	US 12,403,623 B2
	Wood fiber-glass composite
Sara Akbarian-Tefaghi, New Albany, OH (US); Robert O'Leary, Newark, OH (US); and Colleen N. Kennedy, Newport, RI (US)
Assigned to Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC, Toledo, OH (US)
Filed by Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC, Toledo, OH (US)
Filed on Jul. 9, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/767,036.
Application 18/767,036 is a division of application No. 17/430,777, granted, now 12,053,904, previously published as PCT/US2020/018334, filed on Feb. 14, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/938,383, filed on Nov. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/806,333, filed on Feb. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0367340 A1, Nov. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. B27N 3/04 (2006.01); B27N 1/02 (2006.01); B27N 3/00 (2006.01); B27N 3/20 (2006.01)

CPC B27N 3/04 (2013.01) [B27N 1/02 (2013.01); B27N 3/002 (2013.01); B27N 3/007 (2013.01); B27N 3/203 (2013.01)]

14 Claims

1. A method of making an engineered wood product, the method comprising:

mixing glass fibers, wood fibers, and a resin to form a fibrous mixture;

wherein the glass fibers and wood fibers comprise 80% to 98% by weight of the fibrous mixture, and glass fibers make up 1% to 60% of the total weight of glass fibers and wood fibers;

wherein the resin is selected from a urea-formaldehyde binder present in an amount of 5% to 20% by weight of the fibrous mixture and a MDI binder present in an amount of 2% to 7% by weight of the fibrous mixture;

forming the fibrous mixture into a desired shape; and

curing the resin to form an engineered wood product.