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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2017
Continental Structural Plastics, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Michael J. Hiltunen, Rochester, MI (US);
Philippe Bonte, Pouance, FR;
Marc-Philippe Toitgans, Pouance, FR;
Dominique Boyer, Pouance, FR;
Michael J. Siwajek, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Probir Kumar Guha, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Michael J. Hiltunen, Rochester, MI (US);
Shane Skop, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
CONTINENTAL STRUCTURAL PLASTICS, INC., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A process is provided for molding a resin matrix around a distribution of well distributed epoxy coated glass fibers to produce an article. The article is mass produced by the molding process based on a one or more layer structure, with an outer panel having a high degree of surface smoothness common to automotive body panels and a comparatively high tensile strength joinder thereto. The epoxy coated glass fibers are present in a single panel of an article or all such panels of a multiple layer article. The epoxy coated glass fibers can be present in an articles in a form of: chopped glass fibers that are intermixed and vary in orientation, a woven roving containing predominately epoxy glass fibers with carbon fibers dispersed there through, or non-woven fiber mats.