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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:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald G Baird, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Christopher G Robertson, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Jose P de Souza, Woodbury, MN (US);
Assignee:
Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L / ; C08L / ; C08L / ; C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
525132 ; 525425 ; 525434 ; 525437 ; 525444 ; 525537 ; 428372 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to in situ reinforced thermoplastic fibers having improved mechanical properties and a method of making same. These composites have improved tensile strength and tensile moduli that exceed that predicted by composite theory under the rule of mixtures. The in situ composites can be used in woven preforms.