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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:
Jan. 14, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 09, 2019
Applicant:

Crompton Technology Group Limited, Solihull, GB;

Inventors:

Ioannis Giannakopoulos, London, GB;

Will Pollitt, Kenilworth, GB;

James Bernard, Brackley, GB;

Alexander D. Taylor, Exeter, GB;

Daniel O. Ursenbach, Caledonia, IL (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 47/14 (2006.01); B29D 23/00 (2006.01); F16L 9/12 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29K 105/10 (2006.01); B29K 105/12 (2006.01); B29K 307/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 47/14 (2013.01); B29D 23/003 (2013.01); F16L 9/12 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29K 2105/102 (2013.01); B29K 2105/12 (2013.01); B29K 2307/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a composite (e.g. fibre-reinforced polymer) connector comprises: manufacturing a tubular hub portion which extends substantially parallel to a central axis C, the hub portion comprising a thermoplastic polymer reinforced with continuous, circumferentially-oriented fibre reinforcement; placing the hub portion into a mould featuring at least one cavity; and introducing polymer into the mould so as to fill the at least one cavity to form a flange portion around the hub portion.


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