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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 14, 2023
Applicant:

Vartega Inc., Denver, CO (US);

Inventors:

Jordan Gray Harris, Arvada, CO (US);

Kylie Marie Van Aken, Edgewater, CO (US);

Sean Paul Kline, Littleton, CO (US);

Andrew Timothy Maxey, Arvada, CO (US);

Sean Louis Hankins, Jacksonville, FL (US);

Assignee:

VARTEGA INC., Denver, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B 9/14 (2006.01); B29B 9/06 (2006.01); B29C 45/00 (2006.01); B29C 48/285 (2019.01); C08J 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B 9/14 (2013.01); B29B 9/06 (2013.01); B29C 45/0001 (2013.01); B29C 45/0005 (2013.01); B29C 48/2886 (2019.02); C08J 3/12 (2013.01); B29C 2045/001 (2013.01); Y10T 428/2976 (2015.01);
Abstract

Recycled carbon fibers are processed by rotational tumbling in a mixture with binder material to prepare fiber-containing particles having a dual-tapered shape and general alignment of fibers with a longitudinal direction of the particles. Bulk products including such fiber-containing particles are compounded with polymer and pelletized to prepare fiber-reinforced composite pellets, which are useful for applications such as injection molding to prepare molded products of carbon fiber-reinforced composite material with recycled carbon fibers.


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