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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:
Jan. 29, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard T Reavely, Madison, CT (US);
Wonsub Kim, Orange, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ; B29C / ; B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264113 ; 264518 ; 264258 ; 264324 ; 264325 ; 264237 ; 264348 ;
Abstract
A method of making fiber reinforced composite articles from stabilized dry fiber preforms which are impregnated with a thermosetting resin by the resin transfer molding method. The dry fiber preforms may be stabilized prior to molding by dispersing a polymeric binder between adjacent dry fabric plies of the preform. Hot air is passed through the preform after it has been compressed to fuse the binder and bind the dry fabric plies together, forming a stabilized high density fiber preform. Forming a preform by this method is significantly less labor and time intensive than methods currently in use.