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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 1990
Filed:
May. 10, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Raymond G Spain, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Airfoil Textron Inc., Lima, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04C / ; B29B / ; B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
87-1 ; 57229 ; 87-8 ; 87 28 ; 87 30 ; 87 33 ; 156148 ;
Abstract
The method involves braiding a plurality of fiber bundles, each comprising a reinforcing fiber overwrapped by a plurality of glass or metal matrix-forming fibers, to form a 3D braided preform having stuffer fiber bundles extending longitudinally therethrough and heating the preform at a temperature and applying pressure to form the matrix-forming fibers into a bonded matrix in which the reinforcing fibers are disposed in a 3D braided pattern and in a longitudinal (stuffer) pattern.