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US 12,533,756 B2Granted
Polymeric component and method of making the same
AssigneeRtx Corporation
InventorsDanielle L. Grolman, Wenping Zhao, John Joseph Gangloff, Justin B. Alms, Lei Xing
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Abstract
A thermoset component for joining with a thermoplastic component according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, among other possible things includes a thermoset material, a weldable surface on the thermoset material, and a thermal barrier. The weldable surface includes a thermoplastic material. A hybrid polymeric component and a method of making a hybrid polymeric component are also disclosed.
Claims20
A composite article comprising:
- a thermoset composite portion;
- a weldable surface on the thermoset composite portion, the weldable surface including a first interlayer, the first interlayer comprising a thermoplastic material;
- a thermal barrier, wherein the first interlayer is disposed on the thermal barrier, the thermal barrier is arranged between the first interlayer and the thermoset composite portion;
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- a second interlayer between the thermal barrier and the thermoset composite portion.
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A method of making a composite article, comprising:
- forming a thermoset composite portion including a thermoset material and a weldable surface on the thermoset material, the weldable surface including a thermoplastic material, a thermal barrier, and a first interlayer comprising a thermoplastic material, and a second interlayer, the first interlayer is disposed on the thermal barrier, the thermal barrier arranged between the first interlayer and the thermoset composite portion, and the second interlayer between the thermal barrier and the thermoset composite portion;
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- joining a thermoplastic portion to the thermoset portion by welding the thermoplastic portion to the weldable surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.