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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:
Oct. 13, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert W Gardner, Big Flats, NY (US);
Constance B Sawyer, Lindley, NY (US);
Ronald L Stewart, Big Flats, NY (US);
David S Weiss, Corning, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156166 ; 264241 ; 427375 ;
Abstract
Highly uniform prepreg mats comprising inorganic fibers and powered ceramic matrix materials, useful for the manufacture of ceramic matrix composite articles, are provided by a process wherein continuous fiber tows infiltrated with a thermoplastic suspension of the matrix powder are preheated, uniformly collected on a heated drum or other support, and then cooled and compacted with a pressure roller or the like to achieve a prepreg mat structure characterized by a homogeneous distribution of fibers and ceramic matrix material.