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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1998
Filed:
May. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph Santin Boyce, Hanover, MA (US);
Glenn Alexander Freitas, Foxboro, MA (US);
Thomas Gerard Campbell, Concord, MA (US);
Assignee:
Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B32B / ; B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428119 ; 428 71 ; 428 86 ; 428112 ; 428223 ; 4283099 ; 4283179 ;
Abstract
A reinforced foam core sandwich structure including opposing face sheets, a foam core therebetween, and tow members encapsulated within the foam core and extending between the opposing face sheets to form a combined foam/tow member core wherein the compressive strength or shear strength of the combined foam/tow member core is greater than the compressive strength or shear strength, respectively, of the foam core alone or the tow members alone forming a support structure within the foam core between the face sheets.