Patent ID: 9381719
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L,B32B,B64G,C08G,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method of assembling a first structural element comprising a first prepreg ply extending in a first direction and a second structural element comprising a second prepreg ply extending in the first direction, the method comprising: superimposing the first prepreg ply of the first structural element and the second prepreg ply of the second structural element to form a junction zone, wherein the junction zone comprises: irradiating discrete points of the first assembly strip and the second assembly strip with visible light, UV light, or electrons, thereby locally cross polymerizing and bonding the first and second prepregs at the discrete points in the first and second assembly strips, wherein the first and second prepregs are at least partially polymerizable under a predetermined radiation and are not polymerized and remain juxtaposed in the intermediate strip, wherein the discrete points in the first assembly strip are arranged such that: wherein the discrete points in the second assembly strip are arranged such that: projections of each of the discrete points in the second assembly strip, in the second direction, onto an imaginary line extending along the width W