IP Library Granted Patent US 11,498,748
Granted Patent B2
US 11,498,748 · App. 16/645,641 · Granted Nov 15, 2022

Pallet with rolls of reinforcement material

Inventors: Tom W. DeMint (Seattle, WA); Jeff R. Randall (Monmouth, ME)
Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
B65D85/672B65B11/02B65D71/0096B65D2571/00061
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Patent No.
US 11,498,748
App. No.
16/645,641
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A load unit ( 700 ) of material for forming a structural component made from layers of a fiber reinforced material, the load unit ( 700 ) comprising a pallet ( 704 ) and a single layer of rolls of fiber reinforced material ( 702 ).

Claims (28)

1. A system for forming a structural component from a predetermined amount of a fibrous reinforcement material by placement of a plurality of layers of the fibrous reinforcement material in a mold, the system comprising a plurality of rolls of the fibrous reinforcement material and a unitary holder on which the rolls are arranged,

wherein a first roll of the fibrous reinforcement material is operable to form a first number of the layers of the structural component,

wherein a second roll of the fibrous reinforcement material is operable to form a second number of the layers of the structural component,

wherein the rolls are arranged on one side of the holder,

wherein the rolls form a single layer on the holder, and

wherein the rolls constitute no less than 100% and no more than 103% of the predetermined amount of the fibrous reinforcement material.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the fibrous reinforcement material comprises at least one of glass fibers and carbon fibers.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein eight or fewer rolls are situated on the holder.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the rolls is individually wrapped with a material prior to placement on the holder.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the rolls includes a core to facilitate both placement on and removal from the holder.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein a gap between at least one pair of adjacent rolls on the holder is at least 50% the average width of the adjacent rolls.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein a gap between at least one pair of adjacent rolls on the holder is at least 100% the average width of the adjacent rolls.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the average width is within the range of 35 cm to 45 cm.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein a spacer is positioned in the gap.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the dimensions of the spacer correspond to the dimensions of the gap.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the spacer is hollow.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the rolls is positioned such that a central axis of the roll is perpendicular to a central axis of at least one of the other rolls.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first roll comprises a first fibrous reinforcement material and the second roll comprises a second fibrous reinforcement material, and

wherein the first fibrous reinforcement material differs from the second fibrous reinforcement material.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the first fibrous reinforcement material is composed of fibers made of a first glass composition, and wherein the second fibrous reinforcement material is composed of fibers made of a second glass composition.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the first fibrous reinforcement material is composed of fibers having a first fiber diameter, and wherein the second fibrous reinforcement material is composed of fibers having a second fiber diameter.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the first fibrous reinforcement material is a fabric having a first areal density, and wherein the second fibrous reinforcement material is a fabric having a second areal density.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein each of the first areal density and the second areal density is within the range of 970 g/m 2 to 1,800 g/m 2 .

18. The system of claim 1 , wherein the holder is a pallet.

19. The system of claim 1 , wherein the holder is wrapped with a material to encase the rolls thereon.

20. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first number of first the layers differs from the second number of the layers.

21. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first roll constitutes no less than 100% and no more than 103% of the amount of the fibrous reinforcement material required to form the first number of the layers, and

wherein the second roll constitutes no less than 100% and no more than 103% of the amount of the fibrous reinforcement material required to form the second number of the layers.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Aug 18, 2022
From: OCV INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL, LLC
To: OWENS CORNING INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 060844/0296 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2020
From: DEMINT, TOM W.; RANDALL, JEFF R.
To: OCV INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 052093/0330 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62591867 · Nov 29, 2017
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