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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Edward Green, Stapleford, GB;
John Cook, Shelford, GB;
Assignee:
Hexcel Corporation, Dublin, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/504 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/504 ;
Abstract
A method of producing a curable prepreg which comprises (i) sandwiching a multi-ply fabric layer comprising at least two superposed sheets of woven reinforcing fabric between solid films of a curable resin composition and (ii) heating the resulting sandwich under pressure so that the resin composition impregnates the sheets of woven reinforcing fabric to form a coherent curable structure.