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Aqueous epoxy sizing composition for glass fibers and fibers sized therewith Haines, ILM. and Wong, R. (Owens-Coming Fiberglas Corporation. Toledo, OIL USA) US Pat4 448 911 (15 May 1984) This dilute aqueous size consists of an emulsified liquid epoxy resin, an emulsified mineral oil, a non-ionic surfactant' an anti-static agent, a polyvinylpyrrolidone and an organosilane coupling agent Resin binder for fiber composite materials Cheung, M.-F., Garrett Jr, D.L. and van Oene, H. (Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI, USA) US Pal 4 448 941 (15 May 1984) This is a memod of making a free-radical curable amino vinyl resin in a two-step process from 80-20 wt % amino vinyl prepolymer and 20-80 wt % cross-linkable ethylenically unsaturated monomer diluent The resin can be used to make fibre composites. Golf club head of carbon fiber reinforced plastic Hayashi, K. et al (Mizuno Corporation, Osaka, ~]apan) US Pats 4 449 707 (22 May 1984), 4 451 041 a n d 4 451 042 (29 May 1984) A golf club head has a lightweight core surrounded by a shell of CFRP and a metal sole The carbon fibres in the shell extend into the neck of the head. In US Pat 4 451 04L pins extending from the inner surface of the sole through the shell retain the core in position. Also, there is an upwardly converging neck reinforcement in the neck portion of the shell. In USPat4 451 042, there is a pocket in the metal sole which can be used to hold weights for adjusting the head. Com~,osite structures window belt and method of making Whitener, P.C. (The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA, USA) US Pat 4 450 661 (29 May 1984) This article has a row of spaced FRP window frames with means on them for securing windows, a layer of reinforcing resin-coated filaments wound around the periphery of each window frame, a honeycomb core between the window frames, and inner and outer shells of wound resin-impregnated filaments. Composite laser mirror Stalcup, R.K,, Sigman, W.R, and Prewo, K.M. (United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT, USA) US Pat4 451 118 (29 May 1984) A laser mirror has a base attached to a backing section which has a laser-radiation reflecting surface. In the base, graphite fibres are arranged in a plane parallel to the mirror surface, in a glass matrix, In the backing section, the graphite fibres in the glass matrix are perpendicular to the reflecting surface. Coupling connection for a fiber reinforced synthetic resin pipe Hornig. IL and Wbrner, G. (Daimler-Benz Akticngesellschaft, Stuttgart' FRG)USPat4451 245 (29 May 1984) FRP pipes are joined by a connector which has axially extending teeth that grip the inside of the pipe. Reinforcing member Miura, T. et al (Nissan Motor Company Limited, Yokohama, Japan) US Pat 4 451 518 (29 May 1984) A hardenable reinforcing layer of FRP has a
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tWO-l~art expandable member fixed to it which can expand to form a bead-like projection and which is smaller than the reinforcing layer. The underside of the reinforcing layer can be adhered to an object and the expandable member is expanded before the reinforcing layer hardens.
Compositefiber reinforced member and method Krause, C.J. (NI Industries Inc, Nov£ ML USA) US Pat4 451 528 (29 May 1984) A body comprising glass fibres in a cured thermosetting resin has, over a localized part thereol~ an integrally bonded surface layer of cured compatible thermosetting resin containing high strength graphite fibres. Resin modification for glass fiber adherence Black, D.E., Garrett' D.W. and Coakley, T.A, (Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Toledo, OH, USA) US Pat 4 451 592 (29 May -1984) The adherence between an uncured polyolefin resin and glass fibres sized with an oxidized polyolefln, a carboxylated elastomer and a silane is improved by adding a carboxylic acid to the resin/fibre mixture before curing. Spacer for wire reinforcement in concrete structures such as pipe (Tolliver, W.E., Holland, ML USA) US Pat4 452 026 (5 June 1984) A spacer, for use with a reinforcement comprising a first set of spaced wires joined to a second set of laterally spaced wires, is described. Flexible hose wound of a web material and reinforced with wire windings Werner, F. (Alcan Ohler GmbH, PlettenbergOhle, FRG) US Pat4 452 280 (5 June 1984) A flexible hose wound from a web material of constant width with overlapping edges of successive windings is reinforced by windings of a wire fixed to the interior surface of the web.
Sheet material impregnated with a highly cross linked thermally stable epoxy composition Siemon, J.T. (Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburg, PA, USA) US Pat 4 452 847 (5 June 1984) The curing agent and accelerator for an epoxy resin used to produce B-staged prepregs with glass fabric are described. Laminated ski reinforcement members Pilpel' E. and Meatto, F. (Olin Corporation, New Haven, CT, USA) US Pat4 455 037 (19 June 1984) A snow ski with a laminated wooden core having a top and bottom surface has aluminium reinforcing members on the two opposing sides of the core and two metal edges over the reinforcement Aqueous treating composition for glass fiber strands used to produce mats for thermoplastics Temple, C.S. (PPG Industries Inc, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) US Pat4 455 343 (19 June 1984) A method of forming glass fibre strands, coated with an aqueous size of given composition, is described. These strands are used to produce a needled mat which in turn is used to reinforce a thermoplastic laminate and improve the stampability of the laminate. Titanium wire reinforced lead composite electrode structure Otto, N.C., Giess, H.K. and Mainzer, J.W.
(GNB Batteries Inc, Mendota Heights, MN, USA'~ US Pat 4 456 666 (26 June 1984) The support structure for a lead/acid battery cell is a composite of titanium wires in a cast lead matrix.
Bending spring made of fiber compound material Drachenberg. E and Oefner, W. (MesserschmittBoelkow-Blohm GmbH, Munich, FRG) USPat 4 457 500 (3 July 1984) In a bending spring which has a thickness smaller than its width, transverse stress relief is achieved by introducing thin fibre inserts through the width of the spring so that the orientation of the fibres in the inserts is parallel to the direction of loading The inserts divide up the body of the spring into sections of unidirectional reinforcing fibres in a fibre bonding mass. Plastic pipe fitting Shaefer, R~R, and Matthews, K,J. (Nibco Inc, Elkhart, IN, USA) US Pat 4 457 542 (3 July 1984) This fitting has an inner lhermoplastic layer and an outer fibre-reinforced layer in which the fibres are wound continuously around it Bumper reinforcement structure for vehicles Sekiyama, K. et al (Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi and Asahi Glass Company Ltd` Tokyo, both of Japan) US Pat 4 457 547 (3 July 1984) A bumper structure for vehicles has an FRP reinforcement laterally mounted to the vehicle that is rectangular in cross-section and has a bracket for mounting an elastic bumper in front of it Brake disc of carbon-carbon composite material Chareire, J.-L. and Dupupet, G. (Le CarboneLorraine of Tour Manhattan. Courbevoie, France) US Pat4 457 967 (3 July 1984) In this brake disc, the core comprises a mixture of short carbon fibres of two different length ranges embedded in a carbon matrix. The longer fibres are oriented and distributed randomly in planes approximately parallel to the friction faces of the disc and the shorter fibres are oriented and distributed randomly in the volume of the disc. Glass fiber reinf?rced thermoplastics Dos, B. and Melle, C.A, (PPG Industries Inc, Pittsburg, PA, USA) US Pat 4 457 970 (3 July 1984) The composition of an aqueous size for glass fibres is given. Composite material flywheel hub Friedericy, J.A. and Towgood, D.A. (The Garrett Corporation, Los Angeles, CA, USA) US Pat 4 458 400 (10 July 1984) The bars of this flywheel are formed from two layers of longitudinally aligned filamentary material embedded in a matrix stacked on either side of a layer having the filaments aligned at right angles. Composite connecting rod and process Holtzberg. M,W. and Cole, B.W (Standard Oil Company (Indiana), Chicago, I L USA) US Pat 4 458 555 (10 July 1984) A connecting rod for use in an engine is laminated from plies of graphite or glass fabric impregnated with an amide-imide resin matrix. A method of manufacturing the rod is also described.
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Aqueous epoxy sizing composition for glass fibers and fibers sized therewith Haines, ILM. and Wong, R. (Owens-Coming Fiberglas Corporation. Toledo, OIL USA) US Pat4 448 911 (15 May 1984) This dilute aqueous size consists of an emulsified liquid epoxy resin, an emulsified mineral oil, a non-ionic surfactant' an anti-static agent, a polyvinylpyrrolidone and an organosilane coupling agent Resin binder for fiber composite materials Cheung, M.-F., Garrett Jr, D.L. and van Oene, H. (Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI, USA) US Pal 4 448 941 (15 May 1984) This is a memod of making a free-radical curable amino vinyl resin in a two-step process from 80-20 wt % amino vinyl prepolymer and 20-80 wt % cross-linkable ethylenically unsaturated monomer diluent The resin can be used to make fibre composites. Golf club head of carbon fiber reinforced plastic Hayashi, K. et al (Mizuno Corporation, Osaka, ~]apan) US Pats 4 449 707 (22 May 1984), 4 451 041 a n d 4 451 042 (29 May 1984) A golf club head has a lightweight core surrounded by a shell of CFRP and a metal sole The carbon fibres in the shell extend into the neck of the head. In US Pat 4 451 04L pins extending from the inner surface of the sole through the shell retain the core in position. Also, there is an upwardly converging neck reinforcement in the neck portion of the shell. In USPat4 451 042, there is a pocket in the metal sole which can be used to hold weights for adjusting the head. Com~,osite structures window belt and method of making Whitener, P.C. (The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA, USA) US Pat 4 450 661 (29 May 1984) This article has a row of spaced FRP window frames with means on them for securing windows, a layer of reinforcing resin-coated filaments wound around the periphery of each window frame, a honeycomb core between the window frames, and inner and outer shells of wound resin-impregnated filaments. Composite laser mirror Stalcup, R.K,, Sigman, W.R, and Prewo, K.M. (United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT, USA) US Pat4 451 118 (29 May 1984) A laser mirror has a base attached to a backing section which has a laser-radiation reflecting surface. In the base, graphite fibres are arranged in a plane parallel to the mirror surface, in a glass matrix, In the backing section, the graphite fibres in the glass matrix are perpendicular to the reflecting surface. Coupling connection for a fiber reinforced synthetic resin pipe Hornig. IL and Wbrner, G. (Daimler-Benz Akticngesellschaft, Stuttgart' FRG)USPat4451 245 (29 May 1984) FRP pipes are joined by a connector which has axially extending teeth that grip the inside of the pipe. Reinforcing member Miura, T. et al (Nissan Motor Company Limited, Yokohama, Japan) US Pat 4 451 518 (29 May 1984) A hardenable reinforcing layer of FRP has a
COMPOSITES. OCTOBER 1985
tWO-l~art expandable member fixed to it which can expand to form a bead-like projection and which is smaller than the reinforcing layer. The underside of the reinforcing layer can be adhered to an object and the expandable member is expanded before the reinforcing layer hardens.
Compositefiber reinforced member and method Krause, C.J. (NI Industries Inc, Nov£ ML USA) US Pat4 451 528 (29 May 1984) A body comprising glass fibres in a cured thermosetting resin has, over a localized part thereol~ an integrally bonded surface layer of cured compatible thermosetting resin containing high strength graphite fibres. Resin modification for glass fiber adherence Black, D.E., Garrett' D.W. and Coakley, T.A, (Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Toledo, OH, USA) US Pat 4 451 592 (29 May -1984) The adherence between an uncured polyolefin resin and glass fibres sized with an oxidized polyolefln, a carboxylated elastomer and a silane is improved by adding a carboxylic acid to the resin/fibre mixture before curing. Spacer for wire reinforcement in concrete structures such as pipe (Tolliver, W.E., Holland, ML USA) US Pat4 452 026 (5 June 1984) A spacer, for use with a reinforcement comprising a first set of spaced wires joined to a second set of laterally spaced wires, is described. Flexible hose wound of a web material and reinforced with wire windings Werner, F. (Alcan Ohler GmbH, PlettenbergOhle, FRG) US Pat4 452 280 (5 June 1984) A flexible hose wound from a web material of constant width with overlapping edges of successive windings is reinforced by windings of a wire fixed to the interior surface of the web.
Sheet material impregnated with a highly cross linked thermally stable epoxy composition Siemon, J.T. (Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburg, PA, USA) US Pat 4 452 847 (5 June 1984) The curing agent and accelerator for an epoxy resin used to produce B-staged prepregs with glass fabric are described. Laminated ski reinforcement members Pilpel' E. and Meatto, F. (Olin Corporation, New Haven, CT, USA) US Pat4 455 037 (19 June 1984) A snow ski with a laminated wooden core having a top and bottom surface has aluminium reinforcing members on the two opposing sides of the core and two metal edges over the reinforcement Aqueous treating composition for glass fiber strands used to produce mats for thermoplastics Temple, C.S. (PPG Industries Inc, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) US Pat4 455 343 (19 June 1984) A method of forming glass fibre strands, coated with an aqueous size of given composition, is described. These strands are used to produce a needled mat which in turn is used to reinforce a thermoplastic laminate and improve the stampability of the laminate. Titanium wire reinforced lead composite electrode structure Otto, N.C., Giess, H.K. and Mainzer, J.W.
(GNB Batteries Inc, Mendota Heights, MN, USA'~ US Pat 4 456 666 (26 June 1984) The support structure for a lead/acid battery cell is a composite of titanium wires in a cast lead matrix.
Bending spring made of fiber compound material Drachenberg. E and Oefner, W. (MesserschmittBoelkow-Blohm GmbH, Munich, FRG) USPat 4 457 500 (3 July 1984) In a bending spring which has a thickness smaller than its width, transverse stress relief is achieved by introducing thin fibre inserts through the width of the spring so that the orientation of the fibres in the inserts is parallel to the direction of loading The inserts divide up the body of the spring into sections of unidirectional reinforcing fibres in a fibre bonding mass. Plastic pipe fitting Shaefer, R~R, and Matthews, K,J. (Nibco Inc, Elkhart, IN, USA) US Pat 4 457 542 (3 July 1984) This fitting has an inner lhermoplastic layer and an outer fibre-reinforced layer in which the fibres are wound continuously around it Bumper reinforcement structure for vehicles Sekiyama, K. et al (Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi and Asahi Glass Company Ltd` Tokyo, both of Japan) US Pat 4 457 547 (3 July 1984) A bumper structure for vehicles has an FRP reinforcement laterally mounted to the vehicle that is rectangular in cross-section and has a bracket for mounting an elastic bumper in front of it Brake disc of carbon-carbon composite material Chareire, J.-L. and Dupupet, G. (Le CarboneLorraine of Tour Manhattan. Courbevoie, France) US Pat4 457 967 (3 July 1984) In this brake disc, the core comprises a mixture of short carbon fibres of two different length ranges embedded in a carbon matrix. The longer fibres are oriented and distributed randomly in planes approximately parallel to the friction faces of the disc and the shorter fibres are oriented and distributed randomly in the volume of the disc. Glass fiber reinf?rced thermoplastics Dos, B. and Melle, C.A, (PPG Industries Inc, Pittsburg, PA, USA) US Pat 4 457 970 (3 July 1984) The composition of an aqueous size for glass fibres is given. Composite material flywheel hub Friedericy, J.A. and Towgood, D.A. (The Garrett Corporation, Los Angeles, CA, USA) US Pat 4 458 400 (10 July 1984) The bars of this flywheel are formed from two layers of longitudinally aligned filamentary material embedded in a matrix stacked on either side of a layer having the filaments aligned at right angles. Composite connecting rod and process Holtzberg. M,W. and Cole, B.W (Standard Oil Company (Indiana), Chicago, I L USA) US Pat 4 458 555 (10 July 1984) A connecting rod for use in an engine is laminated from plies of graphite or glass fabric impregnated with an amide-imide resin matrix. A method of manufacturing the rod is also described.
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