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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald Albert Howard, Brook Park, OH (US);
Robert Angelo Mercuri, Seven Hills, OH (US);
Assignee:
UCAR Carbon Technology Corporation, Danbury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
442 59 ; 428485 ; 277227 ; 277233 ;
Abstract
Method and assembly for reinforcing flexible graphite by fusion bonding a film of thermoplastic polymer to the flexible graphite to form a laminiated product. One side of the thermoplastic polymer is raised to its softening temperature to cause it to bond to the flexible graphite while the opposite side thereof is maintained at a temperature below its softening point.