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US 2025/0135765 A1Published application
Reinforced conduit and method of forming
AssigneeFlexfab, Inc.
InventorParker J. Haffey
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Abstract
A duct and method of forming the duct, can include a foam duct for moving fluids or gases within a system. A reinforcement structure can be applied to the duct, formed onto the duct, or formed with the duct in order to reduce, minimize, mitigate, or eliminate thermal expansion or contraction of the duct. The method can include dry or wet bonding, using a solvent solution with similar material from the duct in order to facilitate bonding of the reinforcement material to the duct.
Claims20
A method of forming a reinforced duct, the method comprising:
- heating a reinforcement structure, formed as a composite comprising a reinforcement material and a thermoplastic material, to melt the thermoplastic material;
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- applying the heated reinforcement structure to a foam duct comprising the same thermoplastic material as the reinforcement structure;
- wherein the thermoplastic material melted in the reinforcement structure bonds to the same thermoplastic material in the foam duct.
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