US4640861A
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Fiber reinforced thermoplastic material
Assignee: Fiberite Inc
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Filing: 1984-06-07
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Granted: 1987-02-03
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Expires: 2004-06-07
Abstract
Abstract A fiber reinforced material is made by passing a preheated tensioned filament array over an arcuate extruder head where thermoplastic polymer is flowed through the filament array to expel air from the array while coating the filaments with polymer. The filaments comprise 50 to 75 percent by volume of the material and the polymer has a relative viscosity of at least 50.
Inventors
- 👤 Edwin K. Binnersley
- 👤 William H. Krueger
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 02:04
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29B; B29B15/00; B29B15/08; B29B15/10; B29B15/12; B29B15/14; B29B15/122; B29C; B29C48/00; B29C48/03; B29C48/05; B29C48/15; B29C48/156; B29K; B29K2077/00; B29K2105/00; B29K2105/0094; B29K2707/00; B29K2707/04; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/249921; Y10T428/249924; Y10T428/24994; Y10T428/249942; Y10T428/249944; Y10T428/249945
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
99 words
A fiber reinforced thermoplastic material comprising: an array of synthetic fiber bundles comprised of continuous filaments and a thermoplastic polymer coating substantially all sides of the filaments in the array to form a composite, said fiber bundles comprising from 50 to 60 percent by volume of said composite the uniformity of distribution of said filaments in said composite as measured by the ratio of the mass mean length (L) between fiber bundles in the composite consolidation direction to the mass mean length between fiber bundles in the direction perpendicular thereto, said ratio being from about 0.5 to about 1.0.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
99 words
A fiber reinforced thermoplastic material comprising: an array of synthetic fiber bundles comprised of continuous filaments and a thermoplastic polymer coating substantially all sides of the filaments in the array to form a composite, said fiber bundles comprising from 50 to 60 percent by volume of said composite the uniformity of distribution of said filaments in said composite as measured by the ratio of the mass mean length (L) between fiber bundles in the composite consolidation direction to the mass mean length between fiber bundles in the direction perpendicular thereto, said ratio being from about 0.5 to about 1.0.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
114 words
A fiber reinforced thermoplastic material comprising: an array of synthetic fiber bundles comprised of continuous filaments and a thermoplastic polymer coating substantially all sides of the filaments in the array to form a composite, said fiber bundles comprising from 50 to 75 percent by volume of said composite, the uniformity of distribution of said filaments in said composite as measured by the ratio of the mass mean length (L) between fiber bundles in the composite consolidation direction to the mass mean length between fiber bundles in the direction perpendicular thereto, said ratio being from about 0.5 to about 1.0, the values of (L) in either direction being no greater than those in Table I.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
114 words
A fiber reinforced thermoplastic material comprising: an array of synthetic fiber bundles comprised of continuous filaments and a thermoplastic polymer coating substantially all sides of the filaments in the array to form a composite, said fiber bundles comprising from 50 to 75 percent by volume of said composite, the uniformity of distribution of said filaments in said composite as measured by the ratio of the mass mean length (L) between fiber bundles in the composite consolidation direction to the mass mean length between fiber bundles in the direction perpendicular thereto, said ratio being from about 0.5 to about 1.0, the values of (L) in either direction being no greater than those in Table I.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The material of claim 1 or claim 2, said thermoplastic polymer having a relative viscosity of at least 50.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The material of claim 1 or claim 2, said synthetic filaments being carbon said thermoplastic polymer being a polycarbonamide from dodecane dioic acid and bis(para-aminocylohexyl)methane.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
The material of claim 1 or claim 2, said composite material having a rectangular cross section.
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