Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for producing a dry preform produced by knitting, method for manufacturing a product made of composite materials from said preform
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Application No.: US16500600Application Date: 2018-04-16
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Publication No.: US11433568B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Pierre Conze , Jerome Bravard
- Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS FRANCE
- Applicant Address: FR Charny Oree de Puisaye
- Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS FRANCE
- Current Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS FRANCE
- Current Assignee Address: FR Charny Oree de Puisaye
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: FR1770381 20170414
- International Application: PCT/FR2018/050954 WO 20180416
- International Announcement: WO2018/189497 WO 20181018
- Main IPC: B29B11/16
- IPC: B29B11/16 ; B29C70/24 ; B29C70/48 ; B29K101/12 ; B29K105/08 ; D04B1/16

Abstract:
A method for producing a transformable dry preform, in particular for the creation of a product made of composite materials, includes the sequence of the following steps: simultaneous weft/wale knitting of at least one stitch thread and at least one unidirectional reinforcement thread, at least one stitch thread including a material, the nature of which being different to that of a material comprised in at least one unidirectional reinforcement thread, at least one of the materials being thermoplastic and having a melting point lower than the melting point of at least one other material, referred to as reinforcement material; and creating of a three-dimensional knit that constitutes a dry preform in the shape of the product that is to be obtained. Additionally, a product made of composite materials can be produced using the dry preform created by the method.
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