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Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011

Filed:

Dec. 19, 2007
Applicant:

Thomas P. Gannett, Wilmington, DE (US);

Inventor:

Thomas P. Gannett, Wilmington, DE (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/26 (2006.01); C08J 9/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Porous infusible polymer (IP) parts are made by incorporating 0.2 to 10 volume percent organic fibers, preferably with short lengths, into the particulate IP, consolidating the mixture under pressure and optionally heating, and then 'burning off' the fibers. After the fibers are burned off the resulting part has porosity in which the pores are elongated, usually retaining the shape of the organic fibers. When these parts are exposed to moisture (which they usually absorb) and then suddenly heated they tend not to blister from vaporization of the water. This makes them useful as parts for aircraft (jet) and other engines and other applications where sudden temperature increase may occur.


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