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公开(公告)号:WO2022060504A2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-24
申请号:PCT/US2021/046157
申请日:2021-08-16
Applicant: ARRIS COMPOSITES INC.
Inventor: ESCOWITZ, Ethan , DAVIDSON, Erick , PERKINS, J. Scott , REESE, Riley
IPC: B29C43/02 , B29C70/46 , B29C70/20 , B29C70/34 , B29D99/00 , B29L31/00 , B29C43/22 , B29C70/50 , B29C43/003 , B29C43/224 , B29C70/205 , B29D99/0003 , B29K2105/101 , B29K2105/14 , B29L2031/001
Abstract: Methods for fabricating fiber-composite truss structures comprise a) individually molding multiple unit cells of a given size, and subsequently fusing them together in a repeating pattern, b) cross members are consolidated with longerons while maintaining continuity of fiber in the longerons, and c) compression-molded truss components are unioned to continuous fiber beams by means of mechanically interlocking joints.
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公开(公告)号:WO2021252495A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-16
申请号:PCT/US2021/036408
申请日:2021-06-08
Applicant: ARRIS COMPOSITES INC.
Inventor: ESCOWITZ, Ethan , REESE, Riley
IPC: A43B3/00 , A43B13/02 , A43B7/18 , A43B7/14 , A43B9/00 , A43B13/12 , A43B17/14 , A43B17/18 , A43B21/26 , A43B13/14 , A43B13/18 , A43B23/16 , B29C70/24 , A43B13/026 , A43B13/125 , A43B13/181 , A43B17/003 , A43B3/34 , A43B7/144 , A43B7/1464
Abstract: A fiber-composite insert (206) for footwear (200) comprises a plurality of ribs (210) arranged in a lattice structure, the ribs (210) comprising a plurality of fibers in a resin-matrix.
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公开(公告)号:WO2021242904A2
公开(公告)日:2021-12-02
申请号:PCT/US2021/034324
申请日:2021-05-26
Applicant: ARRIS COMPOSITES INC.
Inventor: BENDER, Christopher , DAVIDSON, Erick , ESCOWITZ, Ethan , DARROW, Alexander
Abstract: A method for bending towpreg to yield a desired amount of axial force during bending to form a preform is provided including inserting towpreg into a bending die, applying an initial axial force to the towpreg, and moving the gripped end of the towpreg in an involute path using a cam, a cam follower and a gripper, the gripper disposed on the cam follower. Axial force between the gripped end and the stationary end of the towpreg from a point where the towpreg contacts a surface of the bending die is applied tangent to the surface of the bending die while bending the towpreg. An apparatus for bending towpreg to form a preform is provided including bending dies disposed in fixed positions, and a follower. Axial involute cam mechanism having a drive shaft, a cam, a cam follower that follows an involute path around the cam, a gripper and a clamp.
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公开(公告)号:WO2021126897A1
公开(公告)日:2021-06-24
申请号:PCT/US2020/065194
申请日:2020-12-16
Applicant: ARRIS COMPOSITES INC.
Inventor: ESCOWITZ, Ethan , REESE, Riley , DAVIDSON, Erick , PERKINS, J. Scott
IPC: B29C70/54 , B29B11/16 , B29C70/08 , B29C70/14 , B29C70/20 , B29C70/46 , B29C70/081 , B29C70/465 , B29C70/545 , B29K2069/00 , B29K2077/00 , B29K2105/0881
Abstract: A hybrid preform (200) comprises a bundle of unidirectionally aligned fibers (103), and at least one partial cut that extends part of the way (224, 226), but not all of the way, through a transverse cross section of the bundle of fibers (103) at at least one location along the length of the bundle (103).
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公开(公告)号:WO2020257693A1
公开(公告)日:2020-12-24
申请号:PCT/US2020/038799
申请日:2020-06-19
Applicant: ARRIS COMPOSITES INC.
Inventor: DAVIDSON, Erick , PERKINS, J. Scott , REESE, Riley
Abstract: A multi-part compression mold for forming a complex part having a desired fiber alignment, and methods therefor, are disclosed. The multi-part mold comprises at least three sections. Specific arrangements of fiber-bundle-based preforms are introduced to more than one of the mold sections of the multi-part mold, and subjected to compression molding. The arrangements of preforms, in conjunction with the multi-part mold, result in a complex part having fibers that substantially align with anticipated principle stress vectors that arise in the complex part, when in use.
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公开(公告)号:WO2020077355A1
公开(公告)日:2020-04-16
申请号:PCT/US2019/056247
申请日:2019-10-15
Applicant: ARRIS COMPOSITES INC.
Inventor: REESE, Riley , ESCOWITZ, Ethan , DAVIDSON, Erick , PERKINS, J. Scott
IPC: B29B17/00
Abstract: A method of reprocessing a fiber composite part to form a preform is provided including determining a location having a longest stretch of continuous, unidirectional fibers in the part, determining an axis generally closest to and parallel to the fibers at the location, suspending the part from an anchor point within a heated cavity, heating the part to a temperature above a glass transition temperature and below a melting temperature of the resin of the part, and applying at least one force vector to the composite part, the sum of such vectors being parallel to the axis, wherein fibers of the part realign in a direction generally parallel to the sum of the force vectors, and wherein the composite part yields in the direction of the at least one applied force vector to provide a preform.
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公开(公告)号:WO2022011088A1
公开(公告)日:2022-01-13
申请号:PCT/US2021/040804
申请日:2021-07-08
Applicant: ARRIS COMPOSITES INC.
Inventor: DAVIDSON, Erick , ESCOWITZ, Ethan , DYEN, Arnaud , BENDER, Christopher
Abstract: A method for rapid heat cycle compression molding comprises placing an assemblage of feed constituents in a mold, placing the mold between two hot platens of a hot press, heating the mold by pressing the two hot platens against the mold, placing the mold between two cold platens of a cold press, cooling the mold by pressing the two cold platens against the mold, and ejecting the part from the mold.
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公开(公告)号:WO2020247948A1
公开(公告)日:2020-12-10
申请号:PCT/US2020/036694
申请日:2020-06-08
Applicant: ARRIS COMPOSITES INC.
Inventor: ESCOWITZ, Ethan , PERKINS, J. Scott , DAVIDSON, Erick , REESE, Riley , PIRAHANCHI, Sam
Abstract: A cartridge for storing and transporting fiber-bundle-based preform charges includes a plurality of cells arranged within the housing, wherein each cell is physically adapted to receive a preform charge and prevent it from moving therein as the cartridge is transported. In some embodiments, the cartridge and preform charges it conveys are serialized.
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公开(公告)号:WO2020149915A2
公开(公告)日:2020-07-23
申请号:PCT/US2019/058386
申请日:2019-10-28
Applicant: ARRIS COMPOSITES INC.
Inventor: ESCOWITZ, Ethan , PERKINS, J. Scott , REESE, Riley , DAVIDSON, Erick , HENNESSEE, Sean
Abstract: A method for designing fiber-composite parts in which part performance and manufacturing efficiency can be traded-off against one another to provide an "optimized" design for a desired use case. In some embodiments, the method involves generating an idealized fiber map, wherein the orientation of fibers throughout the prospective part align with the anticipated load conditions throughout the part, and then modifying the idealized fiber map by various fabrication constraints to generate a process-compensated preform map.
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公开(公告)号:WO2020082085A1
公开(公告)日:2020-04-23
申请号:PCT/US2019/057271
申请日:2019-10-21
Applicant: ARRIS COMPOSITES INC.
Inventor: REESE, Riley , ESCOWITZ, Ethan , DAVIDSON, Erick , PERKINS, J. Scott
Abstract: An ultrasonic manipulator (100) for processing three-dimensional composite preforms (124) is provided, including at least one end effector (102), the end effector having an ultrasonic cutting device (104), an ultrasonic machining device (106), an ultrasonic inspecting device (108), and an ultrasonic bonding device (110). A method for creating three-dimensional preforms for use in molding composite parts is also provided, and includes the steps of grasping a preform/ towpreg, inspecting the composite object using ultrasound, cutting a preform from the composite object using ultrasound, and at least some of the steps of shaping the preform using ultrasound, machining the preform using ultrasound, assembling a plurality of preforms, bonding the assembled preforms together to create a preform charge, and placing the preform charge in an injection mold.
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