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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:
Jul. 15, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 14, 2020
Applicant:

The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate, Denver, CO (US);

Inventors:

Rong Long, Louisville, CO (US);

Wei Zhang, Boulder, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/34 (2006.01); B29C 71/02 (2006.01); C08J 5/24 (2006.01); B29K 79/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/08 (2006.01); B29K 105/12 (2006.01); B29K 307/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 5/243 (2021.05); B29C 70/34 (2013.01); C08J 7/08 (2013.01); B29K 2079/00 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0854 (2013.01); B29K 2105/12 (2013.01); B29K 2307/04 (2013.01); C08J 2379/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for rapidly fabricating or repairing a fiber reinforced composite may include the use of a covalent adaptable network polymer (CAN) powder for encapsulating reinforcing fibers or welding to a CAN matrix. The fiber reinforced composite may be formed or repaired by applying CAN powder to reinforcing fibers or to a damaged area of a fiber reinforcing composite and compressing the CAN powder with the reinforcing fibers or the damaged area of the fiber reinforced composite at a relatively low temperature, temperature and processing time to form a CAN matrix. The method may be configured for fabricating a fiber reinforced composite having specific desired material properties by varying the arrangement and materials used.


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