US 11,851,534 B2
Recycled fiber material and method
Hung I Chen, Taichung (TW); Chia-Chang Chang, Taichung (TW); Ching-Han Liu, Taichung (TW); and Huan-Ching Hsu, Taichung (TW)
Assigned to SRAM, LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by SRAM, LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/020,357.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/900,977, filed on Sep. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0079191 A1, Mar. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. C08J 11/04 (2006.01)
CPC C08J 11/04 (2013.01) [C08J 2363/00 (2013.01); C08J 2375/00 (2013.01); C08J 2463/00 (2013.01); C08J 2475/00 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for preparing a fiber-containing molding compound, comprising the acts of:
a) providing a composite material which includes a first resin and fibers impregnated with the first resin;
b) mixing the composite material with a treatment medium which includes a diluent to form a mixture; and
c) pressing the mixture to obtain the fiber-containing molding compound which is in a form of a sheet molding compound.