare composites and processes for preparing composites having superior surface finish and high fiber consolidation

Curable compositions, such as benzoxazine-based ones, are useful in applications within the aerospace industry, such as for example as a heat curable composition for use as a matrix resin in advanced processes, such as resin transfer molding, vacuum assisted transfer molding and resin film infusion, and their use in such advanced processes form the basis of the present invention.

Curable compositions for advanced processes, and products made therefrom

The present invention relates to prepregs, towpregs and preforms made from curable compositions of (a) benzoxazines, (b) a combination of adducts a first of which is prepared from hydroxy-containing compounds, isocyanate-containing compounds and phenolic compounds and the second of which is prepared from the first adduct and epoxy-containing compounds, (c) components reactive with the benzoxazine, such as epoxy resins, episulfide resins and oxetane resins, (d) tougheners, such as polyether sulfones, ATBN and core shell materials and (e) a silica component, where the silica has a mean particle diameter on the order of 10meters.

Prepregs, towpregs and preforms

Curable compositions, such as benzoxazine-based ones, are useful in applications within the aerospace industry, such as for example as a heat curable composition for use as a matrix resin or an adhesive, and form the basis of the present invention.

Nanoparticle silica filled benzoxazine compositions

Curable compositions

The present invention relates to curable compositions of benzoxazines, a combination of adducts one of which is prepared from hydroxy-containing compounds, isocyanate-containing compounds and phenolic compounds and the second of which is prepared from the first adduct and epoxy-containing compounds and phenolic compounds, epoxy resins and optionally tougheners.

The present invention relates to a prepreg laminate, constructed from a first prepreg; a second prepreg; and a thermoplastic layer therebetween. In the inventive laminate, at least one of the first prepreg or the second prepreg is made from a matrix resin comprising a benzoxazine-containing composition.

Prepreg laminates

An article of manufacture comprising a sag-resistant nucleus-forming monolithic composite capable of being located within a hollow interior portion of a structural material and being expanded therein. Also, articles of manufacture comprising open-cellular structural material containing within the open-cell or cell thereof, at least one sag-resistant nucleus-forming monolithic composite. The composite is desirably in the shape of a plug that is similar or close to similar to the shape of the hollow interior. In addition, there is described a process that comprises forming a pre-shaped sag-resistant nucleus-forming monolithic composite for use in reinforcing and stiffening a normally open-cellular structural material. Also described is a process for reinforcing or stiffening a normally open-cellular structure, any tubular structure, or any channel structure, by putting at least one sag-resistant nucleus-forming monolithic composite within a hollow interior portion of the structure. The invention is particularly desirable for stiffening and/or reinforcing honeycomb structures.

Monolithic structures, methods of manufacture and composite structures

A thin, tacky, non-pourable film of incompatible in situ-expandable thermoplastic particles and thermosettable matrix resin that contains an essentially uniform density and thickness across the breadth of the film. The in situ-expandable mass is not pourable yet can be easily dispensed in a uniform manner within a mold and thereafter expanded to the dimensions of the mold. Composites and reinforced compositions, as well as methods of molding, are disclosed.

Expandable films and molded products therefrom

A syntactic foam in the form of a thin uniform sheet that possesses enhanced moisture resistance, which comprises a composite filled with hollow microspheres such as glass in a polymer matrix resin such as an epoxy resin where the resin encapsulates the microspheres and the filled composite at weight equilibrium has less than 15% of the available internal volume of the microspheres occupied by liquid water as determined by the LMA test. The process of making the sheet and composites incorporating the sheet is described.

Low moisture absorption syntactic foam

An orientable in situ expandable layer comprising a) a blend of incompatible, in situ-expandable thermoplastic particles and a thermosettable matrix resin for the in situ-expandable thermoplastic particles which blend has the capacity of expansion in height, width and length directions and b) other insoluble and matrix-resin incompatible solid particles uniformly incorporating throughout the resin matrix, which other insoluble and matrix-resin incompatible solid particles have (i) an aspect ratio of length/width greater than 1, that defines a longitudinal axis (length) of the particles which longitudinal axis is not greater than about one inch (2.54 cm.), and (ii) thermal stability at the temperature of expansion of the resin and insolubility in the resin, and (iii) an orientation in the thermosettable resin of their length in one or two directions. Moldable compositions and methods of making the compositions and molded article from the compositions are disclosed.

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Raymond S Wong