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US 2016/0101564 A1Published application
Reinforced structural component and process to make the same
AssigneeCutting Dynamics, Inc.
InventorWilliam V. CARSON, JR.
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Abstract
This specification discloses an article of manufacture and a process to make the same. The article of manufacture has a continuous thermoplastic matrix or a metal material and a thermoset matrix material comprised of oriented fibers. The thermoset matrix material is bonded to the thermoplastic matrix or metal material at a bonded interface. The article of manufacture can take any number of forms for use in industries such as aircraft, automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, trains or watercraft.
Claims16
1-30. (canceled)
A process for the production of an article of manufacture comprising the steps of:
- A) adjoining a continuous metal material with a thermoset matrix material at an unbonded interface between the continuous metal material and the thermoset matrix material, and
- B) creating a bonded interface between the continuous metal material and the thermoset matrix material
- wherein the continuous metal material, the thermoset matrix material, or both the continuous metal material and the thermoset matrix material are subjected to a surface pretreatment selected from the group consisting of solvent treatment, chemical treatment, corona treatment, flame treatment and combinations thereof prior to adjoining the continuous metal material with the thermoset matrix material, and the bonded interface is done at least in part by applying a bonding pressure to the unbonded interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.