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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:
Feb. 11, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
James D McIntosh, Hackettstown, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Abu AB, Svangsta, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428 358 ; 428 363 ; 428 369 ; 428 3691 ;
Abstract
Hollow rods are formed with at least one inner ply of graphite fibers in a first thermoset resin matrix and at least one outer ply of nickel-coated graphite fibers in a second thermoset resin. An outermost protective ply may be added to protect the integrity of the nickel-coated graphite fibers through the finish grinding steps. The nickel-coated graphite fibers impart increased impact strength to the final structure and serve to protect the inner graphite fiber layer(s) by preventing crack propagation that would lead to failure of the composite. The rods may be formed into suitable shapes for fishing rods, golf shafts, and arrow shafts.