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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2000
Girma M. Gebreselassie, Southfield, MI (US);
Harold G. Wolf, Jr., Gibralter, MI (US);
Vahid Sendijarevic, Troy, MI (US);
Qavi Anjum, Detroit, MI (US);
Daniel Klempner, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Kurt C. Frisch, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
The invention involves recycling scrap material having a thermoplastic. The invention includes a method of forming a thermoplastic pre-preg sheet for use in a subsequent molding operation. The method includes shredding a first scrap material having a thermoplastic to form fluff. The fluff has at least about 20 percent weight of thermoplastic. The method further includes sufficiently compacting the fluff into a thermoplastic state sufficient for forming the thermoplastic pre-preg sheet.