Jesse F Brown

US Patent:

20110247743, Oct 13, 2011

Filed:

Apr 13, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/759333

Inventors:

Jason K. Slack - Clinton UT, US
Christopher J. Madsen - Ogden UT, US
Don C. Jones - West Haven UT, US
Vernon M. Benson - Morgan UT, US
Peter G. Turner - Eden UT, US
Ralph Douglas Cope - Elkton MD, US
Kimberly Ann Ferrara - Middletown DE, US
Anthony Dale Johnson - Conowingo MD, US
Michael James Case - Newark DE, US
Jesse Paul Brown - Newark DE, US
James Gargel - Bear DE, US
Steven Andrew Cope - Newark DE, US
Kyle Putnam Tarry - Middletown PA, US

International Classification:

B32B 37/02
B32B 38/10
B32B 38/04

US Classification:

156 64, 156362, 156360, 156363, 156250, 156248

Abstract:

A material preparation device is provided. The material preparation device includes a bias-ply assembly, a feedstock assembly and an application head. The bias-ply assembly is configured to pass a bias-ply backing material along a first path. The feedstock assembly is configured to pass a feedstock along a second path that crosses the first path at a select angle. The feedstock includes resin pre-impregnated fiber reinforced material (pre-preg) having the fibers at a first orientation relative to an edge of the feedstock. The application head is configured to transfer the pre-preg from the feedstock to the bias-ply backing material at a location where the first path crosses the second path to form a bias-ply with the fibers of the pre-preg having a second different orientation relative to an edge of the formed bias-ply.