US 12,006,259 B2
Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene concrete reinforcing bar
Thibault Villette, Belfort (FR); Waleed Al Nasser, Dhahran (SA); Traidia Abderrazak, Dhahran (SA); and Abdullah A. Al Shahrani, Dhahran (SA)
Assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Nov. 12, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/095,871.
Prior Publication US 2022/0144701 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. C04B 16/06 (2006.01); C04B 111/00 (2006.01); C08J 5/04 (2006.01); E04C 5/07 (2006.01)
CPC C04B 16/0625 (2013.01) [C08J 5/046 (2013.01); E04C 5/07 (2013.01); C04B 2111/00379 (2013.01); C08J 2323/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reinforcing bar comprising:
a core comprising ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene fibers aligned in an axial direction and a polyethylene matrix, wherein the ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene fibers are bound in the polyethylene matrix; and
a shell comprising ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene tape surrounding the core in a radial dimension.