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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:
Mar. 19, 1996
Filed:
May. 02, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Livesay, El Cajon, CA (US);
William Gallup, Orlando, FL (US);
Assignee:
Synergistic Composite Systems Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264459 ; 264510 ; 264102 ; 264478 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a method and apparatus for forming a large cured reinforced composite structure. The method comprises placing at least one reinforcing fiber mat or fabric into a desired form and enclosing the fiber mat or fabric within a sealed envelope which contains a vacuum port and a resin supply conduit. The supply conduit introduces a curable resin at a rate not to exceed the rate of evacuation. The envelope is filled and the resin is cured.