US 12,337,550 B2
Thermoplastic composite master sheets and tapes and method
Grand Hou, Norcross, GA (US); Manish Baldevbhai Patel, Bishop, GA (US); Charouny Chansipaeng-Lee, Cumming, GA (US); and Mark L. Richardson, Suwanee, GA (US)
Assigned to WEB INDUSTRIES, INC., Marlborough, MA (US)
Filed by WEB INDUSTRIES, INC., Marlborough, MA (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/368,806.
Application 18/368,806 is a division of application No. 16/114,141, filed on Aug. 27, 2018, granted, now 11,766,838.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/551,217, filed on Aug. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0001627 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B29C 70/22 (2006.01); B29B 11/16 (2006.01); B29C 70/08 (2006.01); B29C 70/20 (2006.01); B29C 70/50 (2006.01); B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29K 307/04 (2006.01); B29K 309/08 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/12 (2006.01); B32B 7/12 (2006.01); B32B 27/08 (2006.01); B32B 27/12 (2006.01); B32B 37/20 (2006.01); B32B 37/26 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 70/228 (2013.01) [B29B 11/16 (2013.01); B29C 70/086 (2013.01); B29C 70/202 (2013.01); B29C 70/50 (2013.01); B29C 70/545 (2013.01); B32B 5/02 (2013.01); B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/12 (2013.01); B32B 7/12 (2013.01); B32B 27/08 (2013.01); B32B 27/12 (2013.01); B32B 37/20 (2013.01); B29C 2793/0036 (2013.01); B29C 2793/0072 (2013.01); B29C 2793/0081 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29K 2307/04 (2013.01); B29K 2309/08 (2013.01); B32B 2037/268 (2013.01); B32B 2260/023 (2013.01); B32B 2260/046 (2013.01); B32B 2262/101 (2013.01); B32B 2262/106 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A continuous thermoplastic composite tape or strip of predetermined width formed by slitting to said predetermined width a continuous thermoplastic composite master sheet material of at least 10 meters in length comprising i) a thermoplastic composite component comprising at least one oriented thermoplastic composite sheet, said oriented thermoplastic composite sheet formed by cutting a conventional thermoplastic composite sheet at a non-zero angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the conventional thermoplastic composite sheet to form cut segments having cut ends and side edges, aligning the segments side edge-to-side edge with a slight overlap and fusing or welding the overlap to form a continuous oriented thermoplastic composite sheet and ii) a continuous carrier sheet, said carrier sheet having at least one mating surface with an adhesive or tacky material applied thereto to which the continuous oriented thermoplastic composite sheet is aligned and mated along its longitudinal axis, said carrier sheet being a polymer film, paper or a cellulosic sheet material and configured to be removable from the thermoplastic composite component, said conventional thermoplastic composite sheet comprising a thermoplastic polymer sheet having incorporated therein a plurality of unidirectional fibers extending along the length of the sheet.