US Patent Issued to BASF on July 14 for "Device for impregnating fibers with a defined fiber volume content" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,003, issued on July 14, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).

"Device for impregnating fibers with a defined fiber volume content" was invented by Andre Meyer (Lemfoerde, Germany), Andreas Emge (Lemfoerde, Germany) and Michael Hasenpatt (Lemfoerde, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to an apparatus for impregnating fibers (1) with a matrix material, including a unit for soaking the fibers with the matrix material. A unit for setting the fiber content by volume (100) includes at least one opening (107) through which the soaked fibers (1) are guided. Each opening (107) includes a minimum o...