Methods of manufacture of secured aerogel composites
AssigneeAspen Aerogels, Inc.
InventorsDaniel E Bullock, Aaron R Tomich
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention describe secured fiber-reinforced aerogels and laminate structures formed therefrom. In one embodiment a laminate comprises at least one fiber-reinforced aerogel layer adjacent to at least one layer of fiber-containing material wherein fibers from said at least one fiber-reinforced aerogel layer are interlaced with fibers of said at least one fiber-containing material. In another embodiment a laminate comprises at least two adjacent fiber-reinforced aerogel layers wherein fibers from at least one fiber-reinforced aerogel layer are interlaced with fibers of an adjacent fiber-reinforced aerogel layer.
Claims16
A method of securing at least one fiber-reinforced aerogel layer to at least one layer of a fiber-containing material comprising:
- a) disposing a laminate comprising at least one layer of a fiber-containing material adjacent to at least one fiber-reinforced aerogel layer where at least one layer being a top layer that defines an exposed surface;
- and b) penetrating said laminate through said exposed surface with at least one felting needle thereby interlacing fibers within the laminate.
A method of producing a laminate comprising the steps of placing at least one fiber-reinforced aerogel layer adjacent to at least one layer of fiber-containing material;
- and interlacing fibers from one layer with an adjacent layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.