Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fiber reinforced hoses, composite materials and articles, and related methods
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Application No.: US17673743Application Date: 2022-02-16
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Publication No.: US12104718B2Publication Date: 2024-10-01
- Inventor: Gregory S. Mitsch , Richard Lindmark , Roger Worm
- Applicant: GaMra Composites, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WI Hudson
- Assignee: GaMra Composites, Inc.
- Current Assignee: GaMra Composites, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Hudson
- Agency: Husch Blackwell LLP
- Main IPC: F16L11/08
- IPC: F16L11/08 ; B29C48/10 ; B29C70/52 ; B29K23/00 ; B29L23/00

Abstract:
A flexible fiber reinforced hose adapted for conveying fluids under pressure. The reinforced hose having a core tube having at least one reinforcement layer surrounding an outer core tube surface. Each reinforcement layer having one or more woven mats, unwoven mats, or bundle of fibers comprising a plurality of reinforcement fibers that has a binder-resin filling at least a portion of the voids of the reinforcement fibers. In some aspects, the binder-resin adheres to the reinforcement fibers and displaces the air voids at the interface between the reinforcement fibers and the binder-resin. The binder-resin has a relatively low viscosity less than at least about 20,000 centipoise at 176° C. and low molecular weight, which allows the reinforcement layer to maintain a low flex modulus while maintaining or increasing tensile modulus. The reinforced hose also has at least one polymer layer that bonds to the binder-resin of the reinforcement layer, preferably being cross-linkable or cross-linked to the polymer layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220260185A1 FIBER REINFORCED HOSES, COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND ARTICLES, AND RELATED METHODS Public/Granted day:2022-08-18
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