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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7366472 | Technology for creating a RF radiation-free environment The invention relates to a method of rendering telecommunication devices ineffective, by creating a substantially radio frequency radiation-free environment by providing an interference generating pattern (IGP) adjacent to the environment in a position between the e... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354641 | Resin compatible yarn binder and uses thereof Certain embodiments of the invention are directed to a fiber strand comprising at least one fiber at least partially coated with a starch-free composition formed from the components comprising at least one film forming material, at least one polymeric lubricant, at ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7252726 | Method for preparing a fabric substantially consisting of carbon fibers A method for preparing a carbon fiber fabric impregnated with a thermoplastic plastic including providing a fabric which substantially consists of carbon fibers with a coating of an epoxy material without curing agent; bringing the fabric to a temperature in the ran... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7235289 | Paper including bodies carrying at least one biochemical marker Paper including bodies carrying at least one biochemical marker and of sufficient size to be capable of being taken individually. ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7200973 | Wire reinforced thermoplastic coating A structural reinforcing layer made from wire, a structural reinforcing composite layer made from wire, and the resulting load bearing structures made from or retrofitted with wire reinforced plastics and cements. Said layers and structures made from monofilament me... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7180000 | Low cost, high performance, flexible, water-swellable reinforcement for communications cable A low cost, high performance, water-swellable, flexible reinforcement member that can be used for both optical and copper communications cable. The water-swellable reinforcement members made according to the preferred process are more rigid than known reinforcement ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7169463 | Sizing composition for sheet molding compound roving An aqueous glass fiber sizing composition that includes a polymeric film forming component, at least one silane coupling agent, and one or more lubricants is provided. The polymeric film forming component of the sizing composition includes a silanated polyvinyl acet... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7102077 | Low cost electromagnetic energy absorbing, shrinkable tubing manufactured from conductive loaded resin-based materials Electromagnetic energy absorbing, shrinkable tubing are formed of a conductive loaded resin-based material. The conductive loaded resin-based material has micron conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination of conductive powder and conductive fibers i... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7085458 | Fire resistant conduit insert for optical fiber cable A flexible fire resistant innerduct structure is configured to contain a cable within a conduit. The innerduct structure includes a pair of adjacent strip-shaped layers of flexible material that are joined along their longitudinal edges to define a channel through w... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7052763 | Multi-element connector An apparatus such as a connector or circuit includes a substrate having a plurality of conductive members and a plurality of non-conductive members. The conductive members include a plurality of conductive fibers in association with a polymer material. The conductiv... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6953619 | Conductive thermoplastic compositions and antennas thereof Disclosed are conductive polymeric materials comprising a resin-based structural material loaded with micron conductive fibers and/or micron conductive powders or to provide a conductive thermoplastic composition rather than an insulator. Also disclosed are antennas... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6835679 | Lossy fiber UV curing method and apparatus A method and apparatus for light curing of composite materials in which the radiation required to initiate the curing is delivered via one or more lossy fiber optics. The fiber optics are made lossy by methods such as bending the fiber, weaving the fiber into a mat ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6815037 | Carrier member made of a UV resistant fiber-reinforced composite material and process for producing thereof This invention provides a carrier member made of a UV resistant fiber-reinforced composite material where a UV resistant coating material is applied on the surface of the fiber-reinforced composite material and a process for producing thereof. A preferable fiber-rei... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6740607 | Substrate with stretch and heat sealing properties to make a multidirectional restraint module design The invention is directed to coating a plurality of polyurethane films onto a stretchable knit fabric substrate and heat sealing such substrates together to yield an air curtain or air bag having improved air-holding properties. ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6643890 | Composite doctor blades A composite doctor blade is provided that is suitable for use in the manufacture of paper, particularly for use in calenders. The composite doctor blade includes multiple layers of composite material in which a substantial proportion of the fibers are ali... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6391436 | Manufacture of void-free laminates and use thereof The invention provides a method of forming a void-free laminate, comprising the steps of: (a) enclosing a partially impregnated prepreg in a vacuum envelope, said partially impregnated prepreg comprising a fiber layer partially impregnated with a resin co... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6210786 | Ceramic composite materials having tailored physical properties A fiber-reinforced ceramic matrix composite (FRCMC) structure exhibiting tailored characteristics such as ductility, hardness, and coefficient of friction. Generally, this tailoring involves incorporating fibers into the composite in sufficient quantities... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6197149 | Production of insulating varnishes and multilayer printed circuit boards using these varnishes An insulating varnish comprising a resin component, electrical insulating whiskers, and if necessary, one or more additives such as an ion adsorbent, and/or an organic reagent for preventing injury from copper, produced by adding the additives to the resi... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6165604 | Fiber-reinforced composite and method of making same Fiber-reinforced composites prepared from a depolymerizable and repolymerizable polymer have the processing advantages of a thermoset without being brittle. Impregnation of polymer into the fiber bundle can be achieved with ease, while still producing a c... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6153291 | Ceramic-matrix composite component fabrication A method of fiber preparation for discontinuous fiber-reinforced ceramic matrix composite and a coated discontinuous fiber prepared by this method. The method includes immersing a fiber spool in a resin and drip drying the fiber spool until any excess res... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6103364 | Ink jet printable, washable saturated cellulosic substrate A saturated hydroentangled fibrous web which includes a fibrous web having a plurality of entanglement loci as a consequence of subjecting the fibrous web to high pressure liquid jets and a saturant which is present in the hydroentangled fibrous web at a ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5989711 | Method of manufacturing a composite material and the resulting material A composite material formed by an organic substrate reinforced by glass strands. It consists of the combination of an organic substrate and glass strands coated with a sizing composition constituted by a solution with a solvent content of less than 5% by ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5972504 | Method of manufacturing a composite material and the resulting material The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a composite material formed by an organic substrate reinforced by glass strands. The invention consists of the combination of an organic substrate and glass strands coated with a sizing composition consti... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5932335 | Oxidation resistant fiber-reinforced composites with poly(carborane-siloxane/silane-acetylene) An oxidation resistant fiber-reinforced composite is made by impregnating a fibrous material with a resin containing a linear polymer having a repeating unit with at least one carboranyl group, at least one silyl or siloxyl group and at least one acetylen... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5885911 | Electromagnetic attenuating laminate and method for its formation An EMI shielding member and method of making the member. The member includes a non-metallic substrate having an electrically non-conductive coating of a dielectric polymer matrix material loaded with an EMI shieldingly effective amount of electrically con... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5851646 | Prepreg, process for producing the same and printed circuit substrate/board using the same The present invention provides a lightweight prepreg having uniform formation, low linear thermal expansion coefficient and good mechanical strength, comprising a porous para-oriented aromatic polyamide film and a thermoplastic resin and/or a thermosettin... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5824403 | Electrostatically coated pultrusions and methods of making Electrostatically coated synthetic resin pultrusions (10) are provided in the form of elongated bodies presenting ends, with a series of elongated, spaced apart conductive elements (16) embedded within the pultruded bodies. Electrical coupling means (18) ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5789074 | Method of manufacturing a composite material and the resulting material The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a composite material formed by an organic substrate reinforced by glass strands. The invention consists of the combination of an organic substrate and glass strands coated with a sizing composition consti... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5736220 | Surface treated synthetic reinforcement for structural wood members A synthetic reinforcement having surface features that facilitate adhesion of the reinforcement to another surface and a process for making the same is disclosed. The synthetic reinforcement is comprised of a plurality of continuous fibers that are mainta... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5609952 | Sensored composite structure A sensored composite structure comprises a coherent bundle of fibers having structural strength and optical transmissivity properties embedded in a matrix, whereby stresses and other parameters of the structure may be measured by reference to the image re... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5344689 | Carbon fiber prepreg and carbon fiber reinforced resin composite A carbon fiber prepreg comprising a unit layer consisting of carbon fibers and a matrix resin layer, and stranded filaments or single filaments incorporated thereinto. The steel fiber is an Ni plated low-carbon dual-phase steel filament and has a filament... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5171630 | Flexible multiply towpreg This invention relates to an improved flexible towpreg and a method of production therefor. The improved flexible towpreg comprises a plurality of towpreg plies which comprise reinforcing filaments and matrix forming material; the reinforcing filaments be... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5069959 | Structural composites of fluoropolymers reinforced with continuous filament fibers A composite comprising a fluoropolymer resin matrix reinforced with continuous filament aligned fibers for use in corrosive high temperature environments.... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5047275 | Spray dried phenol-formaldehyde resin compositions A pre-cure resistant powder resin binder for waferboard/oriented strandboard manufacture is manufactured from spray drying a liquid resin composition containing a low advanced phenol-formaldehyde resin and a water soluble oxo compound of boron. The spray ... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4894281 | Fiber-reinforced polymer molded body Disclosed is a fiber-reinforced polymer molded body which comprises a matrix of a polymer having a processing temperature lower than 220° C. and at least one reinforcing layer of a molecularly oriented and silane-crosslinked ultra-high-molecular-weight p... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4678711 | Process for promoting the adhesion of epoxy bonded fiber reinforced plastics Articles manufactured by bonding two or more shaped fiber reinforced polymeric substrates together can be made by an improved process comprising: applying a self-crosslinking acrylic polymer latex primer to the bonding surface of each of said substrates a... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4640861 | Fiber reinforced thermoplastic material A fiber reinforced material is made by passing a preheated tensioned filament array over an arcuate extruder head where thermoplastic polymer is flowed through the filament array to expel air from the array while coating the filaments with polymer. The fi... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4559262 | Fibre reinforced compositions and methods for producing such compositions Fibre-reinforced structures comprising a thermoplastics polymer and containing at least 30% by volume of reinforcing filaments extending longitudinally of the structure which have been produced in a continuous process and which have exceptionally high sti... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4529645 | Polyethylene-terephthalate-backed adhesive tape or extreme dimensional stability Adhesive tape useful in supporting an array of parallel optical fibers in an optical transmission cable comprising an adhesive-covered biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate film having defined ranges for the proportion of gauche and trans conforma... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4500595 | Stainless steel fiber-thermosplastic granules and molded articles therefrom A composite plastic material having improved shielding against electromagnetic interference is provided by injection molding a molding compound comprising elongated granules obtained by incorporating into a thermoplastic resin matrix stainless steel fiber... | 02/19/1985 |
