IP Library Granted Patent US 7,931,458
Granted Patent B2
US 7,931,458 · App. 10/902,172 · Granted Apr 26, 2011

Method and devices for producing fiber-reinforced components

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Patent No.
US 7,931,458
App. No.
10/902,172
Granted
Apr 26, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

Injection structure with a fiber-composite semifinished product for manufacturing a fiber-composite component, having a gate device for feeding matrix material, a distribution fabric, and a barrier layer that is impermeable to the matrix material, wherein the distribution fabric is arranged between the gate device and the fiber-composite semifinished product, and the barrier layer is arranged between the distribution fabric and the fiber-composite semifinished product, as well as device for manufacturing a fiber-composite component by this injection structure.

Claims (18)

1. An injection structure for a fiber-composite semifinished product to manufacture a fiber-composite component, the structure comprising:

a gate device structured to feed matrix material;

a distribution fabric;

a barrier layer that is impermeable to the matrix material; and

a semi-permeable film that is arranged to form a chamber within which the gate device, the distribution fabric and the barrier layer are located, and that is structured to allow air to be withdrawn from the chamber after the matrix material has been fed,

wherein the distribution fabric is positionable between the gate device and the fiber-composite semifinished product, and the barrier layer is positionable between the distribution fabric and the fiber-composite semifinished product.

2. The injection structure according to claim 1 , wherein the distribution fabric projects beyond the barrier layer on at least one side.

3. The injection structure according to claim 1 , wherein the barrier layer is gas-permeable and matrix-material-impermeable.

4. The injection structure according to claim 1 wherein the barrier layer is a film or a panel.

5. The injection structure according to claim 1 , wherein the barrier layer is a PTFE film, an adhesive, a backing fabric, or a sandwich construction made from the PTFE, the adhesive, and the backing fabric.

6. An injection structure for manufacturing a fiber-composite component, the structure comprising:

a gate device structured to feed matrix material;

a distribution fabric positionable between the gate device and a fiber-composite semifinished product; and

a barrier layer that is impermeable to the matrix material and that is positionable between the distribution fabric and the fiber-composite semifinished product,

wherein the distribution fabric projects beyond the barrier layer on at least one side.

7. The injection structure according to claim 6 , wherein the barrier layer is gas-permeable and matrix-material-impermeable.

8. The injection structure according to claim 6 wherein the barrier layer is a film or a panel.

9. The Injection structure according to claim 6 , wherein the bather layer is a PTFE film, an adhesive, a backing fabric, or a sandwich construction made from the PTFE, the adhesive, and the backing fabric.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 7, 2019
From: EADS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE GMBH
Reel/Frame 048284/0694 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2004
From: LIPPERT, THOMAS; SCHRODER, HANS-WOLFGANG; STADLER, FRANZ; UTECHT, STEFAN
To: EADS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 015909/0724 →