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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc, Livermore, CA (US);
Inventor:
Andrew H. Weisberg, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/12 (2006.01); B32B 3/02 (2006.01); B29C 70/32 (2006.01); B32B 3/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/12 (2013.01); B29C 70/32 (2013.01); B32B 3/263 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24074 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24132 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24488 (2015.01); Y10T 428/249922 (2015.04); Y10T 428/249924 (2015.04);
Abstract
An article of manufacture according to one embodiment includes a plurality of plies in a stacked configuration, where each ply includes a plurality of tape winds having edges. A distance between the edges of adjacent tape winds in the same ply is about constant along a length of the wind. Each tape wind comprises elongated fibers and a matrix, axes of the fibers being oriented about parallel to a longitudinal axis of the tape wind. Additional systems, methods and articles of manufacture are also presented.