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US 2009/0214812 A1Published application
Protective Composite Structures and Methods of Making Protective Composite Structures
AssigneeUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham
InventorsShane Bartus, George Husman, Uday Vaidya
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Abstract
Composite structures and methods of fabrication thereof are disclosed. An embodiment of a composite structure, among others, includes: a backing substrate; a layer of structures distributed over the backing substrate; and a thermoplastic disposed onto the structures and the backing substrate, wherein the thermoplastic substantially binds the backing substrate and layer of structures together.
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A composite structure, comprising:
- a backing substrate;
- a layer of structures distributed over the backing substrate;
- and
- a thermoplastic disposed onto the structures and the backing substrate,
- wherein the thermoplastic substantially binds the backing substrate and the layer of structures together.
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A method for fabricating a composite structure including:
- providing a backing substrate;
- disposing structures over the backing substrate;
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- disposing a thermoplastic onto the structures and the backing substrate.
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A composite structure, comprising:
- a backing substrate;
- a layer of structures distributed over the backing substrate, wherein the structures are selected from ceramic plates, metallic plates, and combinations thereof;
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- a long fiber thermoplastic disposed onto the structures and the backing substrate, wherein the long fiber thermoplastic substantially binds the backing substrate and layer of structures together, and wherein the long fiber thermoplastic includes:
- a material selected from thermoplastic polyurethanes, polypropylene, nylon-based polymers, polystyrene, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), styrene acrylonitrile (SAN), polyethersulphone (PES), polyetherimide (PEI), polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), polyetheretherketone (PEEK), polyetherketone (PEK), and combinations thereof;
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- a fiber selected from an aramid fiber, a nylon fiber, a glass fiber, a carbon fiber, and combinations thereof, wherein the fiber has a length of about 12 to 38 mm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.