US Patent Issued to Toray Advanced Composites on Oct. 27 for "UD tape with improved processing characteristics and method for production thereof" (Dutch, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,828, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Toray Advanced Composites (Nijverdal, Netherlands).

"UD tape with improved processing characteristics and method for production thereof" was invented by Scott Unger (Morgan Hill, Calif.), Dan Leeser (Morgan Hill, Calif.) and J.W. Luinge (Nijverdal, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns Method for producing a unidirectional tape, the method comprising the steps of a) providing an impregnation slurry comprising primary particles and secondary particles, water, optionally an organic carrying medium, optionally an organic compound and optionally a surface active ...