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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2019
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Aaron R. Beaber, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Kari A. McGee, New Brighton, MN (US);
Kimberly C. M. Schultz, Woodbury, MN (US);
Erica M. McCready, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Aric W. Ross, Maplewood, MN (US);
Zachary A. Danielson, Maplewood, MN (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Fiber tows including a heat-activatable sizing are described. The sizing compositions have a first modulus at 25° C. of at least 150 megapascals (MPa) and no greater than 400 MPa; and a second modulus of 100,000 pascals (Pa) at a temperature of no greater than 160° C. Methods of preparing articles from such sized fiber tows and the articles comprising such sized fiber tows, including unidirectional and bidirectional constructions are also described.