Method of manufacturing a composite part

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11491771
APP PUB NO 20200189257A1
SERIAL NO

16737523

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A method of fabricating a composite material, the method comprises the steps of a) providing a first layer of a fibre reinforced polymer, preferably a thermoset FRP, b) providing an array of thermoplastic islands across at least a proportion of a major surface of the first layer, c) providing a second layer of a fibre reinforced polymer, preferably a thermoset FRP, d) laying the second layer over at least some of the islands, and e) securing the first and second layers together. There is also disclosed a composite which comprises a first layer of a fibre reinforced polymer and a second layer of a fibre reinforced polymer, between which is an intervening layer comprising an array of thermoplastic islands.

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USA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMYWASHINGTON DC

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Hodzic, Alma Sheffield, GB 7 33
Smith, Patrick James Chinley, GB 12 182

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