US 11,867,344 B2
Composite insulation system
Robert Jacque Goulet, Gastonia, NC (US)
Assigned to NELSON GLOBAL PRODUCTS, INC., Stoughton, WI (US)
Appl. No. 16/092,838
Filed by SAPREX, LLC, Gastonia, NC (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 17, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/027994
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 11, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/181197, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 19, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/323,494, filed on Apr. 15, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0120419 A1, Apr. 25, 2019
Int. Cl. F16L 59/02 (2006.01); B32B 1/08 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); B32B 7/12 (2006.01); F16L 59/14 (2006.01); F16L 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 59/021 (2013.01) [B32B 1/08 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); B32B 7/12 (2013.01); F16L 5/14 (2013.01); B32B 2307/304 (2013.01); B32B 2597/00 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A customizable, self-molding, fiber-reinforced composite insulation system that is structured to be applied to a component comprising:
at least one structural reinforcement layer, the at least one structural reinforcement layer being structured to provide structural support, insulation or protection to the component;
a self-molding fabric fiber cover structured to encase the at least one structural reinforcement layer and provide compression around the at least one structural reinforcement layer and at least partially around the component without application of external forces; and
a liquid polymer matrix solution structured to be applied to the at least one structural reinforcement layer and the self-molding fiber cover positioned at least partially on the component, wherein the at least one structural reinforcement layer and the self-molding fiber cover are structured such that the liquid polymer matrix solution flows within and infuses both the at least one structural reinforcement layer and the self-molding fiber cover from the outside of the self-molding fiber cover to the inside of the at least one structural reinforcement layer, wherein the liquid polymer matrix solution is structured to be cured to thereby form a continuous matrix from the outside of the self-molding fiber cover to the inside of the at least one structural reinforcement layer.