US Patent Issued to ARKEMA FRANCE on Sept. 15 for "Method for manufacturing a fibrous material impregnated with thermoplastic polymer" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,729, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to ARKEMA FRANCE (Puteaux, France).

"Method for manufacturing a fibrous material impregnated with thermoplastic polymer" was invented by Gilles Hochstetter (Colombes Cedex, France), Thibaut Savart (Lacq, France), Arthur Pierre Babeau (Lacq, France) and Axel Salinier (Lacq, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for manufacturing an impregnated fibrous material including a continuous fiber material and a thermoplastic polymer matrix. The material is made from a single unidirectional ribbon or a plurality of unidirectional parallel ribbons. The method includes a step of pre-impregnating a ro...