Fibre-reinforced composite moulding and manufacture thereof

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8545744
APP PUB NO 20100143145A1
SERIAL NO

12532907

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Method of manufacturing a fiber-reinforced composite molding, the method comprising the steps of: (a) disposing at least one layer of fibrous reinforcing material within a mold; (b) disposing at least one pre-preg layer adjacent to the fibrous reinforcing material, the pre-preg layer comprising fibrous reinforcement at least partially impregnated with uncured first resin material, to form a laminar assembly of the at least one layer of fibrous reinforcing material and the at least one pre-preg layer within the mold; (c) applying a vacuum to the assembly; (d) infusing a flowable uncured second resin material, under the vacuum, into the at least one layer of fibrous reinforcing material; and (e) curing the first and second resin materials at least partially simultaneously to form the fiber-reinforced composite molding which comprises at least one first structural portion formed from the fibrous reinforcement and the cured first resin material bonded to at least one second structural portion formed from the at least one layer of fibrous reinforcing material and the cured second resin material.

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GURIT (UK) LTDNEWPORT ISLE OF WIGHT PO30 5WU

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Jones, Daniel Thomas Cowes, GB 27 259

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