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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. 20, 1992
Filed:
May. 10, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin T Harvey, Welwyn, GB;
Donald W Stobbe, Phoenix, AZ (US);
James B Cattanach, North Yorkshire, GB;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264510 ; 264546 ; 264316 ;
Abstract
A method of shaping a thermoformable composite material including a polymeric matrix reinforced with continuous filaments which involves locating the material in overlapping relationship with at least one diaphragm of a thermoformable shaping polymer, heating the assembly to a suitable thermoforming temperature and shaping the assembly against a shaping tool surface in a shaping step of less than two minutes.