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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2013
Applicant:
United States of America As Represented BY the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Lee W. Kohlman, Cleveland, OH (US);
Gary D. Roberts, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 1/06 (2006.01); D01D 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D01D 11/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for enhancing the durability as well as the strength and stiffness of prepreg fiber tows of the sort used in composite materials are disclosed. The method involves adhering electrospun fibers onto the surface of such composite materials as filament-wound composite objects and the surface of prepreg fiber tows of the sort that are subsequently used in the production of composite materials of the filament-wound, woven, and braided sorts. The apparatus performs the methods described herein.