The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
May. 07, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Barry J Dempsey, White Heat, IL (US);
Muhammad T Mukhtar, Sargodha, PK;
Douglas M Senso, Waukesha, WI (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
404 17 ; 404 72 ; 404 75 ; 404 82 ; 428 63 ; 428489 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a stress absorbing composite for road repair that comprises a low stiffness geotextile, a viscoelastic material disposed over the low stiffness geotextile, and a high stiffness geotextile disposed over the viscoelastic material. Also provided is a method for retarding reflective cracking in an overlay using a stress absorbing composite and a repaired road containing a stress absorbing composite.