Laminar fibrous structure having Z-fibers that penetrate a constant number of layers
AssigneeThe B. F. Goodrich Company
InventorsPhilip William Sheehan, Ronnie Sze-Heng Liew
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Abstract
The invention relates to the field of forming fibrous structures. A fibrous structure according to the invention has an upper group of fibrous layers and lower group of fibrous layers subjacent the upper group of fibrous layers. A multitude of Z-fiber bundles cohere the fibrous layers, each fibrous layer within the upper group of fibrous layers having a portion of the multitude of Z-fiber bundles originating in that fibrous layer and passing through a number of fibrous layers disposed beneath that fibrous layer without passing through all of the fibrous layers disposed beneath that fibrous layer. The number of fibrous layers penetrated by the Z-fiber bundles is constant within the first portion.
Claims7
A fibrous structure, comprising:
- a multitude of superposed fibrous layers including an upper group of fibrous layers and lower group of fibrous layers subjacent said upper group of fibrous layers;
- and,
- a multitude of Z-fiber bundles cohering said multitude of fibrous layers, each fibrous layer within said upper group of fibrous layers having a portion of said multitude of Z-fiber bundles originating in that fibrous layer and passing through a number of fibrous layers disposed beneath that fibrous layer without passing through all of said fibrous layers disposed beneath that fibrous layer, said number of fibrous layers being constant within said upper group, and each fibrous layer within said lower group of fibrous layers having a portion of said multitude of Z-fiber bundles originating in that fibrous layer and passing through all fibrous layers disposed beneath that fibrous layer.
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