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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2011
David M. Wilson, Bloomington, MN (US);
David R. Mekala, Maplewood, MN (US);
Colin Mccullough, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Herve E. Deve, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Michael F. Grether, Woodbury, MN (US);
Emily S. Goenner, Shoreview, MN (US);
Kristin L. Thunhorst, Stillwater, MN (US);
Per M. Nelson, Woodbury, MN (US);
David M. Wilson, Bloomington, MN (US);
David R. Mekala, Maplewood, MN (US);
Colin McCullough, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Herve E. Deve, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Michael F. Grether, Woodbury, MN (US);
Emily S. Goenner, Shoreview, MN (US);
Kristin L. Thunhorst, Stillwater, MN (US);
Per M. Nelson, Woodbury, MN (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Thermoset polymer composite wires including a multiplicity of substantially continuous fibers embedded in a solidified polymer composite matrix and forming a substantially continuous filament, the solidified polymer composite matrix further including a polymer formed by curing a polymer precursor from a liquid state and a multiplicity of nanoparticles having a median diameter of one micrometer or less substantially uniformly dispersed throughout the polymer composite matrix, and optionally, a corrosion resistant sheath surrounding the substantially continuous filament. In some embodiments, the multiplicity of particles includes surface-modified particles having a core and a surface modifying agent associated with the core and reacted with the polymer cured from a liquid state. Stranded cables including one or more such thermoset polymer composite wires, and methods of making and using such thermoset polymer composite wires and stranded cables are also described.