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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2012
Applicants:
Kraig Anderson, Burlingame, CA (US);
Angele Sjong, Louisville, CO (US);
Inventors:
Kraig Anderson, Burlingame, CA (US);
Angele Sjong, Louisville, CO (US);
Assignee:
EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06M 10/00 (2006.01); D06M 15/19 (2006.01); B29B 17/02 (2006.01); B29C 35/12 (2006.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01); D01F 11/14 (2006.01); B29K 105/06 (2006.01); B29K 307/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06M 10/003 (2013.01); B29B 17/0206 (2013.01); B29C 35/0805 (2013.01); B29C 35/12 (2013.01); D06M 15/19 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0855 (2013.01); B29K 2105/06 (2013.01); B29K 2307/04 (2013.01); D01F 11/14 (2013.01); Y10T 442/2934 (2015.04); Y10T 442/2943 (2015.04); Y10T 442/2951 (2015.04); Y10T 442/2959 (2015.04); Y10T 442/2984 (2015.04);
Abstract
The present technology provides a carbon fiber reinforced plastic that includes carbon fibers covalently bonded to an energetic polymer and a polymer matrix. Also described is a method for recycling carbon fibers from the carbon fiber reinforced plastic material using microwave energy to separate the carbon fibers from the polymer matrix.