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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2022
Zephyros, Inc., Romeo, MI (US);
Henry E. Richardson, Washington, MI (US);
Sylvain Gleyal, Rochester, MI (US);
ZEPHYROS, INC., Romeo, MI (US);
Abstract
A structural reinforcement for an article including a carrier () that includes: (i) a mass of polymeric material () having an outer surface; and (ii) at least one fibrous composite Insert () or overlay () having an outer surface and including at least one elongated fiber arrangement (e.g., having a plurality of ordered fibers). The fibrous Insert () or overlay () is envisioned to adjoin the mass of the polymeric material in a predetermined location for carrying a predetermined load that Is subjected upon the predetermined location (thereby effectively providing localized reinforcement to that predetermined location). The fibrous insert () or overlay () and the mass of polymeric material () are of compatible materials, structures or both, for allowing the fibrous insert or overlay to be at feast partially joined to the mass of the polymeric material. Disposed upon at least a portion of the carrier () may be a mass of activatable material (). The fibrous insert () or overlay () may include a polymeric matrix that includes a thermoplastic epoxy.