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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.:

US 9802338 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 16, 2013

Method for molding tailored composites

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Patrick James Blanchard, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Jeffrey Scott Dahl, Livonia, MI (US);

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

Damian Porcari

Brooks Kushman P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Edmund Lee

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 31/00 (2006.01); B29C 43/02 (2006.01); B29C 43/20 (2006.01); B29C 47/00 (2006.01); B29C 31/04 (2006.01); B29C 47/04 (2006.01); B29C 47/10 (2006.01); B29C 47/92 (2006.01); B29K 101/00 (2006.01); B29K 307/04 (2006.01); B29K 309/00 (2006.01); B29L 9/00 (2006.01); B29C 35/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 31/004 (2013.01); B29C 31/045 (2013.01); B29C 43/02 (2013.01); B29C 43/20 (2013.01); B29C 47/004 (2013.01); B29C 47/04 (2013.01); B29C 47/1009 (2013.01); B29C 47/1045 (2013.01); B29C 47/1081 (2013.01); B29C 47/92 (2013.01); B29C 35/02 (2013.01); B29C 2947/92723 (2013.01); B29C 2947/92828 (2013.01); B29K 2101/00 (2013.01); B29K 2307/04 (2013.01); B29K 2309/00 (2013.01); B29L 2009/00 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24994 (2015.04);
Abstract

In at least one embodiment, a molding method for producing a molded article is provided. The method may include introducing polymer and fiber separately into an extruder in a first ratio to produce a first extruded material having a first fiber content and in a second ratio to produce a second extruded material having a second fiber content different from the first fiber content. The method may further include filling a first region of a mold with the first extruded material and a second region of the mold with the second extruded material. The extruded material may be formed as blanks for use in compression molding or may be introduced into an injection chamber for use in injection molding. The method may be used to form molded articles having a plurality of regions having different fiber contents.

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