Composite laminate and method of producing a composite laminate
AssigneeB.L.R.P. L.L.C.
InventorBruce F Linker
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Abstract
The present invention provides a composite material including a substrate layer, a knit porous layer intermixed within the substrate material, and a thermoplastic layer disposed upon the porous layer. The porous layer is at least partially disposed within the thermoplastic layer. The present invention also provides a method for forming the composite material including the steps of: providing a substrate layer, providing a porous layer disposed on the substrate layer, providing a thermoplastic layer disposed on the porous layer, applying pressure and vacuum to mechanically interlock the thermoplastic layer with the porous layer; and bonding the porous layer to the substrate layer.
Claims29
A composite material applicable to form a structure, the composite comprising:
- a substrate;
- a knit porous layer partially disposed within said substrate material forming a mechanical bond therebetween;
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- a UHMWPE thermoplastic layer having an average thickness of between 0.2 mm and 10 cm which is in direct contact with said knit porous layer;
- wherein said UHMWPE thermoplastic layer penetrates a portion of said knit porous layer and is directly coupled to the substrate material through said knit porous layer.
A composite material comprising:
- a substrate including a layer formed from a thermoset material;
- a knit porous layer partially disposed within said thermoset material of the substrate forming a mechanical bond therebetween;
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- a UHMWPE layer having an average thickness of between 0.2 mm and about 10 cm, wherein said porous layer is at least partially disposed within said UHMWPE layer and said UHMWPE layer is directly bonded to the thermoset material of the substrate through said knit porous layer.
A composite comprising:
- A substrate including a layer of thermoset material selected from the group consisting of reinforced epoxy composite, carbon reinforced epoxy composite, glass fiber reinforced epoxy composite, synthetic fiber reinforced epoxy composite, woven fabric fiber reinforced epoxy composite, and combinations thereof;
- a knit porous layer partially disposed within said substrate layer of thermoset material forming a mechanical bond therebetween;
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- a UHMWPE layer having an average thickness of between 0.2 mm and 10.0 cm which is in contact with said porous layer;
- wherein said UHMWPE layer and said substrate penetrate said knit porous layer and are directly coupled together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.