Patent ID: 9713913
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: B32B,D04C,Y10T

Claim:
1. A composite core, comprising: a first tube and a second tube, the first tube and the second tube having a plurality of fibers woven with a plurality of removable bands and disposed in a polymeric matrix, wherein at least some of the plurality of removable bands are woven with others of the plurality of removable bands to produce a weave pattern; and a first end portion of each of the first tube and the second tube being configured to support a first face sheet and a second end portion of each of the first tube and the second tube being configured to support a second face sheet; wherein the plurality of fibers of each of the first tube and the second tube are in contact with each other to form a cross-linked pattern, which in turn secures the first tube to the second tube via the plurality of fibers; and wherein the plurality of fibers of each tube are arranged in a uniaxial configuration so as to be arranged in a single direction, such that the plurality of fibers of each tube crosslink with fibers of adjacent tubes, the crosslinking being generated even though each tube has a plurality of fibers only in a single direction.