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US4861649A
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Impact resistent composites
Assignee: Dexter Corp
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Filing: 1987-11-02
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Granted: 1989-08-29
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Expires: 2007-11-02
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to an impact resistent syntactic foam-prepreg composite material comprising syntactic foam of microballoons in a matrix resin bonded to a compatible resin containing carbon fiber prepeg in which the syntactic foam is one or more thin uniform layers located within the composite material sufficiently close to an impact prone surface of the composite to enhance the composite's ability to withstand the impact through such surface.
Inventors
- 👤 James M. Browne
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-05 07:44
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B5/00; B32B5/22; B32B5/24; B32B5/245; B32B5/18; B32B2262/00; B32B2262/10; B32B2262/106; B32B2305/00; B32B2305/07; B32B2305/076; B32B2305/54; B32B2307/00; B32B2307/50; B32B2307/558; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/902; Y10S428/911; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/249921; Y10T428/249924; Y10T428/24994; Y10T428/249953; Y10T428/249971; Y10T428/249972; Y10T428/249974; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/60; Y10T442/647; Y10T442/649; Y10T442/652
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
106 words
An impact resistent synthetic foam-prepreg composite material comprising at least one layer of a thin film of uniform thickness of a syntactic foam containing rigid microballoons in a resin matrix laminated to a prepreg construction of continuous filaments of high modulus fiber in a thermosetting resin matrix in which the syntactic foam is one or more thin uniform layers located within the composite material sufficiently close to an impact prone surface of the composite to enhance the composite's ability to withstand the impact through such surface and wherein the matrix resin of the syntactic foam is compatible and cocurable with the resin matrix of the prepreg.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
106 words
An impact resistent synthetic foam-prepreg composite material comprising at least one layer of a thin film of uniform thickness of a syntactic foam containing rigid microballoons in a resin matrix laminated to a prepreg construction of continuous filaments of high modulus fiber in a thermosetting resin matrix in which the syntactic foam is one or more thin uniform layers located within the composite material sufficiently close to an impact prone surface of the composite to enhance the composite's ability to withstand the impact through such surface and wherein the matrix resin of the syntactic foam is compatible and cocurable with the resin matrix of the prepreg.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
87 words
The impact resistent syntactic foam-prepreg composite material of claim 1 in which at least one layer of the thin film of syntactic foam containing rigid microballoons in a resin matrix is separated from the exterior surface of the composite by about one (1) to about ten (10) layers of such prepreg and at least one layer of the syntactic foam is located within the composite material sufficiently close to an impact prone surface of the composite to enhance the composite's ability to withstand impact through such surface.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
The composite material of claim 1 wherein the prepreg is a carbon fiber prepreg.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
56 words
The composite material of claim 2 wherein at least one layer of the syntactic foam containing rigid microballoons in a resin matrix laminated to the prepreg construction of continuous filaments of high modulus fiber in a resin matrix is separated from the exterior surface by about one (1) to about five (5) layers of such prepreg.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
60 words
The composite material of claim 4 wherein at least one layer of a thin film of the syntactic foam containing rigid microballoons in a resin matrix laminated to the prepreg construction of continuous filaments of high modulus fiber in a resin matrix is separated from the exterior surface by about one (1) to about three (3) layers of such prepreg.
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