The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2010
Jason Slack, Clinton, UT (US);
Christopher J. Madsen, Ogden, UT (US);
Don C. Jones, West Haven, UT (US);
Vernon M. Benson, Morgan, UT (US);
Peter G. Turner, Eden, UT (US);
Ralph Douglas Cope, Elkton, MD (US);
Kimberly Ann Ferrara, Middletown, DE (US);
Anthony Dale Johnson, Conowingo, MD (US);
Michael James Case, Newark, DE (US);
Jesse Paul Brown, Newark, DE (US);
James Gargel, Bear, DE (US);
Steven Andrew Cope, Newark, DE (US);
Kyle Putnam Tarry, Middletown, PA (US);
Jason Slack, Clinton, UT (US);
Christopher J. Madsen, Ogden, UT (US);
Don C. Jones, West Haven, UT (US);
Vernon M. Benson, Morgan, UT (US);
Peter G. Turner, Eden, UT (US);
Ralph Douglas Cope, Elkton, MD (US);
Kimberly Ann Ferrara, Middletown, DE (US);
Anthony Dale Johnson, Conowingo, MD (US);
Michael James Case, Newark, DE (US);
Jesse Paul Brown, Newark, DE (US);
James Gargel, Bear, DE (US);
Steven Andrew Cope, Newark, DE (US);
Kyle Putnam Tarry, Middletown, PA (US);
Orbital ATK, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Abstract
A material preparation device is provided. The material preparation device includes a bias-ply assembly, a feedstock assembly and an application head. The bias-ply assembly is configured to pass a bias-ply backing material along a first path. The feedstock assembly is configured to pass a feedstock along a second path that crosses the first path at a select angle. The feedstock includes resin pre-impregnated fiber reinforced material (pre-preg) having the fibers at a first orientation relative to an edge of the feedstock. The application head is configured to transfer the pre-preg from the feedstock to the bias-ply backing material at a location where the first path crosses the second path to form a bias-ply with the fibers of the pre-preg having a second different orientation relative to an edge of the formed bias-ply.