ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,747, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TEIJIN CARBON EUROPE GMBH (Wuppertal, Germany).
"Wedge filler preform" was invented by Roland Bernicke (Hilden, Germany), Markus Schneider (Dusseldorf, Germany), Marco Pohler (Aachen, Germany) and Julian Lowe (Wuppertal, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filler preform in a wedge form includes reinforcing fiber bundles consisting of reinforcing fiber filaments, wherein the filaments are directed parallel to each other within the fiber bundle, wherein the fiber bundle contains a first resin composition in a concentration in the range from 1 to 10 wt. % relative to the fiber weight, wherei...