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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2007
Michael Sennett, Sudbury, MA (US);
Elizabeth A. Welsh, Westborough, MA (US);
Jean M. Herbert, Woonsocket, RI (US);
Phillip M. Cunniff, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Michael Sennett, Sudbury, MA (US);
Elizabeth A. Welsh, Westborough, MA (US);
Jean M. Herbert, Woonsocket, RI (US);
Phillip M. Cunniff, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A transparent, reinforced, composite polymeric fiber that has a polymeric body portion made from a first thermoplastic polymer that is transparent to visible light. The fiber includes polymeric reinforcement elements embedded within the polymeric body portion. The polymeric body portion extends between and about the polymeric reinforcement elements. Each polymeric reinforcement element is formed from a second thermoplastic polymer that is transparent to visible light. The peripheral portion and outer surface of the polymeric body portion defines a peripheral portion and outer surface, respectively, of the transparent, reinforced, composite polymeric fiber. A plurality of the fibers are formed into an array that is processed with a consolidation process to form a transparent, reinforced, composite structure.